Nurse's Toolbook for Promoting Wellness

1st Edition
0071593802 · 9780071593809
The tools and guidance you need to make wellness a part of your everyday nursing practiceWhile many books have covered the theoretical aspects of wellness, only one resource gives you a real sense of what wellness looks like at the bedside: the Nurse… Read More
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PART I OVERVIEW OF WELLNESS NURSING

1 Exploring the Wellness Territory

2 Fitting Wellness into Practice

3 Fine Tuning Our Wellness Skills

PART II:

PROMOTING PATIENTS’ WELLNESS IN THEIR DAILY LIVES

4 Promoting Wellness-Enhancing Decisions

5 Incorporating Body-Mind-Spirit Interventions into

Nursing Care

6 Teaching about Self-Wellness Actions

7 Teaching about Nutritional Wellness

8 Promoting Responsible Decisions about Complementary and Alternative Practices

9 Promoting Responsible Decisions about Herbs, Medications, and Other Bioactive Substances

10 Protecting Health

PART III: PROMOTING SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF PATIENTS’ WELLNESS

11 Gastrointestinal Wellness

12 Moving Well

13 Sensory Wellness

14 Breathing Well

15 Cardiovascular Wellness

16 Urinary Wellness

17 Sleeping Well

18 Sexual Wellness

The tools and guidance you need to make wellness a part of your everyday nursing practice

While many books have covered the theoretical aspects of wellness, only one resource gives you a real sense of what wellness looks like at the bedside: the Nurse's Toolbook for Promoting Wellness. Compact and easy to use, this unique how-to guide is filled with wellness-oriented clinical tools and practical suggestions, from teaching nutritional wellness to promoting specific aspects of patients' wellness such as moving and breathing well.

Features

  • Wellness Assessment Tools that give specific instructions on how to identify areas for potential wellness interventions
  • Wellness Teaching Tools specifically designed to be used as handouts educate patients about how they can participate in their own care
  • Insightful stories from nurses and patients demonstrating the role of wellness in patient care
  • Clear three-part organization that begins with a helpful overview of wellness nursing, then covers how to promote patients' wellness in their daily lives and facilitate specific aspects of patients' wellness
  • Detailed, step-by-step guidelines that provide specific techniques to use at the bedside
  • Hands-on self-assessment tools that enable you to utilize wellness techniques in your own life