Adult nursing practice : using evidence in care / / edited by Dr Ian Bullock, Professor Dame Jill MacLeod Clark, Professor Jo Rycroft-Malone

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791499903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , ©2012
• ISBN: 0-19-163118-3; 0-19-191847-4; 0-19-163117-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiii, 530 p., [8] p. of plates ) : illustrations (chiefly colour)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 610.73
• Soggetti: Evidence-based nursing; Nursing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2012.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1.Introduction Reframing Adult Nursing Practice -- 2.Understanding Asthma / Jo Rycroft-Malone / Jill Macleod Clark / Ian Bullock -- 3.Understanding Bone Conditions / Samantha Prigmore / Linda Pearce -- 4.Understanding Cancer / Anne Sutcliffe / Cameron Swift -- 5.Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease / Cathy Hughes -- 6.Understanding Coronary Heart Disease / Jane Scullion / Samantha Prigmore -- 7.Understanding Dementia / Alison Pottle -- 8.Understanding Depression / Jan Dewing -- 9.Understanding Diabetes Mellitus / Marie Chellingsworth -- 10.Understanding Functional Bowel Disorders / Anne Phillips / Roger Gadsby -- 11.Understanding Renal Disorders / Jenny Gordon -- 12.Understanding Skin Conditions / Debra Ugboma / Helen Willis -- 13.Understanding Stroke / Steve J. Ersser -- 14.Managing Anxiety / Christopher R. Burton / Caroline Smith -- 15.Managing Breathlessness / Sarah Kendal / John Baker -- 16.Managing Continence / Jessica Callaghan / Vikki Knowles / Samantha Prigmore -- 17.Managing Delirium and Confusion / Christine De Laine / Christine Norton / Jacqui Prieto / Mandy Fader -- 18.Managing End-of-Life Care / Catherine Bryant / Emma Ouldred -- 19.Managing Hydration / John W. Albarran / Marika Hills -- 20.Managing Hygiene / Michelle Cowen / Debra Ugboma -- 21.Managing Infection / David Voegeli -- 22.; Managing Medicines / Jacqui Prieto / Martin Kiernan -- 23.Managing Mobility / Jan Davis / Nicola Davey / Anne Baileff -- 24.Managing Nutrition / Nicky Hayes / Julie Whitney -- 25.Managing Pain / Sue Green -- 26.Managing Perioperative Care / Nick Allcock / Ruth Day -- 27.Managing the Prevention of Skin Breakdown / Jane Jackson -- 28.Managing Wounds / Andrea Nelson.
• Sommario/riassunto: Adult Nursing Practice: Using evidence in care enables today's students and newly qualified nurses develop the knowledge and skills they need to deliver, and lead care tomorrow. Reflecting the principles of evidence-based care, this textbook helps students learn to manage patients with common conditions and fundamental health needs so they can provide the best possible evidence-based care every day.