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Critical Care Nursingby Suzanne Bench; Kate Brown
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2011; US$ 47.99Critical Care Nursing: Learning from Practice takes a unique approach to critical care. Based around case scenarios that have the patient as the central focus, each chapter is constructed around an example of a critically ill patient with specific care needs. The chapters then go on to critically explore the knowledge and skills required to deliver expert care. This book looks at a range of critical care scenarios, including: The patient with acute lung injury The patient with fever The patient with an acute kidney injury The patient with long term needs The patient with increased intra-abdominal pressure The Patient following cardiac surgery Each chapter develops knowledge of the related physiology/pathophysiology, appropriate nursing interventions... more...
Nursing the Imageby Julia Hallam
Routledge 2000; US$ 51.95Julia Hallam considers the 'image' of nursing and how it has been constructed, contributing to the debates surrounding gender and occupational identity. more...
Explorations in Family Nursingby Dorothy Whyte
Routledge 1997; US$ 51.95This book examines the theory behind family nursing, and the value it serves to patients both in the community and in hospitals. Widely applied as a systematic strategy in a whole range of cases, it strengthens the level of care available. more...
Implementing Inquiry-Based Learning in Nursingby Dankay Cleverly
Routledge 2003; US$ 49.95The practicalities of implementing IBL can be a daunting prospect. Using a wealth of examples, relevant theories, models and research, this book takes the reader through the logistics of every stage of implementation. more...
Handbook of Manufacturing and Supply Systems Designby Bin Wu
CRC Press 2001; US$ 84.95Manufacturing Systems Management (MSM) is a functional domain that involves all of the activities for regulating and optimising a manufacturing system as it progresses through its life cycle. more...
Introduction to the Social History of Nursingby Robert Dingwall; Anne Marie Rafferty; Charles Webster
Routledge 1988; US$ 59.95Combining the skills of a social historian, a sociologist and a graduate nurse, this book traces the history of nursing from 1800 and speculates on the future of nursing in the year 2000. more...
Intensive Care Nursingby Philip Woodrow
Routledge 2000; US$ 70.00This user-friendly introductory textbook is written specifically for qualified nurses who are working in intensive care units and also for those undertaking post-registration courses in the speciality. more...
High-Dependency Nursingby Tina Moore; Philip Woodrow
Routledge 2004; US$ 65.00High dependent patients are nursed in many different areas. High Dependency Nursing Care is a textbook for nurses caring for patients requiring more detailed observation or intervention. This includes those patients needing support for a single failing organ system or post-operative care and those stepping down from higher levels of care. It is written especially for nurses undertaking post-registration courses to prepare them for this role. Written by a team of nurses experienced in providing, supporting and developing high dependency care, the authors discuss the main diseases causing critical illness and their treatments, the monitoring and skills needed in the associated nursing care, and the professional issues that arise from this type... more...
Development of the Japanese Nursing Professionby Aya Takahashi
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 44.95This book tells the story of 'Florence Nightingale-ism' in Japan, showing how Japanese nursing developed from 1868 to the present. more...
Nursing History and the Politics of Welfareby Ann Marie Rafferty; Jane Robinson
Routledge 1996; US$ 65.00Examines nursing as it has developed under different regimes and ideologies and at different times around the world. Highlights the role of politics and gender and proposes strategies for achieving greater recognition for the profession. more...









