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This book is a brilliant blend of health policy and nursing practice. It identifies the forces that have dominated change in the national health systems of industrialised countries - the shift of priorities from hospital to ambulatory care, the vast expansion in modern technology, the rise in expenditures and efforts at cost-containment, the renewed emphasis on disease prevention and health promotion. At the same time, this book brings to life the impact of these forces and the actual practice of nursing, demonstrating how 'technology' and 'caring' can be harmonised. It shows through...

This exciting book reflects the multidisciplinary approach that has proved so beneficial to the care of the rheumatology patient. Written by well qualified members of the various professions involved in this field, the book examines the full range of treatment and care of the patient.

Examining the selection process, the nurse's role in the theatre and recovery room, and the care needed on the ward, this book describes and explains the role the nurse plays in the day-surgery team. It aims to reflect the breadth of opportunity that day surgery offers to nurses.

The Human Rights Act 2000 gives every citizen a clear statement of their rights and responsibilities. For public authorities - such as the NHS - the Act makes it a legal duty to respect and foster the rights of citizens as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. This work has been written by nursing-related professionals. Intended to be of practical use for nurses in their day-to-day relationships with patients and clients, the guide explores the impact of The Human Rights Act on key areas such as health law and ethics, patient rights and non-discrimination. Particular emphasis is...

The pressure of working in the resource limited health service along with the requirement to maintain and develop a professional knowledge base leaves little time for staff to get seriously involved in related studies. Even students undertaking diploma and degree courses at university find little time to use computer based resources in spite of having them to hand. Just mention the word -computers- to some people and they mentally -switch off-. Mental images of machines, -techno speak- and having to learn a whole new way of doing things do not tend to make their use very attractive. This...

In retrospect, the dosage of IV sedatives used in the early days of endoscopy both in the USA and Great Britain was frequently too high. Today we are much more careful in the way we sedate patients being acutely aware of the fact that if the patient becomes unresponsive and verbal contact is lost then, by definition, a general anaesthetic has just been administered with all the clinical and legal implications that this holds.

Excessive crying in infancy addresses potential causes, suggested solutions, and parental responses to htis common, debilitating problem. Numerous examples and quotations from parents illustrate the book which offers crucial insights into the experience of parents as they struggle to cope with the chaotic disruption that affects every member of the household, desperately seeking a reason for the crying and a cure to end the misery.

Chronic pain affects one in seven in the UK population and can be experienced as a symptom of disease or trauma but can also exist without the presence of either of these. This book introduces the reader to the complexities and management of chronic/persistent pain.

This book is about redefining the value to health of creativity. Creativity derives from biological changes during human evolution as a tool that is needed for survival. The successful use of creativity generates feelings of pleasure and self-esteem that are beneficial to health. In particular, it can help depression. Current values do not give adequate importance to creativity, and the author challenges these values in this book.

The book contains contributed chapters on a theory of creativity as an innate capacity, the therapeutic benefits of creativity, factors that encourage or inhibit...

Das vorliegende Buch entstand im Nachgang zur 1. LAGO-Tagung (Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Onkologische Versorgung Land Brandenburg e. V.), Onkologie im Land Brandenburg (Febr. 2000). Dieser Tagungsband soll dazu dienen, zentrale Aspekte aus dem Bereich der letzten Lebensphase krebskranker Menschen anzusprechen. Hierbei spielen die medizinische Behandlung und die pflegerische Betreuung eine ebenso groe Rolle wie die psychosoziale Betreuung der Betroffenen und auch ihrer Angehorigen. Es geht um den menschlichen Umgang mit einer todlichen Krankheit, um Lebensqualitat und Menschenwurde.

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Immer mehr Patienten vertrauen in der Schmerztherapie neben der Schulmedizin auch auf komplementare Methoden. Beide Richtungen konnen zum Wohl des Patienten in vielen Therapieverfahren eingesetzt werden.

Dieses von Experten aus Pflege und Medizin geschriebene Buch bietet einen guten Uberblick zu den haufigsten Methoden. Neben den Grundlagen uber Schmerzentstehung, -messung, und -therapie werden auch die Kommunikation in der Pflege und die rechtlichen Aspekte vorgestellt.

Aromapflege, Ayurveda, Entspannungsverfahren, Ergotherapie, Feldenkrais, Massage, Physiotherapie,...

Dieses Buch ist eine Anerkennung und ein kleines Dankeschon an alle Personen, die im Dienst fur pflegebedurftige Menschen beschaftigt sind.

Die Autorin ist seit zehn Jahren in diesem Bereich tatig und schildert in verschiedenen Geschichten den Alltag von Pflegepersonen in der Hauskrankenpflege. Sie versucht dabei klar zu machen, dass jeder einzelne von ihnen auch seine privaten Freuden und Sorgen hat. Dieser Dienst ist nicht leicht, manchmal erheiternd, ab und zu traurig, wird aber von allen Mitarbeitern mit Herz und Verantwortung wahrgenommen. Der Leser soll in lebendiger Weise,...

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Sie befinden sich in der Ausbildung zur Altenpflegerin oder zur Gesundheits- und Krankenpflegerin? Sie haben den ersten Schritt geschafft und einen Ausbildungsplatz gefunden? Doch wie geht es nun weiter?

Dieser informative und kurzweilige Ausbildungsfuhrer hilft Ihnen, die Hurden der Ausbildung besser zu nehmen. Die Autorinnen geben zahlreiche praktische und nutzliche Tipps:

• Der erste Schultag
• Der erste praktische Einsatz
• Vom richtigen Umgang mit Bewohnern, Klienten und Patienten
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All registered nurses are required to keep portfolios which demonstrate their competence in clinical practice in order to receive re-registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council. In addition, they are encouraged to seek individual annual appraisals which highlight their progress and areas the require development. This book provides examples and ideas on how to document learning, competence, performance or standards of service delivery. It takes an important clinical theme throughout, providing key information on clinical management from the outset, followed by structured examples of...

This book brings together different views about living and working with schizophrenia. The discussions focus on the psychococial aspects of care, and the book includes personal narratives from a sufferer and a carer as well as contributions from a Jungian analyst, occupational therapists and a psychiatric nurse.

In addition to clinical knowledge every senior nurse should be comfortable with the professional issues that are part of the senior nurse's role. This handbook addresses these issues in a clear and concise manner. It discusses leadership, change management and risk assessment and looks at evidence-based care. The book also considers the legal and ethical implications of advanced practice and examines clinical supervision, psychological support and portfolio development.

Diverticular disease first became recognised at the beginning of the 20th century and although the incidence of the disease is not known, it is considered to be a disease of the older person. This book discusses about this disease.

This book provides a complete, easy-to-use handbook for nurses who see patients with heart failure. In recent years heart failure has become a high priority in health care. With more nurses caring for patients with heart failure and making decisions that are often complex, there is a clear need for those nurses to have access to good quality clinical information and guidance. This book is designed to be a practical, 'one-stop', handbook for the practitioner, supported by case studies and up-todate references throughout, providing all the topics the Practitioner or student may need in their...