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/

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Download or read book Nursing and The Experience of Illness written by Irena Madjar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This accessible introduction to phenomenology for nurses explains what has become one of the most widely used qualitative research methods within healthcare.

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Download or read book Quality of Life From Nursing and Patient Perspectives written by Cynthia R. King and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-24 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality of Life: From Nursing and Patient Perspectives, Third Edition is a comprehensive text that offers a unique perspective on quality of life by reflecting the voices of patients and families receiving or having received care for cancer. It is an ideal reference for oncology nursing students and oncology nurses in a variety of settings, including inpatient units, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers, cancer centers, research centers, home care agencies, and hospices. Topics explore evolution of quality of life in oncology, theories and conceptual models, life methodological and measurement issues, clinical implications, cancer survivorship, and quality of life stories by patients and families. Completely updated and revised, this new edition contains two new research chapters and new material on chronic illness, measuring quality of life in different age groups, and patient perspectives.

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