Download or read book Statistics for Nursing and Allied Health written by Stacey Beth Plichta and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2009 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory textbook explores the role of research in health care and focuses in particular on the importance of organizing and describing research data using basic statistics. The goal of the text is to teach students how to analyze data and present the results of evidence-based data analysis. Based on the commonly-used SPSS software, a comprehensive range of statistical techniques—both parametric and non-parametric—are presented and explained. Examples are given from nursing, health administration, and health professions, followed by an opportunity for students to immediately practice the technique.
Download or read book The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health written by Jacqueline L. Longe and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aims to educate people about allied health and nursing, whether pursuing a degree in an allied health field or already working as a nurse or allied health professional. Individuals traversing the healthcare system due to their own medical needs or that of a loved one can find medical information they need in order to make informed health decisions"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing Allied Health written by Jacqueline L. Longe and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2006 with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1-5, covering entries A-Z, presents information on diseases and disorders, tests and procedures, body systems, health professions, and current health issues.
Download or read book Advanced Practice in Healthcare written by Paula McGee and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive resource for advanced practice within nursing and the allied health professions—revised, expanded, and updated throughout. Advanced practice is an established and continuously evolving part of healthcare workforces around the world as a level of practice beyond initial registration. Advanced practitioners are equipped to improve health, prevent disease, and provide treatment and care for patients in a diverse range of settings. This comprehensively revised fourth edition emphasises the importance of practice in advanced healthcare, presenting a critical examination of advanced practice roles in nursing and allied health professions through a series of learning features designed to facilitate the development of vital knowledge and skills. Advanced Practice in Healthcare presents: International developments in advanced practice as a global response to the need to modernise services, reduce costs and increase access to healthcare services Country-specific examples of advanced practitioners’ roles in delivering patient care in diverse settings The impact of advanced practice in nursing and the allied health professions Controversial issues including prescribing, regulation and credentialing, and the interface with medical practice Ethical and legal dimensions of advanced practice The preparation of advanced practitioners Advanced Practice in Healthcare is an essential resource for all students, practitioners, managers and researchers of advanced practice in healthcare.
Download or read book Advanced Practice in Healthcare written by Carol Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advanced Practice in Healthcare outlines the key components of advanced practice in which healthcare professionals are engaged. With a clear skills focus, it explores issues critical to providing effective enhanced care to patients whilst managing and negotiating the complexities of the healthcare delivery system. Perspectives on advanced practice are illuminated throughout the text and are designed to promote the formation of new thinking in relation to practice, education and research. The text is comprised of three sections that address different aspects of advanced practice and these in turn: Provide guidance on the development of clinical skills, including consultation, clinical decision making, holistic care, and the role of care planning in advanced practice. Explain management skills and how to manage, negotiate and monitor the complexities of the healthcare system in order to ensure the delivery of quality patient care. Clarify the professional role of the advanced practice clinician and how implementation of the role can improve the delivery of patient care. In each chapter activities are presented that assist in the development, implementation and extension of advanced level practice. This text is especially relevant to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals practising within primary and secondary care who wish to advance their practice or clarify their roles within the context of advanced practice, particularly those undertaking masters level study.
Download or read book Mosby s Medical Nursing Allied Health Dictionary written by Douglas M. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 2216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its initial publication in 1982, "Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary" has become a highly respected and widely used reference in the health sciences, particularly in nursing. Over 3,000 new definitions have been added to this edition. All nursing diagnosis entries have been updated to reflect changes in terminology and the new taxonomy approved for 2001-2002. Appendixes have been revised, updated, and streamlined and definitions for more than 100 common herbs and natural supplements have been added.
Download or read book The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health written by Jacqueline L. Longe and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 3093 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia will provide overview essays in five major subject areas: body systems and functions, issues and theories, techniques and practices, devices and equipment, and treatments and therapies. A key terms box accompanies all major entries.
Download or read book Mosby s Medical Nursing Allied Health Dictionary written by Kenneth Anderson and published by Mosby Elsevier Health Science. This book was released on 1998-01 with total page 2085 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was developed to provide a single source of authoritative, up-to-date information concerning health and health care terminology.
Download or read book Research in Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Evidence for Best Practice written by Marilyn Richardson-Tench and published by Cengage AU. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health provides students with the theory to understanding research frameworks in nursing and allied health. Using practical examples, this text applies the theory to practice in a number of updated cases that reflect students across the nursing, midwifery and allied health areas. The research framework introduced in the book has three different intersecting purposes: (i) to show students how to critically appraise existing research (ii) to show students how the results of research can be used in clinical practice to inform patient care (iii) to conduct their own research. The sixth edition includes more content than ever before linking research to evidence-based practice, helpfully sign posted throughout the text in new evidence-based practice boxes. Research in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health supports instructors as they guide new nursing researchers through the entire research process in a practical and easy to read step-by-step guide. The new four-colour design will be a welcome addition to Cengage’s suite of Nursing texts, as well as new CourseMate Express website and Search Me! Nursing, giving students unique access to current journals and news articles specific to nursing and health research.
Download or read book The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health written by Brigham Narins and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 2013 with total page 3784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This set provides more than 1,000 entries covering topics in nursing and allied health written for students and professionals in the field. Alphabetically arranged entries cover topics in body systems and functions, conditions and common diseases, contemporary health care issues and theories, techniques and practices, and devices and equipment. Covers all major health professions, including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and respiratory therapy." --from the publisher.
Download or read book The Internet for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals written by Margaret J.A. Edwards and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you need to know how others have dealt with a proposed health care change, you cannot wait three months for the next conference, or nine months for the next book to come out - this is the real power of the Internet. It allows the instant exchange of information with peers around the world, giving you the knowledge edge to keep your nursing or health care practice progressive. This is a primer to for those who have little or no computer experience, describing in plain language the Net and how it works, including how to use various Internet tools. In addition, Margaret Edwards provides an extensive listing of health-related Internet resources, from an on-line version of the American Journal of Nursing, to the "Virtual Nursing Centre". In short, readers will find this directory, complete with descriptions of each entry, a treasure trove of the information resources available for health care professionals on the Internet.
Download or read book Allied Health Services written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With estimates of their numbers ranging from one million to almost four million people, allied health care personnel make up a large part of the health care work force. Yet, they are among the least studied elements of our health care system. This book describes the forces that drive the demand for and the supply of allied health practitionersâ€"forces that include demographic change, health care financing policies, and career choices available to women. Exploring such areas as credentialing systems and the employment market, the study offers a broad range of recommendations for action in both the public and private sectors, so that enough trained people will be in the right place at the right time.
Download or read book Allied Health written by Kevin Lyons and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the most of your contribution to health care delivery! Allied Health: Practice Issues and Trends in the New Millennium is a comprehensive look at present and future concerns in the allied health care field. Leading experts in allied health practice and education address practice and policy issues that have developed as technology and a changing health care environment have created new and expanded roles for allied heath professionals. With the allied health field projected to add an estimated four million new jobs by 2005 in the United States alone, this book is an essential resource for maximizing the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver safe, efficient, effective, and equitable care. Allied Health: Practice Issues and Trends in the New Millennium presents an overview of the concerns facing the largest and most diverse pool of health workers in the United States as they provide disease detection, prevention, dietary, health promotion, rehabilitation and health management services at all levels of health care delivery. This unique book addresses critical issues that affect allied health practice, including managed health care, computer technology, drug information, and demographic trends in society, with an emphasis on implications for education. The book also includes appendices listing allied health organizations, accrediting agencies, and descriptions of federally recognized allied health professions. Allied Health: Practice Issues and Trends in the New Millennium presents information on: public policy research needs new directions for accreditation interprofessional collaborative alliances employment opportunities practice directions and much more! Allied health professionals play a critical role in health care delivery, comprising a significant portion of the health care work force with tremendous potential for addressing issues of health care cost, quality, and access within the health care system. Allied Health: Practice Issues and Trends in the New Millennium is an essential resource for the future of health care in the United States and a must read for allied health care educators and students, and health care policymakers.
Download or read book Miller Keane Encyclopedia Dictionary of Medicine Nursing Allied Health written by Marie O'Toole and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 2796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health written by Benjamin Frank Miller and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Core Collection in Nursing and the Allied Health Sciences written by Annette Peretz and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1990-01-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Product information not available.
Download or read book Encyclopedia Dictionary of Medicine Nursing and Allied Health written by Marie T. O'Toole and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 2356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Allied Health is highly regarded for its accuracy, the clinical usefulness of its entries, and its multidisciplinary approach that encompasses current topics across the entire spectrum of health care. Trademark features include comprehensive encyclopedic entries, portable size, soft cover, printed thumb tabs, unique "Windows" essays, and a color A&P atlas. Organized by major terms with related terms defined as subentries, Miller-Keane's organization provides easy access to information on a variety of closely related topics in one location. Encyclopedic entries are included for significant topics, such as diseases, disorders, or conditions. These encyclopedic entries include the definition along with a concise overview of the most important information related to Symptoms, Treatment, Patient Care, Prevention, etc. Miller-Keane also includes an extensive list of appendices. Dorland's spellchecker software and a companion Evolve website supplement this edition making it a powerful tool to building and using a medical vocabulary for all health professionals.
