Nursing and Health Studies Faculty Book Gallery

This collection features the books and book contributions of the Fairfield University Nursing and Health Studies Faculty.

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Measurement of Nursing Outcomes: Vol. 2, Client Outcomes and Quality of Care (2nd ed.)

O. Strickland, C. Dilorio, and Kathleen Wheeler

Kathleen Wheeler is a contributing author, "Further development of the Perception of Empathy Inventory", pp. 207-213.

Book description: This thoroughly updated and revised new edition of the award-winning series on measurement presents nearly 80 actual, tested intruments for assessing nursing outcomes in a multitude of settings and situations. Each tool is accompanied by a descriptive essay that includes information on purpose, administration, scoring, and reliability and validity.
Internet resources for nurses

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Kristen S. Montgomery, and Sheila Grossman

Sheila Grossman is a contributing author, "Leadership".

Book description: This new edition of the award-winning guide to the web for nurses is nearly double in size and twice as useful! Expert nurses in more than 50 content areas have carefully selected and reviewed nearly 400 web sites available in their specialty areas --- resulting in an authoritative guide to the best the web has to offer for the professional nurse. Each web description includes a summary of the site, intended audience, sponsor, level of information, and relevance to nurses. The book also indicates sites which can be referred to patients.
Internet Resources for Nurses, 2nd edition

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Kristen S. Montgomery, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and K. Perfetto

Meredith Wallace [Kazer] (with K. Perfetto) is a contributing author, "Older Adults".

Book description: This new edition of the award-winning guide to the web for nurses is nearly double in size and twice as useful! Expert nurses in more than 50 content areas have carefully selected and reviewed nearly 400 web sites available in their specialty areas --- resulting in an authoritative guide to the best the web has to offer for the professional nurse. Each web description includes a summary of the site, intended audience, sponsor, level of information, and relevance to nurses. The book also indicates sites which can be referred to patients.
Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment, Management & Care

Meredith Wallace Kazer and Lorrie Powell

Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in American adult males. The content of this book, developed by clinical nurse experts, provides information on the state-of-the-art care of men with prostate cancer. Readers will gain a thorough understanding of symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment options, and psychosocial effects of this disease. A major focus of the book is on quality of life and the nurses' role in improving this through teaching patients and their families how to manage common symptoms and side effects such as urinary and sexual problems. -- Publisher description.
Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan, 5th edition

Carole Lium Edelman, Carol Lynn Mandle, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Terry T. Fulmer

Meredith Wallace [Kazer] (with T. Fulmer and C. Edelman) is a contributing author, "Older Adult".

Book description: This comprehensive textbook covers all the major concepts of health promotion and disease prevention for all population groups including individuals, families, and communities. Its lifespan approach focuses on health promotion for all age groups. An assessment franework based on Gordon's Functional Health Patterns provides consistent presentation and an approach that promotes health. Current, timely, and readable, the 5th edition includes numerous special features that highlight critical information and help students apply concepts to practice.
A Nurses’ Guide to Consumer Health Web Sites

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Carol Ann Romano, Ruth Chasek, and Meredith Wallace Kazer

Meredith Wallace [Kazer] is a contributing author, "Prostate Cancer".
Critical Care Nursing of the Elderly, 2nd Edition

Terry T. Fulmer, Marquis D. Foreman, Mary Walker, Kristen S. Montgomery, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and E. Flaherty

Meredith Wallace [Kazer] (with E. Flaherty) is a contributing author, "Assessment and Management in Pain".

Book description: This volume, like the first edition, is an important milestone in the field of gerontological nursing, reflecting the growing number of nurses actively involved in geriatric care and clinical research in hospitals.

Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition provides the collective thinking of experts who strive to ask and answer such key questions as: Who should receive advanced technological care? When should care stop? and Who determines vitality? The comprehensive coverage includes sound guidelines for nursing assessment and management; basic clinical issues with elderly populations; specialized practice protocols and advances; and lively discussion of social and policy issues.
Gerontology: Nursing Care of the Older Adult

Mildred O. Hogstel, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and C. Zembruzski

Older adults are the fastest growing segment of our population and will require nurses and other health practitioners who are trained in their special needs. Here in this full color and highly illustrated text the reader will find a holistic approach to nursing care for the older population that addresses the physical, psychological, social and economic influences on the older adults health. A strong foundation on the normal aging process leads to sections on promoting health and wellness among the elderly. Specialist practitioners discuss the most common health care problems of the elderly and their related nursing care. The reader will also learn the latest thinking on current topics such as the financial, legal, and ethical issues that older patients and their families face, the importance of becoming an advocate for excellent elderly care, and meeting the special needs of diverse ethnic and cultural groups. Supplements Gerontology Clinical Companion 0-7668-0730-4
Geriatric Nursing Research Digest

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, Terry Fulmer, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Ellen Flaherty

Meredith Wallace [Kazer] is a co-editor (with J. Fitzpatrick, T. Fulmer and E. Flaherty). In addition, Meredith Wallace [Kazer] is a contributing author, " Exercise, Reminiscence, Parkinson’s Disease, Sleep, Introduction to Pathophysiological Issues in Aging, Introduction to Geriatric Emotional Health".

Book description: This is a key resource for evidence-based nursing care of the elderly. Written by leading experts in the forefront of the field, each entry describes the most significant research in a selected area and illuminates the relevance of this research to clinical practice. Among the to pics covered readers will find articles on health promotion and risk reduction, normalcy throughout the life span, issues in environments of care, geriatric emotional health, pathological conditions of aging, and neurobehavioral and cognitive changes of aging.
The new leadership challenge: Creating the future of nursing. 1st ed.

Sheila Grossman and Theresa M. Valiga
Advancing your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing, 2nd ed.

Rebecca Kearney Nunnery, Theresa M. Valiga, and Sheila Grossman

Sheila Grossman (with Theresa Valiga) is a contributing author, "Leadership".
Psychiatric Clinical Pathways: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Patricia Dykes, Kathleen Wheeler, and M. Boulton

Kathleen Wheeler is a contributing author, "Chapter 23, Psychiatric copathways" and "Chapter 21, Clinical pathways for psychiatric home care" with P. Dykes, and "Chapter 19, Clinical pathways for primary care" with M. Boulton.
Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Critical Pathways: A Guide for Health Care Survival Into the 21st Century

Patricia Dykes and Kathleen Wheeler

Kathleen Wheeler in addition to being a co-editor is a contributing author, "Critical pathways and home care: Developing a psychiatric home care program", pp. 90-108.
Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan 4th Edition

Carole Lium Edelman, Carol Lynn Mandle, Meredith Wallace Kazer, and Terry T. Fulmer

Meredith Wallace [Kazer] (with T. Fulmer and C. Edelman) is a contributing author, "Older Adult".

Book description: "Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan" is a comprehensive, readable text that emphasizes health using a lifespan approach. Organized by Functional Health Patterns, this book has been well received as a primary text for courses in growth and development because of its thorough coverage of growth and development throughout the lifespan. In addition to a new chapter on Exercise, this edition introduces exciting new pedagogy - Think About It scenarios with critical thinking questions, key terms, hot topics, multicultural awareness, research highlight, and client teaching boxes.
Advancing your Career: Concepts of Professional Nursing, 1st ed.

Rose Kearney Nunnery, Theresa M. Valiga, and Sheila Grossman

Sheila Grossman (with Theresa Valiga) is a contributing author, "Leadership", Chapter 8.
Key aspects of caring for the acutely ill: Technological aspects, patient education, & quality of life

Sandra G. Funk, Elizabeth M. Tornquist, Laurel A. Copp, E. Gleason, Sheila Grossman, and C. Campbell

Sheila Grossman (with E. Gleason and C. Campbell) is a contributing author, "Minimizing diagnostic blood loss in critically ill patients", pp. 220-225.

Book description: The "Key Aspects" books, each of which has won a Book-of-the-Year Award from the American Journal of Nursing, are designed to move the ideas and findings of nursing research into the practice setting. Each volume distills dozens of studies into a readable, jargon-free format with immediate relevance to nursing practice, and includes suggestions for implementation.
Measurement of nursing Outcomes: Measuring client self-care and coping skills and nursing outcomes, Vol. 4 (1990 ed.)

O. Strickland, C. Walltz, and Kathleen Wheeler

Kathleen Wheeler is a contributing author, "Perception of Empathy Inventory", pp. vol. 4, 181-198.
Sexuality, human needs and nursing practice

Janie Spelton Weinberg and Sheila Grossman

Sheila Grossman is a contributing author, ." Medical conditions" (Chapter 12) and "Surgical conditions "(Chapter 13) .
Cost-effectiveness of primary and team nursing

Gwen Marram, Kathleen Flynn, Wendy Abaravich, and Sheila Grossman