This book is the first to systematically describe the key components necessary to ensure successful implementation of Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) across mental health settings and non-mental health settings that require behavioral management. This resource is designed by the leading experts in CPS and is focused on the clinical and implementation strategies that have proved most successful within various private and institutional agencies. The book begins by defining the approach before…
Recent trends in health care across the United States and internationally have emphasized a novel approach that consists in comparing the effectiveness and efficacy of treatment interventions with a patient-centered emphasis (i.e., evidence-based health care), while ensuring cost constraints, maximizing benefits, and minimizing risks. In this book, experts in comparative effectiveness and efficacy research and analysis for practice (CEERAP) in health care in general address a range of topical i…
This book is aimed to bring the reader into the heart of the action of any health professional consulted for a patient with a neurogenic bladder (NB). Extensive textbooks of the NB exist but there is a lack of an actual practical guide for diagnosis and management of patients suffering from NB. This book provides a single source of information on consultation in neurourology. The text covers both urinary incontinence and retention resulting from NB dysfunction. The book also discusses complicat…
This monograph is based on a large-scale survey of experienced project management practitioners. The study examines variations in practice among organizational and project contexts and performance. The purpose of the research is to contribute to a better understanding of project management practice by investigating the use and usefulness of 108 well-known practices, tools, and techniques specific to project management.
The effective delivery of primary care now requires a much higher calibre of staff than was previously considered acceptable. Selection, assessment and management are skills that need to be properly understood to ensure that the best possible service is being provided; and inappropriate actions can lead employers into a legal minefield with unwelcome consequences. This manual provides concise but comprehensive information on the situation as applied to general practice, illustrated by numerous …
What happens in health policy at local, state, and federal levels directly affects patients, nurses, and nursing practice. Some healthcare professionals, though, are intimidated by the knotty policy process or simply don't know how to take the first step toward implementing policy change. In Evidence-Informed Health Policy authors Jacqueline M. Loversidge and Joyce Zurmehly demystify health policymaking and equip nurses and other healthcare professionals with the knowledge, tools, and confiden…