Caring for the vulnerable: perspectives in nursing theory, practice, and research

Vulnerable populations: vulnerable people / Mary de Chesnay

Advocacy role of providers / Mary de Chesnay and Vanessa Robinson-Dooley

Cultural competence and resilience / Mary de Chesnay, Patricia Hart, and Jane Brannan

Social justice in nursing: a review of the literature / Doris M. Boutain

Low literacy and vulnerable clients / Toni Vezeau

Nursing theories applied to vulnerable populations: examples from Turkey / Behice Erici

Culturally competent care for South Pacific Islanders / Karen Joines and Mary de Chesnay

Theories of mothering and HIV-infected mothers / Tommie Nelms

Giving voice to vulnerable populations: Rogerian theory / Sarah Hall Gueldner, Geraldine R. Britton and Susan Terwilliger

Application of the Barnard parent/caregiver-child interaction model to care of premature infants / Danuta Wojnar

The utility of Leininger's culture care theory with vulnerable populations / Rick Zoucha

Positive skills, positive strategies: solution-focused nursing / Margaret McAllister

Using self-efficacy theory to help vulnerable women breastfeed / Janet L. Engstrom and Paula P. Meier

Research with vulnerable populations / Mary de Chesnay ... [et al.]

Sample qualitative research proposal: childhood obesity in Latino families / Nicole Mareno

Sample quantitative research proposal: effect of video-based education on knowledge and perceptions of risk for breast cancer genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 in urban Latina populations / Janice B. Flynn and Janice Long

Mobile clinics as outreach to the underserved / Mary de Chesnay and Heather Payne

Life histories: affluent adolescents and substance abuse / Mary de Chesnay ... [et al.]

Staying with HIV/AIDS: a compressed ethnography of Zambian women / Terra Grandmason

Health systems and human resources for health: new dimensions in global health nursing / Capt. Patricia L. Riley

The use of community-based participatory research to understand and work with vulnerable populations / Ellen Olshansky

Immigrant vulnerability: does capitalism in the United States matter? / Jenny Hsin-Chun Tsai

Predisposition to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among former-Soviet Union immigrants / Nataly Pasumansky

Barriers to healthcare access for Latino service workers in a resort community / Caroline Cogan

Navy nurses: vulnerable people caring for vulnerable populations / Capt. Mary Ann White

Ethics of end-of-life care / Lois R. Robley

The Samfie man revisited: sex tourism and trafficking / Mary de Chesnay

Developing population-based programs for the vulnerable / Anne Watson Bongiorno and Mary de Chesnay

Childhood autism in a rural environment: reaching vulnerable children and their families / Ellyn Cavanagh

Developing a nurse practitioner-run center for residents in rural Appalachia / Joyce M. Knestrick and Mona M. Counts

Strategies for working with individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: lessons learned in Alaska / Marilyn Piece-Bulger

Teaching nurses about vulnerable populations / Mary de Chesnay

Healthy communities and vulnerability: enhancing curricula for teaching population-based nursing / Barbara A. Anderson

Preparing nursing professionals to be advocates: service learning / Lynda P. Nauright and Astrid Wilson

Working with graduate students to develop cultural competence / Mary de Chesnay, Genie Dorman and David Bennett

Assessing the needs of the homeless in Townsville, USA / Annette Jackson

Designing and implementing a cultural competence education model of school nurses: working with African American children and families / Rebecca Gren

Clinical immersion in family nursing practice in Lac du Flambeau / Cheryl Ann Lapp

Public policy and vulnerable populations / Jeri A. Milstead

Advancing healthcare policy through the use of political narratives to give voice to a vulnerable population / Charles Bobo and Kathie Aduddell

Health policy and advocacy for vulnerable populations / Kathryn Osborne

The nursing workforce shortage: the vulnerability of the healthcare system / Barbara A. Anderson.

Unit 1: Concepts

Vulnerable populations: vulnerable people / Mary de Chesnay

Rethinking vulnerability / Cathy Michaels and Carol Moffett

Cultural competence, resilience, and advocacy / Mary de Chesnay, Rebecca W. Peil, and Christopher Pamp

Social justice in nursing: a review of the literature / Doris M. Boutain

Low literacy and vulnerable clients / Toni M. Vezeau.

Unit 2: Nursing theories

Nursing theories applied to vulnerable populations: examples from Turkey / Behice Erci

Culturally competent care for Samoans / Karen Joines and Mary de Chesnay

The ethical experience of caring for vulnerable populations: the symphonological approach / Gladys L. Husted and James H. Husted

Giving voice to vulnerable populations: Rogerian theory / Sarah Hall Gueldner, Geraldine R. Britton, and SusanTerwilliger

Application of the Barnard parent/caregiver-child interaction model to care of premature infants / Danuta Wojnar

The utility of Leininger's culture care theory with vulnerable populations / Rick Zoucha

Positive skills, positive strategies: solution-focused nursing / Margaret McAllister.

Unit 3: Research

Methodological and ethical issues in research with vulnerable populations / Mary de Chesnay ... [et al.]

Sample qualitative research proposal: the lived experiences of Taiwanese-Americans with pre-diabetes type 2 / Andrew Lin

Sample quantitative research proposal: the effects of relaxation exercises on anxiety and discomfort associated with pelvic examinations / Patti Nissley

African-American families having children with asthma: a critical review / Yvonne M. Sterling and Jane W. Peterson

Life histories of successful survivors of colostomy surgery, multiple sclerosis, and bereavement / Mary de Chesnay ... [et al.]

"Staying with HIV/AIDS": a compressed ethnography of Zambian women / Terra Grandmason

Gender differences in barriers to adolescent honesty with advanced practice nurses / Andrew R. Kruse

Experiencing homelessness: a grounded theory study of formerly homeless mothers / Pamela M. H. Cone

The use of community-based participatory research to understand and work with vulnerable populations / Ellen Olshansky

Immigrant vulnerability: does capitalism in the United States matter? / Jenny Hsin-Chun Tsai.

Unit 4: Practice

Predisposition to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus among immigrants from the former Soviet Union / Nataly Pasumansky

Barriers to healthcare access for Latino service workers in a resort community / Caroline Cogen

Barriers to tuberculosis screening among Filipino immigrants to the United States / Gloria Q. Natividad

Effective treatment plans for female veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder / Patricia M. Jergens

Hormone replacement and the treatment of the transgender patient: a critical literature review / David Hibbs

Mustada'afah (vulnerability) in Arab Muslim women living in the United States / Dena Hassouneh

Sample care plan for culturally competent care of an Arab Muslim woman / Carol Vineyard.

Unit 5: Programs

Program development for vulnerable populations / Mary de Chesnay and Anne Watson Bongiorno

Overcoming vulnerability: an evidence-based practice model for Nicaraguan men / Carl A. Ross

Center for reducing risks in vulnerable populations / Julie Johnson Zerwic ... [et al.]

Reducing the vulnerability of nurses / Elaine Goehner and Pamela A. P. Smith

Opening a clinic: a far-off dream becomes a reality / Rebecca K. Conte

Program proposal for Native Amercian/Alaskan native community organization / Charee L. Taccogno

Mobile care clinic: an integrated program for the homeless / Linda Frothinger.

Unit 6: Teaching-learning

Teaching nurses about vulnerable populations / Mary de Chasney

Healthy communities: a framework for experential learning in community health nursing / Barbara A. Anderson and Amanda B. Frye

Preparing nursing professionals for advocacy: service learning / Lynda P. Nauright

Designing a model for predicting or working with vulnerable populations based on graduate fieldwork / Jane W. Peterson ... [et al.]

Vulnerable populations: a model for a web-enhanced doctoral-level course / Angeline Bushy.

Unit 7: Policy implications

Public policy and vulnerable populations / Jeri A. Milstead

Health care for some borne on the backs of the poor / Elizabeth Furlong

Resolving disparities in elder care: clinical quality, translational science, and the clinical doctorate / Mary K. Walker

Global nursing migration: issues in social justice and vulnerability / Barbara A. Anderson.