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Care Planning in Children and Young People’s Nursing
Care Planning in Children and Young People’s NursingDevelop a care program to meet a child’s individual needs with this essential guide
Even seemingly minor decisions can have a significant impact on the early development of a child, so it is essential for children to receive a carefully tailored program designed to meet the needs and concerns of each individual child.
The second edition of Care Planning in Children and Young People’s Nursing adds significant scope and material to the already vital first edition. Taking a child, young person and family-centred approach, it offers a comprehensive and accessible discussion of care planning with continuous reference to core principles and nursing values. This new edition continues to be a fundamental resource for the planning and execution of high-quality nursing care for children and young people.
Readers of the second edition will also find:
- Detailed case scenarios designed to cultivate discussion and produce greater competence
- Increased emphasis on the voices of children and young people
- In-depth discussion of care planning for specific conditions including new chapters on Sickle Cell Disease, Mental Health and Wellbeing of Children and Young People, Transition from Children’s to Adults’ Services, and more
Care Planning in Children and Young People’s Nursing is a must-have for children’s nurses or for any nursing professionals involved in the care of children and young people.
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Critical Care Nursing: Science And Practice, 3Rd Ed.
The third edition of the best-selling Critical Care Nursing offers readers a fully up-to-date, evidence-based guide to the science and practice of nursing the critically ill patient.Organised into 16 chapters, this edition covers all essential aspects of critical care nursing, from how to manage and monitor specific problems within organ systems, to how to provide sympathetic and compassionate care. A new chapter on ‘Managing major incidents and preparing for pandemics’ has been introduced with an insight to this crucial aspect of contemporary global healthcare.
Written by a team of experienced nurses, this textbook supports staff working across the continuum of critical care to deliver safe, knowledgeable care that is rooted in a strong clinical, evidence base.
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Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing
This well-established textbook is a must-buy for all mental health nursing students and nurses in registered practice. Comprehensive and broad, it explores how mental health nursing has a positive impact on the lives of people with mental health difficulties.Read more
£33.20£37.00Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing
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Nursing Models and Nursing Practice
This classic textbook offers a succinct overview of some of the most popular and influential nursing models in use and their application to clinical practice. In straightforward language, readers are introduced to the models of nursing developed by Virginia Henderson, Nancy Roper, Winifred Logan and Alison Tierney, Dorothy Johnson, Sister Callista Roy, Dorothea Orem, Imogene King, Hildegard Peplau, Margaret Neuman, Joan Riehl-Sisca and Martha Rogers. A key text for students as well as qualified nurses, this book contains illustrations and examples from real life nursing situations to explain how nursing models can be used in a wide range of clinical settings.Read more
£33.20£38.00Nursing Models and Nursing Practice
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A Textbook of Children’s and Young People’s Nursing
This innovative textbook provides a concise and accessible guide for undergraduate students specializing in children and young people’s nursing in the UK and further afield.
Each chapter has been fully updated to reflect current knowledge and practice. The wide range of topics covered includes all the essentials, such as contemporary child health policy and legal issues; knowledge and skills for practice; and caring for children with special needs. Students will learn how to recognize the deteriorating child, use procedural play and distraction, and consider the mental health of children and young people.
A Textbook of Children’s and Young People’s Nursing is written by multidisciplinary experts, rooted in child-centred healthcare within a family context, and draws upon best contemporary practice. It is an invaluable resource that will help nursing students provide effective, evidence-based care.
- Key points, summary boxes and clearly defined aims, objectives and learning outcomes to support learning
- Conversation boxes to enliven the text
- Patient scenarios to relate theory to practice
- New chapters on skin health and the use of therapeutic play
- Suggestions for seminar discussion topics to help teachers
- Resource lists and online resources for further study or research
- Online slides to complement chapters within book
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£34.20£38.00A Textbook of Children’s and Young People’s Nursing
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The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care (Advanced Clinical Practice)
The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical CareDedicated text for trainee and newly-qualified Advanced Practitioners specialising in acute, emergency and critical care
Aligned with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) regulatory body requirements, this formative text is the first of its kind, covering a variety of key topics for advanced practitioners working in acute, emergency and critical care.
Written by experienced advanced practitioners and academics closely involved in the delivery of both the clinical and academic components of advanced practice training programmes, The Advanced Practitioner in Acute, Emergency and Critical Care presents:
- Complex decision making, covering legal and ethical frameworks (including patient safety), communication skills and breaking bad news, and end of life care
- Diagnosis and management of patients, covering radiology, principles of point of care ultrasound (PoCUS), laboratory tests and prescribing
- Resuscitation and first stage management of the critically unwell, advanced resuscitation skills, shock, intra- and inter-hospital transfers, and organ donation
- History taking, physical examination, and consultation models
- Learning support with accreditation considerations boxes, clinical investigations, examination scenarios, pharmacology boxes, pathological and psychological considerations, social and cultural considerations, case studies, self-assessment questions, and more
Utilising a multi-professional and inclusive framework of advanced level practice, this is an essential resource for all trainee and newly-qualified advanced practitioners. The text also serves as an excellent classroom aid for lecturers teaching advanced practice courses.
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Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing: An Essential Guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students
Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing is an accessible evidence-based introduction to the role of the mental health nurse. This comprehensive overview explores concepts of mental health and distress, ethics and accountability, key nursing models to be aware of, and the prevalence, predisposing factors and features of the most commonly occurring mental health problems.
KEY FEATURES:
- Places mental health conditions and interventions within a wider holistic context
- Situates recovery at the centre of mental health nursing practice
- Links key concepts to mental health across the lifespan
- Contains learning outcomes in each chapter and includes vignettes, activities and reflective exercises to root concepts in real life practice
Information is placed in a practice context from the outset, making this an essential guide to both the theory and the practice of mental health nursing. It is ideal for students on courses relating to mental health care, as well as for registered nurses and health care practitioners looking to revise their knowledge of key concepts.
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- Interactive multiple-choice questions
- Links to online resources
- Chapter summary sheets
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Intensive Care Nursing: A Framework for Practice
Especially written for qualified nurses working in intensive care units, this comprehensive text has been developed to be as accessible as possible. This fourth edition has been revised throughout to ensure the evidence base is completely up to date and the content reflects contemporary best practice.
Intensive Care Nursing is structured in user-friendly sections. The chapters contain sections outlining the “fundamental knowledge” needed to understand key chapters, “implications for practice” boxes, further reading and resources overviews, “time out” sections for revision and clinical scenarios with questions included. Reviewed throughout by experienced practitioners and teachers, it covers:
- patient-focused issues of bedside nursing;
- the technical knowledge necessary to care safely for ICU patients;
- the more common and specialised disease processes and treatments encountered;
- how nurses can use their knowledge and skills to develop their own and others’ practice.
Written by a practice development nurse with a strong clinical background in intensive care nursing and experience of teaching nursing, Intensive Care Nursing is essential reading for nurses and health professionals working with seriously ill patients, particularly those undertaking post-registration training in the area.
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£36.60£40.80Intensive Care Nursing: A Framework for Practice
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Redfern’s Nursing Older People
Redfern’s Nursing Older People provides accessible, evidence-based information for nurses, care assistants and other health professionals wanting to improve the quality of health and social care for older people.
Republished for the first time since 2006, this fifth edition has been comprehensively revised and rewritten by a large team of expert contributors, while preserving the person-centred spirit of earlier editions. It applies best evidence in straightforward and practical ways to the demographic, physical, psychological, social and emotional challenges of ageing, with a focus on supporting independence and health maintenance.
With new contributions covering emerging challenges such as understanding frailty and the use of digital technology, and the themes of diversity, service-user perspectives and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic woven throughout, Redfern’s Nursing Older People is essential reading to help nurses shape practice, improve outcomes and promote opportunities for ageing well.
- Written by a team of 68 specialists and experts drawn from the fields of nursing, social sciences, gerontology and healthcare practice
- Covers the latest evidence, policy and nursing practice
- Focus on nursing-led solutions for improving activities of daily living, independence and preventing common problems of ageing
- Accessible to all, with stories, case studies and lived experience to bring material to life
- Summaries and learning points support learning around complex problems
- Emphasis on countering ageism using images and wider literature where appropriate
- All chapters either extensively rewritten or completely new
- New chapters on frailty, the misuse of alcohol as a growing problem in old age, digital technology, and nursing older people with intellectual disabilities
- Core themes of gerontology embedded throughout, such as assessment and rehabilitation
- Impact of COVID-19 embedded throughout
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The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures, Professional Edition (Royal Marsden Manual Series)
Now in its tenth edition, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has been the definitive, market-leading guide to clinical nursing skills for over three decades. This internationally best-selling title sets the gold standard for nursing care; providing the procedures, rationale, and guidance required by qualified nurses to deliver clinically effective, patient-focused care with expertise and confidence.
With over two-hundred detailed procedures, this comprehensive manual presents the evidence and underlying theory alongside full-colour illustrations and photographs, and includes coverage of infection prevention and control, perioperative care, wound management, nutrition, diagnostic testing, discharge, medicines management, and much more. Loved and trusted by millions for over thirty years, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures continues to be a truly indispensable guide for nursing practice.
- Written by nurses for nurses
- Empowers nurses to become informed, skilled practitioners
- Reflects current procedures and changes in modern adult nursing practice
- All procedures are supported by up to date evidence, including detailed rationales for each step of each procedure
- Considers the clinical governance around the procedures and nursing practice
NEW to the Tenth Edition:
- Each chapter is linked to the NMC 2018 ‘Future Nurse: Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses’ guidance
- Includes a brand-new chapter on ‘Self Care and Wellbeing,’ helping nurses to care for themselves emotionally and physically
The Royal Marsden Manual is also available online, fully searchable, and annotatable. www.rmmonline.co.uk
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Communication in Nursing
Immerse yourself in the ideas, theories, and techniques of effective communication in the workplace! Communication in Nursing, 10th Edition adopts a uniquely practical and personal approach to the demands of today’s nursing practice, providing extensive examples, exercises, and techniques that help you apply communication skills in a variety of clinical settings. Using a conversational tone, this relatable text takes you beyond theory to show you how to understand important concepts and use communication as a tool to limit stress in your nursing practice. The 10th edition includes an emphasis on holistic self-care of the nurse, a new Confronting Bullying and Incivility with Honesty and Respect chapter, a new appendix mapping the AACN® Essentials domains to the text objectives, and case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN). In addition, the latest information on the topics of mindfulness, resilience, and interprofessional communication highlight the importance of implementing these tools in practice.
- REVISED! Chapter updates include practical strategies to convey and sustain caring in digital settings in the Navigating the Expanding World of Digital Communication chapter and discussions on Watson’s Caring Theory in the Caring Communications with Clients and Colleagues whose Behaviors are Challenging chapter.
- Moments of Connection boxes highlight beneficial outcomes of successful communication and provide concrete examples of how communication techniques work.
- Wit & Wisdom boxes present selected verses and quotations relevant to chapter topics, providing moments of relief from serious topics and revealing “a-ha” moments when theory becomes linked to practice.
- Discussion of the importance of interprofessional education and communication in the healthcare environment has been included.
- Exercises in each chapter, including reflective journaling, remediation, online and group activities, discussion topics, and more, help facilitate various learning types.
- “Active Learning” feature in every chapter promotes active, goal-directed reading.
- End-of-chapter exercises titled Practicing (followed by the title of the chapter) provide specific opportunities for you to master techniques discussed in the chapter and hone your communication skills.
- NEW! Emphasis on the holistic self-care of the nurse includes Self-Care Nudge content in the narrative and new Simplify and Deepen boxes.
- NEW! Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX® in relevant chapters challenge you to apply clinical judgment to nursing communication scenarios.
- NEW! Confronting Bullying and Incivility with Honesty and Respect chapter helps you learn how to approach these difficult situations and respond in an honest and respectful manner.
- NEW! Three new appendices provide mapping of the AACN® Essentials to the text, a holistic self-care assessment, and the answer key for Next-Generation NCLEX® case studies.
- NEW! Confronting Bullying and Incivility with Honesty and Respect chapter helps you learn how to approach these difficult situations and respond in an honest and respectful manner.
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£53.20£57.90Communication in Nursing
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Sheehy’s Manual of Emergency Care
Sheehy’s Manual of Emergency Care, 8th Edition offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the essentials emergency nurses need to know. Each condition commonly seen in the emergency setting is thoroughly addressed, from signs and symptoms, to diagnosis, treatment, developmental considerations, patient education, and more. Updated material and easy-to-reference contents make this resource a must-have for current practice.
- Quick-reference format is ideal for updating emergency nursing knowledge and improving patient care.
- Detailed discussions for each condition include signs and symptoms, diagnosis/diagnostic testing, treatment/interventions, age/developmental considerations, and patient/family education/discharge instructions.
- Authorship from the Emergency Nurses Association for more than 30 years ensures this book is a mainstay for best practices in emergency nursing.
- Content presented in a bulleted format provides quick and easy access to vital information.
- Practice points highlighted in special boxes offer quick reference to important content.
- NEW! Restructured table of contents presents anatomically related medical and trauma chapters sequentially for quick reference.
- NEW! Considerations for critical care in the ED.
- NEW! Considerations for the transgender patient.
- NEW! Section on human trafficking in the Interpersonal Violence and Abuse chapter.
- NEW! Section on violent risk assessment in the Workplace Violence chapter.
- NEW! Color photos insert visually highlights and clarifies key content.
- EXPANDED! Substance Abuse and Addiction Emergencies chapter covers methamphetamines, bath salts, marijuana edibles, opioid abuse/prescription drug abuse, heroin/Narcan, and substance abuse disorder.
- EXPANDED! Chapter on end-of-life includes information on palliative care considerations.
- UPDATED! Infectious Diseases chapter addresses coronavirus 19 (COVID-19), Ebola, and vector-borne malaria.
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