Research Catalog

Title

Health assessment & promotion strategies through the life span / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner.

Author

Murray, Ruth Beckmann.

Publication

Stamford, Conn. : Appleton & Lange, [1997], ©1997.

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Additional Authors

• Murray, Ruth Beckmann.
• Zentner, Judith Proctor.

Description

xvi, 896 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm

Summary

A holistic approach to the health care of individuals and families, this indispensable resource offers specific guidelines for nursing assessment with suggested interventions and health promotion strategies at each developmental stage from birth to death. The sixth edition of this popular book provides a critical pathway paradigm for health.

Alternative Title

Health assessment and promotion strategies through the life span

Subjects

• Nursing Assessment
• Health promotion
• Developmental psychology
• Health Promotion
• Nursing assessment
• Life cycle, Human
• Nurses Instruction
• Human Development

Genre/Form

Nurses Instruction.

Note

• Rev. ed. of: Nursing assessment and health promotion strategies through the life span. 5th ed. c1993.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Sociocultural Influences on the Person and Family / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner and Carolyn Samiezade-Yazd -- Ch. 2. Environmental Influences on the Person and Family / Norma Nolan Pinnell, Ruth Beckmann Murray and Judith Proctor Zentner -- Ch. 3. Spiritual and Religious Influences on the Person and Family / Judith Proctor Zentner, Ruth Beckmann Murray and Elaine Cox -- Ch. 4. The Family: Basic Unit for the Developing Person / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner, Joyce Patricia Dees Brockhaus, Robert Brockhaus and Eleanor Sullivan -- Ch. 5. Overview: Theories Related to Human Development / Ruth Beckmann Murray -- Ch. 6. The Developing Person: Principles of Growth and Development / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Dorothy Fox and Judith Proctor Zentner -- Ch. 7. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Infant / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Nina Kelsey Westhus, Joan Haugk and Judith Proctor Zentner --
• Ch. 8. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Toddler / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner and Mary Ellen Grohar-Murray -- Ch. 9. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Preschooler / Ruth Beckmann Murray and Judith Proctor Zentner -- Ch. 10. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Schoolchild / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner and Norma Nolan Pinnell -- Ch. 11. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Adolescent and Youth / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Norma Nolan Pinnell and Judith Proctor Zentner -- Ch. 12. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Young Adult / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Norma Nolan Pinnell and Judith Proctor Zentner -- Ch. 13. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Middle-aged Person / Ruth Beckmann Murray and Judith Proctor Zentner -- Ch. 14. Assessment and Health Promotion for the Person in Later Maturity / Ruth Beckmann Murray, Judith Proctor Zentner, Norma Nolan Pinnell and Mildred Heyes Boland --
• Ch. 15. Death, the Last Developmental Stage / Ruth Beckmann Murray and Judith Proctor Zentner -- App. I. A. Recommended U.S. Dietary Allowances, Revised 1989 -- B. Recommended Nutrient Intakes for Canadians -- App. II. Major Sources and Functions of Primary Nutrients -- App. III. Stress Management Strategies -- App. IV. American Academy of Family Physicians Age Charts for Periodic Health Examination.

ISBN

0838569870 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

96023056

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries