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  • Manual práctico de Atención Primaria y Comunitaria

    Una nueva visión para una necesidad comunitaria
    • 1st Edition
    • José Ramón Martínez Riera + 5 more
    • Spanish
    Manual práctico de Atención Primaria y Comunitaria. Una nueva visión para una necesidad comunitaria propone una mirada integral, crítica y transformadora de la Atención Primaria y Comunitaria, trascendiendo el modelo asistencial clásico para situar la comunidad, la participación y la equidad en el centro del sistema. Está concebido no solo para comprender la Atención Primaria, sino para impulsarla hacia el futuro. El texto integra evidencia científica, experiencia profesional y propuestas operativas orientadas a transformar la práctica diaria, y plantea una propuesta de cambio que articula atención, acción comunitaria, salud pública, gestión, evaluación, investigación, docencia y tecnología dentro de un marco coherente. Ofrece, además, una mirada salutogénica, sistémica y aplicada, aportando herramientas concretas para promover transformaciones reales en los equipos y conectar la práctica clínica con la producción social de la salud. Dirigido a profesionales de la salud de cualquier ámbito de atención y a responsables de políticas de salud, docentes, investigadores y estudiantes de Ciencias de la Salud interesados en la Atención Primaria y Comunitaria y la transformación del modelo, el manual está coordinado y editado por referentes nacionales e internacionales en Atención Primaria, Atención Comunitaria y Salud Pública, con amplia experiencia clínica, gestora, docente e investigadora, y reúne perfiles académicos de alto impacto científico y con participación directa en el Marco Estratégico para la Atención Primaria y Comunitaria. Su trayectoria combina liderazgo profesional, producción científica y compromiso con la transformación del sistema sanitario.

  • Comprehensive Textbook of Community Health Nursing Including Environmental Science & Epidemiology (Two Volume Set), First Edition

    • 1st Edition
    • Neerja Sood + 1 more
    • English
    This book has been written with student nurses’ learning needs in mind, and it fully covers the Indian Nursing Council’s new revised syllabus for nursing degree and diploma courses. Although it primarily intends to cater to the curriculum demands of BSc Nursing and GNM students, it will also be extremely valuable for students of various other streams studying community health courses, MLHP, CCH, and MPH courses. The main principles have been conveyed in clear terms from the students’ perspective. The global and national health scenario and community health nursing principles are considered while explaining the role of community health nurses.

  • Quick Review Series for B.Sc. Nursing: 2nd Year

    • 2nd Edition
    • Annu Kaushik
    • English
    Quick Review Series (QRS) for BSc Nursing: 2nd Year is an extremely exam-oriented book. The content has been developed and arranged in a manner that it covers the entire INC syllabus. Each subject has been divided into units, as per the weightage of marks in each unit. It is illustrated very well with simple reproducible diagrams and flow charts.To learn faster for examinations, memory aides have also been given.The book will help BSc Nursing: 2nd year (semesters III and IV) students prepare for their examinations.SALIENT FEATURES􀂃 Content presented in well-classified sections􀂃 Compliant with the revised INC curriculum􀂃 All question types asked in university exams addressed: Long Essays, Short Essays and Short Notes􀂃 Clearly describes how to attempt a question in the exam􀂃 Suitable number of tables and flow charts provided according to the need of the question

  • Atención familiar y salud comunitaria

    Conceptos y materiales para docentes y estudiantes
    • 3rd Edition
    • Amando Martín Zurro + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Este texto ayudará tanto profesionales como estudiantes a aproximarse con mayor rigor y profundidad a los fundamentos teóricos y prácticos de la atención familiar y la salud comunitaria para completar, en el primer caso, su perfil competencial, y en el segundo, su aprendizaje. La nueva edición incorpora cambios relevantes en su estructura y contenidos para potenciar su utilidad. En la primera parte, sobre conceptos y organización, se han introducido dos capítulos nuevos. Uno sobre perfiles y competencias de los profesionales de Atención Familiar y Salud Comunitaria en el que se describen las funciones y características de la actividad de los componentes de los equipos de atención primaria y comunitaria (APyC).También se ha añadido un capítulo sobre elementos de Epidemiología Básica, esenciales para los estudiantes y profesionales interesados por la APyC. En la segunda parte, sobre herramientas de trabajo, se ha introducido un capítulo que aborda las interacciones cada vez más profundas entre las perspectivas clínica y comunitaria en este ámbito del sistema. También se ha actualizado el capítulo sobre digitalización y asistencia virtual, que cada día adquiere mayor rellevància, analizando sus ventajas e inconvenientes. En la tercera parte, sobre promoción, prevención y abordaje de problemas de salud, se ha introducido un capítulo nuevo para abordar de forma más individualizada el tema esencial de la atención domiciliaria, ámbito en el que, enfermeras y trabajadores sociales, han de incrementar de forma decidida sus responsabilidades y actuaciones. Estos cambios estructurales y de contenidos han conllevado la incorporación de nuevos autores, principalmente enfermeras.

  • Community Medicine: Practical Manual with Viva 2E

    • 2nd Edition
    • Rajkumar Patil
    • English
    Second edition of this book is updated as per guidelines of National Medical Commission in accordance with theCompetency-Based Medical Education (CBME) of Community Medicine. This book continues to be must-have for all MBBS students as it prepares them for practical examination along with theory viva.

  • Community/Public Health Nursing

    Promoting the Health of Populations
    • 8th Edition
    • Mary A. Nies + 1 more
    • English
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Community/Home Health Care, 2023**Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition discusses the nurse’s role in population health promotion with a unique "upstream" preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how nurses can take an active role in social action and health policy — especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. This edition integrates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX®. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.

  • The Stigma of Mental Illness

    Strategies Against Social Exclusion and Discrimination
    • 1st Edition
    • Nicolas Ruesch
    • English
    People with mental illness are often painfully familiar with overt prejudice or more subtle forms of mistreatment. The stigma and discrimination associated with their disorders can have effects in several areas of life: in social interactions, in work and healthcare settings, in the legal system and the media. Many withdraw due to shame and do not seek help. In turn, stigma can prove to be a more serious problem than the disorder itself. Yet too little is done to reduce stigma and its impact.The Stigma of Mental Illness: Strategies Against Discrimination and Social Exclusion offers up the knowledge necessary to understand and fight against stigma and discrimination. It will be invaluable to all health professionals, social workers, healthcare managers and policy makers with an involvement or interest in mental illness.

  • Health Visiting

    Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
    • 3rd Edition
    • Patricia Burrows + 1 more
    • English
    This popular book encompasses contemporary theory and practice relevant to effective health visiting across all four nations of the United Kingdom, now and into the future.Now in its third edition, the text has been completely rewritten and updated by new editors Patricia Burrows and Jean Cowie to reflect the many changes that have occurred as health visiting practice evolves. These include a strong focus on parental and child emotional and mental health wellbeing; speech, language and communication development for children; the impact of trauma and adverse childhood experiences; and the relevance of technology to health visiting practice.The book is strongly grounded in evidence and is suitable both for student health visitors as well as qualified practitioners wishing to further their practice and academic development.

  • Community Health Nursing

    Framework for Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Shobana Gangadharan + 1 more
    • English

  • Examination of the Newborn and Neonatal Health

    A Multidimensional Approach
    • 2nd Edition
    • Lorna Davies + 1 more
    • English

  • Community Public Health in Policy and Practice

    A Sourcebook
    • 3rd Edition
    • Sarah Cowley + 1 more
    • English
    Designed for public health nurses and health visitors at every stage of their career from students to experienced practitioners Community Public Health in Policy and Practice: A Source Book provides an overview of theoretical constructs and principles for community public health practice, including underpinning research. Written by leading experts the book is designed to support innovation and practice development, including dealing with major policy changes and changes to theory and the evidence base. For this edition the text has been completely reorganised and updated including eight brand new chapters. New chapters include current information and research about contemporary topics such as digital health, economics and implementation science. Updated chapters focus upon relevant knowledge required for current practice, including both seminal theories and research, along with new international frameworks. Brief introduction to the long-lasting impacts of Covid-19, as the pandemic unfolds.

  • Public Health Nursing

    Population-Centered Health Care in the Community
    • 10th Edition
    • Marcia Stanhope + 1 more
    • English
    Ensure you have a solid understanding of community and public health nursing with this industry standard text! Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community, 10th Edition provides up-to-date information on issues such as infectious diseases, natural and man-made disasters, and healthcare policies affecting individuals, families, and communities. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect current data, issues, trends and practices presented in an easy-to-understand, accessible format. Additionally, real-life scenarios show examples of health promotion and public health interventions. Ideal for BSN and Advanced Practice Nursing programs, this comprehensive, bestselling text will provide you with a greater understanding of public health nursing!

  • Community/Public Health Nursing

    Promoting the Health of Populations
    • 7th Edition
    • Mary A. Nies + 1 more
    • English
    Give your students a complete guide to community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition provides a unique, upstream preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. Covering the nurses’ role in promoting community health, it shows how students can take an active role in social action and health policy – emphasizing society’s responsibility to protect all human life and ensuring that diverse and vulnerable populations have their basic health needs met. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world. Written by community health nursing experts Mary A. Nies and Melanie McEwen, this book describes the issues and responsibilities of today’s community and public health nurse.

  • Community Health and Wellness

    Principles of primary health care
    • 6th Edition
    • Jill Clendon + 1 more
    • English
    The sixth edition of Community Health and Wellness has been fully revised and streamlined to incorporate contemporary thinking and research in community health and wellness from Australia, New Zealand and the global community. Written by Jill Clendon and Ailsa Munns, the new edition provides an easy-to-use text with a strong focus on the foundational principles of primary health care that underpin community health and wellness. The text builds on the unique socio-ecological approach to primary health care of previous editions, guiding readers to consider the health of individuals and populations in their personal, family and community environments.

  • Community Medicine: Practical Manual

    • 1st Edition
    • Rajkumar Patil
    • English
    Reflecting author’s experience as a teacher, guide and examiner this book is primarily for the MBBS students to face the practical examination and viva; however, it is also useful for the students pursuing MD/DNB (Community Medicine), MPH, DPH and other relevant disciplines.

  • The Midwives' Guide to Key Medical Conditions

    Pregnancy and Childbirth
    • 2nd Edition
    • Linda Wylie
    • English
    The Midwives’ Guide to Key Medical Conditions is designed to help practitioners manage pregnancy and childbirth in women with systemic disease, recognize the early onset of disease-related pregnancy complications, and determine when it may be necessary to refer patients to another member of the healthcare team. The volume is ideal for all midwives, whether qualified or in training.

  • Community Health and Wellness

    Primary Health Care in Practice
    • 5th Edition
    • Jill Clendon + 1 more
    • English
    Perfect for: • Bachelor of Nursing Students • Postgraduate Child and Adolescent Health Students • Postgraduate community-based Nursing • Bachelor of Midwifery Students • Bachelor of Public Health Students Community Health & Wellness: Primary health care in practice, 5th Edition represents contemporary thinking and research in community health and wellness from Australia, New Zealand and the global community. It challenges students and health professionals to become more aware of the primary health care (PHC) environments in which they work in order to gain an understanding of what is socially determining the health of the individuals, families and communities within their care.

  • Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners - Revised Reprint

    • 3rd Edition
    • Karen Fenstermacher + 1 more
    • English
    Convenient and portable, Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 3rd Edition — Revised Reprint offers quick access to essential guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in a variety of family practice settings. Well known for its concise guidelines and extensive charts and tables, this Revised Reprint includes extensive updates throughout and offers vital information on the latest diagnostic methods, treatment options, and drug therapies for primary care conditions commonly seen by Nurse Practitioners in patients of all ages.

  • Placement Learning in Community Nursing

    A guide for students in practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Jane Harris + 1 more
    • English
    Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.

  • Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

    • 3rd Edition
    • Joan M. Birchenall + 1 more
    • English
    Covering the essential content and procedures a home care aide needs to know, Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition prepares you for success in this rapidly growing field. A clear approach makes the book easy to use and understand, featuring hundreds of full-color photographs and drawings along with step-by-step procedures for skills performed by home care aides. Updated and expanded in this edition are chapters on meeting the client’s nutritional needs and on getting and keeping a job. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this textbook prepares you for the many types of situations you may encounter as a home care aide.

  • Community/Public Health Nursing Practice

    Health for Families and Populations
    • 5th Edition
    • Frances A. Maurer + 1 more
    • English
    Focusing on practical, need-to-know information, Community/Public Health Nursing Practice helps you learn how to apply the nursing process at the community and family level. It features an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style, as well as assessment tools, detailed case studies, and clinical examples that demonstrate how key concepts apply to real-world practice. Additional resources on the companion Evolve website expand and enhance content within the text.

  • Handbook of Home Health Standards

    Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement
    • 5th Edition
    • Tina M. Marrelli
    • English
    Handbook of Home Health Standards: Quality, Documentation, and Reimbursement includes everything the home care nurse needs to provide quality care and effectively document care based on accepted professional standards. This handbook offers detailed standards and documentation guidelines including ICD-9-CM (diagnostic) codes, OASIS considerations, service skills (including the skills of the multidisciplinary health care team), factors justifying homebound status, interdisciplinary goals and outcomes, reimbursement, and resources for practice and education. The fifth edition of this “little red book” has been updated to include new information from the most recently revised Federal Register Final Rule and up-to-date coding. All information in this handbook has been thoroughly reviewed, revised, and updated.

  • Palliative Care: A Practical Guide for the Health Professional

    Finding Meaning and Purpose in Life and Death
    • 1st Edition
    • Kathryn Boog + 1 more
    • English
    This book encourages health professionals to reconceptualise their practice in the light of the fact that their patients are deteriorating and dying, supporting them in their dichotomous role which involves affirming that person’s life whilst acknowledging that that life is ending. Professionals are encouraged to think laterally, to be creative in their use of their core skills, and to use their life skills and experience to change the focus of their interventions. By making these changes, those involved with caring for the dying will be able to address issues related to burnout and feeling de-skilled. The authors share their considerable experience with the reader – what works for both patient and carer/professional when working in this field. By providing workable solutions, they empower those in disempowering situations, such as when working with terminally ill children and adults. The book is truly holistic and client-centred in its approach, upholding the philosophy of palliative care.

  • Promoting Continence

    A Clinical and Research Resource
    • 3rd Edition
    • Kathryn Getliffe + 1 more
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The 3rd edition of this popular text covers all aspects of continence, focusing on continence promotion and measurement of outcomes. The core chapters follow a standard structure for ease of use, and case studies are used throughout to link theory to practice.

  • Nurse Practitioner Manual of Clinical Skills

    • 2nd Edition
    • Sue Cross + 1 more
    • English
    This is a comprehensive skills manual designed for students and qualified Nurse Prationers in health care who are learning to talk to patients, examine them, and to understand and assess their problems. It deals with the health history, common and important symptoms, and the assessment of mental status. In sections devoted to body regions and body systems, the book describes the sequence and techniques of physical examination, and helps the reader to identify selected abnormalities. It emphasizes common or important problems (rather than the infrequent or esoteric) found in both adult and childhood conditions. The sections are designed to help readers apply their knowledge to interpreting symptoms, examining the human body, and understanding physical signs. It is an invaluable resource written specifically for Nurse Practitioners by Nurse Practitioners.

  • Diabetes

    A Handbook for the Primary Healthcare Team
    • 1st Edition
    • Joan R. S. McDowell + 2 more
    • English
    This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. As one of the three major diseases in the Western world, and one that is on the increase, care of people with diabetes is crucial to the entire healthcare team. This book provides a comprehensive text on the management of the person with diabetes in the community and will be invaluable to dietitians, podiatrists and GPs and especially to practice nurses, district nurses and health visitors. It has been written from a community perspective by a multiprofessional team and advocates principles of care based on the latest research. It focuses on the role of the professional in assisting in self-care of the individual with diabetes. It also includes caring for the person in long-term care settings, for example, nursing homes.

  • Nurse Practitioners

    Clinical Skill and Professional Issues
    • 2nd Edition
    • Mike Walsh
    • English
    This title is directed primarily to health care professionals outside the United States. it is a comprehensive text for nurse practitioners that integrates the required clinical skills with professional and theoretical issues in one book. It uses a systems approach to cover the most frequently presenting problems that the nurse practitioner will encounter. The scope of the book then widens to include psychological and emotional problems as well as the special needs of children and those patients with chronic health problems. Using a practical approach the content is based on current best evidence. The book has been derived from the editors' experience as a course team running the RCN Institute BSc Nurse Practitioner course in Lancaster and Carlisle.

  • Decision-Making in Midwifery Practice

    • 1st Edition
    • Maureen D. Raynor + 2 more
    • English
    The book looks at a broad perspective of decision making and each chapter focuses on a specific aspect related to making crucial decisions. Following an initial introduction the book explores the concept of autonomy and the many factors that influence autonomous practise. The role of knowledge in decision making, using evidence to inform decisions, as well as different approaches to decision making are also examined - including the traditional or rational approach, decision analysis and the development of professional judgement. Dilemmas arise when decisions are made and therefore ethical decision making is an important component of this book. Management decisions may be different from those related to giving specific care to women, hence one chapter focuses on making management decisions. Emphasis is also placed on the role of the midwife in helping women make their own decisions, the role of reflection in enhancing the decisions midwives make and the support midwives can receive from their Supervisor of Midwives. Flowcharts explain and facilitate the decision-making process.

  • Women's Sexual Health

    • 3rd Edition
    • Gilly Andrews
    • English
    Sexual health encompasses a broad range of interlinked mental, physical and emotional issues, reflecting how well-being, illness or a particular problem can influence a woman's sexuality and affect not only her but also her family, relationships, work and her own hopes and fears. Women's Sexual Health is a comprehensive reference and text book that holistically covers the full range of women's health issues from the young adolescent woman through to the post-menopausal woman. This book gives a holistic and balanced view of women's sexual well-being and of the inseparability of physical and mental health. The third edition of this successful book draws on a wealth of research and contributors' professional experience to provide a fully up-to-date and comprehensive textbook of women's sexual health.

  • Home Health Nursing

    Assessment and Care Planning
    • 4th Edition
    • Karen E. Monks
    • English
    This unique, spiral-bound handbook is compact, portable, and written with busy home health nurses in mind! Organized by body system, it offers instant advice on assessment and care planning for the disorders home health nurses are likely to encounter. Providing assessment guides for all body systems, the home environment, and the client’s psychological status, it includes full care plans for over 50 illnesses and conditions most commonly encountered in the home. Each plan lists nursing diagnoses, short- and long-term expected outcomes, nursing interventions, and client caregiver interventions.

  • Solving Children's Soiling Problems

    A Handbook for Health Professionals
    • 1st Edition
    • Jackie Bracey
    • English
    This excellent new title is set to become the first point of reference for all practitioners dealing with children's soiling problems. The author produced this book with the intention of helping the inexperienced practitioner to become more confident in dealing with these clients. The book is aimed at School nurses, health visitors, child branch nursing students, paediatricians and GP's and is designed to be a book can be read front to back, but can also be 'dipped into' when help on a particular aspect of management is required.

  • Integrating Complementary Therapies in Primary Care

    A Practical Guide for Health Professionals
    • 1st Edition
    • David Peters + 3 more
    • English
    This book is a practical and readable guide to the integration of complementary therapies into mainstream primary care. Based on the successful experiences of the authors' clinical setting, it offers clinicians, therapists, and other healthcare professionals a realistic routemap of the key issues, as well as practical ways in which to ensure close working, appropriate referrals, advice and treatment decisions. Patient information sheets and clinical guidance sheets for key conditions are included in full.The text covers:Practical steps to how complementary therapies may be integrated into mainstream caremodels and issues of research in complementary therapieshow to design an integrated service, with clear examplesfunding, resource and legal issuesissues related to economic evaluationadaptation of the service through a reflective approachclinical treatment option sheetspatient self-help and diet information sheets Of interest and practical help to a wide range of healthcare professionals, this book will be especially valuable to those currently working in primary care, family practice, and any complementary therapy field.

  • Nursing for Public Health

    Population Based Care
    • 1st Edition
    • Pauline M. Craig + 1 more
    • English
    WHO and UK government initiatives have been pushing primary care practitioners to closely consider the wider health needs of populations. This book directly addresses issues of everyday importance to practitioners, and covers core elements of specialist courses for post-graduate students. The book has 14 chapters, split into three sections :Core elements of Public HealthNursing Elements of Public HealthPolicy Issues in Public HealthEach chapter has a coherent structure of theory, application and role in practice. Practical or case examples are used and further reading offered. Subject specialists have written specific chapters such as health economics and informatics.

  • Managing Risk in Community Practice

    Nursing, risk and decision making
    • 1st Edition
    • Andy Alaszewski
    • English
    This book will providean accessible account of the key issues involved in risk assessment and management. It will focus on how nurses make decisions about clients and risk, which are essential to quality, safe nursing care. It will draw extensively on case study material gained through research in this area which the authors have undertaken and was commissioned by the English National Board, and will be likely to form the basis for educational requirements in this area in the future.

  • Men's Health

    An Introduction for Nurses and Health Professionals
    • 1st Edition
    • Tony Harrison + 1 more
    • English
    Mens health covers a variety of physical, psychological, social, lifestyle and political factors, all of which will be covered in the book. As the whole concept is still emerging, the text will not attempt to be either comprehensive or definitive, but will be seen to add to the pool of knowledge and help set the agenda for future work.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Primary Care

    • 1st Edition
    • Rosemary Cook
    • English
    This book fills the need in this growing market for a lucid and comprehensive description of the complex and exciting world of primary care. It is a readable "ready reference," positive in its approach, straightforward and factual in its style. This text also includes extensive references for further information and relevant clinical content that provides general information on subjects relevant to nurses in primary care, avoiding protocols which may vary from one area to another. Key facts relating to specific areas are presented in boxes throughout the text.

  • Evaluating Change in Community Nursing

    • 1st Edition
    • Karl Atkin + 2 more
    • English
    Health care is undergoing its most fundamental restructuring since the establishment of the welfare state. Community nursing is at the forefront of these changes and is undergoing huge shifts in priorities, funding and roles. As post-registration education in this area also changes to meet these changing needs, research and evidence-based care become key issues in understanding and demonstrating the need for community nursing. Understanding how national policy translates to local practice issues is a key priority for nurses working in all areas of community practice. Using empirical case studies, this book explores a range of key practice issues, and aims to evaluate the contribution which nursing makes in the community. The text emphasises, explores and evaluates three themes:The shift from secondary to primary careEstablishing needs and priority careThe role of evaluation in evidence-based practice.Written by leading commentator s in nursing, policy and research, each chapter isbased on substantial research and case studies in practice, and focuses on the importance of evaluation. The book is organised into three sections, exploring how evaluation is needed at the organisational level, in the practice arena and in education andtraining. Clearly written and authoritative, this book will provide an evidence-based resource for all community nurses.

  • Quality Clinical Supervision in Health Care

    Principled Approaches to Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Della Fish + 1 more
    • English
    This book explores different approaches to clinical supervision, rooting them firmly in practice, but offering relevant theoretical underpinning. It aims to help supervisors to develop both competence in and a reflective approach to supervision and to practice. It is addressed to members of health care professions across both western and alternative medicine, and specifically those professionals who work with students or colleagues to enable them to learn or refine the practice of their profession.