Author: Glenda Esmond BSc(Hons) DiP Nursing RGN
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: nursing, respiratory
Number of Pages: 284
Published: 2001-09-17
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0702024279
ISBN-13: 9780702024276

A comprehensive, patient-centered textbook of respiratory care covering the full range of patients’ needs/problems and related nursing responsibilities for acute and chronic respiratory conditions in both primary and secondary health care sectors. This is a rapidly changing field in which nurses need to maintain their knowledge of developments in practice. Research/evidence-based but with a strong practical approach throughout.

Author: Hannah Cooke BSc(Hons) MSc(Econ) MSc(Nursing Stu
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: healthcare, nursing, sociology
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-07-14
List price: $35.95
ISBN-10: 0443101558
ISBN-13: 9780443101557

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Nursing practice needs to be informed by an understanding of people and the societies in which they live. This introductory text has been designed specifically to discuss those aspects of sociology which are most relevant to nursing and the health care context in which it takes place.

Author: Gill Kirton BA Hons MAAnne-Marie Greene BA Hons
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Keywords: critical, approach, third, diversity, managing, dynamics
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2010-03-29
List price: $56.95
ISBN-10: 1856178129
ISBN-13: 9781856178129

For anyone looking to develop a career in HR or business management, understanding the contexts, policies and practices for developing a sustainable and high performing, diverse workforce is a must. The Dynamics of Managing Diversity was one of the first books to respond to growing academic coverage of the topic of diversity management at degree level. This third edition has been fully updated to reflect new working practice, statistical information and equality and diversity law, as well as including new case studies and information on International policies outside the UK and Europe. Diversi

Author: Iain Hennessey MBChB(Hons) BSc(Hons) MRCSAlan J
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: easy, made, gases, blood, arterial
Number of Pages: 152
Published: 2007-09-07
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 044310414X
ISBN-13: 9780443104145

Arterial blood gas analysis plays an indispensable role in the assessment and management of patients with a huge range of acute medical and surgical problems. Its importance as a key tool in the work-up of acutely unwell patients rivals that of the ECG and the chest x-ray. This book covers all aspects of the arterial blood gas in a simple, user-friendly manner. The first part explains the technique, the values obtained and common patterns of abnormalities, while the second part comprises a series of worked examples and case scenarios to allow the reader to put this system into practice.A pract

Author: Karen Kenyon BSc(Hons) BA(Hons) MCSPJonathan Ke
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: physiotherapy, pocketbooks, fingertips, facts, pocketbook, essential, physiotherapist
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-02-17
List price: $51.95
ISBN-10: 0080449840
ISBN-13: 9780080449845

The Physiotherapist’s Pocket Book is an exceptionally comprehensive, handy reference that is ideal for clinicians in their daily practice and students on core clinical placements - musculoskeletal, neurology, respiratory. The second edition of this extremely popular book has been updated and expanded to make it even more invaluable during clinical practice. It is designed to be a useful aide memoir during assessment and treatment planning with instant access to key facts and figures.A to Z list of pathologiesContraindications to treatmentPharmacology section with over 150 drugs described

Author: Manoj Ramachandran BSc(Hons) MBBS(Hons) MRCS(Eng)
Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
Keywords: study, guides, mrcs, surgery, cases, osces, clinical
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2003-01-22
List price: $53.95
ISBN-10: 044307044X
ISBN-13: 9780443070440

North East Thames Rotation, London, UK. Text is designed to prepare those taking the MRCS clinical section in surgery. Includes 133 cases graded in terms of likely appearance in the exams, tips emphasizing specific subjects, and examples of common procedures and props presented in the skill-based examination format. Softcover.

Author: Esmond Reid
Publisher: The MIT Pre
Keywords: approach, multidisciplinary, buildings, understanding
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 1988-04-07
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0262680548
ISBN-13: 9780262680547

"Understanding Buildings" provides students in architecture and other allied disciplines with a basic introduction to building technology in all its aspects.