This book helps adult nursing students to competently manage care of critically and acutely ill patients, and to recognise and deal with the early signs of deterioration.
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.
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.
This book is the scientific summary of the authors fifty years of experience in tumor surgery and more than twenty years of cancer research results and clinical validation.
This ';comfortingthoughtful' (The Washington Post) guide to maintaining a high quality of lifefrom resilient old age to the first inklings of a serious illness to the final breathby the New York Times bestselling author of Knocking on Heaven's Door is a ';roadmap to the end that combines medical, practical, and spiritual guidance' (The Boston Globe).
Doctors, midwives and other professionals entering the field of postnatal care frequently feel ill-prepared for the task, and a lack of accessible and relevant learning resources can leave learning on the job as the only realistic option.
Gynaecological cancers represent the second most common group of cancers and the most common cause of cancer death in woman, but the needs of women with gynaecological cancer are frequently unrecognised and often neglected.
Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract make up some of the most common illnesses experienced across the lifespan affecting individuals in infancy, childhood and adulthood.
Disorders of the gastrointestinal tract make up some of the most common illnesses experienced across the lifespan affecting individuals in infancy, childhood and adulthood.
Spirituality and Coping with Loss: End of Life Healthcare Practice describes a research study that reflects nurses' experience of the nature of loss encountered in end of life care settings as well as the ways in which spirituality is a resource in coping in these situations.
Spirituality and Coping with Loss: End of Life Healthcare Practice describes a research study that reflects nurses' experience of the nature of loss encountered in end of life care settings as well as the ways in which spirituality is a resource in coping in these situations.
Underpinned by a rights-based approach, this essential text critically analyses the theory and practice of children and young people's nursing from several perspectives - public health, acute and community based care, education and research.
Underpinned by a rights-based approach, this essential text critically analyses the theory and practice of children and young people's nursing from several perspectives - public health, acute and community based care, education and research.
This practical handbook allows nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and allied health professionals practicing in the fields of neurosurgery, neurology, and spinal care to quickly review essentials while in the work environment.
This practical handbook allows nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician assistants, and allied health professionals practicing in the fields of neurosurgery, neurology, and spinal care to quickly review essentials while in the work environment.
Cindy Marks is a hospice nurse who has unfortunately witnessed heartbreaking fear and desperation in her patients and family members as they attempt to come to grips with death.
About the Book: An ecological view of the human mental condition is that our mind is capable of producing spirals of joyful success and or career of failures.
The go-to resource for assessing and predicting functional abilities in persons with brain injury or cognitive decline has now been revised and expanded to reflect significant advances in the field.
As more critically ill patients are cared for on acute general wards rather than in ICUs, many nurses are having to cope with the particular problems of very sick patients without the specialist knowledge of an ICU trained nurse.
In the 1960s and 1970s doctors were increasingly trained to apply science to the eradication of disease, the accent being on the treatment of disease rather than the true welfare of the patient.
In order to become skilled and competent practitioners, student midwives need to understand the complex individual, family and societal issues they will encounter.
In order to become skilled and competent practitioners, student midwives need to understand the complex individual, family and societal issues they will encounter.
'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in MindWe all know how this ends is a new approach to death and dying, showing how exploring our mortality really can change our lives.
'Wonderful, thoughtful, practical' - Cariad Lloyd, Griefcast'Encouraging and inspiring' - Dr Kathryn Mannix, author of Amazon bestseller With the End in MindWe all know how this ends is a new approach to death and dying, showing how exploring our mortality really can change our lives.
