Nursing Practice
Hospital and Home -- The Adult
- 3rd Edition - April 28, 2006
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Author: Josephine (Tonks) N. Fawcett
- Editors: Margaret F. Alexander, Josephine (Tonks) N. Fawcett, Phyllis J. Runciman
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 3 3 5 7 - 5
The most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its third edition, for the next generation of nurses.This best selling textbook has been revised and updated to present… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its third edition, for the next generation of nurses.This best selling textbook has been revised and updated to present the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice, whilst maintaining the thorough approach that was welcomed in the first two editions. The book remains the core text of choice for students of adult nursing.The third edition continues to reflect the issues and challenges for nursing practice in an era of rapid developments in diagnosis, therapy and care. As always, the importance of the patient as partner in care is emphasised. The three section format which has proved so effective is retained, progressing from a broad systems approach to more detail on specific patient concerns and nursing issues. Ample cross-referencing encourages links between the sections: • Section One - Care of patients with common disorders• Section Two - Common patient problems and related nursing care • Section Three - now entitled - Nursing patients with special challenges. This text is an invaluable resource, not only for student nurses, but also for qualified nurses, those returning to practice and nurse educators.
Care priorities and pathways
Personal accounts of the lived experience of illness
Pauses for reflection
Clear illustrations
Research abstracts
Comprehensive referencing
Further reading, web sites and addresses.
Personal accounts of the lived experience of illness
Pauses for reflection
Clear illustrations
Research abstracts
Comprehensive referencing
Further reading, web sites and addresses.
Section 1 Care of patients with common disorders Nursing practice: an introduction. The cardiovascular system. The respiratory system. The gastrointestinal system, liver and biliary tract. Endocrine and metabolic disorders. Genetic disorders. The reproductive systems and the breast. The urinary system. The nervous system. The musculoskeletal system. Blood disorders. Skin disorders. Disorders of the eye. Disorders of the ear, nose and throat. Disorders of the mouth. The immune system and infectious disease.
Section 2 Common patient problems and related nursing care
Stress. Shock. Pain. Fluid and electrolyte balance. Temperature control. Wound healing. Continence. Sleep.
Section 3 Nursing patients with special needs
The patient facing surgery. The patient who experiences trauma. unconscious patient. The critically ill patient. The patient with burns. The patient with cancer. The chronically ill person. The patient receiving palliative care. The patient in need of rehabilitation. The older person. People who use and abuse substances. The person with HIV/AIDS. Answers. Glossary. Appendices
- Edition: 3
- Published: April 28, 2006
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780702033575
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Margaret F. Alexander
Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, School of Nursing and Community Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UKJF
Josephine (Tonks) N. Fawcett
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Nursing Studies, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, ScotlandPR
Phyllis J. Runciman
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly Senior Research Fellow, Caledonian Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Community Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UKJF
Josephine (Tonks) N. Fawcett
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Nursing Studies, School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland