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 2012-09-10 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New and expanded to reflect changes on the Internet, especially the explosive growth of the World Wide Web, this best-selling book is primer to the Internet for those who have little or no computer experience and a time-saving guide to resources for the more experienced surfer. In plain language it describes the Internet, how it works, and how to use various Internet tools. In addition, it provides an extensive listing of health-related Internet resources accompanied by reviews and descriptions - not just URLs of dozens of health related topics. The reader will find this directory a treasure trove of information resources available for health care professionals on the Internet.
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 The Internet for Nursing and Allied Health Professionals written by Margaret Edwards (J. A.) and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals written by Sydney Chellen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health and social care services are responsible for the delivery of skilled and high-quality care to their patients and clients. Nowhere are these objectives more important than in the fields of nursing, midwifery, radiography, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, health promotion, and social work. And one important quality standard in health care is evidence-based information and best practice. The Internet is a subject on which many people are, let’s face it, blissful innocents. I urge you to take the Internet seriously and to discover what is most relevant and useful for your practice – The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a practical means towards that end. The second edition contains new information to help you find your way around the Internet and updates the original book with more detail on the clear framework of the original edition. It’s a how-to book to get you going and save you time – a guide to those parts of cyberspace that provide particularly relevant evidence.
Download or read book The Impact of Access to the Internet on Evidence Based Practice of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Computers in Nursing s Nurses Guide to the Internet written by Leslie H. Nicoll and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook especially for nurses and other health professionals. It assists in navigating through online nursing references, shows what's there and how to access it.
Download or read book Internet Resource Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals written by Toni Hebda and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise, pocket-sized guide to the online healthcare environment provides background information about the Internet, its services and various types of Internet resources available for nursing and healthcare professionals. Updated with the most current resources, the volume is designed to provide readers with the knowledge and confidence needed to use the Internet for education, research, career and other purposes. The volume covers general computer information, health care information systems including strategic planning, system implementation and maintenance, network integration, the electronic or computer-based patient record, disaster planning and recovery and specialty applications such as telehealth. For nurses and health care professionals.
Download or read book The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals written by Sydney. S. Chellen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a wealth of health information on the Internet. Today’s students of health studies and all health care professionals must be able to use this valuable resource and extract from it what is most relevant and useful. In order for them to do this purposefully and skilfully, they need to have a thorough understanding of how the system works and have the ability to navigate their way around it with ease. The Essential Guide to the Internet for Health Professionals is a superb photocopiable resource for lecturers and a self instructional guide for students. It shows students how to: get online; navigate the World Wide Web; find health information on the Internet; communicate with other health professionals; access free health and medical resources; publish on the web; use online help with health studies assignments; search for jobs. Each unit contains easy-to-follow activities and photocopiable worksheets.
Download or read book Health Professions Education written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Institute of Medicine study Crossing the Quality Chasm (2001) recommended that an interdisciplinary summit be held to further reform of health professions education in order to enhance quality and patient safety. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality is the follow up to that summit, held in June 2002, where 150 participants across disciplines and occupations developed ideas about how to integrate a core set of competencies into health professions education. These core competencies include patient-centered care, interdisciplinary teams, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. This book recommends a mix of approaches to health education improvement, including those related to oversight processes, the training environment, research, public reporting, and leadership. Educators, administrators, and health professionals can use this book to help achieve an approach to education that better prepares clinicians to meet both the needs of patients and the requirements of a changing health care system.
Download or read book The Impact of Access to the Internet on Evidence Based Practice of Nurses and Allied Health Professionals written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals written by Toni Hebda and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toni Lee Hebda, Duquesne University School of Nursing, Allegheny General Hospital Patricia Czar, St. Francis Medical Center Cynthia M. Mascara, Shared Medical Systems Corp. (SMS) The perfect resource for practical information on computer literacy basics and applications. "Handbook of Informatics for Nurses and Health Care Professionals" is an accessible guide to the computer technology used by healthcare professionals. Written for nursing and healthcare professionals, this reference provides the most up-to-date information available. FEATURES: Contains expanded coverage of Intranets, search tools, outsourcing, strategies, planning, security, and patient information, providing the most up-to-date coverage of trends, technology, roles, regulations, and legislation. Updated discussion of client and web-based technology describes client and health information systems as well as education offerings and research. Section on HIPAA regulations and legislation familiarizes readers with factors that impact data quality. Chapters contain examples, and case studies that illustrate informatics in practice. Discussion of electronic communication teaches how use the Internet more effectively. Strategic planning for information management encourages appreciation for the intricacies of automated healthcare systems. Introduces characteristics, benefits, and issues surrounding the development and use of Computerized Patient Records (CPR). Disaster planning and recovery provides specific measures for back-up restoration of PCs. Telehealth familiarizes readers withlegal and technical issues.
Download or read book Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals written by Richard Gross and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology for Nurses and Health Professionals, Second Edition is an accessible guide providing comprehensive coverage of psychology for nurses and healthcare professionals in training and practice. Key features include: Fully updated and restructured to ensure content matches training requirements for nurses and healthcare practitioners Stronger focus on the biopsychosocial model, therapeutic relationships and self-awareness More examples to highlight application with theories demonstrated through scenarios relevant to practice Accessible style with critical discussion boxes, student diary entries, reflection points, summary boxes and glossary Free lecturer PowerPoints, extension material, MCQs and exercises available to download Written by the bestselling psychology author Richard Gross and Nancy Kinnison, an experienced nurse and lecturer, this is an essential guide to applying theoretical aspects of psychology to nursing and health care.
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Download or read book The Internet Workbook for Health Professionals written by David Hutchinson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to medical information on the Internet. For nurses. Primary focus on World Wide Web access, e-mail, and mailing lists. Discusses the kinds of information available and the required professional skills, including ethics, time management, and troubleshooting.
Download or read book Telenursing written by Sajeesh Kumar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-07-09 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by experts from around the globe (USA, Europe, Australia and Asia) this book explains technical issues, digital information processing and collective experiences from practitioners in different parts of the world practicing a wide range of telenursing applications including telenursing research by professionals in the field. This book lays the foundations for the globalisation of telenursing procedures, making it possible to know that a nursing service could perform on a patient anywhere in the world.
Download or read book Handbook of Informatics for Nurses Healthcare Professionals written by Toni Lee Hebda BSN, M.N.Ed., Ph.D., MSIS, and published by Pearson Higher Ed. This book was released on 2013-08-07 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. HANDBOOK OF INFORMATICS FOR NURSES & HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS, 5/e is a complete and up-to-date overview of the key issues related to adoption and use of health information technology and nursing informatics, with detailed practical information to support students and professionals in the field. Intended to address all the concepts, skills, and tasks professionals need to achieve the nation’s healthcare information technology goals, it contains three major sections: General Computer Information, Health Care Information Systems, and Specialty Applications. Major themes of privacy, confidentiality, and information security are woven throughout; project management is introduced in the context of strategic planning, and addressed in many other chapters. This edition contains extensive new coverage throughout, along with eight new chapters addressing issues such as Personal Health Records (PHRs), Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), usability, and consumer education.
