Patient Care category: 3822 books
by Tonks Fawcett, Roger Watson
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
Nursing students quite often find it difficult to relate what they learn with respect to normal and abnormal physiology to patient care. In this useful text Roger Watson and Tonks Fawcett clearly explain:
* the concept of homeostasis
* the relevance of physiology to common disorders
* the patient's...
Training Guide for Visiting the Sick
More Than a Social Call
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Understand the basic practical aspects of pastoral care-and make your visit to the sick meaningful for both of you!
Training Guide for Visiting the Sick: More Than a Social Call is a useful handbook from a Christian perspective that provides the common sense and not-so-common answers to your...
Heroes Need Not Apply
How to Build a Patient-Accountable Culture without Putting More on Your Plate
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Everyone in healthcare knows that the lack of accountability negatively impacts care, and when accountability improves throughout your organization, care improves. What healthcare leaders don’t know, is how to improve accountability and why it so critically linked to improving patient care.
by Irene S. Switankowsky
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2015
A Patient-Centered Approach to the Chronically-Ill addresses the unique needs of chronically-ill patients and the challenges they present for medical doctors. This book features four principles of the patient-centered approach that can be used by physicians in treating chronically-ill patients. By...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Essentials of Palliative Care is a to-the-point, clinically oriented resource for all members of the multidisciplinary palliative care team and trainees. It covers practical clinical topics, including assessment of the patient and pain and symptom management, and practical non-medical topics central...
by Audrey L. Nelson, PhD, RN
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2007
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award!
Designated a Doody's Core Title!
"I have not seen a book that does a better job with synthesis or provision of good concise information to those in need." (3 Stars)--Doody's Book Review Service
Wandering behaviors are among the...
Advanced Practice in Healthcare
Skills for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Advanced Practice in Healthcare outlines the key components of advanced practice in which healthcare professionals are engaged. With a clear skills focus, it explores issues critical to providing effective enhanced care to patients whilst managing and negotiating the complexities of the healthcare...
Ten Minutes for the Family
Systemic Interventions in Primary Care
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The provision of suitable mental health care is one of the major tasks facing general practitioners and their teams. Family-oriented primary care has moved from doctor-controlled to patient-centred consultations, with a greater emphasis on collaboration. The systemic framework uniquely lends itself...
My Operation
A Health Insider Becomes a Patient
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Sholom Glouberman is a widely published health care expert, greatly appreciated by clients worldwide. He was sure he could handle the system when he became a patient. How wrong he was! My Operation sharply contrasts Sholom's experience as a patient with his insights as an expert and his complete medical...
by Victoria D. Weisfeld, MPH
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2011
This tenth edition of a classic textbook, updated in November 2013 with a free, downloadable chapter on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), presents the critical issues and core challenges surrounding our health care system. Designed for graduate and advanced undergraduate students, it includes the contributions...
Arthritis Care
Speedy Study Guides
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Arthritis is a chronic illness that can be difficult to manage and treat. There are many factors that can affect arthritis symptoms, and care for these symptoms can vary by the type of arthritis and the patient. An Arthritis Care study guide breaks the tasks needed to care for arthritis down into...
The Impact of Autonomy and Consumerism in Healthcare
The Effects of Healthcare Consumerism and Patient Autonomy in the Digital Age on Physicians, Patients, Pharmacies, and Others in the Healthcare Industry
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2016
From the origins of consumerism to the evolution or revolution associated with consumerism in healthcare, this book is a reflective depiction of the past, present, and future of healthcare as it empowers the consumer (patient).The Impact of Autonomy and Consumerism in Healthcare navigates the changing...
by Edwina A. Brown, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, Emma Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Kidney Disease: From advanced disease to bereavement provides guidance to renal and palliative care professionals dealing with patients with advanced kidney disease, who are approaching end of life. The book describes the tools used to achieve a good death including advance care planning, symptom control...
by Angela Grainger
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
This book is specifically aimed at healthcare assistants, and is a comprehensive text covering all aspects of care of the patient.It is written by healthcare assistants and cover the a wide range of topics:* Safety issues* Basic patient and residential care* Special care* Mental health* Learning disabilities*...