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  • The New Arrival: Part 1 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 1 of 3 (Chapters 1-9 of 30).You can read Part 1 two weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.17-year-old Sarah Hill leaves behind her home in Wales and enrols at Hackney General Hospital, where she is due to start her training.Looking up at the rows and rows of little ... Read more

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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

    R130,97 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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, Observer**At 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

    R208,48

  • Fast Facts for Curriculum Development in Nursing

    How to Develop & Evaluate Educational Programs in a Nutshell

    by Jan L. McCoy, PhD, RN, Marion Anema, PhD, RN ...
    Series series Fast Facts
    "This new addition to the Fast Facts series is a pithy, quick-access guide for novice nurse educators to the development, revision, and evaluation of programs and curricula that meet the standard requirements of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the NLNAC, and CCNE. Applying the concepts and principles of Systems Theory, the guide moves step-by-step through the development process ... Read more

    R642,03

  • Introduction to Aboriginal Health and Health Care in Canada

    Bridging Health and Healing

    by Vasiliki Douglas, BSN, BA, MA, PhD ...
    Written by one of the leading researchers in First Nations and Inuit Health, this is the only entry-level text to address the current state of knowledge in the field of aboriginal health. The book places aboriginal health in Canada within its historical and philosophical context as it addresses social and clinical approaches to major health issues facing this population. It discusses the ... Read more

    R810,28

  • Éthique clinique et organisationnelle

    Fondements, intégration et perspectives internationales

    by Antoine Payot, Marie-Eve Bouthillier, Nathalie Gaucher ...
    Éthique clinique et organisationnelle propose de dépasser la séparation traditionnelle entre éthique du soin et éthique de la gestion pour penser une éthique intégrée au cœur des organisations de santé. À partir de modèles concrets, de situations cliniques et de perspectives internationales, l’ouvrage explore les tensions contemporaines liées aux décisions, aux ressources, aux émotions et aux ... Read more

    R458,99

  • Global Health Nursing in the 21st Century

    Edited by Suellen Breakey, PhD, RN, Inge B. Corless, PhD, RN, FAAN, Nancy L. Meedzan, DNP, RN, CNE, Patrice K. Nicholas, DNSc, DHL (Hon), MPH, MS, RN, ANP, FAAN ...
    THE FIRST BOOK TO PRESENT THE SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES OF GLOBAL HEALTH NURSINGThis text is designed specifically for nurses and nursing students who have an interest in global health as a specialty, regardless of experience or education level. It reflects both the unique contributions of the nursing profession and of other disciplines, which is in keeping with the editors’ ... Read more

    R1 513,62

  • 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

    R1 599,56

  • Nursing the Spirit

    Care, Public Life, and the Dignity of Vulnerable Strangers

    by Don Grant ...
    Illness and death have always raised profound spiritual concerns. However, today most people experience suffering and treatment in hospitals and other impersonal, bureaucratic facilities whose employees are expected to follow scientific, rationalized norms of behavior. How do professional caregivers—the nurses and other workers who tend to patients—navigate between science and spirituality?Don ... Read more

    R535,08

  • Personzentrierte Pflegepraxis

    Grundlagen für Praxisentwicklung, Forschung und Lehre

    Edited by Christoph von Dach, Hanna Mayer ...
    Wie kann die gesundheitliche Versorgung von Patienten verbessert werden? Wie können Menschen wieder in den Mittelpunkt der Versorgung und Pflegepraxis gestellt werden? Personzentrierung gilt als ein Schlüsselelemente für diese Form der Praxisentwicklung. Was sich hinter diesem Begriff verbirgt klärt dieses Fachbuch.Personzentrierte Pflegepraxis bietet ein Fachbuch für Pflegemanager_innen, ... Read more

    R1 099,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advanced Practice Nursing

    Core Concepts for Professional Role Development

    Edited by Michaelene P. Jansen, PhD, RN-C, GNP-BC, NP-C, Kathryn A. Blair, PhD, FNP, FAANP ...
    The fifth edition of this topflight text on nurse practitioner role development is completely updated and expanded to encompass the full sphere of current practice roles. These include interprofessional, global health, and leadership roles and such practice issues as credentialing, prescriptive authority, and liabilities. The book encompasses the diverse expertise of contributors from a wide ... Read more

    R1 223,13

  • Code Green

    Money-Driven Hospitals and the Dismantling of Nursing

    by Dana Beth Weinberg ...
    Series series The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
    We are on the verge of the nation's worst nursing shortage in history. Dedicated nurses are leaving hospitals in droves, and there are not enough new recruits to the profession to meet demand. Even hospitals that were once very highly regarded for the quality of their nursing care, such as Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, now struggle to fill vacant positions. What happened? Dana ... Read more

    R179,85

  • Caring Science as Sacred Science

    by Jean Watson ...
    "In this continuing work, I have allowed myself to incorporate personal material...for my own caring-healingprocesses ...So, in some ways, writingabout caring and sacredscience may not be toleratedin academic circles andscholarly work, but if therewas ever a time to convergepersonal and professionalauthentic ethical efforts forliving/being/doing/becomingscholarly, spirit-filled and**scientific, it ... Read more

    R243,79

  • Giving Through Teaching

    How Nurse Educators Are Changing the World

    Edited by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, Cathleen M. Shultz, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN, Tonia D. Aiken, JD, RN ...
    Giving Through Teaching presents compelling stories of nurse educators and their students who have given their time, talents, skills, and resources to make the world a better place. Sharing stories from more than 70 nurse educators, this unique book inspires nurses to continue the work of their peers and to tell their own stories.Highlighting the efforts of U.S. nurse educators both at home and ... Read more

    R963,11

  • Nursing Policy Research

    Turning Evidence-Based Research into Health Policy

    Edited by Geri Dickson, PhD, RN, Linda Flynn, PhD, RN ...
    "[O]ffers excellent examples of nurses in action - effectively marrying research evidence and theories of policy influence to achieve policy change. . . .Only when we get the right policy research messages to the right policy makers will there be a real research-policy connection. Hats off to Nursing Policy Research authors, contributors and publisher (Springer Publishing Company) for helping move ... Read more

    R1 360,67

  • Se vende cuerpo

    El debate sobre la venta de órganos

    by Ricardo García Manrique ...
    Los grandes avances de la medicina y la cirugía ofrecen, cada vez más, la posibilidad de salvar vidas y de mejorar considerablemente su calidad gracias al trasplante de órganos. Sin embargo, esto abre un complejo debate ético entre el derecho de los enfermos a la mejor atención médica y el derecho a la integridad corporal de cada persona.En la actualidad, hay muchos más pacientes esperando un ... Read more

    R239,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Treue und Vertrauen

    Handbuch für Pflege-, Gesundheits- und Sozialberufe

    Edited by Thomas Hax-Schoppenhorst, Michael Herrmann ...
    Treue und Vertrauen sind Tugenden oder Ressourcen, ohne die zwischenmenschliches Leben und eine bedürfnisgerechte Behandlung und Pflege nicht möglich sind. Die Haltung der Treue ist zentral für das Verhältnis eines Menschen zu sich selbst und der Wahrheit. Treue ist lebenswichtig für die Gesellschaft im Sinne von Verbindlichkeit und Verlässlichkeit. Vertrauen ist eine Erfahrung, die es Menschen ... Read more

    R879,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chance Encounters

    A Bioethics for a Damaged Planet

    by Kristien Hens ...
    In this rigorous and necessary book, Kristien Hens brings together bioethics and the philosophy of biology to argue that it is ethically necessary for scientific research to include a place for the philosopher. As well as ethical, their role is conceptual: they can improve the quality and coherence of scientific research by ensuring that particular concepts are used consistently and thoughtfully ... Read more

    R132,79 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Modernization of the Nursing Workforce

    Valuing the healthcare assistant

    by Ian Kessler, Paul Heron, Sue Dopson ...
    The Modernization of the Nursing Workforce: Valuing the healthcare assistant is based on recently completed research exploring the role of healthcare assistants (HCA) in acute hospitals. Whilst a support role working alongside registered nurses has been a longstanding feature of the NHS, the contemporary HCA role has become increasingly central to the process of health service modernization. The ... Read more

    R1 070,18

  • Nursing History for Contemporary Role Development

    Edited by Sandra B. Lewenson, EdD, RN, FAAN, Annemarie McAllister, EdD, RN, Kylie Smith, PhD ...
    Underscores the importance of viewing current nursing issues in the context of historyNursing practice has progressed beyond Florence Nightingale, and so has nursing history. This book delves into the intricacies of nursing history and its impact on contemporary nursing practice, education, and research. Nurses have always been political advocates for underprivileged and vulnerable populations ... Read more

    R1 039,59

  • Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses

    Interpretation and Application

    by Marsha Fowler ...
    The “Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application, 2nd Edition” is an essential resource for nursing classrooms, in-service training, workshops and conferences, self-study, and wherever nursing professionals use ANA’s “Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements” in their daily practice. Each chapter of this ... Read more

    R763,82

  • Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Certification Review

    Edited by Amy Shay, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, FCNS, Jan Powers, PhD, RN, CCRN, CCNS, CNRN, NE-BC, FCCM, Terry A. Doescher, MSN, RN, CNS-BC, CCRC ...
    Co-Published with the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) to provide you with invaluable guidance for acing your Adult-Gerontology CNS exam!This comprehensive review manual provides the ultimate resource for either the AACN Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Wellness Through Acute Care (ACCNS-AG) or the ANCC Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (AGCNS-BC) ... Read more

    R1 375,96

  • Leadership and Systems Improvement for the DNP

    Edited by Gail Armstrong, PhD, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, Sharon Sables-Baus, PhD, MPA, RN, PCNS-BC, CPPS, FAAN ...
    Develop the necessary skills to serve as a leader in systems improvementThis unique, practical text will help DNP students develop the leadership skills needed to effectively implement and sustain meaningful change in the healthcare system. Presenting improvement methods within the framework of leadership, the book helps students to understand the practical applications of their education. Beyond ... Read more

    R1 146,65

  • Guided Participation in Pediatric Nursing Practice

    Relationship-Based Teaching and Learning With Parents, Children, and Adolescents

    Edited by Karen Pridham, PhD, RN, FAAN, Rana Limbo, PhD, RN, CPLC, FAAN, Michele Schroeder, PhD, RN, CPNP ...
    The first book about Guided Participation written for nursesThis authoritative publication delivers an in-depth examination of Guided Participation (GP), a dynamic process of teaching and learning that parents and guardians have used for generations to help their charges become self-reliant. GP is helping another person become competent by providing expertise working alongside the learner. For the ... Read more

    R1 284,31