| Description |
xi, 740 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Nursing today and tomorrow / Jane Salvage -- Ch. 2. The philosophy of health / Alan Cribb -- Ch. 3. The social context of health / Paul Watt and Barbara J. Harrison -- Ch. 4. Promoting health / Sally Kendall -- Ch. 5. Primary health care / Margaret Edwards -- Ch. 6. Homeostasis and nature - nurture interactions: a framework for integrating the life sciences / John Clancy and Andrew J. McVicar -- Ch. 7. Communicating for health / Paul Barber -- Ch. 8. The nature of stress and its implications for nursing practice / Elisabeth Clark and Susan E. Montague -- Ch. 9. The patient as a consumer of health care / Judith Chamberlain-Webber -- Ch. 10. Managing health care delivery / Tom Keighley -- Ch. 11. Nursing: issues for effective practice / Jane E. Schober -- Ch. 12. Spirituality / David J. Stoter -- Ch. 13. Ethics, morality and nursing / Verena Tschudin -- Ch. 14. Developing the 'person' of the professional carer / Paul Barber |
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Ch. 15. Experiencing and managing pain: the patient - nurse partnership / Eloise C. J. Carr -- Ch. 16. Providing a safe environment - the management and prevention of infection / Jennie Wilson -- Ch. 17. Women's health / Mary Hamilton and Judy Reece -- Ch. 18. Maternity care / Maureen D. Raynor -- Ch. 19. Family-centred care / Norma Whittaker -- Ch. 20. Nursing's contribution to the health care of children and adolescents: some principles for practice / Chris Caldwell and Katy Lee -- Ch. 21. Mental health nursing / Stephen Firn, David L. Parker and Gregory Philip Rooney -- Ch. 22. Care of the person with a learning disability / David Sines -- Ch. 23. First line care / Marion Richardson -- Ch. 24. Principles of adult nursing / Nick Salter and Ruth Beretta -- Ch. 25. Care of adults in hospital / Sharon L. Edwards and Kim Manley -- Ch. 26. Care of the older person / Hazel Heath -- Ch. 27. Caring for the dying patient - principles of palliative care / Penny Smith |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical care.
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Nurse practitioners.
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Nursing -- Practice.
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Nursing.
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Nursing Care.
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| Author |
Hinchliff, Susan M.
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Norman, Susan E.
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Schober, Jane E.
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| LC no. |
98003609 |
| ISBN |
0340692308 |
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