Nursing specialties

Whether you're coping with a loved one who has received a terminal diagnosis, has a long-term illness or disability, or suffers with dementia, caregiving is challenging and crucial.

Das Praxishandbuch zur Akutpsychiatrischen Pflege stellt praxis-orientiert und pflegewissenschaftlich fundiert Pflegekonzepte vor, mit denen der herausfordernde Pflegealltag in der akutpsychiatrischen Versorgung bewältigt werden kann.

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.

The third edition of Hospice and Palliative Care is the essential guide to the hospice and palliative care movement both within the United States and around the world.

The first book to address the care of dual-diagnosis patients in non-psychiatric settingsBrimming with practical insights and strategies, this unique Fast Facts resource delivers concise, quick-access information about caring for patients with common physical complaints who also have a psychiatric diagnosis.

This text is an authoritative analysis of current services for children and young people in the UK.

Sterben gehört zum Leben.

People with dementia need increasingly specialised support as they approach the end of life, and so too do their families and the professionals working with them.

"e;This is an excellent resource for those caring for patients with MS.

Person-centred practices are a key way to provide the best possible care and support for older people and help them to be active and valued members of the community.

The worldwide gold standard for lactation support professionalsDeveloped by world leaders in lactational pharmacology, this essential reference contains the most current, complete, and evidence-based information available on the transmission of maternal drugs into human milk.

As the momentum for personalisation and recovery approaches grows, service users are increasingly participating as partners in all aspects of health and social care delivery, policy-making and professional training.

Die Zunahme älterer Menschen in der Gesellschaft fordert neben einer adäquaten medizinischen Versorgung vor allem die pflegefachliche Unterstützung zur Bewältigung der meist chronischen Alterskrankheiten.

Patients today are more empowered and knowledgeable than they have ever been.

Delays in recognising deterioration, or inappropriate management of people in acute care settings can result in late treatment, avoidable admissions to intensive care units and, in some instances, unnecessary deaths.

This book provides guidance for healthcare professionals in the multidisciplinary team giving care to girls with gynaecological conditions.

Caring for older people encompasses complex physical, social and psychological needs, and poses many diverse challenges for nurses.

Der Band arbeitet heraus, welche Faktoren eine personzentrierte Pflegebeziehung befördern und stützt sich dabei auf Aussagen und Beobachtungen von Pflegefachpersonen in zwei stationären Altenpflegeeinrichtungen, die sich auf eine personzentrierte Pflege von Menschen mit Demenz spezialisiert haben.

This first edition Australian text aligns nursing care principles and practice to the unique requirements of older people.

The use of narrative methods has a long history in palliative care, pioneered by Dame Cicely Saunders, founder of the modern hospice movement, Narrative and Stories in Health Care provides a vibrant, multidisciplinary examination of work with narrative and stories in contemporary health and social care, with a focus on the care of people who are ill and dying.

Providing essential knowledge and understanding that midwives, health visitors, nursery nurses and lay birth and early parenting educators need to deliver effective and evidence-based education to all new parents and families, this book explores key issues in perinatal education.

People with dementia have often played a passive role in the investigation of their condition.

Pflege-, Sozial- und Gesundheitsberufe sehen sich zunehmend mit aggressiven und potenziell gewalttätigen Patienten konfrontiert.

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The growing geriatric population in the United States has created an increasing need for palliative medicine services across the range of medical and surgical specialties.

Eine optimale Betreuung am Lebensende erfordert einen engen Austausch zwischen Medizin, Pflege, dem psychosozialen Bereich, der Seelsorge und allen anderen beteiligten Berufsgruppen.

This timely book explores what it is like to live in an aged care home: the expectations that new residents and their families enter with, their relationships with fellow residents and formal caregivers, and how they approach, in different ways, the reality that this place is where they will die.

Detailed knowledge and specific awareness of delirium is crucial in elderly care, due in part to the overlap with delirium and dementia.

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This comprehensive compendium offers a wealth of research-informed tools that can boost both physical and mental wellbeing throughout the lifespan.

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The mental health needs of older people are all too often overlooked or put down to the inevitable consequences of ageing.

The Cornerstone Text on Transcultural Nursing Concepts - Updated with the Latest Advances and BreakthroughsA Doody s Core Title for 2024 & 2021!

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Patients with advanced cancer may develop a number of clinical complications related to tumor progression or a variety of aggressive treatments.

Features evidence-based, practical, and effective strategies for creating and maintaining optimal quality of life for older adultsThis globally focused resource integrates sound research evidence, real-life case scenarios, and effective, practical strategies to address a key health care initiative of the 21st century: optimal quality of life for older adults.

"e;A clear, straightforward guide to the issues around mental health [and] a useful starting resource for non-mental health practitioners to develop their understanding of the processes involved in mental health.

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

"e;This excellent text will help nurses develop an awareness of a range of communication frameworks and how they might be utilised in contemporary child health nursing to communicate with children, their families, fellow healthcare professionals and each other in their day to day working lives.

This book provides nurses with practical information on the most frequently encountered gastrointestinal disorders and problems found in the elderly o from constipation, hemorrhoids, and diverticulosis to cancers of the GI tract.

Psychiatrische Pflege ist Bestandteil der Ausbildung in den Pflegeberufen, Gegenstand von Fortbildungsveranstaltungen und wird - erheblich umfangreicher - in der Fachweiterbildung Psychiatrie vermittelt.

Aktivierend-therapeutische Pflege in der Geriatrie (ATP-G) wird bei älteren Menschen mit Unterstützungs- und Pflegebedarf sowie (Früh-)Rehabilitationsbedarf durchgeführt und geht über die Grund- und Behandlungspflege hinaus.

The truly inspirational account of living positively with dementia.

In the Western world around 360 in every 100,000 individuals have inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a relapsing-remitting autoimmune disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract.

What is distinct about the last third of life, about women, that makes psychotherapy different?

Gibt es alte Menschen, die ihre Mitbewohner drangsalieren, schikanieren und tyrannisieren?

Respectful and effective solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) for suicidal clients Few tasks are more important-and daunting-than to help someone who is suicidal to go beyond the darkness of hopelessness to the light of hope.

The Equine-Assisted Therapy Workbook gives readers the tools they need to increase professional competency and personalize the practical applications of equine-assisted therapy.

Cardiothoracic nursing has undergone great change over the last decade.