Author: Verena Tschudin RGN RM DipCouns BSc(Hons) MA
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: nurses, skills, counselling
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 1995-10-02
List price: $47.95
ISBN-10: 0702019720
ISBN-13: 9780702019722

Fully examines the practical nature of counseling, concentrating in particular on the sensitive nature of caring. Topics covered include support systems, the bearing of ethical issues on nursing practice, and the special skills required to give appropriate advice in the case of bereavement. The book’s theoretical underpinning is the author’s "Four Question Model": What is happening? What is the meaning of it? What is your goal? and How are you going to do it?

Authors:Peter Nicklin, Neil Kenworthy MBA BEd RGN RMN,
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: experiential, approach, practice, nurse, assessing, teaching
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2000-07-21
List price: $61.95
ISBN-10: 0702025372
ISBN-13: 9780702025372

(Bailliere Tindall. Royal College of Nursing) Univ. of York, UK. Provides a guide to the requirement of teaching in practice courses and a balance of educational theory with practice. Uses an experiential approach recognizing the stages through which learners progress. For nurse and midwifery educators. British-oriented. Previous edition: c1995. Softcover.

Authors:Nicola Thomas, Toni Smith,
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: nursing, renal
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 2002-06-15
List price: $75.95
ISBN-10: 0702026425
ISBN-13: 9780702026423

Offering a comprehensive and up-to-date perspective in this specialized field, RENAL NURSING, 2ND EDITION provides complete coverage of all aspects of acute and chronic renal failure, including dialysis, transplantation, investigations, dietary management, children with renal problems, and community nursing. It takes an in-depth look at essential anatomy, physiology, and psychology, cross-referencing between chapters and concluding with a handy, quick-reference appendix on drugs used in renal failure. Each chapter demonstrates the most effective, up-to-date skills and procedures that are key t

Author: Nicky Lanoe RGN RCNT RNT MSc ILTM
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: research, reading, ogier
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2002-10-01
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0702026700
ISBN-13: 9780702026706

St. Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Text provides nurses with a step-by-step guide to locating and reading research, including technologies such as CD-ROM, Medline, and the Internet. Highlights political challenges and pressures behind the need for practicing nurses to be accountable for the quality of care they deliver. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover.

Authors:Tracy Levett-jones, Sharon, RN, Ph.D. Bourgeois, Lyn
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: guide, survival, nursing, placement, clinical
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 2008-12-31
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 070202970X
ISBN-13: 9780702029707

"The Clinical Placement Survival Guide: An Essential Guide for Nurses" is a survival tool for nursing students and those that support them throughout their clinical learning journey: mentors, facilitators, academics, clinical partners and registered nurses. Nursing students clinical placement experience is often fraught with problems. Anecdotal and empirical evidence suggests that nursing students experience feelings of stress, anxiety, alienation, disillusionment and disempowerment as a consequence of problems they encounter while on clinical placement. The guide is a user friendly resource d

Author: Nicola Thomas
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: nursing, renal
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2008-02-19
List price: $81.95
ISBN-10: 0702028398
ISBN-13: 9780702028397

This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is a research-based guide to nursing in this field. The book covers all stages of chronic kidney disease; haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis; transplantation; investigations; nutrition; and renal care in infancy, childhood and early adolescence. The underlying anatomy, physiology and psychology are discussed in depth, along with the skills and knowledge required to provide support, treatment and high quality care.Comprehensive, up-to-date text which provides all that nurses need to know abou

Author: Colin Torrance PhD BSc Dip Life Sciences Nursing
Publisher: Bailliere Tindall
Keywords: nursing, surgical
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 1997-12-01
List price: $51.95
ISBN-10: 0702019690
ISBN-13: 9780702019692

The new edition of this classic text has been completely revised and updated. Reorganized into two sections, the first one focuses on core themes and principles of surgical nursing and the overall surgical process; the second concentrates on major common procedures and focuses on the applied anatomy and physiology underpinning surgical interventions and the rationale for nursing care. Also features coverage of the most up-to-date procedures such as the impact of day surgery and minimally invasive techniques.