Nursing specialties Books

In the past several decades, the medical community has witnessed professionals, instead of generalizing their knowledge, specialize in a specific area of practice. Head and neck surgery have thus become a major specialty within the surgical domain, and...

Sensiplan is a fertility awareness-based method of family planning, knownalso as natural family planning (“NFP”). Originally developed in Germany over aperiod of decades by the Arbeitsgruppe NFP  (“NFP Working Group”) at...

This innovative book provides a new conceptual analysis of loneliness - a condition associated with severe health consequences, including increased morbidity and early death.

"Jacki Pritchard has done an excellent job in writing her new book. The many scripts are immensely creative and wide-ranging. Any Hypnotherapist working with childbirth should have this book in their tool-bag; I totally recommend it." - Steve Burgess,...

First a Canadian by birth, then an American citizen, then an Air Force Veteran and a life long licensed practical nurse, Charlotte Freedly tells us her first-person narrative of so many family, work, and love life challenges. Many of us would hate to...

200 pages, 153 images, 7 contributorsChild Sexual Abuse Assessment  provides exercises that guide readers through the process of identifying documented injuries and developing a plan of action for each case.Readers will have the...

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In recent years, epidemiological studies have shown a significant increase of incidences regarding ulcerative colitis (UC) in most regions of the world. At present, a common therapeutic modality for inflammatory bowel disorders is the use of...

Child development comprises children's cognitive, linguistic, motor, social and emotional development, communication, and self-care skills. Understanding developmental periods means that possible problems or roadblocks can be planned for or prevented...

Depression is the #1 cause of disability worldwide.Sadly, many millions of sufferers are "treatment-resistant" and unable to find relief from traditional psychiatric medication.IV Ketamine Infusions break through treatment-resistant depression in 2 out...

Nurture for the Nurturer, is a supplemental guide that provides motivational fuel for the emotionally and physically spent mother during the initial days of breastfeeding and beyond. Each day's entry is likened to a well- balanced meal for the...

Perinatal Depression among Spanish-Speaking and Latin American WomenA Global Perspective on Detection and Treatment Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo and Katherine Leah Wisner, editors As more is known about postpartum depression, the more it is recognized as a...

Older people who would prefer to stay in their homes and states whose funds are being depleted by the rising costs of Medicaid payments to nursing homes find the current system of long-term care unsatisfactory. From Nursing Homes to Home Care arms...

Over the last ten years, pregnancy has not only become more complicated for many women, but the traditional provision of general intensive care units has been reduced. To bridge this gap, critical care units, usually staffed by midwives, have been set up...

Banking on Milk takes the reader on a journey through the everyday life of donor human milk banking across the United Kingdom (UK) and beyond, asking questions such as the following: Why do people decide to donate? How do parents of recipients hear about...

Sadly, women often feel they have no alternative but to give up breastfeeding, having been prescribed or purchased medication. In many cases, however, this is unnecessary. This book outlines the evidence base for the use of medication during...

Life at Home for People with a Dementia provides an evidence-based and readable account of improving life at home for people with a dementia and their families. There are estimated to be 47 million people with a dementia worldwide, the majority of whom...

In recent years, the literature on the topic of ethnic and racial issues in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias has increased dramatically. At the same time, the need for cultural competence in all of geriatric care, including dementia care, is...

This portable and practical pocket guide is an essential primer to capnography for those studying for and practising within the emergency medical services, as well as a convenient reference for other emergency department personnel, helping clinical staff...

Deprescribing practice in hospice medicine has expanded exponentially in recent years. This book systematically addresses the groups of extremely useful medications to manage chronic disease conditions and prevent complications.

This textbook provides practical guidance to enable health professionals to support survivors of sexual violence. It gives insight into the complex and wide-ranging nature and experience of sexual violence, barriers to disclosure, and explores the...

Surely time should stop, suspended by the tragedy of a serious disease?Surely life should become embalmed, preserved from the buffets of minutiae.Surely one should be exempt from laundry.When Sandy Glum, a high school teacher, was first diagnosed with...

Nausea and vomiting affect 50-90% of all pregnant women to varying degrees, impacting not only nutritional status, emotional status, productivity and household economics.  This little book is the resource which provides...

The Idle Hours Of An Invalid is a book written by George Richard Beaumont in 1878. The book is a collection of essays and reflections that the author wrote during his time as an invalid. Beaumont was a British author and artist who suffered from poor...

The History Of St. Anthony�������s Hospital: Now The Blue Coat Boys������� Charity School, In Peaseholme, In The City Of York (1869) is a book written by Robert Davies. The book provides a comprehensive account of the history of St. Anthony's Hospital,...

Historical Sketch And Laws Of The Royal College Of Physicians Of Edinburgh: From Its Institution To August 1852 is a book written by Christopher Douglas and published in 1882. The book provides a complete history of the Royal College of Physicians of...

Maureen was inspired to write this book as she has always been fascinated by the miracle of the process of birth, the beginning of new life and the importance of the best possible care, as well as positive outcomes, for mother, baby, father and siblings...

This book deals with the management of labour, guiding the readers to recognize problems by keen monitoring, based on anatomical and physiological understanding of labour. In this era of technology, this book revives the fading art of identification of...

The Handbook of Forensic Mental Health in Africa traces the history of forensic mental health in Africa, discussing the importance of considering cultural differences when implementing Western-validated practices on the continent while establishing...

The Manual of Practical Midwifery, written by James Reid and published in 1836, is a comprehensive guide to the management of natural and difficult labors. The book contains detailed descriptions of the various stages of labor, as well as the most common...

Over the past ten years there has been a dramatic increase in new nursing roles and nurse-led clinics within oncology. This unique handbook is a comprehensive companion for nurses studying and practising at an advanced level in this emerging field.This...

This book is the first comprehensive international overview of maternity services. Drawing on concepts of risk and social citizenship, it explores the relationship between welfare regimes and health policy by comparing and contrasting provision for...

This evidence-based guide educates and informs health professionals about promoting sexual wellbeing in the context of challenges from physical and mental health.Sexuality is an important aspect of quality of life for many people but can be affected by a...

This book delivers comprehensive explanations of normal hormonal physiology during pregnancy and descriptions of the hormonal pathology associated with various endocrine disease states. In addition, it serves as a relevant and synoptic resource for the...

Continuity of care in midwifery - the most traditional way of practising - has been overlooked for much of the last century but is re-emerging as an evidence-based model of care, one which is known to benefit women. This book is a vital companion to...

Wartime Nerves is a book written by Herbert James Hall and published in 1918. It is a study of the psychological effects of war on soldiers, with a particular focus on the condition known as shell shock. The book is based on Hall's experiences as a...

This book provides latest research and developments in the field of metronomic chemotherapy for breast cancer. It presents the principles and mechanisms of metronomic chemotherapy, preclinical and clinical studies, and the latest developments in drug...

This text is an authoritative analysis of current services for children and young people in the UK. Drawing upon European-wide data, this innovative book critiques the policies that have shaped today's services, argues that the current system is...

The Last Years of Long Lives is a unique account of that period of old age which precedes death. Based on 400 complete individual histories and covering a twenty-year period, it looks at the experiences of people over eighty years old in three important...

Medicinal Herbs to Boosts Immune System Plus Prevent Disease Bilingual Edition In English and Germany Languange Hardcover VersionFeeding your body with certain foods like fruit and vegetables may help keep your immune system strong. If you're looking for...

This innovative resource serves as a fusion of an MCQ guide and a textbook, providing essential content for postgraduate trainees gearing up for the FFICM Final exam, a vital part of the CCT in Intensive Care Medicine.

There are many unsolved problems in the study of cancer screening: how to estimate key parameters involved in screening exams, such as screening sensitivity; how to estimate distribution of lead time; how to evaluate the long-term effects of screening,...

In assessing the current state of feminism and gender studies, whether on a theoretical or a practical level, it has become increasingly challenging to avoid the conclusion that these fields are in a state of disarray. Indeed, feminist and gender studies...

Early Motherhood in Digital Societies offers a nuanced understanding of what the digital turn has meant for new mothers in an intense and critical period before and after they have a baby, often called the 'perinatal' period.The book looks at an array of...