Nursing specialties

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is an essential part of end of life care in the UK and most developed countries.

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging.

Caring for terminally ill patients and their families is challenging.

This key textbook equips all nurses with the knowledge and skills required to care for the deteriorating patient in the clinical environment.

This key textbook equips all nurses with the knowledge and skills required to care for the deteriorating patient in the clinical environment.

In order to provide sound, person-centred care, mental health nursing students need a thorough understanding of theory alongside the ability to translate this knowledge into practice.

Emergency nursing requires rapid assessment and decision-making.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

The outcome for children with cancer has shown enormous improvement since the first edition of this book was published in 1975.

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.

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.

Emergencies in Mental Health Nursing is a practical and accessible guide for mental health nurses confronted with emergencies.

Emergencies in Mental Health Nursing is a practical and accessible guide for mental health nurses confronted with emergencies.

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

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

Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.

Children's nurses are faced with unique challenges when undertaking clinical skills, adapting their knowledge and practice for the physical and developmental age of their patients.

The Oxford Handbook of Dental Nursing serves as a practical, easily accessible, informative, and up-to-date quick reference guide that a dental nurse can use throughout their career, from the initial training stage to qualification and beyond.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes.

The care home sector is large, with over 400 000 residents in the UK and a similar number employed within the homes.

This book is a survival guide for all nurses who provide emergency care to children and young people.

The Oxford Specialist Handbooks series provides readers with clear, concise information on all that is needed to successfully train in the medical sub-specialties.

One in 70 children are admitted to paediatric intensive care (PIC) at some time during childhood.

Teamwork is a complex but essential component of palliative care.

Despite the fact that most palliative care educators are involved in teaching, there is little literature devoted to education specifically within palliative care.

Focuses on nurturing the emotional health of patients and families to ensure improved outcomesThis innovative clinical practice resource for neonatal nurses embodies family-centered care strategies for optimal outcomes through every phase of the NICU experience.

Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or motor neurone disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can cause profound suffering for both the patient and their family.

Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or motor neurone disease) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that can cause profound suffering for both the patient and their family.

This book offers an extensive review of the most recent data on the pathophysiological role of structural and functional alterations in the microcirculation, particularly focusing on hypertension and diabetes.

How do people face life-limiting illness and death?

How do people face life-limiting illness and death?

Concise, practical, and packed full of clinical information, the Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing is the essential resource for all those working in nursing practice surgery and its sub-specialties.

Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 2nd edition is concise and practical guide to all aspects of the CYP nurse's role.

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years.

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years.

Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care.

Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care.

This new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing has been fully updated, with a greater focus on older people with learning and intellectual disabilities and mental health issues, as well as bringing all recommendations in line with current guidelines.

This new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing has been fully updated, with a greater focus on older people with learning and intellectual disabilities and mental health issues, as well as bringing all recommendations in line with current guidelines.

Now fully revised and in its fourth edition, the Oxford Handbook of Oncology has been the essential go-to guide for students and practitioners in oncology for over a decade.

Concise, practical, and packed full of clinical information, the Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing is the essential resource for all those working in nursing practice surgery and its sub-specialties.

This second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing is an essential aid to the practising cancer nurse.

The syringe driver is a simple and cost-effective method of delivering a continuous subcutaneous infusion (CSCI).

Fully revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing is the indispensable resource for all those caring for patients with mental health problems.

Focused on the practical issues of nursing care and nursing procedures, the Oxford Handbook of Critical Care Nursing has been written by nurses, for nursesReflecting current best practice, this handbook is an easily accessible and evidence-based guide for all levels of nursing staff working in critical care environments.

Enabling nurses to deliver safe and effective care and to achieve the best possible results for their patients, the Oxford Handbook of Children's and Young People's Nursing, 2nd edition is a concise and practical guide to all aspects of the nurse's role.

Even for the most experienced healthcare professional, managing the last few days of life can be difficult.