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2 produkter
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
593 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Helps nurses to enhance their forensic skills and apply them to their practice in all settingsThis is a succinct yet comprehensive guide to the rapidly expanding specialty of forensics nursing. Exploring the forensic nurse’s role in the gamut of patient care settings, the book is distinguished by its easy-to-read content comprised of bulleted lists, tables, and figures; short chapters; and convenient pocket size. This up-to-date, evidence-based resource addresses all facets of forensics nursing, including legal and ethical issues, conducting interviews, trauma-informed care, delivering expert testimony, documenting injuries, and collecting and preserving evidentiary substances for Medico-Legal purposes.The book encompasses the wide range of injury and assault cases requiring the collection of forensic evidence in preparation for a legal case. This includes different types of sexual assault and violence, child maltreatment, elder maltreatment, bullying, interpersonal violence, gunshot wounds, community violence, human trafficking, terrorist acts, and mass disasters. With supporting case scenarios, the book describes step-by-step how to collect evidence and the proper procedure for handing over evidence once it is collected. Also included are verbatim descriptions of actual experiences forensic nurses have had while testifying.Key Features:Delivers broad content related to forensic nursing in easy-access Fast Facts styleHelps users to retrieve information at a moment’s notice with short chapters, bulleted lists, tables, and figures, all packaged in a portable, pocket sizeExamines the forensic nurse’s role in all patient care settingsExplores the legalities and ethics surrounding provision of health care to and collecting evidence from patients injured due to criminal activity.Covers the range of injury and assault cases requiring the collection of forensic evidence in preparation for a legal case
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
593 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
This is the first book to provide practical and accessible guidance for frontline nurses in the delivery of effective, compassionate care to patients with STIs. With a focus on these infections as a growing global-health problem, this book helps facilitate early identification, treatment, and prevention, including counseling and behavioral interventions. This guide reviews common sexually transmitted diseases in depth, providing epidemiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, long-term sequelae, disease transmission, diagnosis, and recommended treatment. It focuses on nursing-specific interventions that include understanding a sensitive and appropriate patient history, interpreting a holistic consideration of patient lifestyle, and linking population-specific patient education and counseling.Written in quick-access Fast Facts format with bulleted information and concise paragraphs, each disease-related chapter provides a lifespan-specific section on pregnant women, adolescents and older adult patients, and nursing considerations for setting specific patient approaches. Links to government websites, such as updated screening guidelines, are incorporated throughout.Key Features:Provides expert guidance from an accomplished forensic nurse/nurse midwifeAddresses the most common STIs to facilitate accurate differential diagnosis and managementli>Considers to needs of special populations to provide individualized, culturally sensitive careOffers evidence-based patient information, prevention, and counseling guidance to maximize positive public health outcomes