The Practice Nurse: Theory and Practice
β Scribed by Pauline Jeffree (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 402
- Edition
- 2
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ethics....Pages 3-5
The Data Protection Act 1984....Pages 6-8
Health and safety....Pages 9-18
The treatment room....Pages 19-23
Nursing models....Pages 24-38
Control of infection....Pages 39-49
Laboratory reports and units of measurement....Pages 50-53
Laboratory specimens and their interpretation....Pages 54-81
Immunization and primary prevention....Pages 82-102
Wound management....Pages 103-114
Resuscitation and basic life support....Pages 115-118
Sudden infant death syndrome....Pages 119-124
Child abuse and child protection under the Children Act 1989....Pages 125-140
Domestic violence and the nursing team....Pages 141-143
Communication in the primary care setting....Pages 144-155
Counselling theory and practice....Pages 156-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Asthma....Pages 171-195
Diabetes mellitus....Pages 196-205
Care of the normally ageing elderly....Pages 206-226
Care of the elderly at risk of abuse....Pages 227-230
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Care of the elderly with Alzheimerβs disease....Pages 231-238
Coronary heart disease and stroke....Pages 239-259
The young adult, including the well man....Pages 260-263
The well woman....Pages 264-289
Alcohol and drug abuse....Pages 290-321
Stress....Pages 322-328
Depression....Pages 329-332
Suicide....Pages 333-334
Travellersβ health....Pages 335-346
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS....Pages 347-367
Research in general practice....Pages 368-379
Back Matter....Pages 380-392
β¦ Subjects
Nursing
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