Changes in the US health care delivery system are forecast to displace an estimated million nurses. This self-study manual will assist nurses in rethinking their careers, setting personal goals and planning and implementing a strategy to find a place in the future of health care.
Teaches nursing students to apply effective decision-making, leadership, delegation, prioritization, and patient management skills to real-world practice situations. Emphasising on critical thinking and collaborative decision making, this book helps in building students' problem-solving and management abilities.
As a healthcare practitioner, you need to be confident that you can deal competently with any numerical situation you may come across. This book provides a guide to common numerical calculations found in healthcare practice and uses everyday examples to enable you to apply numerical principles correctly in your own practice.
This accessible book introduces pharmacology and calculations in a friendly, informative way. The book focuses on the pharmacology knowledge needed at pre-registration level and does not assume previous knowledge of pharmacology, or a level of confidence with maths and drugs calculations.
Suitable for pre-registration nurses, this title introduces pharmacology and calculations in a friendly way. It focuses on the pharmacology knowledge needed at pre-registration level and does not assume previous knowledge of pharmacology, or a level of confidence with maths and drugs calculations.
The use of mixed methods research is increasingly popular in nursing and health sciences research. This guide to the design, conduct and reporting of mixed method research in nursing or the health sciences places mixed methods research within its contemporary context. Each chapter stands alone, describing the various steps of the research process.
Provides a definitive account of the origins, development and the contemporary perspectives on the practices of learning disability nursing. This book aims to illustrate the key primary and specialist domains of practice which learning disability practitioners are engaged in, and to promote and reinforce the ethos of rights, and independence.
Supported by a companion skills volume and website, Foundation Studies for Caring is a comprehensive introductory text for all health professionals, which maps directly on to the key skills framework. Taking a student-centred learning and interprofessional approach, it is the most inclusive and engaging theory text in the market.
Considers practice issues in healthcare and explores the key issues and factors which influence the workings of a healthcare organization. This book examines how these issues can be addressed through collaborative working and user focused care and how individuals can best work to improve their healthcare services.
Today, evidence-based practice is essential but how can the latest research findings influence your own health care practice? This engaging book uses case scenarios and worked examples to provide clear and practical guidance on how to identify, interpret and implement the research results of others, within your daily professional care.
Haematology Nursing is a comprehensive handbook, with a nursing focus, on the care and management of patients with haematological disorders. Divided into four sections, the first provides an introduction to haematology, looking at haemopoiesis, immunology and genetics.
The new edition of this popular book combines the theory and practice of academic writing for nursing and midwifery students. Developing understanding of the basics of academic writing and cognitive processes such as reflection and critical thinking, this text is an invaluable resource for learners at all levels.
Provides basic and advanced content in evidence-based care and emphasizes health promotion, health maintenance, and disease management. This book consists of anatomy and physiology; physiologic and pathophysiologic responses; assessment of heart disease; pathophysiology of heart disease; and health promotion and disease prevention.
Part of the "LPN Threads" series, this comprehensive text prepares you for safe and effective nursing practice in the fast-paced healthcare environment. Covering maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, and community nursing, it includes the essential LPN/LVN content you need.
Offers real ways to improve quality of experience for people with learning disabilities in all areas of life. This title focuses on practice developments including the impact of changing policy and legislation on the nature and configuration of services.
Foundation Skills for Caring will ensure students can identify how practical skills relate to their course-based learning. Supported by a companion theory volume, and with a dedicated website featuring moving images and audio files, this comprehensive resource provides students with the complete learning experience.
Presents nursing students with an understanding of applied pathophysiology, enabling them to relate normal body function to pathological changes that may lead to disease processes. This comprehensive text includes chapters that provide an explanation of the anatomy of the human body, and the effects of disease or illness on normal physiology.
Reentering the rigors of academic life is a monumental decision for any LPN or LVN returning to school, involving both personal and financial investment. This book assists readers in successfully balancing career, school, and personal life while pursuing educational and professional goals.
Intended as a primer for those just beginning to study nursing informatics, this title provides an introduction to basic terms and concepts, as well as an exploration of the most popular applications in nursing practice, education, administration and research.
Presenting a comprehensive survey of occupational safety and health in the United States, this title focuses on recognizing, preventing, and treating work-related and environmentally induced injuries and diseases. It provides important linkages between preventive public health approaches and occupational safety and health needs.
Provides comprehensive information necessary to successfully complete a practical or vocational nursing curriculum, including basic nursing, adult health nursing and material and pediatric nursing. This book covers the health care system, communication, nursing processes, and client teaching, as well as topics such as HIPAA and bioterrorism.
Intended to meet the needs of nursing students undertaking the common foundation programme, this book aims to explain how and why nursing care is carried out. It also provides with material to achieve the NMC outcomes required for entry into the branch programmes.
This is the key text for introductory level nursing, covering all the core areas. Practical and great value, it is comprehensive and also contains new chapters on cutting edge topics. Alongside an all-new companion website, this is an outstanding edition for CFP study from a tried and trusted team.
Contains Foundation Studies for Caring and Foundation Skills for Caring. Taking an interprofessional, student-centred learning approach, these texts offer pre-registration Nurses and Allied Health Professionals an engaging introduction to the theory and practice of care.
Examines the nature of counselling, concentrating on the highly sensitive nature of caring. This book covers topics including support systems, the bearing of ethical issues on nursing practice and the skills required to give advice in the case of bereavement.
This Handbook gives a systematic account of the main respiratory diseases in adults, covering assessment, diagnosis and nursing management. It highlights the multiple needs of respiratory patients - not only the physical requirements but also psychosocial needs, including palliative care and end of life issues.
What constitutes qualitative evidence? This book breaks new ground by providing urgently needed standards for qualitative inquiry and addresses the significant issues of what constitutes qualitative evidence. This book addresses the place of qualitative evidence in the planning, delivery, and evalua
Suitable for the requirements of NQF level 3 for the Enrolled Nursing Auxiliary and Enrolled Nurse, as well as for use in courses leading to qualification as an Ancillary Health Worker or Community Health Worker, this book covers the entire curriculum for learners preparing to write the South African Nursing Council (SANC) examination.
Provides explanations of the common investigations carried out on various body systems. This work addresses the relationship between normal physiology and disease processes and the place of clinical investigation within these events. It also includes chromosome studies and blood cholesterol values.
Narrative research is an increasingly popular way of carrying out qualitative research by analysing the stories or experience. The findings of this type of qualitative research can be used to improve nursing education, nursing practice and patient care and to explore the experience of illness and the interaction between professionals.
Includes what nurses need to know to provide high-quality patient care before, during, and after a diagnostic test. This book provides hundreds of diagnostic tests organized by category. It explains why and how each test is performed, what the normal findings are, what abnormal findings may mean, and how to monitor a patient after the test.
Includes the principles, theories, and models that serve as guides for ethically sound behavior in contemporary nursing care. Considering the complexities created by scientific and technological advances, client diversity, and various practice settings, this text emphasizes the importance of moral action in personal and professional situations.
Medical ethics, sociology and epidemiology rarely arouse one's passion and can, as minor subjects within a busy curriculum, find themselves ignored by swathes of students. This book aims to provide information on the theories and studies that have helped to shape the practice of these disciplines.
This textbook for nursing students discusses ethical issues in the nursing profession and presents a model for making decisions about these types of issues. The volume begins with a discussion of ethical theories, models, and principles from classical and contemporary philosophy.
Focusses on some of the important issues in nursing and midwifery education, from initial considerations about applying for a programme to developing academic and clinical skills. This book addresses key issues such as - how a nursing or midwifery programme is structured; and, how to choose the right university.
Suitable for nursing students, this package includes "Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care Assistants, 5th Edition", the "Workbook for Mosby's Textbook for Long-Term Care Assistants", and "Mosby's Nursing Assistant Video Skills: Student Online Version 3.0".
Presents the principles and practices needed for early recognition and assessment of patients either at risk of or showing signs of acute deterioration, or those recently relocated from higher levels of care. This book covers topics such as visual, palpatory and auscultatory assessment, and interpreting diagnostic investigations.
Helps you plan individualized care for clients in a variety of settings, including acute care, extended care, and home care environments. This book features 33 detailed nursing diagnosis care plans and 65 disease/disorder care plans that are keyed to specific expected outcomes and interventions. It includes the Online Care Planner.
To promote safe practice, nursing schools test for basic arithmetic both at interview stage and during the 3 years of nurse training. This title helps you to cope with these tests, offering a step-by-step approach which takes you from base-level knowledge to competency both in drug calculations and the ability to read drug dosage charts.
Broadened to include coverage of community settings, and updated to address changes in practice, Pain 2/e is a solid introduction to the subject. Developed from original learning tools, it is underpinned by a comprehensive pedagogic framework, and is an essential resource for all involved in pain management and assessment.
Enables nurses and members of allied health professions to effectively diagnose and treat patients. This book shows how advanced practice develops in response to the impact of health service reforms, the introduction of health policies aimed at developing a patient-led service based in primary care and changes in working conditions.
This book is an introductory text designed for nursing students and practising nurses which will allow them to develop their research knowledge and skills in a user-friendly manner. The book avoids making assumptions regarding the level of research understanding.
An invaluable introduction for student nurses on the key aspects of legal, ethical and professional issues they will encounter in practice Designed to be a user-friendly, easy to understand text explaining basic principles. This new edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect the latest developments in the profession.
This highly practical text aims to provide nurses with a basic guide to gastrointestinal disorders. The book provides clear descriptions of epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment and diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders and offers guidance on the clinical nursing skills required to care for patients with gastrointestinal disorders.
Intends to provide essential information on the fundamentals of infection control and its management in a health care setting. This text helps students, nurses and health care practitioners to understand the general principles of infection control and offers best practice guidelines for clinical care of patients.
Includes a collection of spiral-bound cards that brings together the difficult drugs and topics related to pharmacology. This title covers topics such as: administration, antibiotics/antivirals, anticoagulants, cardiac drugs, CNS drugs, diuretics, endocrine drugs, GI drugs, musculoskeletal drugs, pain drugs, psychiatric drugs, and pulmonary drugs.
Includes the information you need on diseases, procedures, equipment, drugs, and so much more. This title features screened thumb tabs that make it easy to locate definitions quickly. It also contains a list of common medical abbreviations. It is suitable for clinical practice.
Suitable for study groups or when you're on the go, this portable set of 450 review cards helps you prepare for the NCLEX-RN[registered] examination. It offers over 1, 200 NCLEX examination-style questions, and includes alternate item-format and integrated content questions.
Suitable for nursing students preparing for the NCLEX examination or for practicing nurses who want to reinforce and sharpen their nursing knowledge, this title presents clinical questions and scenarios in the major nursing categories while providing a humorous innovative way to study.
With step-by-step instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures, this book makes it easy to master the skills you need to succeed as a nursing assistant. It emphasizes on the importance of teamwork and communication - two elements critical to being an effective nursing assistant.
Focusing on connecting understanding of nursing research with evidence-based practice, this text teaches students how to read, critique, and utilize research reports. It explains each step of the research process and is organized around student-centered questions that may be encountered while using research.
Firmly rooted in practice, this book is a timely exploration of the nature and value of a virtue-based approach to ethics in health and social care. We hear the voices of practitioners and service users speaking about their everyday encounters and ethical challenges, and strategies for cultivating these virtues in education and practice.
Discusses the aspects of midwifery, critical care nursing, community nursing and psychiatric nursing. This title introduces certain basics of nursing theory and practice and includes a section dealing with nursing-related services. It covers selected specialist subjects.
A comprehensive work on the nursing profession in South Africa. It covers the various nursing curriculum and broadens the student's scope of knowledge by discussing subjects not included in midwifery, critical care nursing, community nursing and psychiatric nursing. It discusses medical and surgical conditions from a nursing perspective.
Useful for nursing students and those that support them throughout their clinical learning journey, this book says that nursing students experience feelings of stress, alienation, and disempowerment as a consequence of problems they encounter while on clinical placement. It is designed to facilitate a smoother transition through this phase.
Offers information on more than 400 diagnostic tests. This book features such sections as: Basics, Blood, Urine, Cultures, Imaging, and Other including ECG and EEG. It offers tests listing that includes the purpose of the test; normal reference values for men, women, and children, including SI values; critical values; and, nursing considerations.
Nurses and other public health practitioners have a crucial role to play in helping to improve the collective well being of society and so developing skills in public health - preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health - is key to this process.
Respiratory care is a complex area of nursing practice. This book covers respiratory assessment techniques, diagnostic testing, airway maintenance, oxygen delivery, chest drainage, suctioning, ventilatory support, care of the patient receiving ECMO, ETCO2 monitoring, and preoperative and postoperative care for patients.
Providing a framework for safe and effective drug administration, this title helps you understand the principles of pharmacology and avoid making medication errors. It promotes safety by showing how drugs and drug classes work, rather than asking you to simply memorize information about individual drugs.
Heart Failure: A Clinical Nursing Handbook provides a much-needed introductory text to heart failure for students and nurses new to the area as well as an invaluable source of information in daily clinical practice for more experienced nurses, who are regularly seeing patients with heart failure.
Supportive care is the holistic care of the patient from diagnosis until death. This concept is a two-dimensional extension of the principles of palliative care, from the care of the cancer patient to the care of patients in all clinical specialties. This book gives guidance in providing palliative care to patients with renal insufficiency.
A reference that applies research findings directly to various aspects of nursing practice to guide nurses in performing procedures for patients with a full range of conditions and illnesses. It includes new procedures and practices. It discusses nursing diagnoses, expected outcomes, and unexpected outcomes (complications) for each procedure.
A guide to the topics you need to know about whether studying or working in the field of Learning Disabilities. It features an A-Z format that allows you to 'dip in' and quickly find relevant information on topics ranging from Autism to Rights and from Advocacy to Challenging Behaviours.
Respiratory symptoms such as breathlessness and cough are common in patients with advancing and incurable disease. This book, in the field of respiratory palliation, covers the scientific basis and gives clinical guidance on the assessment and management of the symptoms.
Presents an introduction to drug and alcohol misuse. This book discusses the problems associated with psychoactive substances and their impact on groups such as black and minority ethnic people, young people, women, older people and the homeless. It is suitable for nursing and health students taking substance misuse modules.
This book aims to provide a practical and accessible, skills-based text on how to implement and engage in clinical supervision. Written in an accesible style, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the nursing world, with a practical focus, clear framework and exercises to guide learning.
Provides a developmental and historical review of nursing theory whilst offering an analysis of the evolution of nursing. This book represents the degree to which many scholars view the focus and mission of nursing as a discipline through the development of its theoretical base.
Presents pathophysiology information in an easy-to-understand and practical manner. This title includes chapters that cover cancer, infection, immune disorders, genetics, blood, and disorders of each body system, highlighting pathophysiologic processes, signs and symptoms, diagnostic test findings, and treatments.
Nursing students quite often find it difficult to relate what they learn with respect to normal and abnormal physiology to patient care. In this useful text Roger Watson and Tonks Fawcett clearly explain the concept of homeostasis and the relevance of physiology to common disorders.
A collection of work that demonstrates the needs and importance of addressing many under-explored issues in clinical issues in nursing. It intends to heighten research students' awareness of the scholarship of both the formulation of research design and the issues of clinical research.
Covers the essential elements that lie at the heart of medical practice. This book provides an overview of key practical procedures and diagnostic skills, all of which are typically examined via Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) or other clinical case format examinations.
Covers the core clinical skills curriculum and takes a holistic approach to the importance of delivering nursing care. This title includes comprehensive coverage - an account of fundamental skills, including Record Keeping, Communication and Pressure Ulcers. It is suitable for CFP and nursing students.
Designed for one of the core courses taught in all graduate nursing programs, this nursing theory textbook on the market presents historical perspectives on the development of nursing theory, assessments of concept and theory development and theory evaluation, and middle-range theories.
Presents historical perspectives on the development of nursing theory, assessments of concept and theory development and theory evaluation, middle-range theories, and shared theories from other disciplines in the sociologic, behavioral, and biomedical sciences, focusing on the application of theory.
Contains a wealth of essential wound care information for nurses. This title focuses on the needs of nurses who are new to wound care practice, covering all the fundamentals of wound care including wound healing, wound assessment, cleansing and dressing selection and adjunctive therapies.
A guide to care of patients with respiratory illness. It explores the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, examines assessment of respiratory function, and addresses management of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchitis, lung cancer and respiratory infections including TB and pneumonia.
Considers: aspects of assessment in neuroscience nursing; management of patients with acute neurological conditions; and management of patients with long-term neurological conditions. This book is aimed at nurses working in neuroscience specialist areas, as well as any nurse working in either acute or primary care settings.
Helps school leavers, graduates and mature individuals applying to study Nursing, together with parents and teachers, to make their "UCAS Personal Statement" both compelling and convincing reading. This book describes the context of the "Nursing Personal Statement" within the application process.
The fully updated second edition of this book continues to take a systematic approach to comprehensive patient assessment. The text explores best practice in history taking and summarises the key clinical skills needed to develop and improve physical examination skills and to competently assess, diagnose, plan and provide care..
A practical manual that provides a framework for the development of competencies in practical skills in nursing practice. It begins with an overview of the manual and an explanation of the main features contained in each of the nursing skills, detailing the framework and concepts.
A guide on how to get into and survive a pre-registration nursing course. Covering a wide range of topics it helps students to: make the most of clinical placements; make drug dosage calculations and administer medication; write assignments; avoid plagiarism; cope with stress; and, understand nursing models, theories and philosophies.
Suitable for Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Physicians, Podiatrists, Long Term Care professionals and others shouldering the responsibility of finding effective solutions in treating both common and atypical wound problems, this book covers various aspects of wound assessment, treatment, and care.
* Evidence-based and practical in style, with case studies and practice examples throughout * Edited and authored by experienced and expert clinicians and leaders in the field of nursing practice, research and education * The first UK text to explore stroke management from a nursing perspective.
Reflecting the various technologic advances and therapies, this title offers information on wound care. Using a nursing process and multidisciplinary approach, it is suitable for those who are involved in the care of acute surgical wounds and different types of chronic wounds.
Details a system which - identifies the patient at risk and outlines appropriate interventions to either avert admission to ICU or ensure the patient receives optimal care prior to being transferred to ICU. This title describes a system for assessing the acutely ill patient to identify signs of deterioration.
Deals with the middle-range theories and their applications in clinical nursing research. This book explains the process of selecting an appropriate theory for a particular nursing research study. It includes examples of research using middle-range theories, definitions of key terms, analysis exercises, reference lists, and relevant Websites.
Offers a step-by-step approach to the calculation and administration of drug dosages. This book covers the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods. It presents concepts related to critical thinking, logical thinking, and nursing process.
Helps you to master the critical skills necessary to calculate drug dosages. This title provides you with a review of essential math concepts before introducing and explaining the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation.
Outpatient, Day Surgery and Ambulatory Care is an accessible, comprehensive text exploring a wide range of diagnostic and short-stay therapeutic provisions, including: minor injuries, day surgery, outpatients, radiology, endoscopy, renal dialysis, oncology, ambulatory clinics, day hospitals and the links with primary care.
While the increase in lifesaving technology has extended both the length and quality of life for patients, critics argue that healthcare professionals often read the technology rather than the patient. This text explores how the nursing profession faces and deals with technological advances.
Practice development depends on understanding research and practice in order to improve health care for patients and users. This book explores the basis of practice development, its aims, implementation and impact on health care, and goes on to propose a conceptual basis for developing practice.
This comprehensive text provides a systematic explanation of major conditions such as cancer, coronary heart disease, stroke and hypertension starting with a definition and examining the epidemiology, aetiology and pathophysiology of the disorder as well as clinical signs, symptoms and treatments.
Helps you create your own personal fitness and wellness success stories. This text helps you take control of your personal fitness and wellness by providing information and tips that you can incorporate to start living a healthier life. It offers balanced coverage on health-related physical fitness components with information on wellness.
Suitable for various members of a healthcare organisation including office staff, executives, managers, doctors, nurses, and therapists, this title includes hundreds of techniques to improve customer care in any organisation and implement total quality management in customer service.
Nursing can be complex and challenging to new students and trainee practitioners. This book includes central topics and debates which shape nursing theory, policy and contemporary practice. It covers assessment, ethics, leadership, and risk management. It is suitable for trainees to learn about key issues in nursing practice and education.
After working as a nurse for thirty years, Evelyn left the hospital to become a full-time Matron at The Lodge. In spite of broken nights and hot dinners left to get cold, Mrs Peters was with her temper and Mrs Harrison was with her 24-hour piano playing. She was on call twenty-four hours a day. This title is Evelyn's memoir as a Matron.