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Written for a non-specialist audience, From Birth to Late Adulthood: An Introduction to Lifespan Development explores human psychological development from conception to end-of-life. The book opens with a discussion of the discipline itself to prepare students to appropriately contextualize and interpret the material. It then moves on to discuss the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of psychological development, and to consider all of th...

Deeply grounded in unitary caring science, Co-Creating a Holistic Healing Environment in Nursing Practice introduces readers to the Holistic Healing Environment (HHE) Framework and guides future and practicing Nurses on the why and how of co-creating a holistic healing environment. Unit I familiarizes readers with the HHE Framework and provides them with a foundation for better understanding the Unitary-Transformative Paradigm. In Unit II, f...

Ethics Primer: Considering Morality for the Contemporary World helps students develop and utilize an ethical toolbox for the purpose of meeting the moral challenges and opportunities of life with conviction, confidence, and competency. The text introduces readers to key concepts and insights in ethics and encourages them to thoughtfully consider a myriad of real-world situations that require ethical thought. The text is divided into five par...

An Introduction to Public Administration: Concepts and Cases analyzes the critical issues and concepts of public administration within the context of current challenges in the field due to globalization. The book features coverage of all aspects of modern public administration, as well as a distinct emphasis on comparative public administration, covering the administrative systems of China, Japan, the United Kingdom, Germany, and India. Open...

Human Geography: A Serious Introduction gives students a thorough, rigorous grounding in the subject and its historical, economic, political, cultural, and urban dimensions. The book addresses early cultures, languages, religions, the rise of capitalism, and globalization as components of human geographical systems. Students read about developed and underdeveloped societies, population, political geography, urban geography, agriculture, manu...

A User's Guide for Planet Earth: Fundamentals of Environmental Science provides students with an exploration of the fundamental components of Earth's environmental systems, their interactions, and the way society affects and is affected by alterations in climate, ecosystems, hydrology, and various additional factors. The text distills essential environmental science concepts into an easy-to-understand and highly digestible textbook. The book...

Through a collection of expertly curated articles, HerStories: Women's Lives in Their Own Words and Research emphasizes the unique and vital contributions of women from the beginning of this nation through the 20th and 21st centuries. It celebrates what it means to be a woman, highlighting talents and achievement, triumphs and losses, joy and pain. The book is organized into six distinct parts. Part I looks at women's stories from both ends ...

A Compassionate Approach to Gender and Development: From Local Stories to Global Visions helps students consider a variety of issues related to gender and development within a social justice framework grounded in compassion. Throughout the text, students learn about historical legacies and systems of oppression based on gender, class, race, and national identity within a global context. The book analyzes the economic relationship between pat...

Written for students taking their first course in the discipline, Introduction to Digital Photography: Creating Images and Working with Adobe guides readers through the basic technical aspects of photography and then encourages them to apply the fundamentals to create visually appealing photographs. The book is organized into three main sections. The first three chapters introduce photography composition basics, understanding camera function...

Black College Students and Sexual Orientation Experiences: Oral Histories of Maturation and Resilience helps readers better understand the challenges and struggles Black college students who identify as members of the LGBTQ community face. Through a combination of research-based material and transcribed student interviews, the book highlights the ways in which rejection or acceptance can impact Black students' coming out experiences and their ...

Nurses are enrolling in graduate school at an exponential rate, yet few are prepared to meet the demands of scholarly writing within their programs. Often, associate and baccalaureate programs focus more on skills and critical thinking than scholarly writing, leaving graduate nursing students underprepared for the scholarly writing expectations of graduate school. Scholarly Writing: Techniques to Transcend Nurses' Notes equips nursing studen...

Professional Issues for Today's Nurses provides readers with a foundational and complete introduction to the nursing profession. Leveraging Benner's novice-to-expert model as a framework, the textbook well prepares students for more advanced courses in the curriculum, such as medical-surgical nursing, gerontology, mental health nursing, and maternal, infant, and pediatric nursing, among others. The book is organized into four parts, which ad...

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Foundations of Engaged Scholarship offers students a carefully curated selection of readings that help them prepare for and make the most of their academic career. Readers learn the importance of asking the right questions, developing commitment and compassion, and making a difference in the lives of others to achieve an effective and rewarding educational experience. Over the course of 12 chapters, students are provided engaging readings th...

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Every beginning counseling or therapy student realizes within the first few weeks of their training that there are major learning, growth, and significant changes that lie ahead. This does not just cover the exhaustive curricular offerings but also the incredible personal growth that often takes place through helping others deal with their demons, decisions, and difficulties. This very personal and provocative collection of significant less...

Vocal Health in Professional Voice equips readers with the knowledge, training, and practical tips they need to care for their voices, boost performance, and avoid developing preventable voice disorders. The opening chapter discusses normal voice and the physical process of human oral communication. Readers learn about the three individual components of normal voice production-breathing, phonation, and resonance-speech development, the neuroph...

Preparing to Teach in Elementary Classrooms: An Introduction to Becoming an Effective Childhood Educator equips readers with the knowledge and skillsets they need to enter the school setting and make a meaningful difference in their students' lives. Part I, "Who We Are, " underscores the idea that teachers' ideas, opinions, and perspectives about their students matter. It helps readers consider who they are now and who they will be in the fu...

The Craft of Auditing: The Stuff You Actually Need to Learn Before Graduating employs conversational language, realistic examples, and real-world scenarios for class discussion to equip students with the information and skillsets needed in their future careers in auditing and related fields. The book's relatable nature and carefully created pedagogy makes it an excellent resource for in-person classes, distance learning, and the flipped clas...

Cultural Diplomacy: Issues and Perspectives features carefully selected readings and engaging learning activities that inspire creative thinking about cultural encounters. It frames cultural diplomacy as a vital 21st century phenomenon, presents readers with recent scholarship in the field, and underscores the importance of cultural intelligence in the context of international diplomacy. Opening chapters offer a definition of cultural diplom...