Career of the Week in Public Health: Infection Preventionist
In this weekly feature, the editors of SpringBoard highlight one career in the health care professions–including a basic description, educational requirements, core competencies/key skills needed, and...
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In this monthly feature, we collect a few excerpts from reviews of our books. Here is a sampling of our January book reviews: Evaluation of Health Care Quality in Advanced Practice Nursing by Joanne...
View ArticleTop 10 Books Of 2012!
The Top 10 Best Selling Springer Publishing Books of 2012! Jonas and Kovner’s Health Care Delivery in the United States, Tenth Edition by Anthony R. Kovner, James R. Knickman, and Victoria D. Weisfeld...
View ArticleThe Beauty in Aging: Recognizing the Lived Experiences of Aging Minorities
Tamara A. Baker, PhD “Aging should not be regarded as an affliction. It is a stage in life, like all others, that deserves to be celebrated and documented in all its natural grace and beauty”. The...
View ArticleCareer of the Week in Public Health: Health Educator
In this weekly feature, the editors of SpringBoard highlight one career in the health care professions–including a basic description, educational requirements, core competencies/key skills needed, and...
View ArticleSpringBoard Monthly Health News Roundup
Celebrate: February was a month for celebration. We celebrated our presidents and their wise words of wisdom on healthy living. We celebrated Black History month, the beauty in aging and the...
View ArticleCareer of the Week in Healthcare Management: Chief Financial Officer
In this weekly feature, the editors of SpringBoard highlight one career in the health care professions–including a basic description, educational requirements, core competencies/key skills needed, and...
View ArticleAn Interview with Selina Smith: Co-Editor of “Community-Based Participatory...
View our recent conversation with Dr. Selina Smith, one of the co-editors of the second edition of Community-Based Participatory Health Research. About the Book: This second edition of a highly...
View ArticleSpringer Publishing Donates 9,000 Health Care Books to Books for Asia
Springer Publishing Company recently donated over 9,000 books to The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia program, the leading provider of donated information resources in the region. We join more than 30...
View ArticleThe Book Reviews Are In…
In this monthly feature, we collect a few excerpts from reviews of our books. Here is a sampling of our February book reviews: Role Development for Doctoral Advanced Nursing Practice by H. Michael...
View ArticleCareer of the Week in Public Health: Health Promotion Program Coordinator
In this weekly feature, the editors of SpringBoard highlight one career in the health care professions–including a basic description, educational requirements, core competencies/key skills needed, and...
View ArticleCommunity-Based Research Is Back—Partnership to the People!
Daniel S. Blumenthal, MD, MPH When I was in medical school, back in the mid-1960s, some other students and I started the first free clinic in Chicago. It was located in a Salvation Army building in the...
View ArticleHumor, the Beatles, and Becoming Gerontologically Astute
David Haber, PhD My original motivation for writing Health Promotion and Aging was that existing books on the topic were edited. These books had large gaps in content and many of the contributors...
View ArticleSpringBoard Monthly Health News Roundup
Hot Off the Press “The courage of Clara Barton and the grace of Mother Teresa”: Nurses Respond to Disasters Fast Facts for the Student Nurse When it comes to writing, practice makes perfect, but these...
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In this monthly feature, we collect a few excerpts from reviews of our books. Here is a sampling of our March book reviews: Neuropsychological Practice with Veterans, edited by Shane S. Bush, Ph.D....
View ArticleThe Boston Bombers: Internal or External Terrorists?
Suspects Together Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, are the Boston Bombing suspects. The death of the older brother and the hunt for the younger brother placed Boston on lock-down on...
View ArticleCareer of the Week in Public Health: Medical Epidemiologist
In this weekly feature, the editors of SpringBoard highlight one career in the health care professions–including a basic description, educational requirements, core competencies/key skills needed, and...
View ArticleThe Book Reviews Are In…
In this monthly feature, we collect a few excerpts from reviews of our books. Here is a sampling of our April book reviews: A Man’s Guide to a Nursing Career by Chad O’Lynn, RN, PhD “Though O’Lynn...
View ArticleSpringBoard Monthly Health News Roundup
The Boston Marathon Bombing Nurses relied on trauma experience during response to the bombing at the Boston Marathon What led the Tsarnaev brothers to violence? The aftermath and the call for mental...
View ArticleCareer of the Week in Health Care Management: Chief Medical Information Officer
In this weekly feature, the editors of SpringBoard highlight one career in the health care professions–including a basic description, educational requirements, core competencies/key skills needed, and...
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