Download or read book An Assessment of the Prevalence of Injury of Collegiate Athletes at Maryville College Along with the Psychological Effects and Resilience of Those that Have Obtained Long term Absence Injuries written by Davis Clothier and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the span of five academic years, 23,710 injuries were reported to the National Collegiate Athlete Association (NCAA)-participating schools, and these injuries can be attained with practices, strength training workouts, and/or games. When injuries occur, negative psychological effects can occur, such as anxiety and decreased quality of life (QOL). The primary purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the overall mental wellness of athletes who have had long-time absence injuries in collegiate sports and to evaluate the resiliency response of these athletes. An electronic survey assessing rate of injury among sports, psychological responses to injury and QOL was distributed to athletes at one NCAA Division III school for three weeks in spring 2021. Most participants were white (89.7%), female (55.9%), and 82.3% of all participants experienced injuries during their collegiate career. However, 41.1% reported longterm injuries (more than 4 weeks) that had significant impacts on symptoms of anxiety and depression with 90% indicating moderate to high risk for poor mental wellness and decreased QOL with 31.7% indicating neutral to highly dissatisfied QOL. Many participants reported that the best way to support them during injuries was through the support of athletic trainers. Further research is needed to better understand the psychological impact of long-term injuries on college athletes as well as optimal forms of support for these athletes.
Download or read book Athletic Injury and the Effects on Division III Athletes Identity and Mental Health written by Taylor La Page and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this thesis is to investigate the effect of an athletic injury on Division III athletes' identity and mental health. Division III collegiate athletes from a northeastern conference located in the United States (N= 49) completed an online survey with questions regarding injuries they obtained while playing collegiate athletics, social media usage, NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) deal, recovery, mental health, and identity. Six Division III student athletes from a university located in the northeastern United States participated in an in-depth interview regarding injury and the effects on the athletes' physical and psychological health. Quantitative results did not show any statistical significance related to collegiate athletes having a season ending injury versus a non-season ending injury, gender differences in the process of recovery, nor the effect of an NIL deal and social media following on an athletes' recovery. Qualitative results suggest that an injury does affect an athlete's mental health, identity, and performance pressure, yet they can overcome these challenges through a strong support system, determination, and resilience.
Download or read book Concussions in Athletics written by Eric E. Hall and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric E. Hall, PhD has expertise in the area of exercise psychology focusing on how physical activity affects mental health (e.g., affect and cognition) and the underlying neuroscientific mechanisms. Dr. Hall has been forming collaborations around concussion work since 2009 and has been co-principal investigator on two grants from American Medical Society for Sports Medicine. He has served on the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports and is currently on the NCAA Concussion Protocol Committee. He is also on the editorial board for the journals: Psychology of Sport and Exercise as well as Sports. His excellence in research and mentorship has been recognized at Elon. Caroline J. Ketcham, PhD has expertise in the area of motor control and focuses on how movements are controlled, organized and coordinated. Her work includes assessing movement and developing therapeutic interventions for neurodiverse populations to improve coordination and integration. Caroline''s expertise in balance assessment and sensorimotor integration were incorporated into Elon''s concussion work 4 years ago and she has continued to lead on investigations between neurocognitive and motor function in brain injury and recovery. Together Drs. Hall and Ketcham established and Co-Direct Elon BrainCARE Research Institute with a mission to 1) help create a supportive environment for students and student-athletes to become educated concerning the potential impact of concussions through evidence based practices and research; and 2) to create health promoting environments that support resilience and positive mental wellness. Since 2012, Elon BrainCARE has resulted in over 40 presentations at regional, national and international conferences, published over 10 papers and mentored or co-mentored over 25 undergraduate students engaged in Elon BrainCARE research. In addition, Hall and Ketcham have organized and hosted annual symposia for 4 years inviting the Elon and surrounding community. The goal is to provide concussions education for parents and youth sport leaders in the area along with Elon and surrounding university concussion researchers and practitioners. Some of the seminal work from Elon BrainCARE includes an evidence informed return to learn protocol for collegiate student-athletes and understanding modifiers that affect baseline performance and recovery from a concussive injury in neurocognition, balance, gait and symptom reporting. Elon BrainCARE Research Institute not only serves as a service to sports medicine and student health staff at Elon, but also a model of co-mentored undergraduate research training for students headed into both academic and clinical health profession fields. Book Description: Sports related concussions and the implications of short-and long-term outcomes is a concern to athletes, parents, coaches, academics, and health care professionals. Leading clinicians and scientists across a variety of fields have come together to collaborate around topics related to concussion education, assessment, management and treatment of head injuries that occur in sports. Athletes of all levels not only have to perform on the field, but may also have to perform in the classroom where symptoms of a concussion can have profound impacts. As health care professionals work to implement the best practices around concussive injuries, scientists assess outcomes, implications and emerging topics related to management and recovery. This book aims to gather leaders in the field of concussion assessment and management to highlight the state of evidence-based practice. In addition, authors explore emerging issues around the care of athletes in returning to play as well as returning to academic settings. Concussion assessment and management is not a one-size-fits-all concept, and topics around pre-existing factors like cultural, ethnic and sex differences are essential to consider as we attempt to change reporting behaviors and positively impact recovery and outcomes from injury. As new information continues to emerge, the education, assessment, management and treatment of concussion evolves with the health and safety of athletes taking a front seat. This book is a timely snapshot of concussion assessment and management, and it is also a leader in emerging issues in the ever-changing science and evidence-based practice of sport-related concussion research. Target Audience: This book is targeted for a wide audience including scientists and health professionals doing concussion work as well as students, parents, and newcomers to concussion education and research.
Download or read book Injuries in Athletics Causes and Consequences written by Semyon M. Slobounov and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 539 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the scientific information on psychology of injury has increased considerably. Despite dramatic advances in physical education of coaches, field of medicine, athletic training, and physical therapy, the sport-related traumatic injuries is our major concern. Athletic injuries, both single and multiple, have a tendency to grow dramatically. Accordingly, prevention of sport-related injuries is a major challenge facing the sport medicine world today. The purpose of this book is to accumulate the latest development in psychological analyses, evaluation, and management of sport-related injuries, including traumatic brain injuries. No two traumatic injuries are alike in mechanism, symptoms, or symptoms resolution. There is still no agreement upon psychological diagnosis and there is no known comprehensive treatment for sport-related injuries for regaining pre-injury status. Physical symptoms resolution is not an indication of "psychological trauma" resolution.
Download or read book Identification of Athletes at Risk for Developing Psychological Trauma Following Injury written by Amari Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Injuries are an inevitable experience for most collegiate varsity athletes. The higher intensity/impact collegiate varsity sports often result in more serious and complex injuries such as shoulder dislocations, acute bone fractures, and ligamental tears (i.e., Anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] or calcaneofibular ligament ruptures). For example, basketball, soccer, and gymnastics have greater risk for significant injuries due to the high impact nature of these sports. These sports are rife with abrupt changes in directional movements, sudden stoppage, running, sudden impact, and jumping and landing mechanics making injury more prevalent in these sports. After injury, many medical practices and sports programs focus primarily on the physical strength of an athlete for return to sport (RTS). That said, there is a lack of consensus regarding the criteria that should be used to determine an athlete's readiness for RTS. The psychological aspects of sports injuries have only recently been considered relevant to recovery. Kinesiophobia is defined as an excessive, irrational, or debilitating fear of physical movement resulting from a feeling of vulnerability. Psychosocial responses like anxiety and fear of movement affect the outcome of injury recovery. These responses can lead to activity avoidance, resulting in more pain, disability, disuse, and potentially depression/anxiety. Kinesiophobia is frequently associated with a decrease in athletes returning to sport due to physiological (i.e., muscle guarding, muscle compensation, etc.) and psychological changes (i.e., movement avoidance, lack of trust at the injured location). There is currently very little research on how kinesiophobia and fear of reinjury influence RTS. Future research must explore the role of psychological factors in athletes' post-injury success and their future quality of life. The purpose of this thesis was to investigate the relationship between kinesiophobia and sex while also considering injury history, injury severity, injury incidence, and rate. There were positive correlations between changes in kinesiophobia scores from baseline to post-season and sex, injury history, severity, and rate. These associations are important to identifying athletes that are at risk for kinesiophobia development and other psychological or psychosocial factors that may prevent them from RTS as well as potential long-term struggles with depression and anxiety.
Download or read book The Psychological Response to Concussion Compared with Musculoskeletal Injuries in Collegiate Athletes written by Samantha Transou and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Context: This study considered the difference in psychological response to concussion compared with that of musculoskeletal injuries over time. The psychological response to musculoskeletal injuries has been well documented, however, research on the psychological response to concussion is lacking. The Profile of Mood States and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were used to assess the psychological recovery of concussions and could be easily added to a concussion test battery. The information provided by these inventories could also help to identify an atypical psychological response that may lead to lifelong psychological disorders, many of which have been linked to history of concussion. Objectives: Compare the psychological responses of student-athletes who have been diagnosed with a concussions to those of athletes diagnosed with musculoskeletal injuries with similar recovery duration Design: Prospective longitudinal study Setting: NCAA Division I University in Southeast Georgia Participants: Twenty Division I collegiate athletes sustaining a musculoskeletal injury were recruited, after exclusion 15 musculoskeletal participants were included in the study. The musculoskeletal participants were matched with 15 previously collected concussion participants. Main Outcome Measures: The main outcome measures were the scores of STAI (state anxiety only) and POMS constructs: tension-anxiety, anger-hostility, fatigue-inertia, depressiondejection, vigor-activity, confusion-bewilderment, and total mood disturbance. Results: Seven two-way ANOVAs were run to compare the scores on the psychological inventories used in the study. The ANOVA for the POMS subscales anger-hostility, fatigueinertia, depression-dejection, confusion-bewilderment, and total mood disturbance revealed significant main effects for time for both groups, but no differences were seen between groups. The ANOVA for the POMS subscales tension-anxiety and vigor-activity as well as the STAI revealed no main effects for time or group. The POMS scores improved over time in both the concussion and the musculoskeletal groups. The scores for the STAI improved at the exercise day 1 time point but increased again at return to play, resulting in a U shaped trend. No significant difference was found between groups or time points. Conclusion: The findings of this study contradict previous research which stated that musculoskeletal injuries had more severe psychological responses than concussions. The current study's results that both musculoskeletal and concussion groups' psychological response to injury improves over time and at a similar rate. The results could be the result of the study design. The similar psychological response that was found between the concussion and musculoskeletal participants could either be due to loss of playing time and pain or a neurometabolic reaction in the brain.
Download or read book AN INCREASE IN LOWER EXTREMITY INJURY AS A RESULT OF COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFECITS OF CONCUSSION written by Caitlin Schult and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose: Sport-related concussions have shown to have effects on self-efficacy, oculomotor performance, reaction time and an increased risk of lower extremity injury. Most studies have been conducted to test the effects of acute concussions in athletes and not on long-term effects. Researchers have been able to test these effects using neuroimaging and physical testing to test the differences between concussed and non-concussed athletes. To understand the relationship between concussions and its effects on lower extremity risk it is important to be able to understand what is going on cognitively and psychologically in concussed athletes and to be able to detect what factors are remaining long-term. These factors could indicate the reason why lower extremity injuries are associated with sport-related concussions and how they can be treated or maintained to limit the incidence of lower extremity injury. Methods: Aim 1: Participants who were current athletes completed an online survey to measure their self-efficacy relative to their sport after they had been cleared to return-to-play following a concussive injury. This aim did not use a control group. Aim 2: Participants completed two surveys on their history of concussion and their history of lower extremity injury. All participants (concussed group and control group) then completed a virtual GO/NO-GO task that was presented in a Tobii HTC VIVE Pro Eye virtual reality eye tracking enabled headset that measured oculomotor performance. Participants were asked to wear a G-Tec (500 Hz) 32 channel EEG cap to measure reaction time while they perform the necessary tasks Results: Objective 1: Participants (N=9) were involved in collegiate, club, or recreational sports with at least one sport related concussion within a two-year period and had a mean age of 20.56 ± 1.74 years. Confidence about returning to play was reported in 11.9% of the participants. The mean scores for question #13 on the survey indicated that participants had low levels of self-efficacy when returning-to-play. Objective 2: Participants (N=25) included five concussed participants who are currently involved in basketball (20%), volleyball (20%), rugby (20%), soccer (20%), and marching band (20%). The control group consisted of twenty participants with a mean age of 21.24 ± 2.803 years consisting of 30% currently involved in rugby (50%), dance (16.67%), frisbee (16.67%), and softball (16.67%). There was not a statistically significant correlation between concussion and lower extremity injury. There was no statistically significant difference saccadic eye movement reaction time during the task. A comparison of channel spectra indicated statistically significant differences (p[less-than].05) in frequency bans across channels in the frontal and parietal regions of the brain as well as statistically significant (p[less-than].05) changes in ERD and ERS in frequency bands of the left frontal, right frontal, and parietal regions between the groups. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that cognitive and psychological effects due to concussion could produce an increased risk for lower extremity injury in athletes. While the correlation between report of concussion and report of lower extremity injury was not significant, it is clear the long-term effects of concussions are affecting athletes negatively and are causing differences in reaction time and self-efficacy. Since sports demand high levels of attention, confidence, and decision-making, concussed athletes that return-to-play too soon from a concussive injury may not have sufficient cognitive and psychological resources to operate appropriately during sport events, and thus may be at higher risk of further injury.
Download or read book College Athletes Experiences with a Lower Body Re Injury A Phenomenological Investigation written by Samantha Holder and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Lower extremity injuries are the most common musculoskeletal sport injuries and are an inevitable risk to sport participation (Chalmers, 2002; Dane et al., 2004; Kay et al., 2017). When an athlete sustains an injury, fear of re-injury is a salient emotion many athletes experience (e.g., Disanti et al., 2018; Kvist et al., 2005; Lentz et al., 2015). Previous research has identified fear of re-injury as a risk factor to suffering a subsequent injury (e.g., An et al., 2019; Andersen & Williams, 1988; Paterno et al., 2018; Podlog et al., 2011; Tagesson & Kvist, 2016). Epidemiology studies have highlighted that re-injuries are of high prevalence (e.g., Gans et al., 2018; Paterno et al., 2012), and are associated with lower return-to-play rates compared to the first injury occurrence (e.g., Gans et al., 2018; Webster et al., 2019). However, there is a lack of research that has explored the psychological and emotional response to a re-injury. Therefore, this study used a phenomenological qualitative approach to understand eight college athletes’ perceptions and lived experiences in regard to the psychological response to a lower-body re-injury. Five major themes were identified: (a) prior experience and knowledge, (b) concerns, (c) motivation, (d) social support, and (e) coping strategies. It appears that the re-injury experience, while a difficult experience, has some advantages. The athlete is already familiar with the physical and mental hardships of the injury, allowing them to better cope and progress through the rehabilitation. However, the repetitiveness of repeating the same injury process and not being able to participate in their sport for an even longer time was difficult and frustrating. Despite these hardships, the athletes’ appeared to have a renewed motivation as they gained a new perspective of cherishing their sport more and were proud of themselves of overcoming the adversity of re-injury. The findings from this study can be applied by sport personnel (e.g., coaches, athletic trainers, sport psychology professionals) to improve the re-injury experience by providing quality social support. Practical implications and future research direction will also be discussed.
Download or read book Psyche of the Injured Athlete written by Laura Miele and published by Skillbites. This book was released on 2021-02-28 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psyche of the Injured Athlete: the Unspoken Truths presents an intimate look at what happens to athletes who suffer a debilitating, sport career-ending injury. The athlete's identity, the sports family, the daily discipline and work to become an elite athlete are all gone. The psyche of the athlete is damaged, and there is little in place to help them find healing and wholeness. The author, Dr. Laura Miele, PhD, describes her own journey as an elite basketball player who suffered a back injury that ended her promising career and left her on the sidelines. She shares the utter devastation, the consultations with numerous medical professionals searching for a way to rehabilitate and continue to play, and the realization that she needed to move on from her dream. She is an expert in fitness, sports and recreation with a PhD in Sports Psychology, and she brings her understanding of athletic identity, sports injury rehabilitation, and career-ending injury to bear on the lack of mental health resources available to injured athletes and to those who care for them. This book is intended to help coaches, parents, medical practitioners, and the injured athletes themselves acknowledge the need for the body, mind and spirit all to be considered when evaluating the health and wellbeing of the injured athlete. The seven comprehensive chapters cover Miele's story, the role of sport in the identity of elite athletes, the loneliness and despair of an injured, depressed athlete, and finally her detailed solutions to help the injured athlete cope with and move beyond their injury, to transition out of sports and into a successful career and life. The insights from coaches and athletes sprinkled throughout the book corroborate and expand on the topics of athletics, injury, loss and recovery. Dr. Miele notes that athletes have everything they need to heal and move on if they are given the appropriate support. They are disciplined, they know how to work hard, and they are team players. With the right mental health resources and guidance, they can integrate their love of their sport into their life and come back strong. Whether you are a parent, coach, doctor or athlete, this book is a must read. Better analysis and treatment are critical to the mental health of elite athletes, and you owe it to yourself or the athlete you care for to better understand the psyche of the injured athlete.
Download or read book Psychology of Sport Injury written by John Heil and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 1993 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Many of the greatest losses and victories in sport are played out in the battle with injury. An injury does more than undermine an athlete's physical abilities; it also challenges the athlete's emotional equilibrium and mental game. To successfully treat injuries, you must treat the psychological consequences as well as the physical trauma. Psychology of Sport Injury shows you how." "Psychology of Sport Injury is for all professionals who work with injured athletes: psychologists, physicians, athletic trainers, and sport physical therapists. It has the in-depth information needed to address the psychological needs of those with injuries." "To improve both the continuity and quality of care that injured athletes receive, Psychology of Sport Injury advocates a team approach, with psychologists and sports medicine professionals working together with athletes to help them successfully return to play. To help team members work together, the book includes medical information that is helpful for the psychologist to know. And conversely, it contains specific recommendations for psychological intervention in a format that is practical for the sports medicine professional." "This hands-on guide to the psychological management of sport injury is a must for psychologists and sports medicine practitioners who want to help athletes rehabilitate from injuries as completely - and as quickly as possible."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Download or read book Fundamentals of Hand Therapy written by Cynthia Cooper and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2013-11-06 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for hand therapy specialists, hand therapy students, and any other professional who encounters clients with upper extremity issues, Fundamentals of Hand Therapy, 2nd Edition contains everything you need to make sound therapy decisions. Coverage includes hand anatomy, the evaluation process, and diagnosis-specific information. Expert tips, treatment guidelines, and case studies round out this comprehensive text designed to help you think critically about each client's individual needs. "Overall, a very clear readable style is adopted throughout, with theory supported by various anecdotal case studies. Excellent use is made of illustrations, and many chapters contain the helpful addition of 'clinical pearls' or 'tips from the field', which are an attempt to make transparent the links between theory and practice. In conclusion, this is an excellent core text for reference purposes." Reviewed by: British Journal of Occupational Therapy Date: Aug 2014 Clinical Pearls and Precautions highlight relevant information learned by the experienced author and contributors that you can apply to clinical practice. Case examples included in the diagnoses chapters in Part Three demonstrate the use of clinical reasoning and a humanistic approach in treating the client. Diagnosis-specific information in the final section of the book is well-organized to give you quick access to the information you need. Special features sections such as Questions to Discuss with the Physician, What to Say to Clients, Tips from the Field, and more help readers find their own clinical voices. Online sample exercises give you a pool to pull from during professional practice. NEW! Chapters on yoga and pilates provide guidance into new ways to treat upper extremity problems. NEW! Chapter on wound care gives you a thorough foundation on how wounds impact therapeutic outcomes. NEW! Chapter on orthotics has been added to cover basic splinting patterns. NEW! Online resources help assess your understanding and retention of the material.
Download or read book Humor the Lighter Path to Resilience and Health written by Paul McGhee PhD and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-01-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We’ve all heard the phrase, “Laughter is the best medicine.” Readers Digest has been telling us this for years, but until recently there was no real evidence to back up the claim. This book discusses the exciting findings scientists have obtained over the past 25 years for how your sense of humor supports good physical and mental health. A separate chapter discusses humor and the brain. The first studies of humor and health demonstrated humor’s ability to strengthen the immune system, reduce pain and reduce levels of stress hormones circulating in the body. These general health-promoting benefits led researchers to study the impact of humor and laughter on specific diseases. This exciting new work has now shown health benefits of humor in connection with coronary heart disease, asthma, COPD, arthritis, certain allergies and diabetes. The two cerebral hemispheres of the brain are shown to play different roles in our understanding and enjoyment of humor. Also, specific dopamine-based pleasure centers in the brain have now been identified which account for the good feeling that results from humor and a good belly laugh. The key to understanding humor’s contribution to health and wellness is its ability to both build more positive emotion into your life and reduce feelings of anger, anxiety and depression. Humor helps provide the emotional resilience needed to meet the challenges presented by steadily increasing stress in our personal and work lives. It is a powerful tool for coping with any form of life stress, and a means of sustaining a positive, optimistic attitude toward life. And it’s never too late to improve your sense of humor. The companion to this book, Humor as Survival Training for a Stressed-Out World (also published by AuthorHouse), presents a hands-on program for learning to use humor to cope.
Download or read book Directory of Graduate Programs in Applied Sport Psychology written by Michael L. Sachs and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth edition of the "Directory of Graduate Programs in Applied Sport Psychology" once again offers a wealth of information about graduate programs and career opportunities internationally. Over the years, the Directory has become the indispensable resource for exploring sport psychology graduate programs. In addition to over 100 masters and doctoral degree programs in the United States, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and South Africa, the Directory presents information about internships and career opportunities, details online courses and common research tools in the field, delineates the requirements for certification and licensure, and discusses ethical issues and concerns in sport psychology. Perhaps most useful are the contact names, numbers, and email addresses for programs and individuals around the world. This is the ideal resource for individuals interested in pursuing graduate study and a career in sport or exercise psychology.
Download or read book No Slam Dunk written by Cheryl Cooky and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No detailed description available for "No Slam Dunk".
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes written by Michael Newton and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 800 entries examine the facts, evidence, and leading theories of a variety of unsolved murders, robberies, kidnappings, serial killings, disappearances, and other crimes.
Download or read book Evidence Based Geriatric Nursing Protocols for Best Practice written by Marie Boltz, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of one of the premier references for geriatric nurses in hospital, long-term, and community settings delivers current guidelines, real-life case studies, and evidence-based protocols developed by master educators and practitioners. With a focus on improving quality of care, cost-effectiveness, and outcome, the fifth edition is updated to provide the most current information about care of common clinical conditions and issues in older patients. Several new expert contributors present current guidelines about hip fractures, frailty, perioperative and postoperative care, palliative care, and senior-friendly emergency departments. Additionally, chapters have been reorganized to enhance logical flow of content and easy information retrieval. Protocols, systematically tested by more than 300 participating NICHE (Nurses Improving Care for Health system Elders) hospitals‚ are organized in a consistent format and include an overview, evidence-based assessment and intervention strategies, and an illustrative case study with discussion. Additionally, protocols are embedded within chapter text, providing the context and detailed evidence for each. Chapter objectives, annotated references,and evidence ratings for each protocol are provided along with resources for additional study. New to the Fifth Edition: Reorganized to enhance logical flow of information and ease of use Updated and revised Includes new contributions from expert educators and practitioners Provides new chapters on perioperative and postoperative care, general surgical care, care of hip fracture, palliative care, and the senior-friendly emergency department Key Features: Includes PowerPoints and a test bank for instructors Delivers evidence-based, current guidelines and protocols for care of common clinical conditions in the older person Illustrates the application of clinical protocols to real-life practice through case studies and discussion Edited by nationally known geriatric leaders who are endorsed by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing and NICHE Written for nursing students, nurse leaders, and practitioners at all levels, including those in specialty roles
Download or read book Inside Indian Indenture written by Ashwin Desai and published by HSRC Publishers. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many were filled with hopes as high as the stars as they crossed the Indian Ocean, making their way from India to Durban in southern Africa in the late 1800s. Yet, realising the dream of a better life and returning home triumphant was not to be for many. Thousands returned with less than they had started out with, only to find that home was no longer the place they had left. The travellers, too, had changed irrevocably: caste had been transgressed, relatives had died and spaces for reintegration had closed up as colonialism tightened its grip. Home for these wandering exiles was no more.
