Nursing specialties

Assessment and Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: A Clinical Perspective is the ideal primer for anyone who works with people who self-injure.

'Warm, wise and practical' Cressida Cowell, MBEAn invaluable reference for parents of sick or hospitalised children by an experienced and eminent psychologist.

First published in 1976, You and Your Aging Parent is a classic--the first book to shed light on the challenging relationship between adult children and their aging parents, illuminating the emotional, health, and financial difficulties that elderly parents and their children face during the senior years.

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!

*Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards*The simple sensation of touching someone's hand can have a powerful therapeutic effect.

Offering practical advice for arts therapists and health care professionals, this book emphasizes the importance of putting the individual before the illness to provide holistic, person-centred support for people with dementia.

"e;The authors of this book share decades of geriatric perioperative nursing care experience with readers in a thorough, systematic manner.

Intermediate care comprises strategies which allow early discharge from acute care, prevent admission or re-admission to acute care and avoid bed-blocking in both acute and long-term residential care.

In an attempt to challenge the prevailing attitudes and images of nursing homes in America, the authors have written a touching book about the people and the relationships that are a part of nursing home care.

Teaches clinicians to apply a variety of treatment strategies that empower patients to control depression and live healthier lives.

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.

The effective delivery of primary care requires the good working of a multi-professional team who provide that care.

This psychiatric-mental health undergraduate textbook, based on the theories of Hildegard Peplau and Joyce Travelbee, is the first recent book devoted to interpersonal relations as the foundation for therapeutic practice in psychiatric nursing.

This important book introduces the basics of prenatal psychology and works through the current scientific findings in the psychology and psychosomatics of pregnancy and birth.

Good communication between the doctor and patient is essential for the patient to establish a trusting relationship with their doctor and to make the best use of the appropriate treatment.

This is a modern multi-disciplinary text confronting a complex age and journey into recovery.

Disability: The Basics is an engaging and accessible introduction to disability which explores the broad historical, social, environmental, economic and legal factors which affect the experiences of those living with an impairment or illness in contemporary society.

Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Nursing is a practical manual for all nurses involved in plastic surgical care.

"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.

"e;[A] welcome addition to the reference materials necessary for the study of nurse anesthesia.

Though much has been written about twins, very little research has been done into their everyday lives, both postnatal and prenatal.

Mit wachsender Anzahl von pflegebedürftigen älteren Menschen gewinnen Alternativen zur stationären Heimunterbringung immer mehr an Bedeutung.

Winner of the 2020 Anselm Strauss Award for Qualitative Family Research, National Council on Family Relations.

From the publishers of the market-leading at a Glance series comes a wide-ranging and succinct overview of the key concepts of emergency care.

The essential handbook for trainee nursing associates and anyone undertaking a foundation degree or higher-level apprenticeship in healthcare practice.

What is life like for women with learning disabilities detained in a secure unit?

2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in both Gerontologic Nursing and Hospice and Palliative Care!

This manual is aimed at all healthcare practitioners, from novice to expert, who care for the critically ill patient, recognising that different disciplines contribute to the provision of effective care and that essential knowledge and skills are shared by all practitioners.

A unique "e;mentor in a pocket"e; handbook covering one of the most emotionally-trying experiences nurses faceFrom the co-director of Johns Hopkins University's neuropsychiatry clinic and senior faculty member at the Copper Ridge Institute comes the first pocket-sized reference for generalist nurses on care for patients with dementia, one of the most emotionally-trying disorders they will face in clinical practice.

Revised and updated in light of the reissued Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance and the Children's Act (2004), this concise guide will help health and allied professionals negotiate the complexities of child protection practice, with the aim of preventing abuse and neglect and protecting children from further harm once it has occurred.

In order to become skilled and competent practitioners, student midwives need to understand the complex individual, family and societal issues they will encounter.

The must-have guide to acing the Progressive Care Nursing certification exam - based on the actual exam blueprint!

The innovative Newcastle Challenging Behaviour Model for dementia care has recently been updated, leading to new advances in the field.

Challenging Practice in Mental Health Nursing questions theories and practices which have become central in mental health care today.

Although we live in an era of evidence-based medicine, case histories have always had an important role in medical education.

iThe authors have crafted a very user-friendly set of guidelines, identifying the steps in assessment of patients for risks, outlining the objectives for care from preconception through postpartum, and addressing care for pregnant HIV positive womenO[the book] includes avenues to electronic resources to assist them in accessing the newest information in ever-evolving and changing practice environments.

An accessible, practical book presenting a range of topics in urban emergency medicine to enhance patient care in all cities.

This book provides up-to-date, practical information for family doctors on how to assess and manage important mental health problems presenting in primary care settings.

The study of LGBT aging is in its infancy.

This practical book suggests ways in which healthcare students and practitioners can develop their compassion strengths.

Palliative and end of life care are an essential component of nursing practice.

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When tasked with providing activities for older people in care homes, it can be difficult to know where to begin.

"Bewegt im hohen Alter" ist ein psychomotorischer Aktivierungskurs für Bewohner von Altenpflegeeinrichtungen, der dazu beiträgt, die motorische und kognitive Funktionsfähigkeit sowie psychosoziale Ressourcen möglichst lange aufrechtzuerhalten.

Although currently many people with dementia are not given the opportunity to receive professional counselling, this book explores the value of counselling for men and women living with this condition and how it enables them to make sense of their lives and their notions of themselves.