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Rehabilitation Nursing
A Contemporary Approach to Practice

Author(s): Kristen L. Mauk, PhD, DNP, CRRN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC, FAAN, Professor of Nursing and Kreft Endowed Chair for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, Health Care Consultant, Mauk Financial Solutions, LLC, Valparaiso, Indiana
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  • ISBN-13: 9781449634476
  • Product With Access Code    546 pages      © 2012
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Rehabilitation Nursing: A Contemporary Approach to Practice is a clinically-focused text designed to integrate rehabilitation into an academic curriculum, educate nurses new to the specialty, and aid practicing nurses preparing for certification. Incorporating competencies set forth by the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), it includes key terms, learning objectives, case studies, critical thinking, personal reflection, resources, and web links.

Evidence-based and practical, this text offers unique and expert insights from an interdisciplinary author team drawing from nursing, physical, occupational, and speech therapy, psychology, social work, nutrition, veterinary medicine, law, business, and many more. All chapters address ethics, research, and teaching and include a wide-variety of topics such as stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, joint replacement, neurological problems, cardio/pulmonary, chronic illness, pediatric and geriatric rehabilitation, and health policy. In addition, it explores exciting areas such as polytrauma, life care planning, and animal assisted therapy.

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Rehabilitation Nursing focuses on driving comprehension through a variety of strategies that meet the learning needs of students while generating enthusiasm about the topic. This interactive approach addresses different learning styles, making this the ideal text to ensure mastery of key concepts. The pedagogical aids that appear in most chapters include the following:

• Learning objectives
• Key Terms
• Web exploration and links
• Critical thinking exercises
• Personal reflection exercises
• Case studies with questions and answers
• Resource lists
• Recommended readings

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I  General concepts and principles of rehabilitation nursing
  2  Chronicity and disability
  3  Settings for care
  4  Theories and models
  5  The interdisciplinary rehabilitation team
  6  Nursing roles
II  Promoting self-care in rehabilitation clients
  7  Improving nutritional status and swallowing
  8  Maintaining skin integrity
  9  Establishing bowel and bladder patterns
  10  Promoting mobility and function
  11  Enhancing cognition, communication, and behavior
  12  Addressing sexuality and disability
  13  Educating clients and families
  14  The Art of Caring: Addressing psychosocial/spiritualissues: Spirituality, coping, depression, grieving, adjustment, adaptation
III  Clinical rehabilitation management for persons with specific health alterations
  15  Stroke
  16  Brain injury
  17  Spinal cord injury
  18  Joint replacement
  19  Amputation
  20  Polytrauma
  21  Cardiac and pulmonary disease
  22  Neurological disorders
  23  Other chronic illnesses
IV  Issues in rehabilitation nursing
  24  Cultural perspectives within rehabilitation nursing
  25  Ethical and legal issues
  26  Health policy, legislation, financing
V  Unique aspects of rehabilitation nursing
  27  Pediatric rehab
  28  Geriatric rehab
  29  Animal assisted therapy
  30  Life care planning
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Kristen L. Mauk, PhD, DNP, CRRN, GCNS-BC, GNP-BC, FAAN-Professor of Nursing and Kreft Endowed Chair for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, Health Care Consultant, Mauk Financial Solutions, LLC, Valparaiso, Indiana

Dr. Mauk is a certified gerontological clinical nurse specialist and gerontological nurse practitioner, as well as a Hartford Geriatric Scholar and Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. With nearly 30 years of experience in rehabilitation and gerontology, she is the author or editor of six books and has contributed to numerous others. Her professional contributions have been recognized with several awards including: Associate of Rehabilitation Nurses’s (ARN) Educator Role Award (2007), Valparaiso University Caterpillar Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007), CASE/Carnegie Foundation Indiana Professor of the Year Award (2007), ARN’s Distinguished Service Award (2005), and two American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards (1999, 2010) for Gerontological Rehabilitation Nursing and Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care (second edition). Currently a Professor of Nursing at Valparaiso University, she holds the Kreft Endowed Chair for the Advancement of Nursing Science, a position dedicated to gerontological nursing.

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