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  Pivotal moments in nursing, volume II [Free book download]

  Beth P. Houser and Kathy N. Player

  This item record pertains to the book Pivotal Moments in Nursing, Volume II, which is provided free of charge by the publisher.

  About this book: This book brings you the stories behind some of nursing's living legends. In this Year of the Nurse, please accept this gift as a token of Sigma's appreciation for the work you do to improve healthcare and the lives of people everywhere.

  Print and mobile versions are available for purchase at the provided links, but this copy is entirely free for personal use.To purchase other books from the publisher click here.

  To request a review copy for course adoption, order additional books, buy in bulk, or purchase for corporate use, contact Sigma Marketplace at 888.654.4968 (US/Canada toll-free), +1.317.687.2256 (International), or solutions@sigmamarketplace.org.

  To request author information, or for speaker or other media requests, contact Sigma Marketing at 888.634.7575 (US/Canada toll-free) or +1.317.634.8171 (International).

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  Pivotal moments in nursing, volume I [Free book download]

  Beth P. Houser and Kathy N. Player

  This item record pertains to an excerpt from Pivotal Moments in Nursing, Volume I, which is provided free of charge by the publisher.

  About this book: This book brings you the stories behind some of nursing's living legends.

  Designed to inspire nursing professionals worldwide to step into leadership roles, this book traces the paths of 12 legendary yet contemporary nurse leaders through the pivotal times in their lives that helped transform them into leaders, and thereby change the face of nursing.

  In this Year of the Nurse, please accept this gift as a token of Sigma's appreciation for the work you do to improve healthcare and the lives of people everywhere.

  Print and mobile versions are available for purchase at the provided links, but this copy is entirely free for personal use. To purchase other books from the publisher, click here.

  To request a review copy for course adoption, order additional books, buy in bulk, or purchase for corporate use, contact Sigma Marketplace at 888.654.4968 (US/Canada toll-free), +1.317.687.2256 (International), or solutions@sigmamarketplace.org.

  To request author information, or for speaker or other media requests, contact Sigma Marketing at 888.634.7575 (US/Canada toll-free) or +1.317.634.8171 (International).

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  Immigrant women and their health: An olive paper [Free Book Download]

  Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Juliene G. Lipson, Marjorie A. Muecke, and Gloria R. Smith

  Migration and population relocation are part of human history. However, recent national and international issues create a need to pay more attention to immigration and its effects on immigrants and the societies in which immigrants resettle. Women constitute about 80% of the world's total of immigrants and refugees. Women immigrants are less visible than are men immigrants. They often receive less health care and care of inferior quality; and they have received less scholarly attention. As a result their health may be compromised.

  The overall goal of this paper, which we are calling an olive paper,1 is to raise nurses' consciousness about the urgent need to address health care issues of immigrants in general and immigrant women in particular. 2 We hope that leaders in nursing practice, education, research, and administration will review this document. We also believe that it will be of interdisciplinary interest. Those providing health care to minority, marginalized, and diverse populations, as well as those with interest in culture and health, may find this monograph helpful. It is also intended for policy makers and for state and national legislators. Therefore, the authors' overall goal is to stimulate interest in dialogue about these issues and, in turn, to prepare readers to influence policy makers to improve health care for iimmigrant women.