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Grant Writing Tips for Nurses is a reader-friendly primer that acknowledges that grant writing is an essential skill for today's nurse. The text follows a logical path, moving from the reasons for seeking grant funding, the types of grants available, and the structure and content for a typical grant proposal, to the transit of grant proposals through internal institutional processes, deadlines and signatures, and progress through review by the funding agency. Final chapters take a glance foward to future funding, ethical dilemmas related to grants, and life after grants. An Essential Resource for Your Course!

Learn leadership skills from experienced deans!The first resource written specifically for novice and aspiring deans and directors of nursing education, this engaging guide shares practical advice, wisdom, and insight from experienced academic leaders. These insights will help nurses who are new to academic leadership positions. Within its pages, experienced deans share their wisdom on how a new dean or director can succeed in a leadership position.With an emphasis on acquiring critical knowledge and essential skills, this book describes the parameters of the nursing dean or director role, practical strategies for resolving day-to-day issues, everything from student success to budget and fiscal health, and how to practice self-care while constantly tackling the challenges of these roles. Seventeen academic nursing leaders from across the United States deliver fundamental guidance to help readers determine how to navigate the multifaceted opportunities and challenges of deaning and directing.Key Features:Written in an accessible, engaging style for novice and aspiring academic nursing leadersEveryday strategies for dealing with routine issuesAddresses the need for self-care and how to manage the stress and complexities of the leadership roleAbundant real-world case studies and best practicesOnline resources for further study

This benchmark handbook for neonatal nurse practitioners describes the most common conditions and procedures in an easy-to-access streamlined format. This thoroughly revised third edition continues to promote the foundational principles of evidence-based nursing practice worldwide, while taking the resources and requirements of different practice settings into account. It delivers updated information on trauma-informed care and offers new sections on parent perspectives about transition to home, neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), and therapeutic hypothermia.Designed with a logical organization, Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook, Third Edition features brief narratives and plentiful illustrations and charts. This quick reference is easily used by English-as-second-language nurses and can be conveniently stored in a pocket for on-the-go referral. Part I uses a systems approach to address management of disorders related to each body system. All chapters include a brief definition of the neonatal problem, followed by diagnostic tests and labs. Part II encompasses special care considerations such as nutrition, surgical care, and palliative care. Part III discusses widely seen procedures and diagnostic tests, complete with lab values. Appendices contain additional useful content on weights and temperatures, common abbreviations, and pertinent web resources.New to the Third Edition:Addresses trauma-informed careAdditional Content On:Generalized nursing care regarding respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, renal, and hematologic/immune systemsBottle feedingOral/Nasogastric/Gastrointestinal Tube FeedingsParent perspective on the transition home/primary careHigh frequency ventilation and new techniquesNeonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) and Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (NOW)Total body cooling/therapeutic hypothermiaKey Features:Written by neonatal nurses and other health professionals for neonatal nursesAssists neonatal nurses in making sound clinical decisionsProvides streamlined, well-organized format for quick information retrievalWritten in brief narratives supported by illustrations, diagrams, and flow chartsEasily understandable to English-as-second-language nursesCovers diagnostic tests and lab values and includes medication guide

Praise for the Fifth Edition:“This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery…[It] includes discussions of contemporary topics of interest, such as informatics, genetics, global health, and family-centered care, which are vital to providers caring for neonates today. The case studies and evidence-based practice dialogues provide great opportunities for further reflection. The book is useful to a wide audience in nursing, including undergraduate and graduate nursing students, practicing neonatal and pediatric nurses, and advanced practice nurses who care for neonates."Score: 92, 4 Stars--Doody's Medical ReviewsThe sixth edition of this acclaimed neonatal nursing text is completely updated to encompass the most current research findings and strategies for providing cost-effective and evidence-based care. It continues to address neonatal care from a physiologic and pathophysiologic perspective, with a major emphasis on nursing management at the bedside and advanced practice level. It examines each neonatal body system and describes evidence-based interventions that assist in understanding the ‘why’ behind various clinical presentations. Integrative management is threaded throughout the text along with extensive research findings to support practice strategies and rationales for sound clinical decision-making. Case studies, evidence-based practice boxes, QSEN competencies, and online resources help to amplify and reinforce content.New to the Sixth Edition:New technologies including neonatal health care simulationTrauma-Informed CareSubstantial revisions to the Neonatal Resuscitation ProgramUpdates in Continuous Quality ImprovementEmphasis on neuroprotective factorsEmerging global trendsGenomics and its relationship to precision health prevention of diseasesMaternal-Fetal UnitsNeonatal Abstinence Syndrome and maternal drug useLeadership and cost management of the NICUUpdates on neonatal care protocols and procedures, new treatments, and new trends in family-centered integrative developmental careNew palliative care protocolsVideo clips regarding parental caregivingParent perspectives on carePodcasts from experts in the fieldHighlighted callouts for Emergency Alert, Quality and Safety Issues, and Family ConcernsKey Features:Complete physiologic and embryologic foundation of each neonatal body systemThe relevance of various diagnostic testsIntegrates quality and safety as per QSEN competenciesCase studies, evidence-based practice boxes, parent handouts, and online resourcesAuthored by internationally reputed “mother” of neonatal nursingParent Voices provide new perspective on neonatal care

This accessible, hands-on text, for new grant writers and seasoned health researchers, educators, and clinicians alike, illuminates the process of writing a persuasive request for funding from start to finish. Packed with practical tips for dealing with common pitfalls besieging grant seekers, the text progresses step by step from establishing the need for the grant through disseminating grant findings. This third edition is distinguished by key information about newer grant mechanisms and a fresh focus for foundation and corporate grants. It also includes updates on electronic submissions and web resources.Useful supporting features include examples and underlying principles for each guideline, examples of grants and specific elements that lend themselves to the development of PowerPoint slides for traditional or online classroom use, real-life examples from actual grant applications, and links to online resources to support searches for grant funders and websites supporting grant applications. Armed with savvy tips and advice from the authors—an experienced grant writer, grant reviewer, and grant consultant—readers will be able to write a persuasive grant with ease.NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:Top-notch grant writing guidance for all health professionalsInformation about newer grant mechanisms emphasizing community-based and patient-centered outcomes research grantsFoundation and corporate grants focusing on population health, personalized health, and interprofessional team grants that include community collaborations and corporate partnershipsImportant information on the Patient-Centered Research InstituteGuidance on how to involve stakeholders and communities in study design and implementationUpdates on electronic submissions and web resourcesNew coauthor who is a successful PCORI awardeeInstructor’s PowerPoint slidesKEY FEATURES:Describes the process of writing a persuasive request for funding from start to finishDelivers practical tips from experienced authors for dealing with common pitfalls and difficultiesIncludes examples and underlying principles for each guidelineProvides real-life examples from actual grant applicationsHelps readers to apply principles for selling and justifying the grant to their own proposals