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Cover of Blood Results in Clinical Practice
by Dr Graham Basten
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013

This book was written after feedback suggested that stories and analogies were very helpful to students wanting to remember blood tests and their implications. For this reason each section, where appropriate, contains an analogy, in addition to an overview of the relevant anatomy, physiology and biochemistry....
Cover of Clinical Examination Skills for Healthcare Professionals
by Mark Ranson, Hannah Abott, Wendy Braithwaite
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Today, an increasing number of healthcare professionals (including nurses, midwives and members of many allied professions) have to conduct the vital first stage in a patients journey taking a clinical history and conducting an effective physical examination. This book offers clear, practical guidance...
Cover of Working with Children Who Need Long-term Respiratory Support
by Jaqui Hewitt-Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011

This book discusses many of the day-to-day needs of children who require long-term respiratory support. This includes their physical requirements, but also their emotional, social and educational needs, and the needs of their families. The medical and technical aspects of these childrens care can seem...
Cover of Self-assessment in Musculoskeletal Pathology X-rays
by Karen Sakthivel-Wainford
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2011

Today many radiographers are trained to report on trauma radiographs. Universities are also training student radiographers to comment on trauma radiographs. It is useful, in some cases essential, that whilst we review the trauma radiograph we also recognise and note any appropriate pathology. For instance...
Cover of Self-assessment in Axial Musculoskeletal Trauma X-rays
by Karen Sakthivel-Wainford
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2009

Many practitioners are now continuing to expand their reporting skills from appendicular skeleton to include the axial skeleton in trauma. Other allied profession may also be reviewing axial skeleton trauma radiographs, for instance nurse practitioners (such as in cases of hip trauma). Many practitioners...
Cover of A Pre-Reader for the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care Practice
by Margaret Bannister
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2011

This book aims to provide the knowledge and tools required to enable healthcare workers to study at foundation degree level, including practical skills such as time management and reading for assignments. It also encompasses wider issues such as coping with change, considering values and ethics, and...
Cover of Transitions to practice: Essential concepts for health and social care professions
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018

Whether you are a student, a trainee, or a newly qualified or highly experienced health or social care practitioner, you are always in a state of transition progressing along a career path, coping with organisational change and dealing with the ever-increasing pressures placed on our health and social...
Cover of Professional Practice for Podiatric Medicine
by Dr Catherine Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2013

Professional Practice for Podiatric Medicine provides an overview of the challenges facing podiatric clinicians in the United Kingdom. The notion of professionalism and the constructs that underpin service delivery are of increasing concern in the current healthcare climate. The topics covered in this...
Cover of Interprofessional Approaches to Young Fathers
by Jane Reeves
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2008

With one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Europe, young fatherhood, as a site of economic and personal adversity, has become a focus of concern in Britain during the late 1990s. However, despite this policy interest there is surprisingly little British empirical evidence to review.One of the...
Cover of Perinatal Mental Health: A clinical guide
by Colin Martin
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012

The prospect of parenthood represents a milestone in anyones life course and is often a period of stress and challenge. There are a number of significant mental health problems that can occur during the perinatal period, the consequences of which can be both enduring and, occasionally, life threatening....
Cover of Identification and Treatment of Alcohol Depenedency
by Colin Martin
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2008

Colin Martin has brought together an excellent set of contributors to produce a truly comprehensive text that will ensure all interested professionals can not only update their knowledge but also better understand each others roles and how best to help patients and clients through shared working to achieve...
Cover of The Primary Care Guide to Mental Health
by Sheila Hardy, Richard Gray
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012

One in three or four patients seen in primary care has a mental health problem. There are straightforward and effective treatments available for many of these conditions and the primary healthcare clinicians themselves can treat some successfully. Many secondary care services for mental health are working...
Cover of Sean's Dream
by Singleton M. Tate a.k.a. THE GIFT
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2011

Sean's Dream is 1st short story taken from the "Trauma Drama Series" book, "Slices of Life". It is the journey of a young man, who does not know what cards Life's about to deal him.
Cover of Practical Aspects of ECG Recording
by Jacqui Crawford
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

Practical Aspects of ECG Recording is for everyone who records or teaches ECGs. Most electrocardiography courses and textbooks skim over recording and place their main emphasis on interpretation. The purpose of this book is to shift the focus firmly back onto good recording technique as the fundamental...
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