Rural nursing [electronic resource] : concepts, theory, and practice.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rural nursing : concepts, theory, and practice -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Rural Nursing: Developing the Theory Base -- 2. Updating the Rural Nursing Theory Base -- 3. Exploring Rural Nursing Theory Across Borders -- 4. The Rural Nursing Theory: A Literature Review -- 5. Health Needs and Perceptions of Rural Persons -- 6. Assessing Resilience in Older Frontier Women -- 7. Rural and Remote Women and Resilience: Grounded Theory and Photovoice Variations on a Theme: An Update -- 8. Palliative Care at the End-of-Life: A Rural Family Perspective -- 9. Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents: The Symptom-Action-Timeline Process -- 10. Beyond the Symptom-Action-Timeline Process: Explicating the Health-Needs-Action Process -- 11. Chronic Illness Experience of Isolated Rural Women: Use of an Online Support Group Intervention -- 12. Negotiation of Constructed Gender Among Rural Male Caregivers -- 13. Complementary Therapy and Health Literacy in Rural Dwellers -- 14. Acceptability: One Component in Choice of Health Care Provider -- 15. Health Disparities in Rural Populations Across the Life Span -- 16. The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice: Philosophical Bases -- 17. Men Working as Rural Nurses: Land of Opportunity -- 18. Rural Nurses' Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Evidence-Based Practice -- 19. The Use of Rural Hospitals for Clinical Placements in Nursing Education -- 20. U.S.-Mexico Border: Challenges and Opportunities in Rural and Border Health -- 21. Reestablishing Nursing Education in Haiti: Nurses Helping Nurses After Complex Humanitarian Emergencies -- 22. Environmental Risk Reduction for Rural Children -- 23. The Culture of Rural Communities: An Examination of Rural Nursing Concepts at the Community Level -- 24. Community Resiliency and Rural Nursing: Canadian and Australian Perspectives -- 25. Influence of the Rural Environment on Children's Physical Activity and Eating Behaviors -- 26. Public Health Accreditation in Rural and Frontier Counties: A Montana Perspective -- 27. Nurses in Occupational Practice in Agricultural and Rural Communities in New York State: Providing Occupational Health and Safety Education and Prevention Services -- 28. Implications for Education, Practice, and Policy -- 29. Nursing Workforce Development, Clinical Practice, Research, and Nursing Theory: Connecting the Dots -- 30. An Analysis of Key Concepts for Rural Nursing -- Index.

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