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Oxford Handbook of General and Adult Nursing

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ISBN-10: 0198569920

ISBN-13: 9780198569923

Edition: 2006

Authors: George Castledine, Ann Close

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The central title of the new Oxford Handbooks in Nursing series, this unique book is written specifically from a nurse's perspective. The Oxford Handbook of General and Adult Nursing gives concise, practical and expert advice on all aspects of the nurse's role. Written for both practising and student nurses, it is a comprehensive and reliable guide to the care of adults with chronic and acute illness. Giving a complete picture of a patient's progress, the handbook covers care from the initial assessment to discharge and continuing care. It also gives up-to-date advice on the role of the nurse working in a multidisciplinary team and as manager, team leader and co-ordinator of care. Helping…    
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Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/26/2006
Binding: Comb Bound 
Pages: 1088
Size: 3.94" wide x 7.09" long x 1.57" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Sir George Casteldine is Professor of Nursing and Consultant in General Nursing at the University of Central England at Birmingham in the Faculty of Health and Community Care, UK. Ann Close is National Clinical Advisor for Care Quality Commission in London, UK. Philip Downing is Vice Chair ofthe Faculty of Emergency Nursing, and Lead Nurse for Emergency Care at Gloucestershire Foundation Hospital NHS Trust, UK.

Defining nursing
Nursing care delivery models
Individualizing nursing care practice
Medicines management
Health promotion
Nursing patients with respiratory needs
Nursing patients with cardiovascular problems
Nursing patients with nutritional and gastrointestinal needs
Nursing patients with liver and gall bladder problems
Nursing patients with endocrine problems
Nursing patients with renal and urinary needs
Nursing patients with dermatology and skin needs
Nursing patients with neurological problems
Nursing patients with sensory system problems (eyes, ears, nose, and throat)
Nursing patients with mobility and musculoskeletal problems
Nursing patients with haematology problems
Nursing patients with connective tissue disorders
Nursing patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Nursing patients with reproductive and gynaecological needs
Nursing patients with infectious disease
Nursing patients with intimate care needs
Nursing patients requiring perioperative care
Nursing patients with pain
Nursing patients with body image problems
Nursing patients with cancer
Nursing patients with palliative care needs
Nursing the dying patient
Nursing the older person
Nursing the child and adolescent
Nursing patients with learning disability
Nursing patients with mental health needs
Nursing in the community
Nursing care of patient emergencies
Emergencies in the clinical environment
Ethical issues
Legal issues
Managing in the clinical environment
Nurse's role in coordinating care
Common laboratory tests and their interpretation