| Description |
xxiii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Introduction. 1. Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base / Kathleen Ann Long and Clarann Weinert. 2. The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice: Philosophical Bases / Jane Ellis Scharff. 3. Advanced Education for the Role of Rural Nurse Generalist / Kathleen Ann Long, Jane Ellis Scharff and Clarann Weinert -- II. Analysis of Key Concepts in Rural Nursing. 4. Distance / Doris Henson, Teresa Sadler and Sarah Walton. 5. Isolation / Helen J. Lee, Brett R. Hollis and Kathleen A. McClain. 6. Lack of Anonymity / Helen J. Lee. 7. Familiarity / A. Gretchen McNeely and M. Jean Shreffler. 8. Old-Timer / Catherine D. Caniparoli. 9. Newcomer / Dena J. Sutermaster. 10. Insider / Deborah D. Myers. 11. Outsider / Michelle C. Bailey. 12. Concept Comparison: Old-Timer/Newcomer/Insider/Outsider / Helen J. Lee. 13. Self-Reliance: Characterization of Their Own Autonomy by Elderly Rural Women / Kathleen Chafey, Therese Sullivan and Anna Shannon. 14. Health Resources and the Rural Client / Jean Ballantyne. 15. Lay Care Network / Teresa S. Turnbull. 16. Informal Networks / Linda L. Grossman and Sarah McNerney -- III. Perspectives of Rural Persons. 17. The Concept of Health: Rural Perspectives / Kathleen Ann Long. 18. Health Perceptions of Rural Elders: "Landscapes and Life" / Alice Running. 19. The Substantive Theory of Protecting Independence / Vonna Koehler. 20. The Lived Experience of Hardiness in Rural Men and Women / Ellen F. Wirtz, Helen J. Lee and Alice Running. 21. Cultural Isolation / Patricia Carrick. 22. Ethnocentrism / Julia Ann Dybbro -- IV. Selected Rural Clinical Issues. 23. Exploration of Home Care Resources for Rural Families with Cancer / Janice A. Buehler and Helen J. Lee. 24. Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents: The Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process / Janice A. Buehler, Maureen Malone and Janis M. Majerus. 25. Organ Procurement: A Rural Nurse Generalist in a Specialized Field / Sharon R. Hovey and Debra A. Doll. 26. Provider Perceptions of Problems Caring for American Indians: Containing Disruption / Janice A. Buehler. 27. Invisible Youth: Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth in Rural Montana / Sharon Kiely Howard. 28. Experiences of HIV-Infected Men with Rural Health Care / Jean Ballantyne and Janice A. Buehler. 29. Levels of Prevention in a Rural Homeless Nursing Clinic / Carolyn H. Wenger -- V. Educational and Professional Issues. 30. Developing an Educational Structure for Rural Nursing Research and Theory / Anna M. Shannon. 31. Making Gerontic Continuing Education Accessible for Rural Nurses / Shirley A. Cudney. 32. Professional Isolation: A Concept Analysis / M. Jean Shreffler. 33. Factors Related to Retention of Health Care Professionals: Impetus for Change / Barbara A. Derwinski-robinson, Helen J. Lee and Jean Ballantyne. 34. MSU Rurality Index: Development and Evaluation / Clarann Weinert and Robert J. Boik -- VI. Looking Ahead. 35. Future Directions for Rural Nursing Theory / Kathleen Ann Long |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Community health nursing -- United States.
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Community health nursing.
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Rural health services -- United States.
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Rural health services.
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Rural nursing -- United States.
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Rural nursing.
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Nursing.
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Rural Health Services.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Author |
Lee, Helen J.
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| LC no. |
98018898 |
| ISBN |
0826111890 |
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