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This fully updated new edition of From Birth to Five Years: Practical Developmental Examination is a step-by-step 'how to' guide to the developmental examination of pre-school children.

Prevention in Mental Health Care: Time for a new approach focuses on the limitations in current psychiatric practice and research.

Focusing on theoretical, policy and practice issues which are predicted to become fundamental priorities in the near future, the contributors to this important book examine how dementia care works around the globe.

Caring is at the core of what nurses and other health professionals do.

The fifth edition of this essential text provides a comprehensive overview of working in intensive care.

Child Development for Child Care and Protection Workers is a classic text for students and practitioners in the child care and protection field which summarises important current thinking on child development and applies it directly to practice.

Praxisorientiertes Handbuch zur palliativen Pflege, das einfühlsam das "Leben in einem permanenten Augenblick" von Menschen mit einer Demenz beschreibt und zeigt, wie Pflegende sterbende demenzkranke Menschen pflegen, unterstützen und begleiten können.

Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) has been extensively researched and shown to be solidly underpinned by evidence.

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

- An essential guide to this most important of examinations- The first book to assist in the recognition of the psychosocial and emotional elements of physical disability that may impact on the family- Provides a multi-professional perspective, with contributors from specialists in their fields- Each chapter addresses the subject from a holistic perspective that includes ethical, legal and psychosocial aspects as well as the physical

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The use of first-hand service user accounts of mental illness is still limited in the professional literature available.

Nurses who are new to the labor and delivery (LD) environment will welcome this newly updated, succinct, easy-to-use orientation guide for everyday labor and birth management practices.

Gastrointestinal dysfunction or injury is common in the critical care patient either as a primary diagnosis or as secondary symptoms.

Assessing and managing pain-the primary symptom for those seeking health care-is imperative in every RN's daily practice.

Nursing is an essential component of children's palliative care and palliative care is an essential aspect of nursing.

Our personalities and our identities are intimately bound up with the stories that we tell to organize and to make sense of our lives.

End-of-life care, within critical care, continues to be a controversial topic.

Wer kümmert sich um Oma?

This book proposes a way of understanding human movement and its forms of deterioration and preservation in older people.

Wie kann man die Lebensqualität von Menschen mit Demenz durch Kontakte mit der natürlichen Umgebung fördern?

Epigenetics-the study of cellular events that affect gene expression without changing the DNA sequence-is having an increasing impact on the field of biology, where it has improved our understanding of the development of pathology and led to novel treatments.

A practical book on the unique fetal conditions amenable to surgical corrections and the anesthetic considerations for mother and child.

Care Planning in Children and Young People's Nursing addresses a selection of the most common concerns that arise when planning care for infants, children and young people within the hospital and community setting.

This volume reviews the state of the art in caring for patients dying in the ICU, focusing on both clinical aspects of managing pain and other symptoms, as well as ethical and societal issues that affect the standards of care received.

Are you anxious about your mental health placement?

The quick and easy way to master medical-surgical nursing and use your knowledge in real-world situationsIf you're looking for a fun, fast review that boils medical-surgical nursing down to its most essential, must-know points your search ends here!

This book explores sociology and psychology relevant to nursing and explains why it is so important to understand these disciplines in order to be a good nurse.

Sharing and evaluating a series of relationship-centred approaches to dementia care, this book enables practitioners to have hands-on involvement in improving the quality of this care.

The tools and guidance you need to make wellness a part of your everyday nursing practiceWhile many books have covered the theoretical aspects of wellness, only one resource gives you a real sense of what wellness looks like at the bedside: the Nurse's Toolbook for Promoting Wellness.

Activity and engagement are vital to our well-being throughout our lives and this continues to be just as true of people living with dementia.

Improving lifestyles is thought to be one of the most effective means of reducing mortality and morbidity in the developed world.

Die Dokumentation pflegerischer Leistungen ist ebenso wie die Tätigkeit mit und am Patienten originärer Bestandteil pflegerischer Arbeit.

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.

Focusing on the interdisciplinary team, this cardiovascular resource provides evidence-based knowledge and guidance for advanced practice nurses in a variety of care settings.

Tackling Mental Health Crises provides a practical guide to combining social and psychological responses to mental health problems.

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.

As our global demographic shifts towards an increasingly aging population, we have an opportunity to transform how we experience and think about getting older and embrace the diversity and contribution that this population can bring to society.

Pflegebedürftigkeit immer wieder richtig einzuschätzen: Das ist eine wichtige und anspruchsvolle Aufgabe!

Advanced Perioperative Crisis Management is a high-yield, clinically-relevant resource for understanding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment, and management of a wide variety of perioperative emergencies.

Wie kann man Menschen mit neurokognitiven Störungen, die infolge eines Unfalls oder neurodegenerativer Prozesse an schweren Gedächtnisverlusten leiden in geschlossenen Settings bei der Genesung unterstützen?

- Highlighted skills - cross references to the Clinical Skills chapter throughout text- Over 30 new case studies- Patient journey from pre-hospital and emergency-specific case studies- Critical thinking questions at the end of chapters- Chapter 35 Obstetric emergencies now includes 'Supporting a normal birth'.

Mental health nurses need to work within the law to ensure good, legal care for their patients, while at the same time being guided by appropriate values.

All aspects of safe, effective, holistic care for birthing mothers, newborns, and their families are included in this easy-access guide for new antepartum and postpartum nurses and their preceptors during the orientation period.

Zum BuchDownloadsAutorinnen & AutorenEnde der 1970er-Jahre erwachte weltweit eine Bewegung, die sich für die Entstehung von Hospiz­einrichtungen, Palliativstationen und ambulanten Palliativdiensten für Sterbende einsetzte.