Nursing specialties

Whether you provide care for older people, or you are simply interested in ageing, this complete primer on the psychology of ageing explains the key issues clearly and concisely.

The way in which dementia is understood and treated is changing, with a growing focus on the individual's experience and person-centred approaches to care.

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.

This book explores the underlying biology and neuroscience associated with mental health and wellbeing.

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This book provides unique and powerful insights into what it takes to succeed as a chairman leading a modern organization.

Examines both novel and traditional paradigms that could extend our knowledge and understanding of the well-being of the oldest old.

To provide high quality dementia care, professionals need to be both knowledgeable about dementia and skilled in the provision of care.

The first book to explore the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears.

iThis guide and resource will give you all the direction and resources you need to perform in the role of a medical-surgical clinical instructorOInstructors will discover this book takes the work out of working in the clinical area.

This widely adopted text and practical guidebook presents the fundamentals of family-based intervention with clients struggling with chronic poverty-related crises and life stressors.

Perspectives on Rehabilitation and Dementia offers new insights into the application of a well-established approach and set of skills to a group of people who have traditionally been thought not to benefit from them.

Advanced Practice in Critical Care provides experienced critical care nurses with a clear and distinct evidence base for contemporary critical care practice.

The often complex problems of the trauma patient present many challenges to front line emergency staff.

Bringing together leading authorities, this comprehensive volume integrates the best current knowledge and treatment approaches for eating disorders in children and adolescents.

This book explores the potential for lifelong learning in dementia.

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

Recasting burnout as a crucial phase of service, Building Resilience Through Contemplative Practice uses real-world case studies to teach professionals and volunteers unique skills for cultivating resilience.

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This book highlights the importance of endothelial cells as key players in the functioning of the nervous system under both normal and pathological conditions.

PRINCIPLES OF SKIN CARE Principles of Skin Care is a practical, evidence based guide to the principles of skin management and skin health.

The standard reference for practitioners, researchers, and students, this acclaimed work brings together internationally recognized experts from diverse mental health, medical, and allied health care disciplines.

How might we best manage those who have offended but have mental vulnerabilities?

Acute Stroke Management in the First 24 hours bridges the clinical application gap by offering a practice-based approach to treating ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke.

First Edition an AJN Book of the Year Award Winner!

This book provides a research-based discussion of common childhood chronic illnesses and their etiology, diagnosis, treatment, and management.

Containing concise but detailed summaries on a comprehensive range of clinical scenarios and conditions likely to be encountered by trainees, paediatricians, therapists, nurses, and allied professionals in their day-to-day practice, Community Paediatrics is the ideal companion for anyone working with children in the community.

"e;Where was this book when I was a new nurse just learning the ropes of labor and delivery?

Contributors address aspects of presidential leadership in essays on how presidential values are determined or constructed, how they are condoned and criticized, how they are packaged and conveyed, and how they are interpreted and acted upon.

The Physiological Effects of Ageing is a comprehensive resource for all nurses working with older people, enabling them to apply their knowledge of the ageing process to their practice, and, in doing so, enhance care delivery.

Environmental gerontology - the research on aging and environment - evolved during the late 1960s, when the domain became a relevant topic due to societal concerns with the problems of housing for elderly people.

The study of LGBT aging is in its infancy.

Good counselling skills are often not taught to the professionals who need them most.

We have all been hypoxic.

Nutritional Psychology: Understanding the Relationship Between Food and Mental Health provides a broad look at the intersection between food and mental health and offers a comprehensive approach to effectively prioritize nutrition as a powerful component to maintaining overall wellbeing.

The leading text and go-to practitioner resource on psychiatric rehabilitation is now in a thoroughly revised third edition, bringing readers up to date on current ideas, findings, and evidence-based best practices.

Provides a rich overview of teaching techniques and learning in psychiatry, from the lecture room to the clinic, for trainers and trainees.

Care planning and delivery are essential parts of everyday practice for all mental health practitioners.

A practical guide to the assessment, diagnosis, and management of dementia and mild cognitive impairment for healthcare professionals.

This comprehensive textbook provides an accessible and skills-oriented introduction to alcohol and substance misuse for healthcare students and practitioners new to the field.

Pediatric respiratory disorders are responsible for a number of acute and chronic health conditions and are a leading cause of pediatric emergency room visits and hospitalizations.

The third edition of the best-selling Critical Care Nursing offers readers a fully up-to-date, evidence-based guide to the science and practice of nursing the critically ill patient.

Whilst preparing for his travel adventures into a world he had yet to explore, Christopher Yeoh was involved in a road traffic accident and experienced something few others would be "e;privileged"e; to witness.

This textbook fosters a deeper understanding of how home healthcare goals for older adults can be achieved through interprofessional collaboration.

Grief is a very individual experience and it can impact all aspects of a person's life.

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

A Doody's Core Title for 2024!

This book explores the lived experiences of South Asian psychiatrists in the UK through personal and reflective accounts.

Nursing and midwifery students are required to communicate in writing in a variety of forms, for a variety of potential audiences including their colleagues, allied health professionals, administrators and, most importantly, their patients and the public.

Multisystemic therapy (MST) has grown dramatically since the initial publication of this comprehensive manual.