Caring for the Vulnerable 5th Edition PDF

For the Fifth Edition, we have retained material from previous editions that we consider basic, such as definitions, cultural competence, social justice, and health literacy. We have updated chapters on basic concepts and theories, programs, teaching and learning, and health policy. Based on feedback from faculty who use the book, we understand that the book is now used extensively in DNP programs, so we have recruited more authors from such programs and included case studies relevant to advanced practice nursing and administration for appropriate chapters. The new instructor guide includes material for all levels because the course is still offered for undergraduates. This is a landmark book that should be read around the world. For far too long, vulnerable populations across the globe have not received the attention that they so sorely need. Mary de Chesnay and Barbara A. Anderson have written a text that clinicians and academics have been waiting for.

This book will bring visibility to the welfare of vulnerable populations around the world. The material in this book is well researched, sensitively delivered, and essential, not only for nurses but also for all clinicians caring for vulnerable persons. The editors present clinicians with a much needed resource that carefully addresses the unique challenges of advanced practice nurses who are in a position to care for a variety of vulnerable populations. As a society, we need to pay much more attention to caring for our vulnerable populations. The numbers of persons in vulnerable populations around the world are increasing and not decreasing. The fifth edition of Mary de Chesnay and Barbara A. Anderson’s Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research addresses the major issues of concepts and theories, research, practice and programs, teaching and learning, and policy in regard to caring for vulnerable populations. This latest edition is a must have not just for nurses but for all healthcare providers because it is a scholarly and authoritative book edited by the leading experts in vulnerable populations. The scope of issues covered in this book is impressive. Chapter topics range from undocumented immigrants to victims of gun violence, intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, hepatitis C, child abuse, transgender patients, abandoned infants, migrant workers, sex trafficking, cardiomyopathy, and pandemics, such as Zika. The settings of vulnerable populations addressed in this text are expansive, ranging from rural America to emergency departments to developed and developing countries. So many vulnerable persons are in need of our help.