Retells the story of how Jesus fed a large crowd, who had come to hear him preach, with a little boy's lunch of five loaves and two fish

An expose+a7 of the multibillion-dollar industry that imprisons America's children for profit describes what goes on at the psychiatric hospitals, treatment centers, and schools of the emotionally disturbed.

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Book by Kirn, Elaine

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Product Description: Within an expanding field of study in both undergraduate and graduate nursing curricula, Caring for the Vulnerable explores vulnerability from the perspective of individuals, groups, communities and populations, and addresses the implication of that vulnerability for nurses, nursing, and nursing care...read more

This text is a resource to help the nurse at all levels navigate through the obstacles that culture can place on the patient experience. It compiles the history and theory behind cultural competency in nursing and offers key information regarding health beliefs and the impact of culture on health and illness.

This resource addresses specific assessment and intervention strategies needed for clients from a variety of cultural backgrounds. The book provides a systematic model of nursing assessment and intervention which takes into account six cultural phenomena: communication, space, social organization, time, environmental control, and biological variations. The model then serves as the organizing framework for the rest of the book.* Features Giger and Davidhizar's Transcultural Assessment Model, with a full chapter devoted to each of the six aspects of cultural assessment, to help the reader apply this model to any client of any culture. * Presents critical thinking questions at the end of each chapter to help students apply the assessment framework in practice. * Includes an expansion of the spiritual component throughout, with an emphasis on various religions. * Offers clarification of some of the biological variations for select cultural groups. * Includes most recent census information and statistics for each cultural group presented.