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 new edition of this pocket guide has been fully updated to cover the common manifestations of liver disease, how to treat them and when to refer patients on to specialist centers.
Tratta le principali problematiche sanitarie e gestionali inerenti al salvataggio in acqua ed è rivolto al personale medico e infermieristico, nonché agli operatori di settore (bagnini addetti al salvamento, forze dell’ordine etc.
This clear and intuitive introduction to care planning for nurses explains the benefits of holistic, individualised care planning from a professional and clinical perspective.
Dieses Buch spürt eine der ursprünglichsten Aufgaben der Pflege, die im Laufe ihrer Geschichte weitgehend in den Hintergrund gedrängt wurde, in der Gegenwart auf.
This edited volume offers a range of insights about, practices of and findings associated with enrichening health and social care students' learning by their engagement in educational processes during and after the completion of their practicum experiences in health and social care settings.
Not your typical study guide, this single resource contains all of the core information an undergraduate nursing student needs to know from the first day of nursing school through the NCLEX-RN.
Delivers specific guidelines for implementing human caring within teaching practices along with a wealth of examplesGrounded in the belief that translating caring science within teaching practices will humanize nursing education, this important book emphasizes the ways in which teachers can translate Human Caring and Caritas in order to include strategies for establishing authentic caring pedagogical relationships with their students.
Dedicated to ostomies and continent diversions, this comprehensive reference book features information on the history of enterostomal therapy, anatomy and physiology of diseases that necessitate intestinal or urinary diversions, pouching system management principles, ostomy related complications, care of the cancer patient as well as the patient with chronic disease, and current trends and issues affecting the person with an ostomy.
This is the second edition of a well-received compendium of information and guidance on the diagnosis and management of the various oncological diseases that are encountered in children and adolescents.
Mindfulness in the Birth Sphere draws together and critically appraises a raft of emerging research around mindfulness in healthcare, looking especially at its relevance to pregnancy and childbirth.
This edited collection - one of a kind in its field - addresses the theoretical and practical implications facing representations of midwifery and media.
Frühmobilisation wird bei IntensivpatientInnen zur Bewegungsförderung und -erhaltung so früh wie möglich nach deren Aufnahme auf der Intensivstation begonnen.
Dieses Buch richtet sich an Angehörige und Betreuende von Menschen im Wachkoma und geht neben den pflegerischen Aspekten auch auf die sozialen und menschlichen Bedürfnisse der Beteiligten in dieser herausfordernden Lebenssituation ein.
Radiation Oncology: An Evidence-Based Approach (ROEBA) is a reference book designed to enable radiation oncologists, including those in training, to make diagnostic and treatment decisions on the basis of the best available scientific evidence.
Health Disparities, Disasters, and Crises: Approaches for a Culture of Preparedness presents a roadmap to help guide the actions needed to address health disparities introduced as part of the pre-planning, planning, and mitigation phases of natural and technological disasters.
This volume sets the stage for understanding the evolution and importance of nursing science in the field by providing a brief historical overview of the tobacco epidemic and emerging science, describing changing trends in tobacco use, reviewing health risks of smoking and benefits of quitting, reviewing concepts in nicotine addiction and evidence-based recommendations for tobacco dependence treatment.
Die Bedeutung einer fachlich und sachlich angemessenen Gesundheitsversorgung für chronisch und vor allem mehrfach chronisch kranken Menschen ist angesichts des demografischen Wandels und der Zunahme der Menschen mit eingeschränkter Alltagskompetenz im Alter unabweisbar.
Eminent moral philosopher Michael Slote argues that care ethics presents an important challenge to other ethical traditions and that a philosophically developed care ethics should, and can, offer its own comprehensive view of the whole of morality.
Critical reflection helps professionals to learn directly from their practice experience, so that they can improve their own work in an ongoing and flexible way - something essential in today's complex and changing organisations.
Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management provides nurses with the knowledge and evidence base to understand the impact of the diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and examine the long term treatment and management of the condition.
Die Zunahme der Häufigkeit und Schwere von Hitzeextremen ist eine der greifbarsten Folgen des Klimawandels mit unmittelbaren Auswirkungen auf die menschliche Gesundheit.
This textbook provides an up-to-date guide to theories within psychology and sociology relevant to understanding the major life transitions within adulthood and older age and demonstrates how they can be applied in practice.
Sensorische Aktivierung ist ein neuartiges ganzheitliches Förderkonzept für hochaltrige und demente Menschen, das die Aufrechterhaltung und Wiederherstellung wichtiger Alltagskompetenzen unterstützt.
Following the success of Managing Hot Flushes and Night Sweats which outlines a self-help, CBT-based programme for dealing with menopausal symptoms, Myra Hunter and Melanie Smith have developed a pioneering group treatment for women going through the menopause.
Highly Commended in Medicine in the 2018 BMA Medical Book AwardsPeople with dementia increasingly find themselves staying in hospitals for extended periods, often due to separate health issues.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support In the event of an adult cardiac arrest, it is essential to be able to respond rapidly, providing safe and effective care.
This text gathers the weaknesses revealed during recent infections outbreaks and organizes them into a guide for combating the trends in emerging infections as they relate to hospital preparedness.
While there is a growing list of publications devoted to the AIDS epidemic, Africa, with two-thirds of the world's cases, still receives scant attention.
Written for labor and delivery nurses, nurse midwives, and maternal-child and family birth nurses, Essentials of Fetal and Uterine Monitoring, Fifth Edition, expertly presents how to identify fetal well-being and the signs of potential fetal and uterine compromise.
