Community nursing

Capacity building - which focuses on understanding the obstacles that prevent organisations from realising their goals, while promoting those features that help them to achieve measurable and sustainable results - is vital to improve the delivery of health care in both developed and developing countries.

Originally published in 1987, reissued here with a new preface, this book presented a history of the Queen's Nursing Institute on the occasion of the centenary of its founding in 1887.

To give children with congenital developmental conditions that manifest special learning needs and specific disabilities their best chance to succeed, early identification and appropriate interventions and support, is necessary.

People with learning disabilities are at greater risk of physical and psychiatric illness than the population at large, but their health needs are often not adequately supported.

Das Steuerrecht ist stärker als andere Bereiche einer stetigen Veränderung unterworfen.

Home health is one of the fastest-growing industries, expected to add well over 1 million new jobs throughout the next decade.

Dieses Buch ist eine praxisnahe Arbeitshilfe zum professionellen Umgang mit Aggressionen in der Pflege.

Fully revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing is the indispensable resource for all those caring for patients with mental health problems.

Public Health and Society links public health explicitly to sociological theory, in order to demonstrate the relationship between health care and the social structures that underpin the provision of health services.

A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2014!

Professionelle Pflegeberatung ist für chronisch kranke Menschen und ihre Angehörigen unverzichtbar: Sie ermöglicht fallbezogene und damit konkrete Unterstützung zur Bewältigung von Krankheit und Pflegebedürftigkeit.

Promoting health and preventing ill health is central to your role as a nursing associate.

Die Tätigkeit der Hygienebeauftragten in der Pflege wird immer interessanter und vielseitiger, allerdings wird auch mehr Fachwissen verlangt.

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This reflective and evidence-based book will equip students as well as professionals who work with people with learning disabilities in primary, secondary and specialist healthcare settings, with the knowledge and skills they need to work effectively with people with learning disabilities.

Making good nutritional choices can mean women optimise the outcomes of their birthing experience and offer their babies the best possible start in life.

When a person faces serious illness, having the support of one's partner can help protect against the full ravages of disease, and even hasten recovery.

America has an aging challenge.

This book provides an accessible overview of the care and management of people living with a long-term condition.

Capacity building - which focuses on understanding the obstacles that prevent organisations from realising their goals, while promoting those features that help them to achieve measurable and sustainable results - is vital to improve the delivery of health care in both developed and developing countries.

This collection examines theological and ethical issues of ageing, disability and spirituality, with an emphasis on how ageing affects people who have mental health and developmental disabilities.

Health promotion is an increasingly central tenet in health professionals' lives.

Living Normally with Dementia tells the successful story of Dagmarsminde, a small innovative nursing home in Denmark with a remarkable and life-affirming approach to dementia care.

Do you support a child or adult with sensory perceptual issues or cognitive impairment?

This book clearly defines family-centred perinatal care and outlines how it should be implemented, with international examples.

The impact of the United Nations "e;Healthy Prisons"e; initiative has highlighted the importance of health and health promotion in incarcerated populations.

This volume is concerned with outpatient care as an increasingly critical aspect of the social infrastructure.

Die Zahl der Patienten, die eine palliative Wundversorgung benötigen, nimmt stetig zu.

Changing habits, particularly habits that are self-destructive and unhealthy, is among the most challenging goals of therapists and coaches who work with clients in promoting a healthier lifestyle.

Public health has always been central to the population's health and wellbeing, and people working in public health come from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.

Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become big business internationally, in particular with regards to a range of women's health issues.

This textbook - now thoroughly revised and updated - provides a practical guide for those in training, or practising within, occupational health nursing.

Der Versorgungsbedarf von Palliativpatienten steigt beständig.

"e;With a technique that is easy for anybody to learn and with the potential to achieve amazing outcomes, this is one of the most powerful books ever written to help people living with dementia to do so with dignity, respect, and independence.

The role of the community midwife differs dramatically from that of a hospital based practitioner but many midwifes entering this area of practice may not feel well equipped for this diverse experience.

Our book aims to provide those working in the maternity services, including those in general practices, with an understanding of what it means to be on the receiving end of care.

The Merck Manual Go-To Home Guide for Symptoms takes complex medical information and makes it easy to understand and accessible to an everyday audience.

Promoting health and preventing ill health is central to your role as a nursing associate.

Die Lernzirkelmethode bietet eine gute Möglichkeit, verschiedenste Kompetenzen im Pflegeunterricht anzuregen.

Dekubitusprophylaxe ist noch immer ein wichtiges Thema in der Pflege.

Public Health Nursing is an essential resource for all health visiting students, school nursing students, and occupational health nursing students, that reflects the current key changes in community public health nursing.

As the demand keeps growing for well-trained staff to provide high-quality memory care, those experienced in the Best Friends approach to dementia care have the required skills and confidence to deliver optimal care and succeed in this challenging caregiving role.

From Birth to Five Years, based on the pioneering work of Mary Sheridan, is widely regarded as the go-to reference for health, education and social care professionals, or anyone concerned with the developmental progress of pre-school children.

Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health brings together the evidence behind the UK's public health priorities into one comprehensible textbook.

Designed to help readers develop the practical skills needed to become effective public health practitioners, this concise text gives a highly accessible overview of the theory and practice of public health and health promotion.

The fourth edition of the only text to focus on nursing concepts, theory, and practice in rural settings continues to provide comprehensive and evidence-based information to nursing educators, researchers, and policy-makers.

"e;Janine Lange deftly describes an invaluable process that can contribute greatly to building and sustaining a culture of care.

District Nursing at a Glance is the perfect study and revision guide for students and qualified nurses alike, providing a concise yet thorough overview of community care and its implications for nursing practice.

Ce livre nous emmène au cœur des dispensaires du Grand Nord québécois, au plus près des infirmières qui assurent quotidiennement l'accès aux soins des quatorze communautés inuit du Nunavik.

Priorities for Health Promotion and Public Health brings together the evidence behind the UK's public health priorities into one comprehensible textbook.