Written by a team of nurses experienced in providing, supporting and developing high dependency care, this book discusses practical issues and explores the current evidence base for clinical practice. It covers all important skills needed and best practice for caring for high dependency patients or undertaking post registration courses to prepare them for high dependency nursing.

Structured in four parts, the first, Perspectives on High Dependency Care explores the contest of care, focusing on fundamental aspects like sleep, nutrition, pain management and stress, demonstrating how...

This text provides innovative strategies for teaching whole person care of chronic illness in both classroom and clinical settings. Taking a narrative approach, the authors show how medical-surgical and psychiatric-mental health nursing can be creatively integrated to promote student understanding of the complexity of working with clients and families experiencing long-term health challenges. The text is filled with "how to" information along with discussion of pedagogical concerns related to chronic illness management. Valuable features include: case examples, an extensive listing of...

Older people are entering nursing homes later and sicker than ever before, thus presenting as more physically fragile and complex residents and requiring more advanced care and treatment. To this end, Hyer and Intrieri have gathered together a group of health care professionals who are genuinely dedicated to the care and research of long-term care (LTC) environments. This group seeks to push the envelope for improved use of professional time, effort, and input and in this remarkable book, share their ideas with you.

By applying the Selective Optimization with Compensation (SOC)...

Chronic Disease Nursing offers support to all nurses but particularly primary and secondary care advanced practitioners...

Level 2 (highly dependent) patients are nursed in a variety of clinical areas. High Dependency Nursing Care has been written for pre qualified and post qualified students undertaking modules and placements to prepare them for nursing the acutely ill and nurses caring for these patients. Written by a team of nurses experienced in providing, supporting and developing high dependency care, it discusses practical issues and explores the current evidence base for clinical practice.

This essential textbook covers the context of care with chapters on fundamental aspects,...

• peer reviewed publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
• dedicated to the practical problem-solving and policy applications of anthropological knowledge and methods
• most editions available for course adoption

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title

Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award of 2009

There is little doubt that every ACNP in practice or in training will want a copy of this reference in their lab coat pocket."

--Ric Cuming, RN, MSN, EdD (c), CNOR, NEA-BC
Chief Nursing Officer
Jackson Memorial Hospital

Long overdue-This comprehensive critical care text will fill the void, especially for nurses advancing from BSN to Advanced Practice. The authors have covered all the basics and produced a text that provides a well-rounded...