Infection Control: A Handbook for Community Nurses
ISBN: 9781861562555 / Angielski / Miękka / 146 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Effective public health strategies depend on surveillance, preventative measures, outbreak investigation and the institution of control measures including appropriate treatment. This handbook, written specifically for community nurses, describes the communicable disease likely to be encountered by the community nurse and offers practical guidance on their assessment and treatment. The text looks at staff hygiene and a clean environment and examines the causes and management of blood borne illnesses together with recommendations for the treatment of head lice, scabies and threadworms. The...
Effective public health strategies depend on surveillance, preventative measures, outbreak investigation and the institution of control measures inclu...
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272,73 zł |
Social Role Valorization and the English Experience
ISBN: 9781861770271 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first to present a full-length account of Wolfenberger's theory of Social Role Valorization with specific reference to the English context. It addresses the critiques that form a key part of the 'English experience' of social role valorization. It clearly demonstrates that social role valorization is a theory directly relevant to individuals and caring services working with vulnerable groups. The author shows how this concept can be used to develop strategies for action that can inform the practice of individuals and organisations seeking to respond to a changing social and...
This book is the first to present a full-length account of Wolfenberger's theory of Social Role Valorization with specific reference to the English co...
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179,49 zł |
Guidelines for Training Community Health Workers in Nutrition
ISBN: 9789241542104 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Infection Control in Home Care and Hospice
ISBN: 9780763740160 / Angielski / Miękka / 245 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Official Publication Of The Association For Professionals In Infection Control And Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), The Highly Successful Infection Control In Home Care And Hospice Helps Home Care Providers Assess The Infection Control Needs Of Their Organization, And Develop Home Care Infection And Surveillance Programs. The Second Edition Has Been Thoroughly Updated And Revised With The Latest CDC Guidelines On Infection Control In Home Care, Including Hand Hygiene, Prevention Of IV-Related Infections, And The 2004 Isolation Guideline.
An Official Publication Of The Association For Professionals In Infection Control And Epidemiology, Inc. (APIC), The Highly Successful Infection Contr...
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813,70 zł |
Asian Voices: Asian and Asian-American Health Educators Speak Out
ISBN: 9780763709228 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. NLN Press proudly presents the newest publication in the Voices series . Here Asian and Asian American health educators discuss the implicati ons of cultural factors in providing health services to Asian and Asia n American communities. They also explore multiple issues concerning A sian American's health: health promotion and disease prevention in eld erly Chinese American women, the implications of Japanese health care, HIV/AIDS in Asian Americans, Buddhist ethics and implications for end -of-life issues, the dilemma in searching for health care, traditional Chinese medicines, Korean...
NLN Press proudly presents the newest publication in the Voices series . Here Asian and Asian American health educators discuss the implicati ons of c...
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347,03 zł |
Mental Illness and Your Town: 37 Ways for Communities to Help and Heal
ISBN: 9781932690767 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Blueprint for Community Action From Award-Winning Journalist Larry Hayes
Written with authority and compassion, this is the book that rescues mental illness from the shadows and takes the disability into the community. Learn how each person can play a role to help those who so often suffer alone. Hear the stories of the people who ve found how to triumph over this disability. Discover how everyone can work together to create a treatment revolution that enriches and saves lives. Let this guide open your heart and mind to be inspired and challenged to do the work ahead. A Book... A Blueprint for Community Action From Award-Winning Journalist Larry Hayes
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80,99 zł |
Parent Talk
ISBN: 9781612155715 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are You Ready? Each year, millions of Americans come face-to-face with the daunting task of providing for the care of an aging parent. Unfortunately, many find themselves ill-informed and unprepared. This reversal of roles, from care receivers to care providers, is often filled with conflicting emotions that are extremely tough to cope with amidst this enormous responsibility. Moreover, clashing opinions can quickly leave siblings and other family members at an impasse during a time when unity is crucial. For these newly challenged care providers, the tide has turned. For those who don't know...
Are You Ready? Each year, millions of Americans come face-to-face with the daunting task of providing for the care of an aging parent. Unfortunately, ...
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Parent Talk
ISBN: 9781612155722 / Angielski / Twarda / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Are You Ready? Each year, millions of Americans come face-to-face with the daunting task of providing for the care of an aging parent. Unfortunately, many find themselves ill-informed and unprepared. This reversal of roles, from care receivers to care providers, is often filled with conflicting emotions that are extremely tough to cope with amidst this enormous responsibility. Moreover, clashing opinions can quickly leave siblings and other family members at an impasse during a time when unity is crucial. For these newly challenged care providers, the tide has turned. For those who don't know...
Are You Ready? Each year, millions of Americans come face-to-face with the daunting task of providing for the care of an aging parent. Unfortunately, ...
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129,18 zł |
Primary Health Care in Urban Communities
ISBN: 9780763710101 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the efficacy of primary care concepts in real world situations. Written collaboratively by academics and community leaders, it details partnerships forged between health professionals, institutions, local governments, and organizations to provide accessible, acceptable, and affordable healt
Explores the efficacy of primary care concepts in real world situations. Written collaboratively by academics and community leaders, it details partne...
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317,11 zł |
There's No Place Like Home: Place and Care in an Ageing Society
ISBN: 9780754674238 / Angielski / Twarda / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Against a background of debate around global ageing and what this means in terms of the future care need of older people, this book addresses key concerns about the nature and site of care and care-giving. Following a critical review of research into who cares, where and how, it uses geographical perspectives to present a comprehensive analysis of how the intersection of informal care-giving within domestic, community and residential care homes can create complex landscapes and organizational spatialities of care. Drawing on contemporary case studies largely, but not exclusively from the UK,...
Against a background of debate around global ageing and what this means in terms of the future care need of older people, this book addresses key conc...
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752,12 zł |
Learning and Mobilising for Community Development: A Radical Tradition of Community-Based Education and Training
ISBN: 9781409443841 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Learning and Mobilising for Community Development introduces the reader to different ways of thinking about, and organising community-based education and training within different settings. Stories from the global south and north illustrate approaches to collective learning and collective action. The book provides not only an insight into the how-to of community-based education and training, but through a range of applications, demonstrates the often unspoken shadow side of the developmental work we undertake. The first section of the book outlines the key elements that underpin effective...
Learning and Mobilising for Community Development introduces the reader to different ways of thinking about, and organising community-based education ...
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752,12 zł |
How We Die Now: Intimacy and the Work of Dying
ISBN: 9781439908242 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. As we live longer and die slower and differently than our ancestors, we have come to rely more and more on end-of-life caregivers. These workers navigate a changing landscape of old age and death that many of us have little preparation to encounter. "How We Die Now" is an absorbing and sensitive investigation of end-of-life issues from the perspectives of patients, relatives, medical professionals, and support staff.Karla Erickson immersed herself in the daily life of workers and elders in a Midwestern community for over two years to explore important questions around the theme of how we die...
As we live longer and die slower and differently than our ancestors, we have come to rely more and more on end-of-life caregivers. These workers navig...
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130,99 zł |
Cut Through the Noise: Nursing Home Care in the Baby Boomer Era
ISBN: 9781599323503 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What comes to mind when you hear the words "nursing home"? Probably nothing positive, particularly if you're not familiar with nursing homes as they exist today. But given the aging of the baby boomer generation, chances are that you, someone in your family, or someone you know will become a nursing home resident soon.
The good news? Nursing homes are better than ever. They strive to provide a high quality of life for their residents, and there is a wide range of facility choices and levels of care. But how do you cut through the noise and find the right fit for you or your spouse, Mom,... What comes to mind when you hear the words "nursing home"? Probably nothing positive, particularly if you're not familiar with nursing homes as they e...
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64,06 zł |
Counselling Skills for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors
ISBN: 9780335207817 / Angielski / Miękka / 136 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. ""This book is compact and easy to read, and could make a significant contribution to practitioners' ability to communicate effectively and make their practice patient centred."
Journal fo Clinical Nursing" ""This is a delightful book which is well written, easy to read and suitable for students, qualified nurses and those who are specialist nurses." Counselling is a diverse activity and there are an increasing number of people who find themselves using counselling skills, not least those in the caring professions. There is a great deal of scope in... ""This book is compact and easy to read, and could make a significant contribution to practitioners' ability to communicate effectively and make their...
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199,17 zł |
Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care
ISBN: 9780415780919 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care addresses key mental health concepts and strategies for time-pressured practitioners in various healthcare settings serving diverse populations. It offers theoretically sound and succinct guidelines for compassionate, efficient, and effective service to people in emotional and physical pain and distress, capturing the essentials of mental health care delivered by primary care providers. The text provides a theoretical overview, discussing mental health assessment, crisis care basics, alternative therapies, and... Psychiatric and Mental Health Essentials in Primary Care addresses key mental health concepts and strategies for time-pressured practition... |
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191,87 zł |
Placement Learning in Older People Nursing : A guide for students in practice
ISBN: 9780702043048 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities. Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book... |
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57,00 zł |
Introduction to Public Health: Promises and Practice
ISBN: 9780826196668 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The only public health text to incorporate new Affordable Care Act legislation Praise for the first edition: √>=Sally Guttmacher, PhD This second edition of Introduction to Public Health is... The only public health text to incorporate new Affordable Care Act legislation Praise for the first edition: |
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Making Individual Service Funds Work for People with Dementia Living in Care Homes: How It Works in Practice
ISBN: 9781849055451 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dispelling the myths about how personalisation works for people with dementia living in care homes, this book demonstrates how to introduce Individual Service Funds (ISFs), what works and what doesn't, and how to deal with difficulties and setbacks. Individual Service Funds are one way that people living with dementia can have a personal budget. The authors explain how they went about introducing the principles of ISFs to people living with dementia in a large care home in Stockport, without using any additional funding. They describe the person-centred practices used and the involvement of...
Dispelling the myths about how personalisation works for people with dementia living in care homes, this book demonstrates how to introduce Individual...
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136,45 zł |
Compassionate Person-Centered Care for the Dying: An Evidence-Based Palliative Care Guide for Nurses
ISBN: 9780826122476 / Angielski / Miękka / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A milestone resource for palliative care nurses that facilitates evidence-based compassionate and humanistic care of the dying A valuable contribution to the evolving field of palliative nursing care. It is authored by a model for this field, Bonnie Freeman, and brings to the bedside what her practice embodies--evidence-based clinically expert care...The CARES tool is a long-needed resource and we are all grateful to the author for moving her passion to paper. It will touch the lives and deaths of patients, families, and the nurses who care for them. --Betty... A milestone resource for palliative care nurses that facilitates evidence-based compassionate and humanistic care of the dying A v... |
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256,57 zł |
Instructor's Guide: Essentials in Hospice and Palliative Care
ISBN: 9781926923109 / Angielski / Miękka / 44 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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153,17 zł |