Managing Long-Term Conditions and Chronic Illness in Primary Care: A Guide to Good Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367897079 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str.

UK) Carrier Judith (Cardiff University

Opis

This practical guide will assist healthcare practitioners to manage complex chronic diseases and meet the needs of patients with long-term conditions.

Recenzje

"This is a practical handbook for long term condition management, suitable for pre and post registration nurses, but not solely to the nursing profession. Despite the scale and complexity of this subject, the author presents a well structured, engaging and accessible guide. This is supported by the use of summary key points and reference to further reading; excellent prompts for reflection are liberally used and a whole chapter on case studies brings the text to life. The patient perspective is always present and recognition of the knowledge they have of their condition(s). The importance of using knowledge comes through strongly, not only through a dedicated chapter but threaded through the book, for example the reference to evidence underpinning self management practice. The author highlights the importance of not throwing out initiatives that work for the sake of something new. Despite digital health being an ever changing area, the author provides a useful overview of this topic. Recognising the speed of technological developments she offers other sources for evolving updates." - Sian Jones, registered nurse and former respiratory nurse specialist

Spis treści

1.Social and political background.  2.Physical, psychological and psychosocial impact of living with a LTC and social influences on health  3.Care coordination and the role of multi-disciplinary teams.  4.Importance of self-management.  5.Motivational interviewing.  6.How to identify a person with a long-term condition.  7.Effective management of people with a long-term condition.  8.Evidence-based practice.  9.Case scenarios.  10.Nutritional and medication management.  11.Afterword.

O autorze

Judith Carrier is Professor in Primary Care/Public Health Nursing at Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences, she was Director of the Wales Centre for Evidence Based Care: a JBI Centre of Excellence from 2012 until 2022. Her PhD focused on the social organisation of practice nurses' use of knowledge, and her clinical background was in practice nursing where she specialised in the care of people with diabetes. Her research and teaching interests include both evidence synthesis and implementation, long-term condition management and global health. Judith has published numerous systematic reviews and research papers in peer-reviewed journals, in addition to two previous editions of a textbook on the management of long-term conditions in primary care and several book chapters.