Nurse's toolbook for promoting wellness

Summary: "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 supporting all aspects of patient function from a holistic and wellness-oriented perspective."--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 9780071477611 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0071477616
Physical Description: print
xviii, 517 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index. New July 2010. Supporting nursing program.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Index of Wellness Teaching and Activity Tools -- Overview of Wellness Nursing -- Exploring the Wellness Territory -- Fitting Wellness into Practice -- Fine Tuning Our Wellness Skills -- Promoting Patients' Wellness in Their Daily Lives -- Promoting Wellness-Enhancing Actions -- Teaching Patients to Protect Their Health -- Teaching Patients to Manage Stress -- Promoting Spiritual Wellness -- Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- Promoting Responsible Decisions about Biologically Based Therapies -- Promoting Specific Aspects of Patients' Wellness -- Nutritional Wellness -- Digestive Wellness -- Musculoskeletal Wellness -- Sensory Wellness -- Breathing Well -- Cardiovascular Wellness -- Urinary Wellness -- Sleeping Well -- Sexual Wellness -- Appendices: List of Assessment Tools -- List of Terminology Boxes -- List of Clinical Resource Boxes.