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Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care
Biobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care:Biobehavioral Approaches for the Life Course Rhonda J. Moore, editor
This book takes both a biobehavioral and a lifespan approach to understanding long-term and chronic pain, and intervening to optimize patients’ functioning. Rich in clinical diversity,...
by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Presents information logically, based on the pathophysiology of disease, significance of evidence, and avoidance of harmful effects inherent at the critical care level of nursing practice. Chapters include critical care basics, holistic care issues, body system-based conditions, and hematologic, immune...
High Dependency Nursing Care
Observation, Intervention and Support for Level 2 Patients
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2009
Level 2 (highly dependent) patients are nursed in a variety of clinical areas. High Dependency Nursing Care has been written for pre qualified and post qualified students undertaking modules and placements to prepare them for nursing the acutely ill and nurses caring for these patients. Written by...
Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
An Evidence-based Approach to Musculoskeletal Care
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing provides practitioners working in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal trauma settings with the essential evidence, guidance and knowledge required to underpin effective practice. This comprehensive and contemporary textbook explores the variety of adult and paediatric clinical...
by Charlene M. Myers, MSN, RN
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2007
PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONERS, 2nd Edition is the only comprehensive clinical reference tailored to the needs of advance practice nurses. With discussions of more than 230 of the most common conditions experienced by adult patients in acute care, this reference includes everything...
Fast Facts for the Triage Nurse
An Orientation and Care Guide in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
This is a concise, user-friendly orientation guide and reference for new and seasoned nurses, paramedics, preceptors, educators, management teams, and anyone else working in the triage environment. It offers guidelines covering key processes and practices triage nurses use daily. Chapters address...
Cries of Crisis
Rethinking the Health Care Debate
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Since the late 1960s, health care in the United States has been described as a system in crisis. No matter their position, those seeking to improve the system have relied on the rhetoric of crisis to build support for their preferred remedies, to the point where the language and imagery of a health...
Values-Based Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
Working Together in Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
The provision of care within the context of the modern health service environment involves a wide range of professionals. The health care team might include general practitioners, nurses, midwives, hospital doctors, physiotherapists, other allied health professionals, as well as receptionists and...
Providing Compassionate Healthcare
Challenges in Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Despite the scope and sophistication of contemporary health care, there is increasing international concern about the perceived lack of compassion in its delivery. Citing evidence that when the basic needs of patients are attended to with kindness and understanding, recovery often takes place at a...
Arthritis Care
Speedy Study Guides
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Arthritis is a chronic illness that can be difficult to manage and treat. There are many factors that can affect arthritis symptoms, and care for these symptoms can vary by the type of arthritis and the patient. An Arthritis Care study guide breaks the tasks needed to care for arthritis down into...
Ill-Discipline Is Destructive
A Hand Book on Social Policy, Social Care, Parenting, & Discipline:
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2014
This book is recommended for lecturers & students of social policy & social care; social workers; head teachers & school teachers; parents & pupils; foster carers, healthcare workers, care providers, service users and the policy makers. This handbook broadly and concisely covers several...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2014
This volume includes papers related to issues of technology, communication, health disparities and government options in health and health care services. It fills an existing gap by providing a clear sociological overview and focus on these topics. Technology is considered from the perspectives of...
by Brenda L. Bonham Howe, MSN, RN
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2014
This is a timely and vital resource for new and seasoned gerontology nurses responsible for coordinating care and advocacy for their patients as health care shifts from hospital-based to community-based care. Comprehensive and organized for quick access to information, this clinical guide encompasses...
The Myths of Modern Medicine
The Alarming Truth about American Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
The American health care system is terminally ill. It is astonishingly expensive, remarkably variable in quality, and incapable of stemming the rising tide of chronic illness in our population. Yet, the majority of Americans believe it is the best system in the world and cling to the belief that,...