Download or read book Nursing Practice written by Margaret F. Alexander and published by Churchill Livingstone. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. The most comprehensive UK Adult Nursing core text, is now in its third edition, for the next generation of nurses. It has been revised and updated to present the knowledge and skills required for competent, evidence-based nursing practice, whilst maintaining the thorough approach that was welcomed in the first two editions.

Download or read book Director of Nursing Long Term Care written by Debra Collins and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 194 pages and CD. Includes FREE 2019 MDS Assessment Scheduling Calendar. Current with all RAI Manual Updates, PDPM updates, Surveyor Guidelines and Federal Regulatory Changes. Comprehensive manual for the new or experienced Director of NursingAll the essential information on Staffing, Resident Care, Quality Assurance, MDS Essentials, Nursing Policy and Procedure, Long Term Care Regulations, Survey Protocols. Forms in the Director of Nursing book and on the CD for Nursing budget, Staffing, Scheduling, Employee records, Staff education, Quality assurance audits, Infection control. Includes 23 Skilled Charting Guidelines. This Director of Nursing book aims to give all of the basic information a long term care Director of Nursing needs today. For the experienced Director of Nursing it provides a good reference for long term care regulations, standards, and laws. The forms included in the Director of Nursing book can greatly expedite job performance. Information is given on organizing the job, managing resident care, staffing, and quality assurance issues.For the new Director of Nursing, or the nurse aspiring to that position, the book outlines all of the major responsibilities of the job. Applicable federal regulations are quoted in each chapter, and forms are throughout the book. Forms and care plans have been updated to ensure compliance with the change to MDS 3.0 and with all of the federal regulations and guidelines updated during the past year.All of the forms and nursing care plans in the Director of Nursing book are included on the CD so they can be saved to a computer whenever needed. By adding or deleting entries, the forms and care plans can be made resident specific.

Download or read book Nobody s Home written by Thomas Edward Gass and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After caring for his mother at the end of her life, Thomas Gass took a job as a nursing home aide in a for-profit long term care home. This graphic, poignant & chilling book details his experiences in this 'warehouse' for the elderly & asks fundamental questions about care in American nursing homes.

Download or read book Clinical Pathways in Nursing written by Gail P. Poirrier and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first-ever step-by-step guide to the full continuum of care! Includes 30 pathways, each covering prehospital admission, acute care, and home care; multidisciplinary care interventions; medical, surgical, and psychosocial problems; and patient outcomes, patient teaching, and nursing research. Contents include contributors, consultants, and reviewers; preface; overview; respiratory problems; cardiovascular problems; metabolic function problems; cancer; renal disorders; musculoskeletal problems; neurologic problems; bowel elimination problems; pressure ulcers; psychiatric disorders; appendices, including NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses and national resources; selected references; and index.

Download or read book No Place Like Home written by Karen Buhler-Wilkerson and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-03-07 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes information on Mary Beard, black nurses, blacks, Boston (Massachusetts), Charleston (South Carolina), homecare, Ladies Benevolent Society, race, nursing salaries, tuberculosis, visiting nurse associations, etc.

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Download or read book The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children s Nursing Practices written by Susan Macqueen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinical skills are a fundamental aspect of nursing care of children and young people. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual of Children's Nursing Practices is an evidence-based manual of practical skills in children's nursing which builds on the extensive expertise developed at Great Ormond Street Hospital. It encompasses all aspects of children's nursing from the most basic aspects of everyday practice to advanced practice in high dependency and intensive care to provide a comprehensive resource for all qualified nurses, students, and other health-care professionals involved in caring for children, both in the hospital and the community setting. Children's and young people's nursing presents unique challenges. The Great Ormond Street Hospital Manual utilises the latest clinical research and expert clinical knowledge to address these challenges, and provides the underlying theory and evidence for nursing care of children. It provides a definitive guide to clinical skills procedures in children's and young people's nursing which enables nurses working with children and young people to practice confidently and deliver clinically effective family-centred care. Key features Offers access to clinical procedures developed through the extensive expertise from Great Ormond Street Hospital Contains evidence-based recommendations for expert care Encompasses all aspects of children's care Contains procedures guidelines students can rely on and effectively use in practice following qualfication Highlights specific needs of neonates and adolescents Placed in the context of inter-disciplinary care of the child Includes the rationale for each procedure - the 'why' as well as 'how' Information presented in a similar way to The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures - offering continuity to those working in both adult and paediatric settings This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes or the MedHand Store.

Download or read book Nursing Care written by Barbara Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go back to basics with this concise, clear text on the essentials of nursing care. Comprehensively covers all aspects of essential care Puts care into context and relates it to current UK Government policy and targets Shows how to apply theory in practice using diagrams and case studies Uses a reflective theme throughout, in line with current teaching practice Explains Clinical Skills in the context of care Includes a companion website (www.pearsoned.co.uk/field) to support learning The book is designed to help the student develop a proactive approach to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of the care that they give. The invaluable advice can be applied to all branches of nursing and to all environments where patients are nursed, whether in hospital, at home or care homes. Essential reading for nursing students, qualified nurses and all health and social care workers

Download or read book Five Days at Memorial written by Sheri Fink and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning book that inspired an Apple Original series from Apple TV+ • A landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and the suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justice—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning physician and reporter “An amazing tale, as inexorable as a Greek tragedy and as gripping as a whodunit.”—Dallas Morning News After Hurricane Katrina struck and power failed, amid rising floodwaters and heat, exhausted staff at Memorial Medical Center designated certain patients last for rescue. Months later, a doctor and two nurses were arrested and accused of injecting some of those patients with life-ending drugs. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting by Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink, unspools the mystery, bringing us inside a hospital fighting for its life and into the most charged questions in health care: which patients should be prioritized, and can health care professionals ever be excused for hastening death? Transforming our understanding of human nature in crisis, Five Days at Memorial exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals how ill-prepared we are for large-scale disasters—and how we can do better. ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, Entertainment Weekly, Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star WINNER: National Book Critics Circle Award, J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize, PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award, Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Ridenhour Book Prize, American Medical Writers Association Medical Book Award, National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Award

Download or read book Building and Sustaining a Hospital Based Nursing Research Program written by Nancy Albert, PhD, CCNS, CCRN, NE-BC, FAHA, FCCM and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-11-13 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first resource to present the “nuts and bolts” of creating a successful nursing research program. This text provides a roadmap to develop and nurture a nursing research program in complex hospital environments. Written by experienced clinical researchers who have successfully implemented these techniques in the Cleveland Clinic, the handbook shows nurses how to build and sustain a research program—a fundamental requirement to transform patient care and administrative practices and obtain and sustain American Nurses Credentialing Center Magnet® program recognition. The book demonstrates, step-by-step, how leaders and staff can integrate nursing research into the workflow of complex health care environments. It provides a framework for developing horizontal and vertical structures that promote the creation of new knowledge and for enhancing the scientific foundation of nursing evidence. With a focus on practical applications, the book addresses the structures, systems, processes, and resources required for creating and maintaining a research program along with methods for its evaluation. The handbook describes foundational principles that apply to hospitals of all sizes (including ambulatory centers and hospitals without extensive resources), and provides concrete guidance in adapting structures and processes to fit the needs of hospitals with varied nursing staff size and program goals. Replete with a wealth of ideas and strategies, it provides detailed templates that will assist novice and more experienced researchers, guidelines for committees to support nursing research within a hospital, and discusses the “who,” “what,” “why” of systems that enhance workflow. Chapters offer experiential stories written by nurses who describe the “real world” experiences of implementing clinical research in their practice. Tables and figures further illuminate information. Key Features: Written by experienced researchers who have implemented the techniques used in this book Provides a framework adaptable for use with hospitals of all sizes Includes guidelines for committees/councils to support nursing research within the organization Discusses processes and systems that enhance collaboration and workflow Offers stories from the field by nurses about “lessons learned” from their research experiences

Download or read book Home Health Nursing written by Karen E. Monks and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2002-10-22 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique, spiral-bound handbook is compact, portable, and written with busy home health nurses in mind! Organized by body system, it offers instant advice on assessment and care planning for the disorders home health nurses are likely to encounter. Providing assessment guides for all body systems, the home environment, and the client's psychological status, it includes full care plans for over 50 illnesses and conditions most commonly encountered in the home. Each plan lists nursing diagnoses, short- and long-term expected outcomes, nursing interventions, and client caregiver interventions. Care plans are organized by body systems to allow for quick retrieval of information. Both short-term and long-term outcomes are included in the care plans to aid evaluation of the care provided. Detailed assessment guidelines are provided for all body systems to facilitate complete and comprehensive client examinations. Guidelines for environmental and safety assessments aid in the appraisal and improvement of clients' living conditions. Client and caregiver interventions are outlined in the care plans to promote active client participation in self-care. The convenient pocket size makes transportation and use convenient to home health nurses. Appendices on documentation guidelines, laboratory values, medication administration, home care resources, and standard precautions provide quick access to useful home care information. Related OASIS items are identified in the assessment section, and ICD-9 diagnostic codes in the care plans section assist with proper home care documentation. Visit frequency and duration schedules are suggested within each care plan to assist nurses in evaluating and planning care. NANDA nursing diagnoses are consistent with the latest 2001-2002 nomenclature. An increase in suggested therapy referrals within the care plans and in a new appendix helps nurses identify indicators for specialized services. A fully updated Resources Appendix includes websites for easy access to home health service information.

Download or read book A handbook of nursing for the home and the hospital written by Catherine Jane Wood and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Handbook of Nursing for the Home and Hospital written by Catherine J. Wood and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Notes on Hospitals written by Florence Nightingale and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Nurses written by Alexandra Robbins and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller. “A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes.”—People Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing—one of the world’s most important professions (nurses save lives every day), and one of the world’s most dangerous, filled with violence, trauma, and PTSD. In following four nurses, Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos. It’s a world of hazing—“nurses eat their young.” Sex—not exactly like on TV, but surprising just the same. Drug abuse—disproportionately a problem among the best and the brightest, and a constant temptation. And bullying—by peers, by patients, by hospital bureaucrats, and especially by doctors, an epidemic described as lurking in the “shadowy, dark corners of our profession.” The result is a page-turning, shocking look at our health-care system.

Download or read book Handbook of Oncology Nursing written by Bonny L. Johnson and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1998 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This completely revised edition continues to reflect information about the treatment of cancer, oncologic emergencies, and common clinical problems. Prepared for the nurse caring for cancer patients, there is extensive use of practical problem/intervention tables. New content, such as fatigue and spirituality, together with completely updated chapters, provide the nurse in the hospital, clinic, or home with an easy-to-use guide for dealing with complex patient problems.

Download or read book Mary Regina s Nursing Home Academic and Library Edition written by William Beerman, Sr. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shares insights gained through 5 years of personal experience and research by the author about nursing homes and the government oversight system for nursing homes. It is a substantive 380-page journalistic novel hybrid written by a retired former journalist and certified internal auditor, William J. Beerman, Sr. The author intends the book to provide important information to the public and especially to those who might have a nursing home for themselves or a loved one in their current or future lives. The book is named after William''s mother, Mary Regina, who died after a short stay in a nursing home. After Mary Regina''s death, William filed suit over the mistreatment his mother had suffered, and he began looking into how the government oversees nursing homes. What he found out was alarming. This book presents in an easy-to-read, memoir-like framework, a three-part narrative: (1) the human-interest background story of Mary Regina and William, (2) details of Mary Regina''s hospital and nursing home experiences, and (3) what William learned about government oversight of nursing homes. The book covers state attorneys general lawsuits involving 65 nursing homes and more than 1 million patient-days of nursing home care. The investigations for the lawsuits elicited reports on nursing home operations from former employees who became confidential witnesses. The investigations looked not only at resident treatment, but at how the nursing homes interacted with oversight agencies, and with their parent corporations. Audits by state and federal auditors, and the work of a nursing home quality improvement task force, are also covered. William reports, for example: * Many nursing home administrators knew in advance when state inspectors were coming for "unannounced" inspections. * The federal government''s ratings for nursing homes do not consider the opinions of the people who live in them. * State enforcement actions can vary wildly, from 171 a year under one governor, to two under another in the same state. * Lawyers sometimes seem to be more successful at holding nursing homes accountable than do the agencies established for that purpose. * Even when government lawyers allege that it was mathematically impossible for inadequate nursing home staffs to provide the required care, lawsuits might be thrown out of court based on legal technicalities. * Keeping continent residents in diapers can be less expensive in terms of staff hours for nursing homes than it is to escort them to the bathroom. * In recent years, the number of complaints about nursing homes has risen while the number of citations and enforcement actions has gone down. * Nursing home operators contend that they are victims of excessive regulations and costly unfounded lawsuits, and that Medicaid''s rates for nursing home care fall about $25 per patient-day, or collectively about $7 billion per year, below the cost of providing proper care. * Residents are still in jeopardy; some of the same conditions are reported decade after decade. William grew up in a dysfunctional family, as many of us do. He had a strained relationship with his mother, largely because of a ruthless 13-year scorched-earth divorce war that she waged against his father, who was a steelworker. As Mary Regina grew older, she lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and William lived 1,775 miles away in Las Cruces, New Mexico. When William''s sister died young, he became his mother''s sole surviving offspring. And after Mary Regina broke her hip, William traveled to Pittsburgh and spent 20 days standing by at her bedside in a skilled nursing home. He observed what happened on the day shifts and listened as Mary Regina told him what happened at night. William''s complaints about the nursing home to the state department of health were not handled satisfactorily, so he began researching this book.