Nursing consultation : a framework for working with communities / Susan L. Norwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norwood, Susan Leslie.

Contributor:

Norwood, Susan Leslie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing consultants.

Nurses.

Consultants.

Medical Subjects:

Nurses.

Consultants.

Physical Description:

ix, 358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2003]

Summary:

Today's advanced practice nurses are faced with challenging and exciting new opportunities for consultation! While nursing consultation has always been an integral part of the health care environment - increasingly apparent and important is the need for a community perspective. Revised and updated to include this new emphasis on consulting within communities, Nursing Consultation continues to provide nurses with both the theoretical background and practical strategies that are needed to successfully respond in today's health care environment. Three New Chapters - Communities, Nurses, and Consultation; Team Building in Consultation; and Working with Consultants. Emphasizes a 5-phase process to resolve actual or potential problems related to the health status of clients or to health care delivery.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Nature of Nursing Consultation 3

Chapter 2 Communities, Nurses, and Consultation 17

Chapter 3 Overview of the Nursing Consultation Process 27

Chapter 4 Interaction Patterns for Nursing Consultation 43

Chapter 5 Nurse Consultant Roles and Skills 59

Section 2 The Context of Nursing Consultation 77

Chapter 6 Understanding Communities 79

Chapter 7 Human Dynamics in Community Groups 99

Chapter 8 Change in Communities 125

Section 3 The Nursing Consultation Process 145

Chapter 9 Gaining Entry in Community Consultation 147

Chapter 10 Problem Identification in Community Consultation 169

Chapter 11 Action Planning with Communities 195

Chapter 12 Team Building in Nursing Consultation 217

Chapter 13 Evaluating Nursing Consultation Efforts 229

Chapter 14 Disengagement from Consultation Relationships 253

Section 4 Professional Issues in Nursing Consultation 267

Chapter 15 Legal Aspects of Nursing Consultation 269

Chapter 16 Ethical Issues in Nursing Consultation 285

Chapter 17 The Business of Consulting: Marketing Fees and Contracts 303

Chapter 18 Working with Consultants 325

Chapter 19 The Future and Nursing Consultation 339.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: Nurses as consultants / Susan L. Norwood. c1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Norwood, Susan Leslie. Nurses as consultants.

ISBN:

0130617989

OCLC:

48967844