Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention, 4th Edition

With a clear focus on clinical nursing practice Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention, 4th Edition, is the ideal “how to” book for promoting better family health care. Nurses are on the front lines when it comes to assessing the needs of families and knowing when and how to intervene properly. This book offers students clinical ideas, guidelines, and tools to assist families experiencing illness.NEW chapter - "How to Avoid the Three Most Common Errors in Family Nursing" "With a clear focus on clinical nursing practice Nurses and Families: A Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention, 4th Edition, is the ideal "how to" book for promoting better family health care. Nurses are on the front lines when it comes to assessing the needs of families and knowing when and how to intervene properly. This book offers you clinical ideas, guidelines, and tools to assist families experiencing illness."--Jacket All Practitioners Know Patients' Families Are Significant To Successful Care, But Often Nurses Serve As The Primary Contact Point For Families Dealing With Significant Illness Or Injury. Wright (nursing Emeritus, U. Of Calgary) And Leahey (practitioner) Work Through The Calgary Family Assessment Model And Also Through The Calgary Family Interventio Nurses are on the front lines when it comes to assessing the needs of families and knowing when and how to intervene properly. Focusing on clinical nursing practices, this "how to" book for promoting better family health care offers clinical ideas, guidelines, and tools to assist families experiencing illness.