Addiction is increasingly being recognized as a major global public health issue, and an ever-growing number of medical specialties, psychological and social science training programs, and professional associations are including addiction as part of their training and continuing education curricula.
Concise yet thorough guidance on how to safely and competently care for adult progressive care patients and their familiesEndorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and written by top clinical experts in acute and progressive care nursing, this textbook covers all the must-know details on the care of adult progressive care patients and their families.
This title was first published in 2002: Numerous reports have identified the serious problems of under-representation of, and discrimination against, minority ethnic groups in the British NHS.
Designed to foster inquiry-mindedness, this book prepares graduate students to develop a conceptual framework and conduct inquiry projects that are linked to ongoing conversations in a field.
"e;DNP students may struggle with data management, since their projects are not research, but quality improvement, and this book covers the subject well.
Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People A crucially important text, which brings together many different philosophical aspects and ethical issues in children s nursing practice.
Dieses Nachschlagewerk richtet sich an Studierende von gesundheitsbezogenen Studiengängen sowie Wissenschaftler im Gesundheitsbereich und bietet fachgebietsübergreifend und interdisziplinär das gesamte Wissen im Bereich Pädagogik stets top aktuell und gebündelt in hervorragender Qualität.
Uniquely written from the perspectives of a Nurse Practitioner and a Physician AssistantThis quick-access reference guide encompasses all key diagnostic and management essentials needed for safe and effective pediatric practice.
Written by luminaries in the field of nursing education, this is the only current and comprehensive compendium of important topics in nursing education.
Die Zunahme der Häufigkeit und Schwere von Hitzeextremen ist eine der greifbarsten Folgen des Klimawandels mit unmittelbaren Auswirkungen auf die menschliche Gesundheit.
Written by highly experienced researchers and authors, this practical workbook demystifies the research process for nursing students and practitioners.
A "e;snapshot"e; of key labour force and market issues in the nursing field, the study provides important baseline data from which the impact of present and future public policy trends and changes can be monitored, reviewed, and researched.
A unique and innovative resource for conducting ethnographic research in health care settings, Ethnographic Research in Maternal and Child Health provides a combination of ethnographic theory and an international selection of empirical case studies.
Der allgemeine demografische Wandel in der Gesellschaft und seine Auswirkungen für die W irtschaft sind zunehmend Gegenstand fachlicher und öffentlicher Diskussion.
Giving students the strongest possible baseline in medical terminology, along with the how and why it is used in documentation and basic coding, this is a vital text for all students taking courses in the area.
This timely book explores what it is like to live in an aged care home: the expectations that new residents and their families enter with, their relationships with fellow residents and formal caregivers, and how they approach, in different ways, the reality that this place is where they will die.
This novel resource for course content review of pediatric nursing and NCLEX-RN preparation features a potent learning technique, the use of unfolding case studies to enhance critical thinking skills and enable students to think like a practicing nurse.
Outside the Box: Rethinking ADD/ADHD in Children and Adults -- A Practical Guide identifies assumptions about ADD/ADHD that demand reevaluation in light of recent research.
This new edition of From Birth to Sixteen outlines children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development from infancy through to adolescence.
Eve Shapiro has been writing about patient-centered care, physician-patient communication, and relationships between doctors and their patients since 2007.
Nursing and the Experience of Illness encourages nurses to reflect on the experience of their patients, in order to improve their practice and to develop an individualised approach to care.
This accessible text provides trainee human service providers and those currently working in the field with a comprehensive, cutting-edge overview of topics related to the medical and therapeutic use of cannabis.
Throughout the history, community health nurses have been an integral part of the health promotion and disease prevention activities as well as health care reform.
Kurznachschlagewerk für Demenzbegleitende, die Menschen mit Demenz im Alltag der häuslichen Pflege und stationären Altenhilfe in ihren Lebensaktivitäten aktivieren, begleiten und unterstützen.
This book outlines, from a surgeon's standpoint, how physicians and mid-level providers working at wound care centres can expeditiously and effectively manage wounds.
The Tidal Model represents a significant alternative to mainstream mental health theories, emphasising how those suffering from mental health problems can benefit from taking a more active role in their own treatment.
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.
