Nursing

This is a scholarly exploration of the subject of spirituality and health and is relevant to all health care practitioners and those who support them.

Learning disabilities and mental health: a nursing perspective provides an evidence-based perspective on care of individuals with learning disabilities and mental health problems.

There have been major advances in practice nursing in recent years, and a rapid expansion in the role of the practice nurse.

Dementia care: a practical photographic guide is a unique illustrated guide to caring for people with dementia in care homes.

Effective Healthcare Leadership integrates theory and practice to distil the reality of healthcare leadership today.

Intermediate care comprises strategies which allow early discharge from acute care, prevent admission or re-admission to acute care and avoid bed-blocking in both acute and long-term residential care.

Dual Diagnosis Nursing The increasing number of individuals with co-existing substance misuse and psychiatric disorders presents a key challenge to mental health and addiction nurses.

Accountability is a key concern for nurses and midwives in the NHS today.

Cardiothoracic nursing has undergone great change over the last decade.

Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: The Field of Knowledge provides an analytical and critical introduction to the current state of knowledge in psychiatric and mental health nursing in the UK.

This very basic textbook aims to provide nursing students with the essential bioscience they will need to complete their Common Foundation Programme.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the range of issues and concerns related to sexuality and health care.

As the extent of mental illness in the population becomes clear, so the provision of care becomes one of the major tasks facing healthcare teams.

Providing Support at Home for Children and Young People who have Complex Health Needs discusses elements of providing support in the home, which influence the quality of provision.

Over 99% of the world's population is infected with at least one potentially cancer-causing organism.

Heart failure is a condition that often results in chronic tiredness and shortness of breath.

The evolution of day surgery has heralded a new era of medical, anaesthetic and nursing knowledge, skills and practice.

Perinatal Mental Health is an invaluable reference for nurses, midwives and other health professionals working with this client group, covering current thinking on the causes of mothers mood disorders and the consequences for her infant, the family, society and most importantly the mother herself.

Caring for older people encompasses complex physical, social and psychological needs, and poses many diverse challenges for nurses.

This practical and timely book gives all the information required to implement care pathways for continence so that patients at all levels can have access to evidence based support and advice.

Depression Care across the Lifespan is a comprehensive, practical text that aims to increase knowledge and understanding of depression enabling professionals to enhance the care delivered to patients with depression.

This resource offers an overview of the rare genetic disease SCID, and how families affected by it cope.

This book is written to give healthcare professionals a comprehensive, understandable and practical text on which to base their care to patients with diabetes whilst in hospital.

This level of nurse works largely independently and their work is managed rather than supervised.

Nurses are increasingly being asked to provide information when a genetic diagnosis is made, whether to the individual patient or to members of his or her family.

This book provides the reader with all of the background information necessary to enhance their understanding of the rationale behind the basic principles of infection control and how to apply them in every day situations; how specific bacteria interact with the host and cause infection; the background to each of the bacteria/infections described within the text, and, evidence based recommendations on the infection control management of these.

Stoma Care is a comprehensive and authoritative guide for all nurses and health care professionals with an interest in bowel conditions that may lead to stoma formation.

"e;It s not every day that one picks up a textbook that can claim to occupy a unique niche, given the multitude of scientific textbooks that are vying for a medical readership.

This book provides a comprehensive look at all aspects of nutrition from roles and responsibilities to caring for a patient with specific nutritional needs.

Though slogans such as 'nursing must be a research-based profession' have been around for a long time, recent initiatives such as Nursing Development Units (NDUs), quality assurance and evidence-based practice have moved nursing to the forefront amongst health professions in taking seriously the promotion of rational care based on a critical appraisal of past practices and the evaluation of new ideas and techniques.

Pregnancy is a time when women need to be prepared mentally and physically to meet the challenges of childbirth and the transitions to parenthood.

The theory behind the PDU model is outlined and the key principles underpinning it are identified.

The focus on this book is on helping practitioners recognize and respond appropriately to psychosexual anxiety and distress.

This handbook details the nursing care of patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Practice development depends on understanding current research and practice in order to improve healthcare for patients and users.

With current Government targets to increase health and social care practitioners, there is an increased need for informed mentors and preceptors to support the development of the students and new health professionals.

Lower limb wounds are frequently observed in clinical practice and often present a real challenge for health care practitioners.

Pharmacology for the Health Care Professions is an accessible introduction to the pharmacology necessary for health care professionals training to be non-medical prescribers looking for an overview of the subject.

The Royal Marsden Hospital Handbook of Wound Management in Cancer Care offers evidence-based guidance on wound management in a practical and easily accessible format.

Individuals with renal disease require continuing support and care throughout their lives from renal nurses and other members of the inter-professional renal team.

Medication Management in Care of Older People is an accessible introduction to medication management and its role in the management of older people and their medicines.

Older People and Mental Health Nursing provides an evidence-based guide to caring for the growing number of older people with mental health issues.

Lymphoedema is managed most successfully when advice and treatment are provided at an early stage of its development.

Reviewing research evidence for nursing practice: systematic reviews highlights the key issues involved in conducting different types of systematic reviews - encompassing qualitative studies, quantitative studies and combining quantitative and qualitative studies.

Children and young people suffering from long-term conditions require continuing support and nursing care throughout their lives.

Assessing and managing the acutely ill adult surgical patient focuses on major surgical conditions and interventions commonly encountered in District General Hospitals which potentially require intensive monitoring and intervention.

Children and young people account for a quarter of all patients treated in emergency departments in the UK, with three million children attending emergency departments every year.

Research is an integral component of any undergraduate healthcare course, and is also vital for continuing professional development (CPD).

Written primarily with nurses in mind, this book provides a comprehensive overview of venous thromboembolism, a condition that rears its head regardless of specialty, killing thousands of people around the world in hospital beds and in the community alike.

This book describes the current state of the art in the field of palliative care in children and adults.