Nursing

Examining the historical context of healthcare whilst focusing on building a more just, equitable world, this book proposes a radical imagination for nursing and presents possibilities for speculative futures embracing queer, feminist, posthuman, and...

Florence Nightingale is best known as the founder of modern nursing, a reformer in the field of public health, and a pioneer in the use of statistics. It is not generally known, however, that Nightingale was at the forefront of the religious,...

Produced in cooperation with the National Association of School Nurses, this text includes comprehensive coverage of the multiple facets of school nursing-from the foundations of practice and the roles and functions of a school nurse through episodic and...

This text considers the types of problems that can be tackled by qualitative approaches. Methods of participant observation, interviewing techniques and case studies are described in detail and the authors have expanded the section on how to report the...

Introduces an innovative approach to nursing practice. Solution-focused nursing is a practical philosophy which emphasizes change at three levels: the client, nursing and society. It teaches three principles: to be cautious of dominant paradigms, to...

This monograph examines and analyses the phenomenon of non-binding instruments (also known as 'soft law') in the law of armed conflict, or international humanitarian law. In the past 30 years, there have been several non-binding instruments created,...

Learn to provide state-of-the-art care to any patient in any setting with the most comprehensive trauma nursing resource available. Using the unique cycles of trauma framework, Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, 5th Edition...

Featuring 11 chapters, each one with a detailed glossary, Learning to Care for People with Learning Disabilities is designed to be used as a reference book in either the clinical setting, classroom or at home. Chapters are re-divided into discrete...

Create a strong foundation in pediatric nursing care - and gain empowering skills and confidence - with the fully updated Pediatric Nursing made Incredibly Easy! (R), 3rd Edition. This fully illustrated, enjoyable guide offers easy-to-remember ways to...

Pre-registration nursing students are required to spend 50% of their course time on placement. This new practical guide is designed to support them through what will be one of the most rewarding but challenging parts of their course. Mapped closely to...

This is a study based on research into the records of the Nightingale Fund and how it was used to finance various experiments in nursing and midwifery training in the nineteenth century. It traces the development of nurse training and discusses the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630510879Author Patricia GreerFormat PaperbackPage Count 107Imprint Chiron PublicationsPublisher Chiron PublicationsWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm)...

This well researched book provides an interesting study of the development of fever hospitals and fever nursing, mainly in nineteenth and twentieth century Britain. It provides new insights into the development of nursing roles and nurse education and...

Quick and easy to reference, this short, clinically focused guide is ideal for use on placements or for revision.The professional role of the nurse is at the very foundation of good care management and provision. Nurses are accountable to patients, the...

This fourth edition of Depression in New Mothers, Volume 2: Screening, Assessment, and Treatment Alternatives provides a comprehensive and evidence-based approach to understanding the assessment for treatment and treatment of postpartum depression...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780729543880Author Tracy Levett-JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Elsevier AustraliaPublisher Elsevier Australia

Advances in research and the treatment of cancer mean that more patients and their carers are asking healthcare professionals about the latest treatments and how they may be of benefit. It is essential that staff working with cancer patients understand...

Case Studies in Palliative and End-of-Life Care uses a case-based approach to provide students and practitioners with an important learning tool to improve critical thinking skills and encourage discussion toward improving experiences for patients and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorP Hariprasath MSc (N) PhD (N) Assistant Professor, Amity College of Nursing Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana, IndiaBook InformationISBN 9789390595525Author P...

This collection presents up-to-the-minute qualitative research methodologies creatively developed by and within nursing. The book is written by authors at the forefront of their fields. It is aimed at enabling people to research critical issues for...

This volume launches an exciting new series which explores the relationship between sociological principles and nursing practice. It introduces the nurse to social theory, and examines its importance in the development of nursing's own theoretical base...

Written in an accessible, user-friendly style, this introduction provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to the care of the patient with a urological problem. The book uses the structures of the genito-urinary tract as a framework and starting with...

For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as...

The standard-bearer of critical care nursing guides-this succinct, comprehensive resource delivers the most current concepts for treating adult, critically ill patients and their familiesWritten by top leaders in their field, AACN Essentials of Critical...

The second edition of this acclaimed book offers a critical analysis of the transition from institutional to community care for people with mental health problems. Despite the almost complete abandonment of the old Victorian asylum system, the powerful...

"Nursing, everyone believes, is the caring profession. Texts on caring line the walls of nursing schools and student shelves. Indeed, the discipline of nursing is often known as the 'caring science.' Because of their caring reputation, nurses top the...

Skills in caring for people with dementia are increasingly demanded of all health care practitioners as the numbers of diagnosed increase. Caring for People with Dementia presents Christine Brown Wilson's latest research into improving dementia care for...

Midwifery & Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Certification Review Guide, Fifth Edition is a comprehensive review designed to help midwives and women's health nurse practitioners prepare for their certification exams. Based on the American Midwifery...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826185037Author Faye GaryFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co IncWeight(grams) 443g

Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing Practice, Fifth Edition is included in the 2015 edition of the essential collection of Doody's Core Titles. Philosophical and Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing Practice, Fifth...

This book, written by academics across a range of disciplines, including healthcare and social sciences discusses the increasing use of the arts in healthcare research, which often stems from the recognition that for some topics of investigation, or when...

Health care professionals, clergy, chaplains, social workers, and others who counsel people in medical crisis often find themselves faced with deeply painful questions: Why is this happening to me? Am I dying? Why should I live? I'm just a burden to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781940446424Author Bernadette MelnykFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint SIGMA Theta Tau InternationalPublisher SIGMA Theta Tau InternationalWeight(grams)...

Confidentiality is a tricky concept in health care that can be difficult to understand, but it does not have to be. This book is a handy pocket-sized guide that clarifies the obligations that a health care practitioner has to their patient and the...

Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) promotes collaborative work and positive outcomes. It is an approach that can be used in acute hospitals as well as with clients who are seen as outpatients or in the community. Written in an accessible style with...

Find complete answers to questions such as which laboratory tests to order or what the results might mean. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 6th Edition covers more tests than any other reference of its kind, with over 900 lab tests and...

Community As Partner: Theory and Practice in Nursing, 8th Edition offers a foundational overview of the concepts of epidemiology, environment, culture, ethics, empowerment, health policy, informatics, bioterrorism, and emerging infectious diseases as...

Insulin pump therapy is now a well-established option for treating diabetes. This method of insulin delivery offers the opportunity for people with diabetes to manage their diabetes confidently and competently to achieve good glycaemic control and a...

The only resource of its kind, this is a concise, practical guide to GI and Liver Disease that delivers current information on diagnosing, managing, and treating common GI and liver disorders, along with liver transplant guidelines. Written for nurses,...

This case studies book is an indispensable resource for educators, students, and practitioners of nursing. It is innovative in its application of lessons from the communication sciences to common challenges in the delivery of safe patient care. The...