American Indian Health and Nursing
Cover -- Frontispiece -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Share American Indian Health and Nursing -- Part I: Indigenous America -- Chapter 1: Overview -- Learning Objectives -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- What is a Tribe? Federal and State -- State-Recognized Tribes -- Ethnic American Indians -- American Indians and Nursing-Overlapping Concepts -- Holism and the Medicine Wheel -- The Metaparadigm of Nursing -- Person and Misidentification -- Importance of Cultural Groups -- Conclusions -- Study Questions -- Useful Websites -- References -- Chapter 2: Precontact Indigenous North America -- Learning Objectives -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- Historical Knowledge and Diversity of Native Cultures -- Depth and Breadth of Native Cultures -- Defining Terms -- Conclusions -- Study Questions -- Recommended Reading -- References -- Chapter 3: Postcontact, Sovereignty, and Health -- Learning Objectives -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- Defining Postcontact -- Sovereignty -- Who is the Postcolonial Indian/Today's Patient? -- Inherent Sovereignty -- Health Disparities -- Life Expectancy -- The Disappearing American Indian Elderly -- Conclusions -- Study Questions -- Useful Websites -- References -- Chapter 4: The Roots of American Indian "Nursing" -- Learning Objectives -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- Purification and Prayer in American Indian Health Belief -- Making Medicine -- Women's Healing Networks -- Circles and the Number 4 -- Wellness -- Conclusions -- Study Questions -- References -- Chapter 5: The Indian Health System and Nursing -- Learning Objectives -- Key Terms -- Key Concepts -- The Indian Health Service -- Tribal Health -- Urban Health -- Funding the American Indian Health Improvement Act -- Nursing in the Indian Health Service -- Nursing Opportunities in the Indian Health Service.