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Maintaining the comprehensive coverage offered by the previous editions, this highly regarded text, now in its sixth edition and 32nd year of publication, is considered to be an indispensable resource for nurses and health care professionals engaged in...

Writing for Publication in Nursing and Healthcare helps readers develop the skills necessary for publishing in professional journals, presenting conference papers, authoring books, research reports, and literature reviews, and more. This comprehensive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623159306Author Robin KaplanFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 147mm...

This book provides specialist and general nurses with a comprehensive guide to the art and science of stoma care nursing, from the Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK, the only association for SCNs in UK.The chapters follow a schematic outline of...

The Politics of Nursing Knowledge puts into context the historical factors which have shaped and sometimes limited the development of nurse education. Anne Marie Rafferty makes a critical reappraisal of Florence Nightingale's vision of nursing and looks...

Written by educators and renal nurses with extensive experience of clinical practice the Oxford Handbook of Renal Nursing is a concise, current and evidence-based guide to the care of patients with renal disease. This practical and thorough resource...

Good Practice in Safeguarding Children considers how front-line professionals can keep the best interests of the child at the heart of their work when statutory guidance, the way agencies are integrated and the delivery of services are changing. Liz...

This book teaches students and educators in the midwifery field how to tackle dilemmas and decision making. Combining theory and practice, and promoting critical thinking, this book provides key knowledge alongside case studies of how to approach...

Psychiatry and psychology have constructed a mental health system that does no justice to the problems it claims to understand and creates multiple problems for its users. Yet the myth of biologically-based mental illness defines our present. The book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648764196Format PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint CallistoPublisher CallistoWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 1mm * 1mm * 1mm

ABC of Clinical Resilience ABC of Clinical ResilienceFor the healthcare professional, clinical resilience is about reconnecting with those stirrings which first motivated us to spend a career in the service of others. It is about recovering and...

Address the growing societal problem of childhood obesity with this practical guide Childhood obesity and its associated health issues remain major societal concerns across both developed and developing worlds. In the United Kingdom, as many as a quarter...

Covering the issues, themes and principles that explain what it means to be a nurse today, this book provides the theory you need to know and applies it to the diverse patient groups and settings that you will encounter on your placements. Key features...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847473790Author S DrakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint ChipmunkapublishingPublisher ChipmunkapublishingWeight(grams) 219g

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...

Preventing and controlling infection has long been an on going challenge for all healthcare workers at every level. High profile examples like the Ebola outbreak in West Africa or the prevalence of 'super bugs' like MRSA demonstrate that this challenge...

This practical book equips you with the digital capabilities you need for your nursing studies and career. Whether you are a digital native or less confident with technology, the book develops your ability to harness digital tools and opportunities to...

"This book is an engaging and enlightening read. I highly recommend it to all personal tutors, academic advisors and anyone in higher education who guides students to learn more about themselves."Dr David Grey, UK Advising and Tutoring Association...

Clinical Cases in Paramedicine provides students, educators, and early career paramedics with a diverse range of detailed case studies that realistically represent the conditions, scenarios, and challenges encountered in practice. Integrating...

This accessible and clearly structured book, written by experienced researchers and practitioners, provides a one-stop introduction to the most common qualitative, quantitative and desk-based research designs and methods in health and social care."This...

Helps readers to grasp the language and process of research with ease With updated content and new references throughout, the fourth edition of this quick-access resource delivers key information on the foundations of evidence-based practice (EBP)...

Winner of the 1st-place American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award in nursing research/evidence-based practice for 2021! Burns & Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence, 9th Edition is the...

Written specifically for student nurses developing their communication and interpersonal skills in any field of nursing. The book addresses all the competencies for communication skills outlined in the 2018 NMC standards and features insightful...

This textbook provides a structured, informed approach to the understanding and appreciation of drug action and effect providing a detailed description and discussion of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for nurses.The text focuses and emphasizes...

In the bestselling tradition of Call the Midwife, an honest and moving account of working as a district nurse in 1950s England.Born in Belfast, Patricia Jordan left for England to train as a nurse in the 1940s and DISTRICT NURSE is her moving and...

This open access book provides an historical account of the ways in which community nursing services in England have been shaped by policy changes, from the inception of the NHS in 1948 to the present day. Focusing on policies regarding the organisation...

Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge, Fifth Edition is a foundational text for teaching nursing students the core concepts of knowledge management while providing an understanding of the technology tools and applications where a certain...

Making Mental Health: A Critical History historicises mental health by examining the concept from the 'madness' of the late nineteenth century to the changing ideas about its contemporary concerns and status. It argues that a critical approach to the...

All nurses, whatever setting, will encounter people who are at risk. Harrowing examples of abuse and neglect are frequently in the headlines and the nursing profession has a crucial responsibility to play in ensuring that vulnerable patients are cared...

Base your care of neurological patients on evidence-based best practices, with the completely updated, fully illustrated The Clinical Practice of Neurological and Neurosurgical Nursing , 8th Edition.This is the most current and comprehensive neuroscience...

This compassionate guide presents an array of new perspectives on the emotional effects of breast cancer and includes many personal testimonies from women who have been diagnosed with this disease. Written by a breast cancer survivor and practising...

This book provides guidance to readers for how to conduct an integrative review. Over the decades, with the expansion of evidence-based practice (EBP), the evolution of methods used in reviews has resulted in a wide spectrum of review types. Due to the...

Provides final year nursing students with comprehensive guidance on how to make the leap from student to registered nurse, helping you to master the skills needed to progress from supervised to professional practice. Packed with key information,...

What gets a nurse up in the morning? 'Nurse! A Life in One Day' takes the reader on a light-hearted journey through a 'long day' (twelve and a half hours) shift on a hospital emergency ward, where it is possible to see the medical equivalent of four...

The word 'assessment' can strike terror into any student. However, providing evidence of knowledge and skills for professional practice is an integral and essential part of university life as a nursing student. This book helps nursing students better...

The Evidence-Based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills required for evidence-based nursing into manageable components. The reader will learn how to find, critically read and interpret a range of research studies, and will discover optimal...

This multidisciplinary text is an essential introduction to leadership in health care, combining the underpinning theory with a practical approach to help you come to decisions and solutions in everyday practice.* Written in an accessible and easy to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781528716253Author Florence NightingaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 223Imprint Read BooksPublisher Read BooksWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This book was written in response to legislation enabling nurses to prescribe and thus expand their role within the NHS. It is divided into 9 chapters examining in detail each of the groups of products described in the Nurse Prescribing Formulary (NPF)...

Public Health and Health Promotion for Nurses at a Glance is the perfect companion for study and revision for nursing students and practitioners. Health promotion is a growing core component of nursing care, and this text combines superb illustrations...