New Releases by Stephanie S

Divided into four parts: background on EBP; The Johns Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based Practice Model (JHNEBP Model) and Guidelines; practice, evidence, and translation (PET); creating a supportive environment for EBP; and exemplars (examples of how the model has been used). Includes 9 appendices of forms and templates that can be used by the reader in practice. The book describes a model that has been well tested by nurses, multidisciplinary teams, faculty, and students. It is both a textbook students and a handbook for nurses in practice.

Several studies have been conducted on the satisfaction and dissatisfaction of faculty members. However, very few studies have been conducted that focus specifically on residential life professionals. Studies on job satisfaction can identify problem areas and improvements in these areas can assist in retaining staff.

In Transforming California, Stephanie Pincetl argues that the transformation of nature in order to enhance economic development lies at the heart of much of the state''s recent history. She sees late-twentieth-century California on a path of continued environmental degradation, gripped by cynicism about government. Transforming California describes the evolution of the state''s institutions of government as they apply to land use and development, and it shows how land-use decisions affect people''s quality of life and their daily interactions with each other and with their environment. Pincetl offers an alternative vision for the renewal of the democratic spirit and process in California and for a reconciliation with nature.

Talib is a Lucifer, a lightbearer. Once a messenger for The Eternal, he was banished for inciting rebellion. Now he is the Guardian of planet Earth. He has been here since the begining and knows more about our history than any historian, living or dead. You have read the scientific accounts of how life on Earth began. You have heard the sermons that claim to tell us why it is that we are here. You have studied Earth’s offical history books. Now Listen to Talib’s story. What he has to tell you just might surprise you, but be warned. After reading his account you will never view history, or reality for that matter, in quite the same way again.

Based on extensive surveys of local parents, this guide offers comprehensive up-to-date information on the best doctors, hospitals, childcare, and preschools, as well as parents'' top picks of pre- and postnatal exercise facilities, parents'' groups, baby gear retailers, and kid-friendly restaurants. Illustrations.

Elijah Raymond was one of four remarkably gifted children gathered together in an experimental group home called the Ark. In their shared dreams he was always the Raven, flying over the other three. But when the Ark program was discontinued, Elijah ran away. In Flight Of The Raven, Elijah has been found by a group of environmental terrorist and taken to their snowy woodland hideout. There he meets Amber, the leaders lonely daughter, who insists that radical change justifies the deaths she calls "necessary losses." Unable to escape, Elijah discovers that he can shift into "dreamtime," joining his consciousness with that of creatures who survive in the unforgiving wintry world. Gradually Elijah learns to survive himself. But how can he truly find a home with these violent men -- and how has Amber? Stephanie S. Tolan follows up her magnificient Welcome To The Ark with the story of EIijah, a boy who is forced to confront the world''s cruelty, accept his own mysterious powers -- and help himself and Amber learn to fly free.

This illuminating view of how women understand and process the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous explores such essential topics as spirituality, powerlessness, and the emergence of a woman''s sense of feminine soul. A Woman''s Way Through the Twelve Steps remains true to the underlying spiritual truths of the Twelve Step program of Alcoholics Anonymous while triumphantly overcoming the traditional male orientation of Alcoholics Anonymous. For every woman who has felt there are issues crucial to her recovery that just can''t be brought up in a mixed-gender meeting, this book sheds encouraging feminine light on the wisdom of A.A. This workbook designed to be used in conjunction with the book, makes A Woman''s Way Through the Twelve Steps that much more measured, meaningful, and clear. Unlike many "rewritten" Twelve Step interpretations for women, this guide works with the original Step language, preserving its spirit and focusing attention on its healing message. In sections devoted to each of the Twelve Steps, Covington blends narrative, self-assessment questions focused on a feminine definition of terms such as "powerlessness" and "letting go," guided imagery exercises, and physical activities.

Tired of being a twin, Mark tries to spend more time away from his twin brother and meets a scientist who challenges some of Mark''s long-held Christian beliefs about heaven, God, prayer, and death.

Having been dragged by his mother from one commune to another, as she searches for a place to belong, fourteen-year-old Ty finds conditions at the new place, the Kingdom, intolerable, even while realizing that for some, such as his mother, this way of life is a haven.

Sixteen-year-old David becomes intimately involved when a scandal is discovered about the strange new boy in his high school and everyone else turns against him.

Based on the author''s more than twenty years of experience focusing on the mental-health issues of chemically dependent women, the Helping Women Recover program is groundbreaking in its recognition of the special needs of women in recovery. Covington has isolated four major areas in a woman''s life that need attention for recovery to happen: self, relationships, sexuality, and spirituality, and the program is organized to address each of these complex issues. There is also a special edition of Helping Women Recover for use in correctional settings. The program has two components. The Facilitator''s Guide is for use by the practitioner, and it includes, for every group session, a session overview, a suggested script, and in-depth notes. A Woman''s Journal is for use by the women outside the group, and it includes exercises and guidelines for processing and writing about life patterns and experiences.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A superb resource for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, or audience entertainment. In a stage review, these short monologues can be indispensable. Warm, funny, and best of all -- real. Sixty characterisations for girls, boys or either. Any young person will relate to the topics of these scripts. And they will like them as performance material that is ''scare-free''.

When fourteen-year-old Drew and her mute younger brother come to live with their father''s estranged relatives after their parents'' sudden death, they discover that the house is haunted by ghosts and a deadly family secret.

Ten-year-old Josh, who finds his private school unbearable, joins forces with an elderly man in tending injured birds.