Fundamentals category: 287 books
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Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2013
From reviews of previous editions:
'This excellent book provides useful guidance on the use of reflection in practice.... a helpful addition to any nursing library.’ Primary Health Care
'…an excellent investment in any nurses’ library portfolio.' Journal of Advanced Nursing
'An...
by Irene Papanicolas, Stephen Harrison
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This book seeks to identify the current ‘state of the art’ of health system comparison, identifying data and methodological issues and exploring the current interface between evidence and practice.
Plastic Surgery Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2013
Plastic and reconstructive surgery is a growing trend in the U.S. Advancements in the field are making procedures more attractive options to an increasing number of Americans. With this growing trend, there is a growing demand for nurses working in this specialty. Although most patients opt to have surgery...
Not Part of the Job
How to Take a Stand Against Violence in the Work Setting
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Despite decades of attention to the issue of violence in the workplace by individuals and organizations across the health care spectrum, it is still a widespread problem that nurses face every day in their work environment. It’s time we take a stand. Let’s put an end to workplace violence. Designed...
Home Health Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Home health is one of the fastest-growing industries, expected to add well over 1 million new jobs throughout the next decade. As a nurse practicing in this area, you are going to be called upon to coordinate and deliver care like never before. Americans ages 65 and older will be nearly 20 percent...
Effective Communication
A Guide for the People Professions
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Communication is at the heart of all work with people and their problems.Whatever the setting, poor communication can prove very damaging inits consequences. However, at its most effective, it has the power toensure the promotion of equality and well-being. This new edition of an essential text offers...
Nursing Informatics
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage and communicate data, information, knowledge and wisdom in nursing practice. For many people, NI, and health care informatics in general, are about technology....
Public Health Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2013
Health care in the U.S. is in the throes of shifting its emphasis from an illness care system to one focused on health promotion and disease prevention. The convergence of multiple economic, political, and social factors including Healthy People 2020, the Obama Administration’s National Prevention...
Quality and Safety in Nursing
A Competency Approach to Improving Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2017
Drawing on the universal values in health care, the second edition of Quality and Safety in Nursing continues to devote itself to the nursing community and explores their role in improving quality of care and patient safety.
Edited by key members of the Quality and Safety Education for Nursing...
Pediatric Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Co-published with the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) and the Society of Pediatric Nurses (SPN). Pediatric nursing focuses on the protection, promotion, and optimization of the health and abilities for children from newborn age through young adulthood. Utilizing a patient-...
Care Coordination
The Game Changer How Nursing is Revolutionizing Quality Care
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Care coordination has always been a primary duty of nursing. Care Coordination: The Game Changer offers today’s most comprehensive insights, case studies, and strategies to advance nursing's role in care coordination and healthcare transformation. Care Coordination is the first book to show in clear,...
by Nicky Davis, Miss Alison Clark, Martina O'Brien
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2011
This book helps students master the key learning skills they need to become successful learners throughout their degree and beyond. It clearly explains the core skills they will need right from the start of the course, such as writing and numeracy skills and how to organise studies. It also introduces...
Fast Facts for the Clinical Nursing Instructor, Third Edition
Clinical Teaching in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Replete with new information that helps nurses to become first-rate clinical instructors
Newly expanded and updated with a wealth of practical information, the third edition of this bestselling Fast Facts guide offers pragmatic advice on how to tailor teaching to nurses in different clinical...
Clinical Research Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Clinical research nursing focuses on the care of research participants and the protocols of clinical research and trials. The clinical researcher nurse (CRN) balances the needs of the participant and the requirements of research across settings. The result: exceptional, ethical, and safe care that yields...