"This is a very practical and easy to read book that could be very useful for nurses starting out in their careers. As the foreword states, it could be... a resource for formal mentoring programs, residency programs, and nursing educational programs. The information and advice in this book may also keep new nurses from leaving the field if they are able to develop successful mentoring relationships. It is a bargain at $25.00." Choice "Career transitions of any kind can be difficult, but when the care of others is included, the value of mentorship increases. With that in mind, Dr. Connie Vance extracts wisdom and knowledge, diamonds and gold from deep inside the 'mentoring mine.' She clears the pathway for the mentor, as well as the protégé, to understand and participate in this essential relationship. This is a must read no matter where you are in your nursing journey, and especially for nursing students and new graduates." Carylin M. Holsey, 2010-11 President National Student Nurses' Association "Dr. Vance's pioneering work on mentorship has provided us with the language, understanding, and strategies for building these essential professional support relationships. This book extends her work in practical and useful ways that will help us build the new generation of excellent clinical experts, advocates, and nurse leaders." -Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAANEditor-in-Chief Emeritus, The American Journal of Nursing(From the Foreword) This newest addition to the Fast Facts series provides insight for protégés and mentors on using mentoring to build new generations of successful nurses. It covers a quick history of why mentoring is important, how a protégé can identify and mentor, and how to develop and maintain a healthy mentor-protégé relationship. It also contains the necessary tools to help novice nurses benefit from mentor support through difficult and sometimes frightening and confusing times. Written by Connie Vance, an innovator in nursing mentorship research, this book presents new nurses with tools to identify the perfect "mentor match" and cultivate the mentor relationship in ways that result in valuable career-building insight. It includes guidelines to ensure a truly valuable and influential mentor relationship, contributing to career success in nursing. Key Features: Contains guidelines for creating a personal mentor action plan, complete with a chart for use in mentoring practice Provides 10 tips on raising mentor intelligence and how to use it as a source for career success Highlights resources for networking and collective mentoring to assist in career development

This fictionalized memoir of the award-winning author, Gloria Naylor, tells a story of a massive covert surveillance operation perpetrated against her... by an official of the U.S. government. This domestic spying both destroys the peace and tranquility of the writer’s home and raises serious questions about the use of surveillance and technology by the government.

The Uniform Building Code is one of the most widely adopted model building codes in the world and is a proven document meeting the needs of government... units charged with enforcement of building regulation. The most recent edition, published in 1997, provides complete regulations covering all major aspects of building design and construction relating to fire and life safety and structural safety. The provisions of the 1997 Uniform Building Code were published in three volumes to help building inspectors, plans examiners, architects and structural designers locate provisions applicable to their respective fields without the need to search through all provisions. The two most popular volumes, 1 and 2, are now available from Delmar Learning. Volume 1 contains the administrative, fire- and life-safety, and field inspection provisions, including all nonstructural provisions and those structural provisions necessary for field inspections.

The Uniform Building Code is one of the most widely adopted model building codes in the world and is a proven document meeting the needs of government... units charged with enforcement of building regulation. The most recent edition, published in 1997, provides complete regulations covering all major aspects of building design and construction relating to fire and life safety and structural safety. The provisions of the 1997 Uniform Building Code were published in three volumes to help building inspectors, plans examiners, architects and structural designers locate provisions applicable to their respective fields without the need to search through all provisions. The two most popular volumes, 1 and 2, are now available from Delmar Learning. Volume 2 contains provisions for structural engineering design, including those design provisions formerly in the UBC Standards. These design provisions have been incorporated into the applicable chapter as divisions of the chapter.

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Now full color throughout, this matchless survey of nineteenth-century painting and sculpture begins with the French revolution in 1776 and ends with... the dawn of a new century at the Paris World Fair in 1900. In addition to the ample treatment of geniuses such as Ingres, Courbet, Manet, and Monet, readers will find full coverage of master artists from around the globe--Australia to the United States, Mexico to Russia.

Originally published twenty years ago, Nineteenth Century Art, Second Edition remains true to the original, with its superior survey of Western... painting and sculpture presented in four historical parts, beginning in 1776 and ending with the dawn of the new century. This book draws on the historical documentation of the period, tracing the dynamics of the making and viewing of art, and examining the reciprocal influences of art and technology, art and politics, art and literature, art and music. For nineteenth century art enthusiasts.

Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World... War. It encompasses all major themes of the period, from the rising nationalism of the early nineteenth century to the pessimistic views of fin de siècle. It is a lucid, fluent presentation that appeals to both students of history and culture and the general audience interested in European cultural history.The book attempts to see the culture of the nineteenth century in broad terms, integrating everyday ways of life into the story as mental, material and social practices. It also highlights ways of thinking, mentalities and emotions in order to construct a picture of this period of another kind, that goes beyond a story of “isms” or intellectual and artistic movements. Although the nineteenth century has often been described as a century of rising factory pipes and grey industrial cities, as a cradle of modern culture, the era has many faces. This book pays special attention to the experiences of contemporaries, from the fear for steaming engines to the longing for the pre-industrial past, from the idle calmness of bourgeois life to the awakening consumerism of the department stores, from curious exoticism to increasing xenophobia, from optimistic visions of future to the expectations of an approaching end. The century that is only a few generations away from us is strange and familiar at the same time – a bygone world that has in many ways influenced our present day world.

Between 1780-1918, Germany underwent massive changes: politically, territorially, culturally, economically, and socially. In this book, an international... team of scholars provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the subject, organized along chronological lines. The result is an innovative work that blends the basic guidance of a textbook with fascinating historical analysis. John Breuilly is Professor at the London School of Economics, UK Between 1780-1918, Germany underwent massive changes: politically, territorially, culturally, economically, and socially. In this book, an international team of scholars provides a comprehensive and accessible guide to the subject, organized along chronological lines. The result is an innovative work that blends the basic guidance of a textbook with fascinating historical analysis. "The collection is a satisfying introduction to the area. The essays are comprehensive without becoming superficial and balance the need for factual information with the requirement that students are provided with quite sophisticated discussions of tricky historiographical disputes."—History "The collection is a satisfying introduction to the area. The essays are comprehensive without becoming superficial and balance the need for factual information with the requirement that students are provided with quite sophisticated discussions of tricky historiographical disputes."—History  "This is an outstanding textbook. Truly immense fields are handled with real panache...the best available introduction an excellent choice of contributors."—T.C.W. Blanning, Professor of History, University  

19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City, the definitive overview of urban education, is provocative in style and rich in detail. Emphasizing the... complexity of urban education, Steinberg, Kincheloe, and the authors ask direct questions about what urban teachers need to know. Their answers are guaranteed to generate both classroom discussion and discourse in the field for years to come. This is a volume that should be used in every school of education. Important topics include: ? difference in urban education; ? motives for teaching in city settings; ? understanding and dealing with dropouts; ? the role of counseling in urban schools; ? identifying resistance in urban settings; ? gangs and gang membership; ? evaluation and assessment; ? unique issues relating to disabilities; ? bilingual education; ? unique issues in urban literacy; ? urban students and the writing process; ? technology in urban classrooms; ? the value of teaching science in urban settings; ? the role of aesthetics in city schools; ? health risks among city students; ? understanding the urban family

The second edition of 19 Urban Questions: Teaching in the City adds new questions to those in the original volume. Continuing the developing... conversation in urban education, the book is provocative in style and rich in detail. Emphasizing the complexity of urban education, Shirley R. Steinberg and the authors ask direct questions about what urban teachers need to know. Their answers are guaranteed to generate both classroom discussion and discourse in the field for years to come. The book not only addresses questions pertaining directly to todays urban schools, but poses new ones for discussion, teacher education, and urban school research. Steinberg has gathered an impressive cadre of teacher/scholars who are engaged in a socially just urban pedagogy.

"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every... eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.Maybe they have something to tell us.Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.

"Tell me how to live so many lives at once ..."Fowzi, who beats everyone at dominoes; Ibtisam, who wanted to be a doctor; Abu Mahmoud, who knows every... eggplant and peach in his West Bank garden; mysterious Uncle Mohammed, who moved to the mountain; a girl in a red sweater dangling a book bag; children in velvet dresses who haunt the candy bowl at the party; Baba Kamalyari, age 71; Mr. Dajani and his swans; Sitti Khadra, who never lost her peace inside.Maybe they have something to tell us.Naomi Shihab Nye has been writing about being Arab-American, about Jerusalem, about the West Bank, about family all her life. These new and collected poems of the Middle East -- sixty in all -- appear together here for the first time.