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Perioperative Nursing

  • 1st Edition
  • October 30, 2008
  • Brigid M. Gillespie + 3 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 7 8 8 7 - 5
This is an introductory level text designed to appeal to a broad-based market from Division 2 ‘Enrolled Nurse’ students through to UG students doing an ‘operating room’ clinical placement, to PG students in specific Perioperative grad cert/diploma courses. It is also designed to be of use to Registered Nurses already working in or preparing to work in this area, and other Operating Room staff such as anaesthetic technicians. It is a standalone text that discusses the roles and responsibilities involved in perioperative nursing, some technical aspects such as wound care, the changing face of perioperative nursing with a greater emphasis on day surgery, anaesthesia, medico-legal aspects and professional development. It is not intended to address surgical procedures which is covered in-depth in existing resources, but rather it is designed to contextualize essential information in the hospital setting.

Managing Clinical Processes

  • 1st Edition
  • October 8, 2008
  • Roslyn Sorensen + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 7 8 2 5 - 7
This book will provide clinicians, clinical managers and corporate managers with a practical guide to managing clinical processes and managing change in health services. It also provides the theory behind the practice.

The Newly Qualified Nurse's Handbook

  • 1st Edition
  • February 14, 2008
  • Bethann Siviter
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 4 7 9 8 - 5
This book has been prepared by professionals working in the UK. It is not a primer on clinical skills but an indispensable handbook and resource for the new nurses who are about to embark on their first job and need to develop nursing judgment and the ability to organise and deliver care. It is about learning how to think like a nurse - developing the judgment and behaviour that is essential in competent practice. With an immensely readable style this book uses a friendly, conversational manner, with realistic hints, tips, and examples from real life, to encourage nurses in the early days of their careers. Issues such as assertiveness, delegation, CVs and interviews, leadership, developing “nursing intuition”, are covered as well as discussion about evidence based and reflective practice, direct entry into the community, and developing confidence in practice. This book will help nurses and students develop into competent and confident practitioners.

Perianesthesia Patient Care for Uncommon Diseases

  • 1st Edition
  • January 4, 2008
  • Joseph A. Joyce
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 7 9 3 6 - 5
This portable handbook provides comprehensive, clinically relevant information on nearly 100 uncommon diseases. It places all the information you need for expert care in a concise, easy-to-use format, right at your fingertips. This new title contains knowledge of these disorders that is crucial to ensuring safe and effective patient care and anesthesia administration.

Palliative Nursing

  • 2nd Edition
  • October 25, 2007
  • Shaun Kinghorn + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 2 8 1 6 - 8
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Content has been thoroughly revised and updated in line with changes in practice and policy both locally and internationally, particularly the UK NICE guidance on Supportive and palliative care for people with cancer and the Care of the Dying Pathway. It reflects the rapid development of palliative nursing as an emerging specialty. It helps in the process of defining palliative nursing and how it interfaces with other disciplines within the specialty. The text is divided into three sections and comprehensively, yet sensitively, covers all aspects of palliative nursing. Key themes covered include pain control, symptom control, loss and grief, and handling loss.

Promoting Continence

  • 3rd Edition
  • September 28, 2007
  • Kathryn Getliffe + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 0 3 4 7 - 6
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.

Skills Performance Checklists for Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills

  • 4th Edition
  • May 9, 2007
  • Martha Keene Elkin + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 4 7 3 6 - 4
Designed to accompany Elkin's Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 4th edition text, these handy checklists serve as a valuable assessment tool for each skill presented in the textbook.

Neuroscience Nursing

  • 3rd Edition
  • May 1, 2007
  • Ellen Barker
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 4 4 0 1 - 1
Neuroscience Nursing: A Spectrum of Care, 3rd Edition addresses the complicated needs of neuroscience patients and equips providers with in-depth knowledge of neurophysiology, neuroassessment, and neuromanagement to help provide the best patient care. This 3rd edition's carefully refined features enhance the book's readability, and the new 8-page color insert with 40 plates features important information on neurophysiology, diagnostics scans, and disorders such as aneurysms. Readers will find comprehensive information on foundations in neuroanatomy and data collection; thorough discussions of neurologic disorders; management considerations for frequently encountered neurologic conditions; and legal and ethical issues relevant to life care planning for the neuroscience patient.

Palliative and End-of-Life Care

  • 2nd Edition
  • December 12, 2006
  • Kim K. Kuebler + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 1 6 0 - 3 0 7 9 - 9
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 7 8 4 0 - 5
Palliative and End-of-Life Care, 2nd Edition provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with advanced disease throughout the disease trajectory, extending from diagnosis of advanced disease until death. Four units provide the general principles of palliative and end-of-life care, important concepts, advanced disease management, and clinical practice guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines offer in-depth discussions of the pathophysiology of 19 different symptoms, interventions for specific symptom management (including in-depth rationales), and suggestions for patient and family teaching.

Core Curriculum for Primary Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

  • 1st Edition
  • October 12, 2006
  • National Association of Pediatric Nurse + 1 more
  • Nancy A. Ryan-Wenger
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 2 7 5 6 - 4
2007 AJN Book of the Year Award WinnerWritten by expert pediatric nurse practitioners, this resource is a fully endorsed compendium of essential information. Using an easy-to-use outline format, it defines the parameters of the specialty by outlining the entire scope of PNP practice and covers everything in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (PNP) certification exams. In light of the increase in the number of PNP programs and students seeking certification, Core Curriculum for Primary Pediatric Nurse Practitioners offers the big-picture view that every PNP needs.

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