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Confessions of a Male Nurse

by Michael Alexander ...

Series series The Confessions Series
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; ... Read more

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From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands;
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Sixty Years a Nurse

by Mary Hazard ...

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. ... Read more

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When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience.
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In Shock

How Nearly Dying Made Me a Better Intensive Care Doctor

by Dr Rana Awdish ...

**'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.' Sunday Times'Tense, powerful and gripping... her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful - evocative and emotional.' Adam Kay, ObserverAt seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her ... Read more

$18.99 NZD

**'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.' Sunday Times'Tense, powerful and gripping... her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful - evocative and emotional.' Adam Kay, ObserverAt seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her
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At the Coalface

The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

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A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
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At the Coalface: Part 1 of 3: The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

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A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
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The New Arrival

The Heartwarming True Story of a 1970s Trainee Nurse

by Sarah Beeson ...

‘I hadn’t been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn’t even lunchtime yet …’On a hot summer’s day in 1969, fresh-faced 17 year old Nurse Sarah Hill arrives at Hackney General Hospital in London’s East End.Battered suitcase in hand, she takes eager steps ... Read more

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‘I hadn’t been in Hackney for 24 hours but I knew that the way I saw life and people had changed forever. There was such goodness here but there was a sadness I had never imagined before, and it wasn’t even lunchtime yet …’On a hot summer’s day in 1969, fresh-faced 17 year old Nurse Sarah Hill arrives at Hackney General Hospital in London’s East End.Battered suitcase in hand, she takes eager steps
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At the Coalface: Part 3 of 3: The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

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A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
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The Courage to Care

A Call for Compassion

by Christie Watson ...

Nurses have never been more important.'An inspiring book for our challenging times' Olivia ColemanWe benefit from their expertise in our hospitals and beyond: in our schools, on our streets, in prisons, hospices and care homes. When we feel most alone, nurses remind us that we are not alone at all.In The Courage to Care bestselling author Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses' ... Read more

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Nurses have never been more important.'An inspiring book for our challenging times' Olivia ColemanWe benefit from their expertise in our hospitals and beyond: in our schools, on our streets, in prisons, hospices and care homes. When we feel most alone, nurses remind us that we are not alone at all.In The Courage to Care bestselling author Christie Watson reveals the remarkable extent of nurses'
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At the Coalface: Part 2 of 3: The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

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A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
... Read more
From Silence to Voice

What Nurses Know and Must Communicate to the Public

by Bernice Buresh, Suzanne Gordon ...

Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
**This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion.**â• Nursing StandardFor more than a decade, From Silence to Voice has been providing nurses with communication tools they can use to win the resources and respect they deserve. Now, in a timely third edition, authors Bernice Buresh and ... Read more

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**This is an invaluable book for all nurses, especially those who are proud of being nurses and who have always wanted to make others understand our passion.**â• Nursing StandardFor more than a decade, From Silence to Voice has been providing nurses with communication tools they can use to win the resources and respect they deserve. Now, in a timely third edition, authors Bernice Buresh and
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Lying Down in the Ever-Falling Snow

Canadian Health Professionals’ Experience of Compassion Fatigue

by Wendy Austin, E. Sharon Brintnell, Erika Goble, Leon Kagan, Linda Kreitzer, Denise J. Larsen, Brendan Leier ...

First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers who become “too tired to care.” Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is ... Read more

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First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers who become “too tired to care.” Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is
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Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

Principles for nursing practice

by Esther Chang, Amanda Johnson ...

- Fully updated and refreshed to reflect current knowledge, data and perspectives ... Read more

$94.99 NZD

- Fully updated and refreshed to reflect current knowledge, data and perspectives
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Patient and Person

Interpersonal Skills in Nursing

by Jane Stein-Parbury ...

A revised, updated edition of the bestselling nursing text promoting constructive interpersonal relationships.The latest edition of the ever-popular Patient and Person remains an authoritative guide to the practice and theory of developing interpersonal skills in nursing.This well known Elsevier nursing text has been fully revised and updated with new content and the latest research evidence, ... Read more

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A revised, updated edition of the bestselling nursing text promoting constructive interpersonal relationships.The latest edition of the ever-popular Patient and Person remains an authoritative guide to the practice and theory of developing interpersonal skills in nursing.This well known Elsevier nursing text has been fully revised and updated with new content and the latest research evidence,
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The New Arrival: Part 2 of 3

The Heartwarming True Story of a 1970s Trainee Nurse

by Sarah Beeson ...

The New Arrival can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 3 (Chapters 10-21 of 30).You can read Part 2 one week ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Sarah completes her preliminary nurse training, and finds her feet with staff and patients alike, under the watchful eye of the stern matron.It’s the end of the swinging sixties, ... Read more

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The New Arrival can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 3 (Chapters 10-21 of 30).You can read Part 2 one week ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Sarah completes her preliminary nurse training, and finds her feet with staff and patients alike, under the watchful eye of the stern matron.It’s the end of the swinging sixties,
... Read more
The New Arrival: Part 3 of 3

The Heartwarming True Story of a 1970s Trainee Nurse

by Sarah Beeson ...

The New Arrival can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3 (Chapters 22-30 of 30).You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Sarah completes her training, and, inspired by her experiences with a Health Visitor, she begins to realise that she may have found her passion…More than just a hospital, Hackney General was ... Read more

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The New Arrival can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3 (Chapters 22-30 of 30).You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Sarah completes her training, and, inspired by her experiences with a Health Visitor, she begins to realise that she may have found her passion…More than just a hospital, Hackney General was
... Read more
Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Education

An Essential Guide

by Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, ANEF, FAAN, Michael D. Dahnke, PhD, John Gyllenhammer, JD, H. Michael Dreher, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF ...

Understand the legal framework that provides the structure of Nursing!This is the only current text to critically examine the vast array of legal and ethical matters confronting nursing faculty in classroom and clinical settings. Designed to assist students preparing to be nurse educators, academic nursing administrators, and novice and seasoned faculty in making real-life decisions about academic ... Read more

$174.99 NZD

Understand the legal framework that provides the structure of Nursing!This is the only current text to critically examine the vast array of legal and ethical matters confronting nursing faculty in classroom and clinical settings. Designed to assist students preparing to be nurse educators, academic nursing administrators, and novice and seasoned faculty in making real-life decisions about academic
... Read more
Shaping Health Policy Through Nursing Research

Edited by Ada Sue Hinshaw, PhD, RN, FAAN, Patricia A. Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN ...

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in Nursing Research!*"This is a much needed addition to nursing's arsenal of policy books. It is the first to really examine the need for scientific evidence to underpin policy. The two editors are pioneers in research and have led nursing research to new levels. It is fitting they do the same in underscoring the important role ... Read more

$148.99 NZD

Named a 2013 Doody's Core Title!2011 AJN Book of the Year Winner in Nursing Research!*"This is a much needed addition to nursing's arsenal of policy books. It is the first to really examine the need for scientific evidence to underpin policy. The two editors are pioneers in research and have led nursing research to new levels. It is fitting they do the same in underscoring the important role
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LENS LOGIC

MASTERING THE ART OF IOL COUNSELING

by Dr. NILESH KUMAR ...

Counsellor Handbook on Intraocular Lenses is a first-of-its-kind, practice-focused guide that redefines how cataract counselors, ophthalmic assistants, and eye-care teams communicate the science and choices of modern IOLs to patients. Moving beyond traditional descriptions, this handbook blends clinical accuracy with real-world counseling strategies, giving readers a structured, intuitive ... Read more

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Counsellor Handbook on Intraocular Lenses is a first-of-its-kind, practice-focused guide that redefines how cataract counselors, ophthalmic assistants, and eye-care teams communicate the science and choices of modern IOLs to patients. Moving beyond traditional descriptions, this handbook blends clinical accuracy with real-world counseling strategies, giving readers a structured, intuitive
... Read more
Annual Review of Nursing Research, Volume 26, 2008

Focus on Rural Health

by Elizabeth Merwin, PhD, RN, FAAN, Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN ...

From reviews of the previous volume:"This volume should be quite useful to the target audience. It provides a good foundation for evidence-based practice and further research (4 stars)."--Doody's Book Review ServiceThe nursing community is continually challenged with expanding the empirical knowledge base that informs rural nursing practice. This volume of the prestigious Annual Review of Nursing ... Read more

$158.99 NZD

From reviews of the previous volume:"This volume should be quite useful to the target audience. It provides a good foundation for evidence-based practice and further research (4 stars)."--Doody's Book Review ServiceThe nursing community is continually challenged with expanding the empirical knowledge base that informs rural nursing practice. This volume of the prestigious Annual Review of Nursing
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Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Nursing

Enhancing Professional Quality of Life

by Vidette Todaro-Franceschi, PhD, RN, FT ...

Praise for Past Editions"This book is a vital read for individuals and the collective nursing profession… I encourage those who are concerned about the collective nursing profession, about what nurse educators are teaching students, about healthcare's high staff turnover and poor patient quality outcomes to consider reading and using this book." - M. R. Morrow, RN, PhD., Nursing Science Quarterly* ... Read more

$72.99 NZD

Praise for Past Editions"This book is a vital read for individuals and the collective nursing profession… I encourage those who are concerned about the collective nursing profession, about what nurse educators are teaching students, about healthcare's high staff turnover and poor patient quality outcomes to consider reading and using this book." - M. R. Morrow, RN, PhD., Nursing Science Quarterly*
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Saving Lives

Why the Media's Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk

by Harry Jacobs Summers, Sandy Summers ...

For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin ... Read more

$44.99 NZD

For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin
... Read more
Realities of Canadian Nursing

Professional, Practice, and Power Issues

by Carol McDonald, Marjorie McIntyre ...

In Realities of Canadian Nursing, influential scholars throughout Canada give voice to the unheard concerns of nurses and go to great lengths to ensure the text offers readers more than an update on current and pressing professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues in nursing and healthcare. In chapter 1 of the text, authors Carol McDonald PhD, RN and Marjorie ... Read more

$220.99 NZD

In Realities of Canadian Nursing, influential scholars throughout Canada give voice to the unheard concerns of nurses and go to great lengths to ensure the text offers readers more than an update on current and pressing professional, legal, ethical, political, social, economic, and environmental issues in nursing and healthcare. In chapter 1 of the text, authors Carol McDonald PhD, RN and Marjorie
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Fast Facts about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nursing

Building Competencies for an Antiracism Practice

by Sandra Davis, PhD, DPM, ACNP-BC, FAANP, Anne Marie O'Brien, PhD, MA, WHNP-BC ...

Series series Fast Facts
Delivers a comprehensive toolbox for understanding race and racism at structural, institutional, and individual levelsThis nursing handbook introduces and defines key terms about race and racism for nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators. It addresses how race and racism act as structural and core social determinants of health and propel health inequities. It moves beyond a focus on ... Read more

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Delivers a comprehensive toolbox for understanding race and racism at structural, institutional, and individual levelsThis nursing handbook introduces and defines key terms about race and racism for nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators. It addresses how race and racism act as structural and core social determinants of health and propel health inequities. It moves beyond a focus on
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Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse

Patient Safety, Quality, Outcomes, and Interprofessionalism

by Susan McBride, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAAN, Mari Tietze, PhD, RN, FHIMSS, FAAN ...

Designed specifically for graduate-level nursing informatics courses, this is the first text to focus on using technology with an interprofessional team to improve patient care and safety. It delivers an expansive and innovative approach to devising practical methods of optimizing technology to foster quality of patient care and support population health initiatives. Based on the requirements of ... Read more

$231.99 NZD

Designed specifically for graduate-level nursing informatics courses, this is the first text to focus on using technology with an interprofessional team to improve patient care and safety. It delivers an expansive and innovative approach to devising practical methods of optimizing technology to foster quality of patient care and support population health initiatives. Based on the requirements of
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