| Description |
xv, 601 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm |
| Contents |
Nutrition -- Resuscitation -- First aid -- Medicines and their control -- The legal and professional framework of nursing -- Standards of conduct, performance and ethics -- Common abbreviations -- Common prefixes, suffixes and roots -- Units of measurement and tables of normal values -- Immunization and vaccinations -- Occupational health and safety -- Prevention and control of infection -- Practice development -- Clinical supervision |
| Summary |
This edition is fully updated to ensure it retains its usefulness to nurses and health care workers. New entries reflect the constantly changing world of health care services. Containing a wealth of useful information in a convenient pocket-sized format, this is an essential resource for everyone involved in nursing and health care |
| Notes |
Previous edition: 2009 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Medicine -- Dictionaries.
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Nursing -- Dictionaries.
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Medicine.
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Nursing.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionary.
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Dictionaries.
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| Author |
Pratt, Robert J., writer of supplementary textual content
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Weller, Barbara F. (Barbara Fiona), editor
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| LC no. |
2013049733 |
| ISBN |
9780702053283 (paperback) |
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(International) |
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