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Completely rewritten to include the most recent research and nursing strategies, the 3rd edition expands nurses' perceptions of persons with long-term health problems in a way that emphasizes patient and family power resources. The book includes nursing assessment, diagnosis, interventions, conceptual models, and related research.
Examines theories related to coping and powerlessness, and presents creative nursing strategies and a prototypical plan for decreasing powerlessness in chronically ill people and their families. This third edition is rewritten to include the most recent research and nursing strategies, with an emphasis on patient and family power resources. New to this edition are chapters on stress and coping, chronic sorrow, courage in chronic illness, and empowering people with AIDS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
More Reviews and RecommendationsJudith Fitzgerald Miller, RN, PhD, FAAN, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor, Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Examines theories related to coping and powerlessness, and presents creative nursing strategies and a prototypical plan for decreasing powerlessness in chronically ill people and their families. This third edition is rewritten to include the most recent research and nursing strategies, with an emphasis on patient and family power resources. New to this edition are chapters on stress and coping, chronic sorrow, courage in chronic illness, and empowering people with AIDS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
| Pt. I | Current Status | 1 |
| 1 | Client Power Resources | 3 |
| 2 | Analysis of Coping with Illness | 21 |
| 3 | Development of the Concept of Powerlessness: A Nursing Diagnosis | 55 |
| Pt. II | Vulnerabilities Across the Life Span | 89 |
| 4 | Stress and Coping: Psychoneuroimmunology | 91 |
| 5 | Chronic Sorrow in Long-Term Illness Across the Life Span | 125 |
| 6 | Courage in Young Adults with Long-Term Health Concerns | 145 |
| 7 | Middlescent Obese Women: Overcoming Powerlessness | 165 |
| 8 | Powerlessness in Elderly Persons: Preventing Hopelessness | 191 |
| Pt. III | Coping with Specific Chronic Health Problems | 213 |
| 9 | Powerlessness in Persons with End-Stage Renal Disease | 215 |
| 10 | Profiles of Locus of Control and Coping in Persons with Peripheral Vascular Disease | 247 |
| 11 | Energy Deficits in Chronically Ill Persons with Arthritis: Fatigue | 265 |
| 12 | Adjustment, Coping Resources, and Care of the Client with Multiple Sclerosis | 293 |
| 13 | Coping with Chronic Lung Disease: Maintaining Quality of Life | 327 |
| 14 | Empowering Persons Affected by Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome | 377 |
| Pt. IV | Selected Nursing Strategies | 435 |
| 15 | Literature: A Dimension of Nursing Therapeutics | 437 |
| 16 | Imagery as a Means of Coping | 467 |
| 17 | Facilitating Behavior Change in Chronically Ill Persons | 481 |
| 18 | Enhancing Self-Esteem | 505 |
| 19 | Inspiring Hope | 523 |
| Index | 547 |
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