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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

    R127,29 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

    R202,62

  • 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

    R613,63

  • Legal & Ethical Standards for Nurses, Fourth Edition

    by Sheryl Feutz-Harter ...
    To practice nursing effectively today requires a sound understanding of the legal system and the laws specifically affecting nurses. Legal and Ethical Standards for Nurses is filled with practical information, covering topics such as delegation, documentation, professional liability insurance, regulatory issues, advance directives and many others! While these are exciting and challenging times for ... Read more

    R146,04

  • School Nursing

    Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition

    by American Nurses Association, National Association of School Nurses ...
    The premier resource for today's school nurses, School Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition is by school nurses for school nurses, who often can be the only healthcare provider in an educational setting. Bridging those two worlds is but one distinctive challenge of this nursing specialty. Updated competencies are at the heart of the publication's 20 standards statements, which ... Read more

    R529,79

  • Intellectual Disability Nursing

    An Oral History Project

    by Bob Gates, Colin Griffiths, Helen L. Atherton, Su McAnelly, Paul Keenan, Sandra Fleming, Carmel Doyle, Michelle Cleary, Paul Sutton ...
    Series series Emerald Points
    This unique monograph, based on empirical research, used the oral history approach to explore the careers of 31 intellectual disability nurses from England and the Republic of Ireland; each with at least 30 years' experience.We sought to understand motives for such long service to nursing practice. Some had worked in the intellectual disability hospitals of the 19th and 20th Centuries. In both ... Read more

    R745,07

  • The Perinatal Nurses Guide to Avoiding a Lawsuit

    by Patricia M. Connors, RN, MS, WHNP ...
    In The Perinatal Nurses Guide to Avoiding a Lawsuit, Pat Connors shares her 10 years of experience and the expertise she acquired working as a legal nurse consultant and nurse expert. Working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys, combined with 40 years as a perinatal nurse, affords her a unique ability to educate perinatal nurses as to factors that might lead them to become involved in the ... Read more

    R146,04

  • Chronic Illness and Disability

    Principles for Nursing Practice

    by Esther Chang, Amanda Johnson ...
    An updated edition of the essential nursing guide to a 21st-century 'epidemic'.Chronic diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and, increasingly, nurses in Australia and New Zealand are caring for people with chronic disease and disability across a range of care settings. This new edition of Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Practice is an indispensible tool, helping ... Read more

    R1 635,97

  • Essentials of Law for Health Professionals - eBook

    by Kim Forrester, Debra Griffiths ...
    Perfect for: - • Bachelor of Nursing students - • Diploma of Nursing students - • Bachelor of Midwifery students - • Bachelor of Paramedicine students - • Bachelor of Health science students - • Post graduate Nursing and Midwifery students Essentials of Law for Health Professionals 4e provides students with the information and knowledge necessary to make well-informed and considered decisions ... Read more

    R1 606,96

  • Transitando a la salud colectiva

    Una experiencia de la Facultad de Enfermería de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

    by Claudia Marcela Camargo-Rojas, Diana Norella Córdoba Rojas, Consuelo Granja Palacios, Jenny Amparo Lozano Beltrán, Dora Stella Melo-Hurtado, Carmen Lucía Niño Cardozo, Liliana Quevedo León, Edilma Marlén Suárez Castro, Marlín Téllez Pedroza ...
    Este libro tiene como propósito visibilizar la participación y el aporte de la Facultad de Enfermería de la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana a la salud colectiva, enmarcada en el contexto de la salud colombiana, la articulación histórica y los aportes de enfermería a las corrientes de pensamiento en salud pública en Colombia, a través del caso particular del Departamento de Enfermería en Salud ... Read more

    R179,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nurses in War

    Voices from Iraq and Afghanistan

    by Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, RN, CNM, Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, PhD, RN, OCNS ...
    This unique volume presents the experience of 37 U.S. military nurses sent to the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters of war to care for the injured and dying. The personal and professional challenges they faced, the difficulties they endured, the dangers they overcame, and the consequences they grappled with are vividly described from deployment to discharge. In mobile surgical field hospitals and fast ... Read more

    R657,44

  • Communication Case Studies for Health Care Professionals, Second Edition

    An Applied Approach

    by Michael P. Pagano, PhD, PA-C ...
    PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:"Öallows students and faculty to explore real-life health communication behaviors through role-playing, interactive exercises, and examplesÖeasily adapted for use in many situations, sensitivity and diversity trainingÖvery worthwhile book for every medical faculty member working to instill professionalismÖin students."óVincent Carr, DO, MSA, FACC, FACP, Uniformed ... Read more

    R1 183,45

  • Nurses After War

    The Reintegration Experience of Nurses Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan

    by Mary Ellen Doherty, PhD, RN, CNM, Elizabeth Scannell-Desch, PhD, RN, OCNS ...
    Based on candid interviews with 35 nurses who were deployed for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this is the first book to reveal the stresses and moral dilemmas they experienced as they transitioned back into everyday life. The nurses share their difficulties with family separation, clinical reassignments, post-traumatic stress disorder, the perceived stigma of seeking mental health counseling, ... Read more

    R657,44

  • Seelische Gesundheit von Geflüchteten

    Ein Praxisratgeber für Gesundheitsberufe

    by Thomas Hax-Schoppenhorst, Stefan Jünger ...
    Insbesondere in Pflege- und Therapieberufen Tätige begegnen Geflüchteten, müssen diese optimal versorgen und dabei mit psychischen Krankheiten und Traumata angemessen umgehen. Geflüchtete sind und waren einer ganzen Reihe von Stressoren ausgesetzt, die sich auch psychosomatisch ausdrücken können. Pflegende können sich durch ihren ohnehin belastenden Berufsalltag aufgrund "unbekannter Größen" ... Read more

    R339,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • So, You Wanna Be A Travel Nurse?

    An Insider's Guide to Getting Started

    by Constance Buccere ...
    Is becoming a travel nurse your goal?Then this book is a must-read and you'll be glad you did.The author of this insider's guide has been in the industry for a decade and offers her inspiring, honest, and detail-oriented advice in a streamlined process from your choice to be a travel nurse, through your initial application, and to the end of your first travel assignment.Equip yourself with the ... Read more

    R155,12

  • Delivering Culturally Competent Nursing Care

    Working with Diverse and Vulnerable Populations

    by Gloria Kersey-Matusiak, PhD, RN ...
    Recipient of the 2019 AJN Book of the Year Award: Nursing Management and Leadership!Focusing on what it really means to be culturally competent in nursing practice, this text uses a unique framework to help nurses develop and apply these critical skills and provides numerous techniques for cultural self-assessment and cultural patient assessment. The third edition---imbued with lessons learned ... Read more

    R1 183,45

  • Epidemiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse

    A Population Health Approach

    by Demetrius Porche, DNS, PhD, ANEF, FACHE, FAANP, FAAN ...
    Written by nurses for nurses, this graduate-level text disseminates the core principles of epidemiology within a population health framework and provides practical knowledge nurses can use to analyze and improve healthcare in the community. Informed by the evolution of epidemiological science resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, this book demonstrates how epidemiology can have a profound impact ... Read more

    R1 446,46

  • En busca de la sensatez en medicina

    by Alberto Agrest ...
    ¿Qué es la sensatez? Podríamos definirla como una sabiduría práctica: hacer bien lo que hay que hacer, y no hacer –ni bien ni mal– lo que no hay que hacer. Hasta hace apenas décadas, las insensateces eran resultado de la ignorancia y de las creencias; en los últimos tiempos, el conocimiento científico ha ido reduciendo las insensateces de la ignorancia, y sin embargo no ha sido tan exitoso en ... Read more

    R159,00

  • Middle Range Theory for Nursing, Third Edition

    Third Edition

    by Mary Jane Smith, PhD, RN, Patricia R. Liehr, PhD, RN ...
    Praise for the Second Edition:"Smith and Liehr's exposition on nursing theory enhances nursing science and clinical practice with 12 middle range nursing theories. The discussion format of each chapter helps the reader understand the theories and the comparisons among them. This user-friendly reference is a must-have for students as well as academic and clinical nurse scholars."--AJN Book of the ... Read more

    R1 446,46

  • Nursing Scope of Practice in Europe

    by Douglas Long ...
    Nursing Scope of Practice in Europe is every nurse’s guidebook to understanding this subject. Nurses will learn what they need to do to keep their patients safe and stay within the legal limits of a nursing license as well as their employer’s polic ... Read more

    R555,21

  • Abenteuer Diagnose

    Wie Ärzte und Patienten mysteriösen Krankheiten auf die Schliche kommen. Wahre Medizingeschichten - Vom NDR-Gesundheitsmagazin Visite

    by Volker Arend, Anke Christians, Volker Präkelt ...
    Wahre Storys aus der Welt der Medizin - für alle Fans von Dr. House & Good DoctorEine nahezu unbekannte Autoimmunkrankheit, ein höchst seltener Gendefekt oder ein unsichtbarer Fremdkörper im Zwölffingerdarm: Bei der "Fahndung" nach einer rettenden Erklärung für quälende, lebensgefährliche Beschwerden geht es in der Medizin manchmal zu wie im Krimi.Woche für Woche berichten die Macher von ... Read more

    Was R186,17 Now R108,55

  • Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse, Third Edition

    Patient Safety, Quality, Outcomes, and Interprofessionalism

    by Susan McBride, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAAN, Mari Tietze, PhD, RN, FHIMSS, FAAN ...
    Integrating Policy, Technology, and Practice to Advance Safe, Data-Driven, Interprofessional Care.About This TextAward-winning and thoroughly revised, this text integrates national standards and policy with point-of-care technology, data management, analytics, and interprofessional teamwork to improve patient safety, quality, and outcomes. Chapters blend policy context with practical tools for ... Read more

    R1 914,05

  • 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

    R126,90 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nurses and Disasters

    Global, Historical Case Studies

    Edited by Barbra Mann Wall, PhD, RN, FAAN, Arlene W. Keeling, PhD, RN, FAAN ...
    This timely volume describes and analyzes the nursing response to a variety of historic and recent global disasters that occurred between 1885 and 2012, including Hurricane Sandy. The book is unique in its discussion of cooperation and conflict in the disaster responses regarding the mobilization of individuals across national borders and continents. It examines how partnerships developed, their ... Read more

    R862,03