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Understanding and managing technology is a key component in providing quality patient care today. This addition to the popular Fast Facts series provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of...

Prepare your students to access, manage, and present clinical data. Focusing on the information every nurse should know and capturing cutting-edge advances in a rapidly changing field, this practical text helps students build the communication and...

Thorough explanations of the importance of evidence-based practice A unique, global perspective that emphasizes the use of models and theories Guidance on how to implement the evidence-based process into practice Coverage of evidence-based practice for...

This issue of Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Cathy Catrambone, PhD, RN, at Rush University, focuses on Asthma. Article topics will include Assessment of Asthma, Pharmacotherapy, Asthma management, Asthma action plans, Pediatric Asthma, and Asthma and...

This issue of Nursing Clinics of North America is Guest Edited by Al Rundio, RN, at Drexel University and will focus on Addictions. Article topics will include Office-Based Opioid Treatment, Addictions and Pregnancy, Peer Assistance, Relapse Prevention...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591021407Author Faye SatterlyFormat PaperbackPage Count 225Imprint Prometheus BooksPublisher Prometheus BooksWeight(grams) 150g

Your success as a nurse begins with an understanding of the profession and its development! Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 8th Edition provides the foundation you need to prepare for your role as a professional nurse...

The Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the healthcare assistant is based on recently completed research exploring the role of healthcare assistants (HCA) in acute hospitals. Whilst a support role working alongside registered nurses has been...

Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic shares the stories of frontline health workers - told in their own words - during the second wave of COVID-19 in Australia. The book records the complex emotions health workers experienced as the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780323810166Author JoAnn ZerwekhFormat PaperbackImprint MosbyPublisher Elsevier - Health Sciences Division

Doody's Review Service 5 out of 5 Stars!Make sure your students get a good grasp of how to apply what they learn in the classroom to the real world of advanced practice nursing. Advancing Nursing Practice: Exploring Roles and Opportunities for...

The chapters in Patient Care and Professionalism are ordered so that the main character in this book, the patient, has the first voice, followed by the ancient history of professionalism, the recent resurrection of professionalism in the United Kingdom...

This innovative text delivers more than 40 evidence-based teaching strategies that educators can use to engage nursing students and enhance their learning in a variety of teaching environments. It provides a wealth of new teaching designs both novice and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780729544283Author Megan-Jane JohnstoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Elsevier AustraliaPublisher Elsevier Australia

Advance your career to the next level of professional practice! Here are all the concepts and theories practicing RNs need to continue their education and reach the next level of professional practice. You'll find in-depth coverage of the critical...

Authored by highly respected nurse educators, leaders, and scholars, this text focuses on the power of nursing to make substantive contributions to improving the health of all populations. It delivers an in-depth examination and analysis of current...

The humanities have long been recognized as having a place in nursing knowledge, and have been used in education, theory, and research by nurses. However, the place of humanities in nursing has always remained ambiguous. This book offers an in-depth...

If you are looking for an accessible introduction to the essential concepts that define the field of professional ethics, then this is the book for you. Richard Hugman's A-Z of Professional Ethics offers a winning combination of breadth and concision,...

Sociology and its applications are key components of the core foundation programme in nursing and healthcare. Sociology of health and health care is an essential textbook for all students of nursing and healthcare and is organised in four parts: the...

Sociology and its applications are key components of the core foundation programme in nursing and healthcare. Sociology of health and health care is an essential textbook for all students of nursing and healthcare and is organised in four parts: the...

What are the social sciences and how are they relevant to nursing? How can I apply them to my practice? This book introduces the essential social science that you need in order to register and practice effectively as a nurse. Contributions from the...

Written for new and aspiring nursing faculty, this unique book delivers broad teaching principles alongside strategies for selecting the best technology. New generations of students are increasingly familiar with technology, and require educators who can...

The mental and physical health of caregivers impacts more than just that individual worker. It affects the health of their patients, it impacts their families, it shapes communities, it influences politics, and it plays into international relations. ...

This comprehensive and thought-provoking textbook offers both an essential introduction to key aspects of nursing ethics, including the role of professional codes of conduct and challenges to be encountered in the 21st century, and an in-depth...

Nursing is more than a career; it is a calling and one of the most important, fascinating and dangerous professions in the world. As the frontline responders battling traumas, illnesses and aggression from surprising sources, nurses are remarkable. Yet...

Advanced Practice in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions enables nurses and members of allied health professions to effectively diagnose and treat patients, in a wide variety of settings. It is especially relevant in regions where access to other...

This indispensable textbook explores the ethics of issues from the interpersonal to the political. Expanding on the traditional approach, the editors bring together a range of new perspectives on ethics that reflect the real life experiences and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826161512Author Tyler TraisterFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Springer Publishing Co IncPublisher Springer Publishing Co Inc

This book places comfort at the forefront of nursing care, by presenting a carefully researched theory of comfort that nurses can use as a framework for practice. Engagingly written, the book combines a first-person account of the development of the...

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...

Elder abuse has been increasingly recognised over the past ten years in many countries and progress has been made in both understanding and addressing the issue. This volume provides a much-needed international overview of the topic.Opening with an...

"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...

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It communicates current evidence-based knowledge in the area of transcultural care and meets the needs of health and social care practitioners who must...

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...

This book proposes an innovative new model for transforming racial and cultural lines in health and social care through communication processes, and introduces listening partnerships as a cost-effective, sustainable intervention to improve communication...

Florence Nightingale remains an inspiration to nurses around the world for her pioneering work treating wounded British soldiers during the Crimean War; authorship of Notes on Nursing, the foundational text for nursing practice; establishment of the...

Handle the vital issue of pain management safely and effectively, with the proven range of treatments offered in Pain Management for Advanced Practice. Offering compassionate, holistic pain management strategies - pharmacological and nonpharmacological -...

Reviewing research evidence for nursing practice: systematic reviews highlights the key issues involved in conducting different types of systematic reviews - encompassing qualitative studies, quantitative studies and combining quantitative and...

The reassuring bromides of "chicken soup for the soul" provide little solace for nurses-and the people they serve-in real-life hospitals, nursing homes, schools of nursing, and other settings. In the minefield of modern health care, there are myriad...

This book is designed for all professionals working with people with heart problems. The book looks at the causes and consequences, basic counselling skills, stress management, risk factor intervention and how to develop rehabilitation programmes.About...