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Visa Required
By Judy Schrafft
The third book in Palm Beach writer Judy Schrafft's travel trilogy, "Visa Required" follows her previous "Places" and "Other Places" with articles and reports of strange and exotic worldwide travel and exploration.
From scuba diving in far-flung Indian and Pacific Ocean locales to digging dinosaurs in Mongolia and moai on Easter lsland, to scavenging ancient Middle East ruins, few tropical areas have not been visited by this world-class adventurer, always trying to be "the first footprint on the beach."
As one of the first three women to be accepted for membership in New York's prestigious Explorers Club in the field of "Underwater Exploration", she joins past and present mountaineers, polar explorers, astronauts, and experts in all scientific disciplines. She has carried the club's coveted flag on four expeditions and has been present on several sponsored by other members.
Her writings transport readers to underwater New Guinea, Micronesia, Australia, and Indonesia, to an ages-old camel fair in India, and to the ruined cities of earlier millennia. Schrafft also takes them on a search for the elusive coelecanth, a fossil fish found to still exist, and into the clear waters of the Gulf Stream close to her Florida home base.
The author's enthusiasm and comprehensive reporting style take you to her favorite remote, inaccessible places, where the excitement of discovery far outweighs the discomfort. Join her through "Visa Required" to reefs, deserts, jungles and ruins while you are comfortably curled up at home, or flying to an exotic destination of your own.
For more information on Visa Required and author Judy Schrafft, check out Palm Beach's Underwater World on the New York Social Diary (photographs and text by Augustus Mayhew).
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Published by Palm Beach Editorial Services December 2010
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Nursing Leadership for Patient-Centered Care
This book shows those in nursing leadership and management how to understand what is occurring on the unit and at the bedside by listening to the people involved: the patient, the patient's family, the staff nurse, the nurse manager, physicians, or members of support services departments such as housekeepers and transporters, among others. they tell us what is giong on through their own perceptions of veraious situations. This produces authentic-based knowledge. Evidenced-based practice, of course, has its place. But caution, here, also has its place when implementing such practice within general protocols--which are developed for the "average" person who might not exist, in fact. Best is to get to know each person as a unique individual. You might remember that concept for your first nursing class.
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