Care category: 6811 books
Residential and Boarding Education and Care for Young People
A Model for Good Management and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
This innovative book identifies the key elements of good management and practice common to all residential child care settings - whether hospital unit, boarding school, children's home, special school or custodial care establishment - and important variations between the different settings. Using...
Supporting Parents with Alzheimer's
Your parents took care of you, now how do you take care of them?
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Many of us are unprepared and confused about how to proceed when our parent begins to suffer the effects of old age. This confusion is amplified when faced with a diagnosis of a cognitive illness such as Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. What can you do for your parent in the early...
A Social History of Maternity and Childbirth
Key Themes in Maternity Care
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2013
People are fascinated by stories of childbirth, and the sources to document maternity in Britain in the twentieth century are rich and varied. This book puts the history of maternity in England into its wider social context, highlighting areas of change and continuity, and charting the development...
Spiritual Care with Sick Children and Young People
A handbook for chaplains, paediatric health professionals, arts therapists and youth workers
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Exploring both principles and best practice of the spiritual care of sick children and young people, this remarkable and inspiring book equips the reader to think critically and creatively about how to provide care in hospitals, hospices and other care contexts for ill and disabled children.
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Dementia Beyond Drugs, Second Edition
Changing the Culture of Care
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
Reducing the use of psychotropic drugs in the symptomatic treatment of dementia is key to successfully implementing compassionate, person-centered practices in your organization—and this book shows clearly why and how it can be done. The revised second edition of this award-winning resource introduces...
by Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
All over the world, even as you read this, mothers in poor countries struggle to deliver their babies without lifesaving medical care. This is, perhaps, the last unreached frontier of modern medicine. Walk with Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese as she extends a hand of compassion and professional care...
Behavioral Medicine
A Social Worker's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2009
Health care costs and the effective management of health care are of primary importance and concern to federal, state, and local governments. Consequently, it is necessary to develop innovative, successful, and integrated cost-effective treatments and procedures. Behavioral Medicine presents a new...
Fast Facts for the Cardiac Surgery Nurse
Everything You Need to Know in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
A succinct yet comprehensive reference tool for cardiac surgery nurses, this new addition to the Fast Facts series provides quick access to frequently used information regarding the care of cardiac surgery patients. It encompasses the timeline from pre-op to recovery period, with a special focus on...
Fast Facts for the Cardiac Surgery Nurse, Second Edition
Caring for Cardiac Surgery Patients in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
This handy clinical guide provides speedy access to information and guidelines cardiac surgery nurses need to know and use daily. It covers all aspects of care from preoperative to recovery, with an emphasis on prevention and management of postoperative complications—an area where nurses can really...
by Jesse B. Hall, Gregory A. Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2007
All the essentials of critical care in an instant!
This concise, yet comprehensive review is the perfect tool to prepare for in-service or licensing exams, for re-certification, or for use as a clinical refresher. Its highly efficient format conveniently condenses and simplifies the most important...
by Donald D. Trunkey, MD, FACS
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Demanding surgical situations require expert advice from pioneers in the field as well as from those on the front lines of trauma care. Practical and evidence-based, Current Therapy of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, 2nd Edition, draws on the experience of Drs. Juan A. Asensio and Donald D. Trunkey...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
This essential handbook provides a practical, accessible guide to all emergency situations encountered in the critical care setting. Emergencies are very common in the critical care setting and this book helps critical care staff identify patients at risk, how to manage them, and be prepared. To help...
by Lori Schumacher, Cynthia C. Chernecky
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Part of the popular Saunders Nursing Survival Guide series, this book prepares you to manage the most common health care problems you'll see in critical care, trauma, or emergency settings. Each chapter is organized from the most immediate and life-threatening conditions to less emergent critical...
by Claudio Ronco, MD, Rinaldo Bellomo
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
Comprehensive and clinically relevant, the 3rd Edition of Critical Care Nephrology provides authoritative coverage of the latest advances in critical care procedures for patients with renal diseases or disorders. Using common guidelines and standardized approaches to critically ill patients, this...