Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (2025)
Essential skills such as communication, health assessment, vital sign monitoring, infection control, and medication basics.
Critical care areas including oxygenation, patient self-care, mobility, skin integrity, pain management, and nutrition, along with urinary and bowel elimination.
Healthy People 2030 Nutrition and MyPlate.gov Social media relating to the profession of nursing Wound care current practice Medication and bar code scanning
Skills in Clinical Nursing (2020)
Unit 2 - Safely Moving a Patient
Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners (2019)
Equips you with the knowledge to provide the safest and most effective patient care possible; provides evidence-based guidelines to ensure best practice that is matched to the National Occupational Standards and the Care Certificate; includes new chapters on administering injections, ear irrigation and examining the feet of people with diabetes, and an entirely rewritten chapter on protocols.
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance (2016)
Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance provides an accessible introduction to the key theoretical underpinnings of moving and handling, including the legal aspects, biomechanics, risk assessment and safe principles of handling. Moving and Handling Patients at a Glance is ideal for nursing students, health care assistants, newly qualified nurses, as well as physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
Rehabilitation Interventions in the Patient with Obesity (2020)
Exercises covered could be used across the population.
Gathering evidence-based chapters addressing not only the physiological limitations of obese subjects but also state-of-the-art, novel and specific treatment and training modalities suited for these patient.
The number of disabled subjects who are also obese is now increasing worldwide.
The effective rehabilitative treatment of these patients involves special multidisciplinary considerations.
Communication: core interpersonal skills for healthcare workers (2020)
Written by Gjyn O'Toole, Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Healthcare Professionals 4e is an essential guide to clear and effective communication in a multidisciplinary healthcare setting. Divided into four sections, the fourth edition challenges the reader to reflect upon their personal communication style and habits; introduces strategies and skills to enhance future practice, and encourages the development of confidence through activities, scenarios and case studies. This fully revised fourth edition will appeal to health science students and clinicians seeking to communicate more effectively in an increasingly complex healthcare environment. A focus on digital communication - includes overviews and tips on navigating professional and personal electronic media Individual and group activities throughout to encourage skill development, reflection and awareness of self and others An extensive suite of scenarios - practise and apply your communication skills using realistic situations and individuals that healthcare professionals encounter in clinical practice Additional resources on Evolve eBook on VitalSource Student resources: Answers to end-of-chapter review questions Student quiz (True/False) Instructor resources: PowerPoints Semester Planner Tutorial activities Image bank Student quiz (MCQ's) Chapter 5 The specific goals of communication for healthcare professionals: Effective conclusions of interactions and services: Negotiating closure Chapter 20 Remote telecommunication or telehealth: The seen, but not-in-the-room healthcare professional Chapter 23 - Person/s experiencing neurogenic or psychological shock Chapter 25 - A Person/s fulfilling the role of a grandparent Chapter 26 - Person/s with a spinal injury Chapter 27 - A Person/s living in a residential aged care facility An eBook included in all print purchases
Communication Skills for the Healthcare Professional (2020)
Communication Skills for the Healthcare Professional, Enhanced Second Edition is a practical guide that covers essential verbal and nonverbal communication skills you need to become a strong communicator.
Communication Skills in Health and Social Care (2019)
Our ability to communicate is a key part of everyday life and is an essential skill,
particularly when communicating with vulnerable people in a health and social care setting.
Easy-to-use dictionary format, this practical guide will help understand and apply the principles of effective communication.
New entries covering social media, mindfulness, several tricky topics.
Skills to ensure you are engaging with the Professional Capabilities Framework.
A Comprehensive guide to rehabilitation of the older patient (2021)
This book will help all health professionals involved in the rehabilitation of older people to provide their patients with the highest possible quality of life and autonomy
Grammar and Writing Skills for the Health Professional (2018)
Extremely student friendly, GRAMMAR & WRITING SKILLS FOR THE HEALTH PROFESSIONAL, 3e, focuses on the fundamentals of grammar and writing to help you develop the skills to communicate clearly and effectively in real-world practice. An indispensable resource the can be used during your schooling as well as you when enter your career, the text is divided into three modules. The first focuses on basic grammar (nouns, pronouns, verbs) and the second on more advanced topics (sentences and paragraphs). The third module helps you develop writing skills for medical reports, correspondence, emails, office meeting minutes, progress notes, charting, research, and brochures. The text's unique writing process can also be used for cover letters and resumes. In addition, the text includes current information on HIPAA, the Joint Commission, American Health Management Information Association, and much more, while real-world applications at the end of every section illustrate how chapter concepts relate to your future career.
Interpersonal Relationships (2020)
Excellent book discussing communication skills for nurses
Patient and Person: Interpersonal skills in nursing. 7th Edition (2021)
The book includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient. Nurses will learn to build trusting relationships and support patients in their health journey. Narratives and stories to explain practical application of theoretical concepts. Forty-two learning activities to enable students to understand the content and practise skills in a focused manner. Person-centred approach throughout. Online scenario-based videos to demonstrate the use of specific skills. Renewed emphasis about the importance of reflection in culture care. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Patient and Person, 7e, included in all print purchases.