Rural Nursing: Concepts, Theory, and Practice Book

Preface
Part I:  The Rural Nursing Theory Base
* Rural Nursing:  Developing the Theory Base, K.A. Long and C. Weinert
* Re-examining the Rural Theory Base, H.J. Lee and M.K. McDonagh
* Exploring Rural Nursing Theory Across Borders, C.A. Winters, E.H. Thomlinson, C. O'Lynn, H.J. Lee, M.K. McDonagh, D.S. Edge, and M.A. Reimer

Part II:  Perspectives of Rural Persons
* Old Timers, R.L. Boland and H.J. Lee
* Health Needs and Perceptions of Rural Persons, R.L. Bales, C.A. Winters, and H.J. Lee
* Health Perceptions, Needs, and Behaviors of Remote Rural Women of Childbearing and Child Rearing Age, R.L. Bales
* Developing Resilience to Manage Vulnerability in Rural Women, B.D. Leipert
* Strategizing Safety: Perinatal Experiences of Rural Women, K.S. West
* Rural Family Health: The Enduring Art of Balancing, S.J. Meiers, S.K. Eggenberger, N.K. Krumwiede, M.M. Bliesmer, and P.A. Earle

Part III:  The Rural Dweller and Response to Illness
* Patterns of Responses to Symptoms in Rural Residents:  The Symptom-Action-Time-Line Process, J.A. Buehler, M. Malone, and J. Majerus-Wegwehoff
* Updating the Symptom-Action-Time-Line, C. O'Lynn
* The Chronic Illness Experience: Use of An Online Support Group Intervention, C.A. Winters and T. Sullivan
* "Acceptability": One Component in Choice of Health Care Provider, J. Shreffler-Grant

Part IV:  Rural Nursing Practice
* The Distinctive Nature and Scope of Rural Nursing Practice:  Philosophical Bases, J.E. Scharff
* Rural Health Professionals' Perceptions of Lack of Anonymity, S.J. Raph and J.A. Buehler
* Rural Nurse Generalist  in Community Health, L.E. Troyer and H.J. Lee
* The Rural Nurse Generalist in the Acute Care Setting:  Flowing Like a River, K. Rosenthal
* Men Working as Rural Nurses: Land of Opportunity, C. O'Lynn
* Continuing Education and Rural Nurses, L. Hendrickx

Part V:  Rural Public Health
* Public Health Emergency Preparedness in Rural/Frontier Areas, S.K. Kuntz, J. Smilie, and M. Reynolds
* Environmental Risk Reduction for Rural Children, W.G. Hill and P. Butterfield
* Rural School Health:  Who Covers for the Rural School Nurse When There is None* L.B. Glover
* Improving the Health Literacy of Rural Elders: An Interdisciplinary Approach, M. S. Jones, M.M. Gardner, J.A. Peeler, S.M. Britt, and M.L. Graves
* The Culture of Rural Communities:  An Examination of Rural Nursing Concepts at the Community Level

Part VI : Looking Ahead
* Further Development of the Rural Nursing Theory Base,  H.J. Lee and M.K. McDonagh
* Implications for Education, Practice, and Policy, J. Shreffler-Grant and M.A. Reimer
* Appendix:  An Analysis of  Key