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Libros en Enfermería y Obstetricia

Nursing Illuminations
A Book of Days
1 Edición
Patricia van Betten + 1 más
Inglés
Nursing Illuminations: A Book of Days is a daily reader written to rekindle all of the magnificent aspects of the nursing profession. This unique book describes the contributions of 366 nurses and addresses the history of nursing as well as the contemporary issues that nurses are facing. This depicts the similarities and bonds of nurses from the past and present through their causes, struggles and accomplishments.
Mothers and Midwives
The Ethical Journey
1 Edición
Faye Thompson
Inglés
A framework of ethics specific to midwifery and derived from midwifery practice that takes ethical discourse beyond current literature, proposing strategies for ethical practice based on findings arising out of the profession itself.
Managing Client Care - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
3 Edición
Elizabeth F. Wywialowski
Inglés
Promoting Health in Families - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource
Applying Family Research and Theory to Nursing Practice
3 Edición
Perri J. Bomar
Inglés
Nursing Leadership
1 Edición
John Daly + 2 más
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Nursing Leadership covers contemporary concepts in leadership and management and their application to nursing practice. In addition to covering the fundamentals, a wide range of current topics are addressed including: change management, contemporary approaches to nursing care delivery developing research based practice; cultural change processes; shared governance; development quality of work life issues; quality work environments; and industrial relations. Nursing Leadership provides a fresh innovative approach to the topic and is designed to stimulate interest in theory and concepts as well as providing the reader with strategies that can be readily tested and applied in practice.
Qualitative Research in Evidence-Based Rehabilitation
1 Edición
Karen Whalley Hammell
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This book provides an inexpensive and accessible discussion of qualitative research and the potential role for qualitative research in enhancing both the theoretical bases of occupational and physical therapy and the knowledge bases that inform evidence-based practice. It is a comprehensive text for students in the rehabilitation disciplines with examples drawn from research undertaken by physical therapists and occupational therapists. The book provides a resource for graduate students, researchers new to the field and to clinicians who seek a greater understanding of qualitative research and its use within the professions of occupational and physical therapy.Coverage and Orientation Occupational and physical therapists are being urged to adhere to "evidence-based practice" because clients and payers want services that are based on evidence that demonstrates their effectiveness. Qualitative Research in Rehabilitation : informing evidence-based practice will be a timely, practical and practice-related exploration of qualitative research, client-centred practice and evidence-based practice as these inter-relate and as they pertain to occupational and physical therapy.
Clinical Governance and Best Value
Meeting the Modernisation Agenda
1 Edición
Sharon Pickering + 1 más
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A practical handbook for all members of the health care team, showing through extensive use of examples and checklists, how the clinical governance imperatives can be addressed and achieved in order to deliver quality patient-focussed health care.
Child Protection
Guide For Midwives
2 Edición
Jenny Fraser
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Children have the right to be safe in our world and we all have a responsibility to ensure this happens. Midwives play a key role in enhancing relationships between a child and its parents for future well being. The book explores how the pressures inherent in the transition to parenting, and individual and social circumstances may make it difficult for mothers to respond sensitively to their babies' needs. Midwives are encouraged to use their skills of observation and analysis to recognise and provide appropriate emotional, educational and practical support to assist vulnerable women to bond with their baby and the baby in turn forming a secure attachment with it's mother.Midwives are also in a unique position to recognise potential or actual child abuse and are required to take such action as is necessary to safeguard the child from harm. This book provides midwives with confidence to undertake this role effectively.
Real World Nursing Survival Guide: IV Therapy
1 Edición
Denise Macklin + 1 más
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Nursing students struggling with the difficult area of IV therapy need a resource that guides them through the essentials and highlights what they need to know. This guide offers a visual, engaging approach that clearly explains topics such as: equipment and infusion devices, principles of peripheral and central venous therapy, peripheral and central complications, and special concerns for pediatric and older adult patients. The first section of the book presents content in an illustrated multi-modal approach that explains key concepts and reviews topics with a range of engaging learning activities. The last section contains 115 NCLEX review questions with answers and rationales for correct and incorrect answers.
A Midwife's Handbook
1 Edición
Constance Sinclair
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A Midwife's Handbook is designed to provide nurse midwives with quick access to important clinical information. Within each chapter, topics are arranged alphabetically to further ease the access of the information. The overall objective of this handbook is to provide information for the practitioner that is detailed, generally has not been memorized, or that discusses issues which are encountered infrequently enough that a quick review of the details is helpful when the situation arises. Nurse-midwifery management guidelines are included throughout, such as when to manage independently or when to consult with the physician. This outstanding new resource will also integrate alternative and complementary therapies along with key medical information specific to midwifery practice to provide practitioners with the complete care alternatives.