Developing advanced assessment skills [[electronic resource] ] : patients with long-term conditions / / edited by Ann Saxon and Sue Lillyman

• Pubblicazione: Keswick, Cumbria, U.K., : M&K Pub., 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.075
• Soggetto topico: Chronic diseases; Chronically ill - Care
• Altri autori: SaxonAnn LillymanSue
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Prelims; Contents; Contributors; About the editors; Introduction; Chapter 1 Developing competence and skills in the care of long-term conditions; Chapter 2 Supporting people with long-term conditions; Chapter 3 Assessment of patients with long-term conditions; Chapter 4 History-taking and assessment; Chapter 5 Assessment of patients with chronic respiratory disease; Chapter 6 Assessment of patients with chronic heart failure; Chapter 7 Assessment of patients with diabetes mellitus; Chapter 8 Assessment of patients with musculoskeletal pain ; Chapter 9 Assessment of patients with multiple sclerosisIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This book will help you to develop some of the essential assessment skills that are needed to support patients with long-term conditions in secondary and primary care settings. You may be at the beginning of your career, or you may be an experienced practitioner who is moving into long-term conditions care. At whatever level you may be, this book will give you some guidance on how to use appropriate assessment tools and to reflect on your experience from practice.Supporting patients with long-term conditions is not solely the domain of nursing. This book is intended to be suitable for a range
• Titolo autorizzato: Developing advanced assessment skills
• ISBN: 1-283-33354-6; 9786613333544; 1-907830-18-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781465103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II