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To the newly qualified or student nurse, wound management often appears a daunting prospect. Wound care is an introductory guide that addresses this vital area of practice and educates students and practitioners in the general principles of wound care, as well as the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2009-03-16
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Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
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Mental health is a significant factor in providing effective nursing care for patients in hospital and residential settings. Non-mental health nursing staff often lack the confidence, knowledge and skills to effectively meet the mental health needs of patients who are...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2009-02-26
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Pressure Area Care is an essential skill for nurses in every area of clinical practice. This beginner's guide assumes no prior knowledge and explores the causes of pressure ulcers, the practical skills needed to avoid them developing, and the clinical skills needed to...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2009-02-12
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Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
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Intravenous Therapy is a concise, accessible guide to the basic theory and practice of IV therapy. It focuses on elementary principles, avoiding more specialist practice, in order to enable students and newly qualified nurses to effectively manage patients undergoing IV...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2009-02-12
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Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses
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Developing Expertise in Critical Care Nursing examines the development of professional expertise in critical care nursing, based on extensive research in clinical practice. It offers a repertoire of learning and assessment methods that enable practitioners to grow their...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2009-02-12
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Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management provides nurses with the knowledge and evidence base to understand the impact of the diagnosis ofCoeliac disease, and examine the long term treatment and management of the condition. The authors take the reader through an...
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Wiley
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2008-12-05
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Wiley Series in Nursing
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Globalization is reshaping the field of health promotion practice. In this innovative study, the authors outline health promotion's traditional concerns and argue that 'a policy of glocalization' (thinking globally, acting locally) can succeed in establishing health...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2008-09-30
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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. It explores the anatomy and physiology of the urinary and gastrointestinal system, and looks at...
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Wiley
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2008-09-15
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This handbook details the nursing care of patients undergoing oral and maxillofacial surgery. It deals with diseases, disorders and injuries of the mouth, jaw and face and provides information on the full spectrum of patient care from pre-admission to discharge...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-30
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The incidence and prevalence of diabetes is increasing globally, and most health professionals are likely to care for people with diabetes. In such cases they may often find that they have to make clinical decisions without expert support, which can be difficult for...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-30
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Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults is a practical guide to cancer care in adolescents and young adults. The first section examines cancer in adolescence and the impact of diagnosis on adolescence. The second section focuses on the experience of cancer and ongoing...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-30
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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. An introduction to wound healing and assessment is followed by the management of specific wound types...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-30
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Individuals with renal disease require continuing support and care throughout their lives from renal nurses and other members of the inter-professional renal team. Advanced Renal Care is for all those who work in nephrology, dialysis and transplantation as it addresses...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Lymphoedema is managed most successfully when advice and treatment are provided at an early stage of its development. This book provides all the necessary knowledge and the skills required to identify risk factors for the development of the disease and to equip the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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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. Emergency Care ofChildren and Young People prepares practitioners for the challenges of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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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. It emphasizes the importance of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This book describes the current state of the art in the field of palliative care in children and adults. Special emphasis is placed on addressing the efficacy and effectiveness of palliative care models, pain and symptom management, and on measuring quality of life. In...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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This is an easily accessible guide offering advice on all gynaecological conditions and treatment. It serves as a companion text to Handbook of Obstetric Management, also edited by Sylvia Rosevear. This comprehensive text provides information on conditions and treatment...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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The benefit of having skilled nurses working in prisons has been noted in a recent report from the Chief Inspector of Prisons (Home Office 1998). This report recommended that the organisation of health care in prisons be made the responsibility of the NHS. This is the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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Many nurses work as specialist practitioners within several areas of gastrointestinal medicine, including inflammatory bowel disease, stoma care, nutrition, endoscopy and counselling. There has been a steady increase in nurse-led services and gastrointestinal nursing is...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2008-04-15
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