Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 30, 2012: Disasters and Humanitarian Assistance / Edition 1

by Mary Pat Couig MPH, RN, FAAN, Christine Kasper PhD, RN, FAAN

Overview

This landmark annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to nurses everywhere.

The purpose of this annual review is to critically examine the full gamut of literature on key topics in nursing practice, including nursing theory, care delivery, nursing education, and the professional aspects of nursing.

Past volumes of Annual Review of Nursing Research have addressed critical issues such as:

• Chronic illness
• Geriatrics
• Alcohol abuse
• Patient safety
• Rural nursing
• Tobacco use
• Nursing workforce issues
• Genetics

For the first time ever, we invite readers to purchase either individual issues of this annual review, or to subscribe to the complete periodical and gain access to all previously published and forthcoming issues.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826110305
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	10/20/2012
Series:	Annual Review of Nursing Research , #30
Edition description:	Annual
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Patricia Ann Watts Kelley, PhD, RN, FNP-C, GNP-C, FAANP, is Health Sciences Officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Research and Development, Washington DC, and on faculty at Excelsior College Department of Nursing. She is also Associate Professor in the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Graduate School of Nursing, Bethesda, MD.

Christine E. Kasper, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Senior Research Scientist at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Nursing Services, Washington, DC; Professor at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; and Member of the Governor’s Committee on Spinal Cord Injury Research in Maryland.

Table of Contents

ABOUT THE VOLUME EDITORS

CONTRIBUTORS

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1: CONDUCTING RESEARCH DURING DISASTERS

Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Lisa Schemmel-Rettenmeie, Molly Frommelt-Kuhle

CHAPTER 2: NURSING LEADERSHIP IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

Ann R. Knebel, Lauren Toomey, Mark Libby

CHAPTER 3: CONDUCTING ETHICALLY-SOUND DISASTER NURSING RESEARCH

Michaela R. Shafer, Laurel Sks

CHAPTER 4: LEGAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Bobby A. Courtney, Chad Priest, Paul Root

CHAPTER 5: PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF DISASTERS ON COMMUNITIES

Sharon A. R. Stanley, Susan Bulecza, Sameer Vali Gopalani

CHAPTER 6: RECONSIDERING “SPECIAL NEEDS” POPULATIONS DURING A DISASTER

Roberta Proffitt Lavin, Lisa Schemmel-Rettenmeier, Molly Frommelt-Kuhle

CHAPTER 7: NURSING INFORMATICS RESEARCH ISSUES IN DISASTER AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Elizabeth Weiner, Lynn A. Slepski

CHAPTER 8: UPDATE ON COMPETENCIES AND EDUCATION

Kristine M. Gebbie, Alison Hutton, Virginia Plummer

CHAPTER 9: WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY

Mary Pat Couig

CHAPTER 10: INTERNATIONAL DISASTER HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR NURSES

Andrew C. Stevermer