Nursing

Presenting a philosophical exploration of the ideas central to health care practice this book explores such concepts as caring, health, disease, suffering and pain from a phenomenological perspective.

Presenting a philosophical exploration of the ideas central to health care practice this book explores such concepts as caring, health, disease, suffering and pain from a phenomenological perspective.

While vast numbers of nurses across the globe contribute in all areas of healthcare delivery from primary care to acute and long-term care in community settings, there are significant differences in how they are educated, as well as the precise nature of their practice.

While vast numbers of nurses across the globe contribute in all areas of healthcare delivery from primary care to acute and long-term care in community settings, there are significant differences in how they are educated, as well as the precise nature of their practice.

Collaborative Practice in Palliative Care explores how different professions work collaboratively across professional, institutional, social, and cultural boundaries to enhance palliative care.

Collaborative Practice in Palliative Care explores how different professions work collaboratively across professional, institutional, social, and cultural boundaries to enhance palliative care.

Organisms need to be able to maintain nearly constant internal environments in order to survive, grow and function effectively and efficiently.

Organisms need to be able to maintain nearly constant internal environments in order to survive, grow and function effectively and efficiently.

Looking at how a variety of biological systems control and coordinate all physical actions, this quick reference book covers the nervous system and neurological assessment, caring for the unconscious patient and dealing with pain.

Looking at how a variety of biological systems control and coordinate all physical actions, this quick reference book covers the nervous system and neurological assessment, caring for the unconscious patient and dealing with pain.

People should be cared for in a safe environment that is protected from internal and external harm.

People should be cared for in a safe environment that is protected from internal and external harm.

The body needs a constant supply of nutrients and water in order to survive, with water being required for the transportation of nutrients to cells and also for the transportation of waste out of the body.

The body needs a constant supply of nutrients and water in order to survive, with water being required for the transportation of nutrients to cells and also for the transportation of waste out of the body.

Quick and easy to reference, this short, clinically focused guide is ideal for use on placements or for revision.

Quick and easy to reference, this short, clinically focused guide is ideal for use on placements or for revision.

The ability to move easily and purposively contributes enormously to a sense of health and wellbeing, enabling increased independence and selfprotection.

The ability to move easily and purposively contributes enormously to a sense of health and wellbeing, enabling increased independence and selfprotection.

Cardiology is becoming an increasingly complex field understood by only a select group of medical specialists.

Cardiology is becoming an increasingly complex field understood by only a select group of medical specialists.

Ideas about resilience and identity continue to be promoted, discussed and debated in nursing.

Ideas about resilience and identity continue to be promoted, discussed and debated in nursing.

This book examines some of the more disturbing representations of nurses in popular culture, to understand nursing's complex identities, challenges and future directions.

This book examines some of the more disturbing representations of nurses in popular culture, to understand nursing's complex identities, challenges and future directions.

Mental health care for people experiencing schizophrenia has changed dramatically over the last twenty years.

Pre-registration nurse training across the UK is now competency based and this is the first mental health nursing text devoted to this approach.

"e;David Jones has written a compelling book about the complex issues entailed in being family members of sufferers from mental illness.

Combining a theoretical approach with practical activities, this book is invaluable for nursing and midwifery students and will help them to master the basics of writing at university.

Supervision has been a major component of initial training and an important element for professional development in the very wide field of mental healthcare.

Presenting a model for interdisciplinary working, this book offers an overview of practice and policy across a range of mental health settings.

Care giving has become a high-profile issue in policy and practice, yet much of the literature conceives it as burdensome or even oppressive.

If you are looking for an accessible introduction to the essential concepts that define the field of professional ethics, then this is the book for you.

Social workers often have to handle a great deal of negativity in their working lives.

Forces such as political conflict, globalisation and the growth of the internet, offering news of life elsewhere, mean levels of migration are higher now than at any other time in history.

This new edition of a very successful textbook provides an up-to-date, broad and authoritative introduction to studying health.

This is timely new book examines the generally accepted understanding of the theory and practice of mental health.

In recent years there have been major developments in how long term conditions are managed and so it is important nurses understand the rationale behind policy initiatives and their implications for practice.

Are you thinking about studying nursing?

As nurses become responsible for increasingly technical service delivery, has the profession lost its focus on the emotional and human aspects of the role?

How can we make health care processes safer and more consistent?

Want a sophisticated, witty and engaging introduction to the nursing profession?

Pre-registration nursing students are required to spend 50% of their course time on placement.

Gaining a first job as a nurse or midwife is becoming not only highly competitive but an increasingly more complex process.

This text will demystify interprofessional education, showing readers how theory can be turned into practice.

This is the key text for introductory level nursing, covering all the core areas.

This innovative text uses a 'common sense' approach to introduce students to real-life medication problems.

To meet the care needs of today's diverse patient community, healthcare professionals must learn to care in environments comprising different worldviews, communication styles and expectations.

Nurses need highly developed skills in order to communicate sensitively and collaboratively, across a wide range of media, with patients, clients, and colleagues from a variety of backgrounds.

Maths can be an unnecessary source of anxiety for both students and professionals involved in nursing and healthcare.

Advanced Nursing Practice is a topical and emergent area of developing health practice, but as an area that is still developing it can also be seen as one of uncertainty.