Medicine & Health Sciences
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Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?
Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT and DAILY MAIL as one of their BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023
‘If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one’ Bee Wilson
‘A devastating, witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we eat and why’ Adam Rutherford
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An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.
It’s not you, it’s the food.
We have entered a new ‘age of eating’ where most of our calories come from an entirely novel set of substances called Ultra-Processed Food, food which is industrially processed and designed and marketed to be addictive. But do we really know what it’s doing to our bodies?
Join Chris in his travels through the world of food science and a UPF diet to discover what’s really going on. Find out why exercise and willpower can’t save us, and what UPF is really doing to our bodies, our health, our weight, and the planet (hint: nothing good).
For too long we’ve been told we just need to make different choices, when really we’re living in a food environment that makes it nigh-on impossible. So this is a book about our rights. The right to know what we eat and what it does to our bodies and the right to good, affordable food.
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Foundations of Nursing Practice: Fundamentals of Holistic Care, 2e
This second edition of Foundations of Nursing Practice has been revised and updated specifically to meet the needs of nursing students in all fields of practice The book explains how and why sensitive, safe, evidence-based holistic nursing care is carried out, including topics common to all fields of practice. Core nursing skills are emphasised to reflect the importance of clinical skills as well as the underpinning theory.
Aids to learning in each chapter:
- Learning outcomes
- Interactive boxes for all age groups and fields of nursing practice
- Key words and phrases for literature searching
- Useful websites, references and further reading.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to nursing that will meet the needs of students, nurses returning to practice, mentors and other registered nurses.
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- Relevant to all branches of nursing settings: infants, children, adults, pregnant women, older people and people with a learning disability or mental health problems
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- Themes relevant to all stages and fields of nursing practice include safety, infection prevention and control, managing stress, communication, managing wounds and pressure ulcers, and dealing with loss
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- Scenarios develop the skills of evidence-based practice, critical thinking, reflection and health promotion, and encourage further learning
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- The areas of psychology, sociology, physiology and pathology are clearly related to nursing practice
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- Key principles of health promotion, the law and ethics, the human lifespan and development are explained in earlier chapters, then applied in later chapters
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- Cultural diversity information helps with understanding the needs of people from different backgrounds
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- Person-centred approach encourages problem solving and application to practice
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- Evidence-based practice is explicit throughout, and best-practice guidelines underpin exploration/explanation of nursing care.
- Easy-reference Glossary at the back of the book.
- Meets the requirements of the new pre-registration nursing curriculum including the NMC (2010) competencies and Essential Skills Clusters
- Greater emphasis on safeguarding vulnerable people, maternal health and first aid
- Self-test questions with answers available on accompanying website.
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Acute Nursing Care: Recognising and Responding to Medical Emergencies
Delays in recognising deterioration or inappropriate management of people in acute care settings can result in late treatment, avoidable admissions to intensive care units and in some instances unnecessary deaths. As the role of the nurse in healthcare settings continues to change and evolve, todays student nurses need to be equipped with the fundamental skills to recognise and manage deterioration in the patient in a competent and confident manner, as you learn to become practitioners of the future.
Using a body systems approach and emphasising the central role and function of the nurse throughout, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the essential issues in this important subject. Topics covered include: recognition and identification of physiological deterioration in adults; identification of disordered physiology that may lead to a medical emergency linked to deterioration of normal function; relevant anatomy and physiology; pathophysiological changes and actions that need to be taken; immediate recognition and response; investigations, diagnosis and management issues; and teaching and preventative strategies.
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Essentials of Mental Health Nursing
This ground-breaking textbook gathers contributions from service users, expert practitioners and leading academics to help students develop the core knowledge and skills they need to qualify as mental health nurses. Focusing in particular on helping students apply person-centred, compassionate and recovery-focused care, service-user voices and practical case studies are integrated throughout the book. Students are also given a rounded understanding of the key debates they will face in practice through the exploration of both bio-medical and psycho-social approaches.
Key features include:
- Voices and case studies from real practising nurses and students help students apply knowledge to practice.
- Critical thinking activities, debates, and What s the Evidence summaries help students develop higher level critical thinking and evidence based practice skills. Further reading and free SAGE journal articles facilitate independent learning.
- Online MCQs and Flashcards make revision simple and fun.
- The free interactive ebook gives students the freedom to learn anywhere!
- Online Lecturer resources: free MCQs, video debates, SAGE journal articles and more, which can be used for flipped classroom activities or lectures to make teaching more interactive.
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Nursing Research: An Introduction
This book answers all your students’ questions on the nursing research process. Restructured to follow their progress from being a novice nurse researcher to an experienced one, it gives them the knowledge to understand evidence-based practice and critical appraisal and to succeed in their own projects. Key features of the book are:
- Updated practical coverage of key methods such as conducting a survey and a section on the Research Excellence Framework
- International research examples in action
- Reflective exercises
- a A companion website including access to journal articles and flashcards.
It is essential reading for nursing undergraduates, postgraduates and all new researchers.
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Clinical Pocket Reference for Nurses 4e updated 2022
This expanded and updated 2022 edition includes the latest NHS guidelines and clinical developments. It features the latest nursing data and assessment tools, and is aligned with the latest Nursing & Midwifery Council professional standards (NMC 2018), Mental Capacity Act 2021, Resuscitation Guidelines 2021,and latest post Covid infection control guidelines. There is more clinical information, including updated reference material and the latest tools, and expanded to include more information on mental health and palliative care nursing. The revised layout ensures ease of use with a rapid ‘finger-tip’ access to essential knowledge in portable durable format.Read more
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Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing 2/e (Oxford Handbooks in Nursing)
Fully revised for its second edition, the Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing is the indispensable resource for all those caring for patients with mental health problems. Practical, concise, and up-to-date with the latest guidelines, practice, and initiatives, this handbook is designed to allow essential information to be quickly accessible to nurses in a busy clinical setting.This Handbook contains expert guidance on all aspects of the nurses role. Written by experienced nurses and teachers, it will help you acheive the best possible results for your patients. Summaries of key sections of the mental health act are provided, as well as the mental capacity act, mental health legislation in Scotland and other UK countries. New material for the second edition includes expanded and revised information on leadership, medications, physical interventions, basic life support, religion, spirituality and faith, and working with older adults, as well as a brand new chapter on contemporary issues in mental health nursing.
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Rebuilding Milo: The Lifter’s Guide to Fixing Common Injuries and Building a Strong Foundation for Enhancing Performance
Every athlete who spends time in the weight room eventually deals with pain/injury that leaves them frustrated and unable to reach their highest potential. Every athlete ought to have the ability to take the first steps at addressing these minor injuries. They shouldn’t have to wait weeks for a doctor’s appointment, only to be prescribed pain medications and told to ‘take two weeks off lifting’ or, even worse, to ‘stop lifting so heavy.’ Dr. Aaron Horschig knows your pain and frustration. Hes been there. For over a decade, Dr. Horschig has been a competitive weightlifter, and he understands how discouraging it is to tweak your back three weeks out from a huge weightlifting competition, to have knee pain limit your ability to squat heavy for weeks, and to suffer from chronic shoulder issues that keep you from reaching your goals. Rebuilding Milo is the culmination of Dr. Horschig’s life’s work as a sports physical therapist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and Olympic weightlifting coach. It contains all of the knowledge he has amassed over the past decade while helping some of the best athletes in the world. Now he wants to share that knowledge with you. This book, designed by a strength athlete for anyone who spends time in the weight room, is the solution to your struggles with injury and pain. It walks you through simple tests and screens to uncover the movement problem at the root of your pain. After discovering the cause of your injury, you’ll be able to create an individualised rehab program as laid out in this book. Finally, you’ll be on the right path to eliminate your pain and return to the activities you love.Read more
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Say No To Heart Disease: The drug-free guide to preventing and fighting heart disease
We have a 50 per cent chance of dying from heart or artery disease. However, these devastating diseases can be prevented by using a simple yet powerful medicine – food. In Say No to Heart Disease you will learn how eating the right foods and correctly supplementing your diet can eliminate your chances of a heart attack, lower your blood pressure without drugs, reverse artery disease, maximise recovery after a stroke or heart attack, and add twenty years to your healthy lifespan.
Informative and practical, it describes the cardiovascular system and what goes wrong with it, the key theories on the major contributors to heart disease, how to work out your own risk, and which areas of your diet and lifestyle to focus on in order to minimise your risk. It also gives advice on maximising recovery from a heart attack or stroke.
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My Revision Notes: Cambridge Technicals Level 3 Health and Social Care
Enhance your students’ practical skills and develop their key content knowledge with this proven formula for effective, structured revision.
Target success in OCR’s Cambridge Technical Level 3 Health and Social Care with this revision guide that brings together exam-style questions, revision tasks and practical tips to help students to review, strengthen and test their knowledge.
With My Revision Notes, every student can:
– Enjoy an interactive approach to revision, with clear topic summaries that consolidate knowledge and related activities that put the content into context.– Plan and manage a successful revision programme using the topic-by-topic planner.
– Build, practise and enhance exam skills by progressing through revision tasks and Test Yourself activities.
– Improve exam technique through exam-style questions and sample answers with commentary from an expert author and teacher.
– Get exam ready with answers to the activities available online
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THE PRISON DOCTOR: My time inside Britain’s most notorious jails. THE HONEST, UNBELIEVABLE TRUE STORY AND A SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER
As seen on BBC Breakfast
Horrifying, heartbreaking and eye-opening, these are the stories, the patients and the cases that have characterised a career spent being a doctor behind bars.
Violence. Drugs. Suicide. Welcome to the world of a Prison Doctor.
Dr Amanda Brown has treated inmates in the UK’s most infamous prisons – first in young offenders’ institutions, then at the notorious Wormwood Scrubs and finally at Europe’s largest women-only prison in Europe, Bronzefield.
From miraculous pregnancies to dirty protests, and from violent attacks on prisoners to heartbreaking acts of self-harm, she has witnessed it all.
In this eye-opening, inspirational memoir, Amanda reveals the stories, the patients and the cases that have shaped a career helping those most of us would rather forget.
Despite their crimes, she is still their doctor.
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A Path through the Jungle: A Psychological Health and Wellbeing Programme to Develop Robustness and Resilience
I read it in 2 days and it’s now in my top 3 most valued books EVER” – STEVEN BARTLETT: DIARY OF A CEO HOST & Dragons Den
“20+ years in professional football, you get to meet some incredible people!! I was lucky enough to spend time with Prof Peters with England. If you’ve not read ‘A Path through the Jungle’ I’d highly recommend it!” BEN FOSTER: EX ENGLAND GOALKEEPER
Ever wanted to succeed but not sacrifice your health, relationships and values to get there? This is possibly the most important book you will ever read!!! Professor Michael Coleman, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Professor Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist and author of the bestselling self-help book, The Chimp Paradox. He has years of experience as a clinician, an educator and has worked with some of the world’s most successful athletes.
His new book ‘A Path through the Jungle’ will help you to become robust and resilient. Professor Peters explains complex neuroscience in straightforward terms with his Chimp Management Mind Model
Robust: Becoming robust means having plans in place to manage your own mind and whatever situations you meet in life.
Resilient: is being able to bounce back and manage the challenges of life. Resilience is a skill.
A Path through the Jungle offers a structured programme with exercises and practical real-life examples. This book will help you to improve in areas such as:
- Managing stress and anxiety
- Improved relationships
- Emotional management
- Grief and loss
- Self-confidence
- Peace of mind
- Happiness
- Managing stress
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Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries: A Guide for Students and Therapists
The fifth edition of the retitled Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries sharpens its focus on the treatment of sports injuries, providing the most complete evidence-based guide for physiotherapists, sports therapists and medical practitioners working with athletes.
Opening with chapters that examine the underlying science of tissue healing and principles of rehabilitation, the book employs a systematic approach, with chapters covering each area of the body, from facial through to ankle and foot injuries. Every chapter includes in-depth discussion and guidance on the treatment of common sports injuries through physiotherapeutic modalities, drawing on the author’s wealth of personal experience and the latest peer-reviewed research.
A complete pedagogical resource, Sports and Soft Tissue Injuries is highly illustrated in full colour, and is an important text for students of sports therapy, physiotherapy, sport medicine and athletic training, interesting further reading for sport and exercise science or kinesiology students with an interest in sports injury, and a crucial reference for practicing physiotherapists and athletic trainers and the related disciplines.
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Stroke Recovery Workbook- Large Print: Activity Book for Traumatic Brain Injury and Aphasia Rehabilitation: Memory-Recovery Exercises for After-Stroke Patients
This Stroke Recovery Workbook is a comprehensive resource designed to aid individuals in their cognitive recovery after a stroke.
With 200 pages of various activities, this workbook is jam-packed with exercises to keep the brain active, motivated, and free of frustration.
Each activity is simple and varies in difficulty, allowing participants to switch activities if one becomes too challenging.
This workbook includes activities that are practical and useful for daily life, such as:
- Learning about calendars and clocks
- Matching clothes to the weather
- Mazes
- Tracing shapes and scissors skills
- Matching homophones
- Easy crossword puzzles
- Activities involving reading expressions on people’s faces
- Tracing and repeating patterns
- Money words
- Word sort ‘ing
- Telling time
- Word Search Puzzles
- Undated monthly planner.
Additionally, throughout the book, you will find inspiring and motivational quotes meant to provide encouragement and support during this journey. With a combination of fun, functional tasks and inspiration, this workbook is a valuable tool for anyone on their journey to recovery.
Whether you are a stroke survivor or a loved one looking to provide support, this workbook is the perfect resource to aid in cognitive recovery. Its easy-to-use format and clear instructions make it accessible for anyone to use.
This 8.5″ x 11″ book also comes with a bonus of large print and coloring pages.
Made in USA
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Strength Training for Women
Afraid of training with weights? Worried of putting on muscles? Think again. Strength training is for women.
This book is the ultimate guide to toning up, burning fat and getting the body you want. It shows you why women should train with weights and why you should not be afraid of them. Dispelling the myth that weight training makes a woman ‘bulky and unfeminine’, the book shows that weights and resistance training methods could be the single most important element in your fitness regime.
Packed with full-colour photos and descriptions of over 30 exercises, the book gives you advice on how to put together a resistance training programme as well as how to interchange exercises. Motivational, it also gives three 6-week workout programmes to achieve a stronger, fitter and firmer body.
This is the ideal companion to get the best toned body you’ve always wanted. Strength training is for women.
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Acquired Brain Injury: A Guide for Families and Survivors
Tens of millions live with the long-term consequences of acquired brain injury. It has life changing and frequently devastating effects on the individual’s physical, cognitive, behavioural, and emotional well-being. As well as causing huge challenges and stresses for family and friends.
Acquired Brain Injury: A Guide for Families and Survivors accessibly discusses acquired brain injuries in detail for those individuals and families affected.
Written by experienced neuropsychiatrist Dr Kevin Foy, the book seamlessly guides the reader through the different types of brain injury, and their effects, as well as the various stages of recovery. Offering facts and advice from the initial trauma all the way through to long-term care, Dr Foy provides the tools to help deal with the challenges that may lie ahead.
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Running from Injury: Why runners get injured and how to stop it
Peter Francis saw his teenage years transformed by a miracle drug called running. His elation was
soon followed by despair, in the form of 12-years of repetitive injuries. Spurred on by personal
injustice, Peter pursued 3-science degrees, multiple coaching and consultancy roles before making a
breakthrough in the form of what had seemed like an unlikely comeback. In 2016 aged 29-years, for
the first time in his life, he ran for almost 3-years uninterrupted. This period coincided with running
multiple personal bests (33:46 10-km; 78:00 half marathon). In this book, he uses a combination of
his own story and his learnings spanning some 18-years of trial and error to provide a holistic
explanation for why runners get injured and how best to avoid it. His personal story is as captivating
as the information it imparts. Whether you are a disgruntled beginner or an Olympic hopeful, you
cannot help but become more consistent having read this book.Read more
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Prevent And Reverse Heart Disease: The Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven, Nutrition-Based Cure
Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever you want. It is easy to carry. It can be an ideal gift to yourself and to your loved ones. Care instruction keep away from fire.Read more
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Nutrition for Junior Athletes: A Practical Guide for Parents and Coaches
Good nutritional habits can make a significant impact on athletic performance. This is particularly true for growing youth athletes. When planning what to feed young athletes, parents and coaches not only need to consider the demands of the activity itself, but also the nutritional requirements for growth and development. Research shows that many child athletes don’t consume enough calories to sustain exercise and growth effectively. Busy lifestyles rushing from work/school to training can also present challenges for parents and coaches when planning what to feed children. This book provides an easy to follow guide to help parents and coaches determine exactly how much food and drink to provide, what type of foods and when to feed their aspiring athletes. The information in this book is supported by the most up-to-date scientific research and covers topics including: •macronutrient and micronutrient requirements•weight management•eating disorders •hydration •supplements and ergogenic aids•nutritional timingThe book also contains over 25 simple to make healthy recipes to help fuel your young athletes and optimise performance.Read more
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Patient Safety and Managing Risk in Nursing (Transforming Nursing Practice Series)
Patient safety is a predominant feature of quality healthcare and something that every patient has the right to expect. As a nurse, you must consider the safety of the patient as paramount in every aspect of your role; and it is now an increasingly important topic in pre-registration nursing programmes. This book aims to provide you with a greater understanding of how to manage patient safety and risk in your practice. The book focuses on the essentials that you need to know, and therefore provides a clear pathway through what can sometimes seem an overwhelmingly complex mass of rules, procedures and possible options.
Key features:
· A practical introduction to patient safety and risk management written specifically for nurses and nursing students
· Case studies and scenarios help you to apply patient safety and risk management principles to actual practice
· Each chapter is mapped to the relevant NMC standards and Essential Skills Clusters so that you can see how you are meeting the professional requirements
· Activities throughout help you to think critically and reflect on practice.
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Haematology Nursing
Haematology Nursing is a comprehensive handbook, with a nursing focus, on the care and management of patients with haematological disorders. Divided into four sections, the first provides an introduction to haematology, looking at haemopoiesis, immunology and genetics. Section Two covers non-malignant haematology, including anaemia, haemoglobinopathies and haemochromatosis. Section Three explores the pathophysiology, care and management of myeloproliferative and lymphoproliferative disorders, including leukaemia, myeloma, and lymphoma. The final section provides information on various nursing care interventions, including blood transfusion, venous access devices, and palliative care.
Aimed principally at nurses working in a variety of settings including haematology/oncology wards, medical/haematology wards, specialist bone marrow transplant centres, and community settings, Haematology Nursing is an essential and much-needed reference guide.
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Home Workouts: Anyone | Anytime | Anywhere: Fun and Simple No-Equipment Home Workouts to Help Lose Weight, Build Muscle and Achieve Your Dream Body
How to tone and sculpt your body, even if you hate cardio or have never stepped inside a gym (and don’t plan on doing so!)
At one point or another we’ve all told ourselves, “I’m going to sign up for a gym membership, and really do it this time,” or, “I swear I’ll do my workout later on tonight.”
We all know the benefits of exercise: It improves our physical and mental health, gives us more energy, and boosts our self-image.
So why is it so hard to start an exercise regimen, and even harder to stick to it?
Despite our best intentions, life gets in the way and there always seems to be an obstacle stopping us from actively trying to live healthier.
Whatever the reason, continuing to live a sedentary lifestyle isn’t doing you any favors.
In fact, physical inactivity is the 4th leading risk factor for global mortality and is a strong predictor for weight gain, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions.
Does this mean that you have to make drastic lifestyle changes to start improving your health, mentally and physically? Or that you need to give up time doing what you love just so you can spend hours in the gym?
Not at all.
I’ll let you in on a secret that the fitness industry doesn’t want you to know.
You don’t need fancy equipment or expensive trainers to sculpt the body that, up until now, you’ve only imagined.
A.G. Scott knows firsthand the amazing results that can be achieved with home workouts, and so he has put together the only exercise guide you’ll ever need.
In Home Workouts: Anyone | Anytime | Anywhere, you will discover:
- The six key elements every workout must have in order to make the most of your time and effort, and how they will have you seeing results sooner than you would believe
- Exercises for every muscle group and fitness level with clear, comprehensive instructions, diagrams and variations so you’re working your target areas every time
- The #1 upper-body workout that will rapidly build your overall strength (hint: small adjustments make big changes)
- How this engaging training method can help you burn more calories than traditional cardio, and continue to burn calories even after your workout is finished
- The numerous benefits of dynamic stretching and how that one simple habit not only warms up your muscles, but also improves your balance and coordination over time
- Meal plans that can be adapted for any lifestyle, so you can create a plan that meets your personal needs and preferences
- The most common mistakes people make without realising, and how these can hold you back from achieving incredible results
And much more.
With the demands and responsibilities of everyday life, you shouldn’t have to sacrifice precious hours every week going to the gym to build the body you’ve always wanted.
The key to transforming your life is having a workout routine that works for you, not against you. This is a plan that will adjust to match your needs and experience, no matter where you are.
It’s time to leave the costly gym membership behind, save money, and allow yourself more time to enjoy life.
If you start today, think how much better you will look and feel in a month.
If you want to start looking forward to exercise and commit to achieving the body of your dreams, no strings attached, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.
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Food for Rugby: Eat Well, Perform Better
In order to maximise their performance in training and in matches, rugby players need to understand the importance of energy and nutrients and their role in the working of the body. It is also vitally important that they make appropriate food choices and that they eat and drink those foods in the correct quantities. This informative book clearly explains which foods and fluids, when consumed in the right amounts at the correct times, will help players perform to the best of their ability.Read more
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ER Nurses: True stories from the frontline
In this extraordinary work of non-fiction, we hear the unforgettable stories of everyday heroes who look after our families, our friends and ourselves in the most challenging circumstances imaginable.
______________________________When we’re at our worst, nurses are at their best.
Around the clock, highly skilled and compassionate men and women sacrifice and struggle for us and our loved ones.
You have never heard their true stories. Not like this. From big-city and small-town hospitals. These are stories told from the heart.
This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you understand the importance of the work they do.
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Praise for ER Nurses
‘James Patterson’s account of the twilight world between life and death that nurses inhabit is one of the most moving things I have ever read.’ Sebastian Junger
‘The compassion, the work ethic, and the selflessness of nurses . . . are given the respect they deserve and captured beautifully.’ Sanjay Gupta, MD
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Medicines Management in Mental Health Nursing (Transforming Nursing Practice Series)
Mental-health nurses must develop the crucial skills of correct medicines management and calculations in order to provide safe care to their patients. This book specifically supports pre-registration students in meeting the required competencies for medicines management. It has a strong emphasis on understanding the role of medicine as one of a range of treatment options, and collaborative working with patients and carers. It is clearly structured around the NMC Essential Skills Clusters for medicines management, covering law, drugs calculations, administration, storage, record keeping, introductory pharmacology, patient communication and contextual issues.Read more
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The Handbook for Nursing Associates and Assistant Practitioners
The essential handbook for nursing associate students and anyone undertaking a foundation degree or higher-level apprenticeship in healthcare practice.
Now mapped to the latest NMC standards, this book provides you with the core knowledge and skills needed for your nursing associate studies, including study skills, professional development, leadership and teamwork, infection control and health promotion, bioscience, health sciences, mental health, learning disabilities, children and families.
Key features for the new edition:
- All content is in-line with the NMC’s ‘Standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates’ – with each chapter featuring an outline of the platforms covered, ensuring that nursing associates upon registration, will be able to effectively demonstrate these proficiencies and meet all outcome statements.
- New chapters on Public Health and Advanced Health Science: Genomics and Pathophysiology..
- Case studies and activities have been updated to aid discussion-based learning in the classroom and show students how the theory relates to real-life practice.
Written by a collection of experienced authors in nursing and health, the book is essential reading for anyone studying to be a nursing associate, assistant practitioner or healthcare support worker.
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Wound Care (Nursing and Health Survival Guides)
Ideal for quick reference in any ward or community environment, this pocket-sized (120x80mm), spiral-bound book in the popular Nursing & Health Survival guide series puts all the crucial information on wound care at your fingertips.
It includes all you need to know on:
- Wound assessment
- Wound conditions
- Treatment and dressing choice
- Pressure ulcers and prevention
- Healing factors and risk assessment
And much more…
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Clinical Pocket Reference Operating Department Practice
A clinical pocket reference provides key information that a healthcare practitioner will require on placement and in practice, selected by experienced teachers/practitioners, clearly written and presented, drawn from a wide range of different sources, packaged in an easily accessible portable format suitable for pocket or mobile devices. This comprehensive new revised and expanded edition of Clinical Pocket Reference Operating Department Practice contains a new key principles section including perioperative roles and responsibilities, effective communication, and assertiveness techniques. The contributors have expanded contents within the anaesthetic, surgical and recovery topics to reflect and support the development of the modern day ODP/ perioperative practitioner and indicative graduate education of the multi-professional preoperative team. New topics includes blood gas analysis, invasive monitoring, difficult airway procedures, body cavities and surgical incisions, role of the surgical first assistant, A-G patient assessment and nutrition and hydration.Read more
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Nursing Practice: Hospital and Home — The Adult
The most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, now in its third edition, for the next generation of nurses.This best selling textbook has been revised and updated to present the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice, whilst maintaining the thorough approach that was welcomed in the first two editions.
The book remains the core text of choice for students of adult nursing.
The third edition continues to reflect the issues and challenges for nursing practice in an era of rapid developments in diagnosis, therapy and care. As always, the importance of the patient as partner in care is emphasised.
The three section format which has proved so effective is retained, progressing from a broad systems approach to more detail on specific patient concerns and nursing issues. Ample cross-referencing encourages links between the sections:
. Section One – Care of patients with common disorders
. Section Two – Common patient problems and related nursing care
. Section Three – now entitled – Nursing patients with special challenges.This text is an invaluable resource, not only for student nurses, but also for qualified nurses, those returning to practice and nurse educators.
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Learning to Care: The Nursing Associate, 1e
Edited by a world-renowned authority, Learning to Care has been prepared by a team of experienced nurse educationalists and practitioners to meet the learning needs of the new Nursing Associate. Richly illustrated throughout, this exciting resource is designed to fully equip trainee nursing associates for their future role as professional healthcare providers with chapters ranging from ‘how to learn’ and essay writing to communication skills, reflective practice, and the role of evidence-based clinical decision making.
Complete with a full exploration of basic anatomy and physiology, together with the care and treatment of common disorders, Learning to Care also comes with a wide range of helpful learning features such as ‘Hot Spots’ and the ‘Medicine Trolley’, all designed to aid learning and help foster safe clinical practice. The volume comes complete with a downloadable image bank to assist with assignments.
Learning to Care will be ideal for all Trainee Nursing Associates and Health Care Assistants wishing to enhance their knowledge-base as well as those on Enrolled Nurse programs overseas.
- Clear, no nonsense writing style helps make learning easy
- Provides helpful advice on study skills and essay writing
- Incorporates the 15 Standards of the Care Certificate
- Learning objectives at the start of each chapter enable readers to monitor their progress
- Key Words feature encourage familiarisation with a new vocabulary
- ‘Self Test’ questions at the start of each chapter allow readers to establish their baseline knowledge
- Reflection and Critical Awareness featuresencourage critical thinking and recall of essential information
- Medicine Trolley feature outlines common drugs, their usage, routes of administration and side effects
- Case Studies give practical context to core information
- Care in the Home Setting, At the GP Surgery and Communities of Care boxes illustrate healthcare provision outside the hospital environment
- Includes anatomy and physiology and pathophysiology of important diseases and disorders
- OSCEs help trainee nursing associates prepare for examinations
- Helpful glossary provides definitions of new terms
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Medicines Management in Mental Health Nursing (Transforming Nursing Practice Series)
Medicines are a crucial part of the jigsaw when considering how to provide recovery-focussed care in mental health. It is important that mental health nurses understand how psychiatric drugs work, what the common treatments are and appreciate the ethical and legal dimensions that affect how medicines can and should be used in mental health care. Using innovative activities and real-life case studies, this book has been carefully designed to provide all this and more making it the ideal resource to build knowledge and confidence in this crucial area of practice.
Key features
· Clear explanations of both the underlying biology and pharmacology as well as the wider practicalities of working with medicines
· Provides accessible information on the most common conditions and treatments
· Linked to the NMC standards and essential skills clusters
· Activities and case studies help students to apply what they have learnt to practice and consider the full impact that medicines will have on service users
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Mental Health First Aid: A practical guide for workplaces, schools, families, friends, carers and everyone needing support with their mental health.
Mental Health First Aid is the ultimate guide for friends, families, schools, work, colleagues, carers and individuals; to help themselves and others optimise their mental health. Providing a structured approach, detailed advice and a wealth of resources to help yourself or others in need of additional support. Written by Emma Hammett RGN, an experienced nurse and first aid trainer, in conjunction with clinicians from Maudsley Learning and other healthcare professionals. Emma is an authority on first aid and mental health first aid, regularly featuring in the press and in respected publications. This is Emma’s fourth book.Read more
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Injury Rehab with Resistance Bands: Complete Anatomy and Rehabilitation Programs for Back, Neck, Shoulders, Elbows, Hips, Knees, Ankles and More
Discover the power of resistance bands in rehabilitating injuries and strengthening the body through low-impact workouts complete with step-by-step photos.Ranging in intensity from super easy to extremely hard, the resistance band exercises in this book are sure to effectively and safely help you overcome any injury by building up strength and stability over time.
Each section of the book by Dr. Karl Knopf targets a specific body part, with detailed anatomical information and easy-to-follow recovery routines for:
• Neck
• Shoulders
• Elbows
• Wrists & Hands
• Lower Back
• Hips
• Knees
• Ankles & FeetWhether you’re looking to reduce pain, transform troublesome muscles, or get back in the game, Injury Rehab with Resistance Bands provides rehab techniques for your exact injury, including:
• Arthritis & Tendinitis
• Bursitis & Fasciitis
• Ligament & Meniscus Injuries
• Sprains & Strains
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Rotator Cuff InjuriesRead more
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Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
Deb Dana is the foremost translator of polyvagal theory into clinical practice. Here, in her third book on this groundbreaking theory, she provides therapists with a grab- bag of polyvagal-informed exercises for their clients, to use both within and between sessions. These exercises offer readily understandable explanations of the ways the autonomic nervous system directs daily living. They use the principles of polyvagal theory to guide clients to safely connect to their autonomic responses and navigate daily experiences in new ways. The exercises are designed to be introduced over time in a variety of clinical sessions with accompanying exercises appropriate for use by clients between sessions to enhance the therapeutic change process. Essential reading for any therapist who wants to take their polyvagal knowledge to the next level and is looking for easy ways to deliver polyvagal solutions with their clients.Read more
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Coeliac Disease: What You Need To Know (Overcoming Common Problems)
‘A must-have for sufferers, medics, caterers and restaurant staff’ – Ian Marber
This authoritative, accessible and supportive book will help you to find out if you or child need to avoid gluten, and how to set about getting a diagnosis. If you do need to avoid gluten – or if you already know you or a family member are coeliac – it will help you to understand labelling, to shop safely (and affordably), to eat out without fear, and to make the best healthy, gluten-free choices for your diet. There is plenty of psychological and emotional support, and insight into managing everyday challenges, from safe travel to personal care and other non-food exposures. The book also gives some insight into the latest research into coeliac disease, and possible future developments for managing the condition, giving continued hope that the newest, groundbreaking therapies may transform the lives of coeliacs ten years hence.
Practical, readable and with a Foreword by Coeliac UK, this book is indispensable for anyone seeking the very latest information and advice on how to live the best possible gluten-free life.
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River Cottage Much More Veg: 175 vegan recipes for simple, fresh and flavourful meals
Want to cook more veg for your family, but have no idea where to start? Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is here to help, with a whole host of veg-centric recipes that are easy, foolproof and delicious. Let’s ‘Eat Them To Defeat Them’!
Hugh’s River Cottage Veg Every Day! became the UK’s best-selling vegetable cookbook, persuading us through sheer temptation to make vegetables the mainstay of our daily cooking. In this much-anticipated follow-up, Hugh delivers more irresistible recipes, and this time, takes things one step further. Fuelled by his passionate belief that plant foods should be the dominant force in our kitchens, Hugh has put cheese, butter, cream, eggs, and refined flour and sugar firmly to one side. Instead, he uses veg, fruit, wholegrains, nuts, seeds, spices and cold-pressed oils to explore the length and breadth of what can be achieved with natural, unprocessed plant foods. River Cottage Much More Veg! makes it clear that unadulterated ingredients are the very best building blocks for delicious and healthy meals.
In typical Hugh style, the recipes are easy, utterly foolproof,delicious, and full of plenty of swap-out suggestions. All but a handful are gluten-free, and at least half the dishes require 20 minutes (or less) hands-on work time. With recipes such as Roast squash and chickpeas with spicy apricot sauce, Blackened cauliflower with pecans and tahini, Spiced beetroot, radicchio and orange traybake, Celeriac and seaweed miso broth, Seared summer cabbage with rosemary, chilli and capers, and Baked celery agrodolce, River Cottage Much More Veg! demonstrates how easy it is to make versatile, plentiful and delicious vegetables the bedrock of your diet.
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This Is Your Mind On Plants: Opium―Caffeine―Mescaline
THE INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR NEW NETFLIX SERIES, HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND
‘It’s a trip – engrossing, eye-opening, mind altering’ New Statesman
‘Fascinating. Pollan is the perfect guide … curious, careful, open minded’ The Guardian
Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs – opium, caffeine and mescaline – and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thinking about them into sharp relief. Exploring and participating in the cultures that have grown up around these drugs, while consuming (or in the case of caffeine, trying not to consume) them, Pollan reckons with the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants, and the equally powerful taboos.
In a unique blend of history, science, memoir and reportage, Pollan shines a fresh light on a subject that is all too often treated reductively. In doing so, he proves that there is much more to say about these plants than simply debating their regulation, for when we take them into our bodies and let them change our minds, we are engaging with nature in one of the most profound ways we can. This ground-breaking and singular book holds up a mirror to our fundamental human needs and aspirations, the operations of our minds and our entanglement with the natural world.
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Medical Abbreviations & Normal Ranges: Survival Guide (Nursing and Health Survival Guides)
Part of the skill of nursing and healthcare involves being able to decipher and understand the meanings of results and abbreviations. Fully updated, this second edition is a handy survival guide which will supply you with up-to-date information and help you understand this language, so that you can provide appropriate holistic care to your patients.
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Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Manual for Midwives, 2nd Edition
Praise for the 1st edition:
“This book is a must have for any midwife, particularly those working in the community, clinics and in high-risk areas…. This book is an extremely useful reference tool.” (MIDIRS Midwifery Digest)
“The important facts are laid out concisely, primarily focusing on management, using evidence based guidelines for best midwifery practice.” (RCGP Journal)
Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Guide for Midwives, 2nd edition clearly outlines existing and pre-existing conditions which women can experience during pregnancy. This comprehensive and practical handbook identifies issues for pre-conception care, defines the condition, explores possible complications, outlines recommended treatment and emphasizes specific midwifery care.
This fully revised and updated edition of Medical Disorders in Pregnancy: A Guide for Midwives builds on the success of the first edition by covering more subjects. It includes physiology, more illustrations and algorithms and its accessible reference-style text enables information to be quickly and easily found.
Special Features
- A practical guide on medical disorders written specifically for midwives
- Jointly written by medical and midwifery experts in the field
- Accessible reference style format makes information easy and quick to find
- Emphasis on inter-professional working
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