Foundations of nursing practice : fundamentals of holistic care / edited by Chris Booker, Anne Waugh ; foreword by Roger Watson.
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TextPublisher: Edinburgh ; Mosby/Elsevier, c2007Description: xvi, 758 pages : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780723433569 [paperback]Subject(s): Nursing | Nursing | Nursing Care | Nursing ProcessDDC classification: | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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610.73 F82 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | 3UCBL000005404 |
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents: Section 1 Health, nursing and health care in the 21st century -- 1 Understanding health and health promotion -- 2 Evolution of contemporary nursing -- 3 Health and social care delivery system -- Section 2 Professional practice -- 4 Learning and teaching -- 5 Evidence-based practice and research -- 6 Legal issues that impact on nursing practice -- 7 The NMC Code of conduct and applied ethical principles -- Section 3 Nursing and lifespan implications -- 8 The human lifespan and its effect on selecting nursing interventions -- 9 Relationship, helping and communication skills -- 10 Sleep, rest, relaxation, complementary therapies and alternative therapies -- 11 Stress, anxiety and coping -- 12 Loss and bereavement -- Section 4 Developing nursing skills -- 13 Safety in nursing practice -- 14 The nursing process, holistic assessment and baseline observations -- 15 Preventing the spread of infection -- 16 Caring for the person with physical need, sensory impairment and unconsciousness -- 17 Breathing and circulation -- 18 Mobility and immobility -- 19 Promoting hydration and nutrition -- 20 Elimination-urine -- 21 Elimination-faeces -- 22 Promoting the safe administration of medicines -- 23 Pain management-minimizing the pain experience -- 24 Caring for the person having surgery -- 25 Wound management; Includes glossary and index
Nursing
English
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