Nursing specialties

A step-by-step guide to mastering recognition and interpretation of pediatric EKGs for pediatric nurses at all levels, physician assistants, residents, paramedics, medical students, and technicians.

Reichel''s formative text is designed as a practical guide for health specialists confronted with the unique problems of geriatric patients.

Acute Cardiac Care provides nurses with a comprehensive understanding of the current practice and principles underlying the care and management of acute cardiac conditions.

This highly practical book has helped thousands of clinicians make the most of limited resources to support children and families struggling with chronic, multiple adversities.

The only authoritative resource to prepare for your SANE-A or SANE-P; exams!

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing is an essential aid to the practising cancer nurse.

This book provides an insight into advances in elder abuse in the areas of research, policy, practice and legislation.

Eminently practical and authoritative, this comprehensive clinical handbook brings together leading international experts on eating disorders to describe the most effective treatments and how to implement them.

Many of the world's population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury.

Eating disorders refer to a range of problems characterized by abnormal eating behaviours and beliefs about eating, weight, and shape.

* Chapter on current national patient safety and clinical reasoning* Over 80 new and revised case studies* Chapter on rural and remote area nursing* Fully revised chapter on chronic illness and complex care* Chapter on patient safety and clinical reasoning* Greater emphasis on contemporary health issues, such as obesity and emergency and disaster nursing* Australia and New Zealand sociocultural focus

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

First published in 1979, this book concerns itself primarily with the mothers of mentally handicapped children.

Many of the world's population have no access to appropriate diagnostic, neurorehabilitative or support services following brain injury.

In the event of a paediatric cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care.

Eating disorders refer to a range of problems characterized by abnormal eating behaviours and beliefs about eating, weight, and shape.

From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes a comprehensive yet accessible overview of all the fundamental elements of acute and critical care nursing.

Reichel''s formative text is designed as a practical guide for health specialists confronted with the unique problems of geriatric patients.

Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities.

The increase in average life expectancy observed over recent decades has brought new challenges to nephrology practice.

Psychodynamic Interventions in Pregnancy and Infancy builds on Bjorn Salomonsson's experiences as a psychoanalytic consultant working with parents and their babies.

This concise guide to contemporary neonatal practice contains up-to-date information for RNs practicing in this nursing specialty and defines the level of nursing practice and professional performance for neonatal nurses at all practice levels and in all settings.

Volume 4 of Care-Giving in Dementia builds on previous volumes to continue to make a significant contribution to establishing a knowledge base for the developing field of care-giving in dementia.

"e;This book provides a complete look at neonatal healthcare delivery.

A compendium of prescribing information for more than 450 diagnoses!

Offering a comprehensive guide to contraception and sexual health, the new edition of this practical handbook has been fully updated with the latest clinical guidance, research and methods, including new technologies.

Based on Francesca Happe's best-selling textbook, Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory, this completely new edition provides a concise overview of contemporary psychological theories about autism.

This indispensable manual presents the leading empirically supported treatment approach for adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN).

This accessible book uses case studies to explore issues around intimacy, sexual function and sexual development over the lifespan, introducing applied principles and practices when working with sexuality-related issues.

Winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year 2011 (Category: Maternal And Child Health) Building on children's natural inclinations to pretend and reenact, play therapy is widely used in the treatment of psychological problems in childhood.

This book seeks to integrate the history of mental health nursing with the wider history of institutional and community care.

Underscores the complexity of prescribing drugs for older adults while providing state-of-the-art guidelines for safe patient careAn evidence-based, quick-access reference for adult gerontology nurse practitioners and related healthcare providers, this text describes a holistic, patient-centered approach to prescribing drugs to older adults.

Despite the steady acceptance of psychological interventions for people with psychosis in routine practice many people continue to experience problems in their recovery.

Haematology Nursing is a comprehensive handbook, with a nursing focus, on the care and management of patients with haematological disorders.

Are you involved in caring for people at the end of their life?

Based on Francesca Happe's best-selling textbook, Autism: An Introduction to Psychological Theory, this completely new edition provides a concise overview of contemporary psychological theories about autism.

One of the most challenging roles of the psycho-oncologist is to help guide terminally-ill patients through the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the dying process.

Mindfulness in the Birth Sphere draws together and critically appraises a raft of emerging research around mindfulness in healthcare, looking especially at its relevance to pregnancy and childbirth.

Assessing Risk: A Relational Approach offers the practitioner a novel framework for understanding the complex and subtle issues involved in assessing and managing risks related to violence and sexual offending.

Aging Men, Masculinities and Modern Medicine explores the multiple socio-historical contexts surrounding men's aging bodies in modern medicine from a global perspective.

The importance of play in children's health and care services, both as a form of therapy and as a distraction, is often overlooked.

In one indispensable volume, this book combines a complete overview of night eating syndrome (NES) with evidence-based treatment guidelines and clinical tools.

Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) have emerged as a major phenomenon within the education and health care systems.

Risk assessment and risk management are top of every mental health organisation's agenda.

Most specialist mental health care is provided by nurses who use face to face helping skills with a wide range of people in a variety of contexts.

This practical guide for primary care provides a context-specific introduction to the sustainability challenges associated with good health-care delivery and provides easy-to-implement yet impactful actions that can be taken to reduce and mitigate the impact of primary care on the living world while also looking at the impact of the changing planet on health care that people will encounter.