Nursing and ancillary services

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

Chest Pain: Advanced Assessment and Management promotes a systematic approach to the assessment and management of patients presenting with chest pain and related undifferentiated symptoms.

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.

Based on a major systematic review from international centres this concise text discusses the benefits of managing stroke patients in specialised units compared to management outside the hospital.

The new edition of this highly successful book provides a concise and practical guide to eye disease for the non-specialist, avoiding jargon and giving clear guidance on the practical management of common eye complaints.

Physiotherapy Management of Haemophilia provides a comprehensive overview of the physiotherapy treatment concepts and management strategies currently available that can be incorporated into the management programs for patients with haemophilia.

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.

Peptides serve as effective drugs in the clinic today.

Cardiothoracic Care for Children and Young People is a comprehensive and interprofessional guide aimed at all healthcare professionals working with children and young people with Congenital Heart Disease.

Podiatry: A Psychological Approach provides a problem and case-based approach to understanding psychological and social difficulties commonly experienced by clients and presented to practitioners.

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.

Hospital acquired infections (HAI) are complications of health care which affect on average 10 percent of patients admitted to hospital world wide.

Evidence-based practice is an idea whose time has come.

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

Proposed changes in practice legislation will allow podiatrists to prescribe a limited range of drugs and dressings.

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

Essential Midwifery Practice: Public Health highlights important developments in public health over recent years and relates the implications for midwifery practice in a clear and easily understood manner.

The incidence and prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally, and most health professionals are likely to care for people with diabetes.

The Mental Capacity Act (2005) governs decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent, whether they lose mental capacity at some point in their lives due to illness or injury or where the incapacitating condition has been present since birth.

Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults is a practical guide to cancer care in adolescents and young adults.

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.