Baillière's Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers E-Book

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Reference, Dictionaries & Terminology, Nursing

• Author: Jayne Taylor, PhD MBA BSc(Hons) DipN(Lond) RN HV RNT
• ISBN: 9780702075643
• Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
• Publication: March 21, 2019
• Imprint: Bailliere Tindall
• Language: English

The 27th edition of this established and well-respected pocket dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of nurses and healthcare workers in a variety of clinical settings throughout the world. Packed with useful information, and now published in full-colour throughout, Baillière's Dictionary for Nurses and Healthcare Workers provides the essential pocket reference resource for everyone involved in nursing and healthcare.

• User friendly text presented in a handy pocket size format

• Suitable for a variety of settings raging from the high-tech high-dependency environment to primary care and community settings

• Clear artwork helps further clarify terms and difficult concepts

• Includes common abbreviations, prefixes, suffixes and roots, together with units of measurement and normal values

• Helpful appendices cover nutrition, resuscitation, first aid, medicines control, immunization and vaccinations, and prevention and control of infection

• Ideal for all newcomers to the clinical and healthcare environment!

• Now published in full-colour throughout!

• Expanded number of entries to aid comprehensiveness

• Includes the latest information on revalidation, the legal and professional framework of nursing, professional standards of practice and behaviour, and clinical supervision