Nuer American Passages or Home Care of the High Risk Infant

Nuer-American Passages: Globalizing Sudanese Migration

Author: Dianna Shandy

Traditionally a community of cattle farmers in Sudan, the Nuer are one of anthropology’s most celebrated peoples. Half a century after social anthropologist Sir Edward E. Evans-Pritchard introduced the Nuer people to the global consciousness, they began arriving in the United States as refugees. Approximately 25,000 settled in such cities as Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Nashville, Tennessee, and Saint Paul, Minnesota. In this study of their migration from a war-torn society to North America, Shandy asks how the diaspora Nuer, especially Nuer-Americans, deal with changing kin obligations and privileges to maintain their Nuerness. What parts of a people’s culture are left behind when they move to another country? How much of the home culture and coping strategies continue to aid refugees trying to fit into a new society? These questions are not only crucial for understanding how best to view refugees, but all kinds of global migrants.
Assumptions that refugees fleeing to Western countries come from “stone-age” societies do not recognize the ways Africans employ social networks and technology in their quest for better lives for themselves and their families. Shandy argues that flawed representations fail to credit African populations with linkages between “home” and the diaspora, overlooking important realities in how these ties shape the lives of people in both settings. Refugees are not hopeless beneficiaries of the communities who are receiving them, but rather, social actors and active agents in producing culture and shaping their own futures.
            Drawing on research fromvarious locales throughout the United States and in Ethiopia, Shandy’s analysis of international social networks captures the sophistication of 21st-century global migrants and the ways they juggle identities while pursuing strategies that simultaneously look forward and preserve tradition. This book contributes significantly to the growing field of migration in general and African refugees in particular, whose movements have been largely undocumented. Written with a diverse readership in mind--including professionals working with migrant populations--it will be a welcome reference for scholars of African studies, globalization theory, cultural anthropology, migration, peace and conflict, and humanitarian studies.
 

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Home Care of the High Risk Infant: A Family-Centered Approach

Author: Elizabeth Ahmann

This revised, expanded edition of the successful 1986 Aspen title addresses the increased interest in and demand for information about the nursing care of premature, technology—dependent infants once they are at home. In addition to clinical practice and research updates, care plans, assessment forms, sample care maps, and other hands—on materials presented in an 8 1/2 x 11 format make this a practical tool as well as a textbook.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments and Reviewers
	List of Contributors
	Contributors to the First Edition
Ch. 1	Profile of the High-risk Premature Infant	1
	Special Issue - Ethical Issues in Home Care	13
	Special Issue - Caring for Substance-Abusing Mothers and Their Infants	15
Ch. 2	The Family and Home Care: Common Challenges and Resources	17
Ch. 3	Siblings of Children with Chronic Conditions	25
Ch. 4	Family-Centered Home Care	29
	Special Issue - Standards of Care	39
	Special Issue - Alternatives to Home Care for Medically Fragile Children	41
	Special Issue - Suspected Abuse and Neglect in Home Care of the Child Who Is Technology Dependent	43
Ch. 5	Discharge Planning for the High-risk Infant	45
Ch. 6	The Nursing Intake Process and the Plan of Care	59
Ch. 7	Community Resources for the Family	77
Ch. 8	Promoting Health Maintenance for the High-risk Premature Infant	97
	Special Issue - Breastfeeding the High-risk Premature Infant: Assessment and Management	113
	Special Issue - Failure To Thrive	115
Ch. 9	Nutrition and Feeding of the Chronically Ill Infant	119
Ch. 10	Home Care of the Infant or Child Requiring Tube Feeding	135
Ch. 11	Home Care of the Infant with Short Bowel Syndrome Requiring Nutritional Support	149
	Special Issue - One Mother's Experience	167
	Special Issue - Cleaning Respiratory Equipment	169
Ch. 12	Home Care of the Infant with Respiratory Compromise	171
Ch. 13	Home Care of the Infant on a Cardiorespiratory Monitor	191
Ch. 14	Home Care of the Infant Requiring Oxygen Therapy	209
Ch. 15	Home Care of the Infant or Child with a Tracheostomy	221
Ch. 16	Home Care of the Infant Requiring Mechanical Ventilation	235
	Special Issue - A Parent's Perspective on Hydrocephalus	253
Ch. 17	Home Care of the Infant with Seizures	255
Ch. 18	Home Care of the Infant and Young Child with Hydrocephalus	269
	Special Issue - Early Intervention Services for the High-risk Infant	279
	Special Issue - Normalization: A Guide for Parents	282
Ch. 19	Overview of Developmental Issues	285
Ch. 20	Developmental Assessment and Intervention in the Home	293
Ch. 21	Hearing Loss in the High-risk Infant	305
Ch. 22	Speech and Language Development in the Chronically Ill Preterm Infant	315
Ch. 23	Visual Impairment in the Preterm Infant	323
	Special Issue - Death in the Home: Nurses' Roles and Responsibilities	331
Ch. 24	Home Care of the Infant or Child with HIV Infection	335
Ch. 25	Assessment and Management of Genetic Problems in the Home Setting	351
	Index	371