Rural Nursing

by Lee, Helen J.; Winters, Charlene A.

• ISBN13: 9780826169556
• ISBN10: 0826169554
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-08
• Publisher: Springer Pub Co

Summary

Based on thirty years of work by a dedicated group of nurses at Montana State University, this thoroughly revised second edition chronicles the path to creating a coherent, conceptual framework for rural nursing practice. By bringing together research, theory, and narratives from rural nursing practice, the authors and contributors provide readers with a foundation for understanding the special dimensions of rural nursing and health.

Table of Contents

Editorial Board	x
Contributors	xi
Preface	xix
Acknowledgments	xxiii
Part I. The Rural Nursing Theory Base
1 Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base	3	(14)
Kathleen Ann Long and Clarann Weinert
2 Examining the Rural Nursing Theory Base	17	(10)
Helen J. Lee and Meg K. McDonagh
3 Exploring Rural Nursing Theory Across Borders	27	(16)
Charlene A. Winters, Elizabeth H. Thomlinson, Chad O'Lynn, Helen J. Lee, Meg K. McDonagh, Dana S. Edge, and Marlene A. Reimer
Part II. Perspectives of Rural Persons
4 Old-Timers	43	(10)
Robin L. Boland and Helen J. Lee
5 Health Needs and Perceptions of Rural Persons	53	(13)
Ronda L. Bales, Charlene A. Winters, and Helen J. Lee
6 Health Perceptions, Needs, and Behaviors of Remote Rural Women of Childbearing and Childrearing Age	66	(13)
Ronda L. Bales
7 Rural and Remote Women Developing Resilience to Manage Vulnerability	79	(17)
Beverly D. Leipert
8 Strategizing Safety: Perinatal Experiences of Rural Women	96	(14)
Katharine S. West
9 Rural Family Health: Enduring Acts of Balancing	110
Sonja J. Meiers, Sandra K. Eggenberger, Norma K. Krumwiede, Mary M. Bliesmer, and Patricia A. Earle
Part III. The Rural Dweller and Response to Illness
10 Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents: The Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process	129	(9)
Janice A. Buehler, Maureen Malone, and Janis M. Majerus-Wegerhoff
11 Updating the Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process	138	(15)
Chad O'Lynn
12 The Chronic Illness Experience of Isolated Rural Women: Use of an Online Support Group Intervention	153	(13)
Charlene A. Winters and Therese Sullivan
13 Acceptability: One Component in Choice of Health Care Provider	166	(13)
Jean Shreffler-Grant
Part IV. Rural Nursing Practice
14 The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice: Philosophical Bases	179	(18)
Jane Ellis Scharff
15 Rural Health Professionals' Perceptions of Lack of Anonymity	197	(8)
Susan J. Raph and Janice A. Buehler
16 The Rural Nursing Generalist in Community Health	205	(13)
Linda E. Troyer and Helen J. Lee
17 The Rural Nursing Generalist in the Acute Care Setting: Flowing Like a River	218	(14)
Kathryn (Kay) Ayres Rosenthal
18 Men Working as Rural Nurses: Land of Opportunity	232	(16)
Chad O'Lynn
19 Continuing Education and Rural Nurses	248	(11)
Lori Hendrickx
Part V. Rural Public Health
20 Public Health Emergency Preparedness in Rural or Frontier Areas	259	(11)
Sandra K. Kuntz, Jane Smilie, and Melanie Reynolds
21 Environmental Risk Reduction for Rural Children	270	(12)
Wade G. Hill and Patricia Butterfield
22 Rural School Health: Who Covers for the Rural School Nurse When There is None?	282	(9)
Laurie Bernhardt Glover
23 Improving the Health Literacy of Rural Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach	291	(10)
M. Susan Jones, Marilyn M. Gardner, Janelle A. Peeler, Serena Merry Britt, and Marilyn Lewis Graves
24 The Culture of Rural Communities: An Examination of Rural Nursing Concepts at the Community Level	301	(12)
Nancy Findholt
Part VI. Looking Ahead
25 Further Development of the Rural Nursing Theory Base	313	(9)
Helen J. Lee and Meg K. McDonagh
26 Implications for Education, Practice, and Policy	322	(9)
Jean Shreffler-Grant and Marlene A. Reimer
APPENDIX An Analysis of Key Concepts for Rural Nursing	331	(12)
Helen J. Lee and Charlene A. Winters
Index	343