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4 produkter
4 produkter
Professional Development, Reflection and Decision-Making in Nursing and Healthcare
Häftad, Engelska, 2013
408 kr
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This essential text brings together in one place the inextricably linked concepts of professional development, reflective practice and decision-making. Fully updated and revised throughout, the new edition of this easy-to-follow, jargon-free title is targeted at nursing and healthcare practitioners and nursing students, providing clear guidance to help the reader think critically about their practice, work within professional boundaries, be accountable for their actions, and plan for their future.
418 kr
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The notion of vulnerability is critical to person-centred and high-quality nursing and healthcare practice, and underpins all nursing education. Understanding Vulnerability: a Nursing and Healthcare Approach focuses on vulnerability experienced every day by patients and clients in healthcare, and provides clear and supportive guidance to nurses and other healthcare practitioners on protecting and caring for vulnerable patients. Taking a fresh, critical and reflective perspective that reflects current trends towards the promotion of equality and acknowledges everyone’s vulnerability, this book is essential reading for all nursing and healthcare students, as well as healthcare practitioners who are committed to providing person-centred care. Special features:•One of the first books to address the issue of vulnerability from a nursing and healthcare perspective•Written by a group of experienced professionals, academics and educationalists with both educational and research expertise in the exploration of vulnerability•Includes narratives, perspectives and case studies, illustrating and bringing to life the issues within the book
Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity
A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
651 kr
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LEGAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL CAPACITY A Practical Guide for Health and Social Care Professionals SECOND EDITION Praise for the first edition: “Invaluable in negotiating the legal minefield that surrounds the complicated issue of mental capacity.”Mental Health Practice “In Dimond’s Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity, we find a well-crafted reference book that goes beyond mere presentation of the law and relevant regulations.”Metapsychology The Mental Capacity Act (2005) regulates decision-making processes on behalf of adults who are unable to give informed consent due to a loss in mental capacity (be that from birth or due to an illness or injury at some point in their lives). Since the act’s implementation, the new Court of Protection has been firmly established, and there have been significant Supreme Court cases, as well as further guidance on the 2005 Act and major developments in the use and assessment for Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. Thoroughly updated to take into account the many updates, developments, and changes in legislation and guidance, the new edition of Dimond’s authoritative guide will be warmly welcome by practitioners and students who need to understand and work within the Mental Capacity Act and how it applies to their professional responsibilities. A highly practical guide to the Mental Capacity Act and its provisions since its conception in 2005 Relevant for a wide range of practitioners and students within health and social careHighly readable and easily accessible, even for those with no legal background Includes a range of learning features, including scenarios, questions and answers, key summary points, and applications for practice. Legal Aspects of Mental Capacity is an essential resource for all healthcare and social services professionals, students, patient services managers, and carers working with those who lack the capacity to make their own decisions.
Advanced Practice in Healthcare
Dynamic Developments in Nursing and Allied Health Professions
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
599 kr
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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 servicesCountry-specific examples of advanced practitioners’ roles in delivering patient care in diverse settingsThe impact of advanced practice in nursing and the allied health professionsControversial issues including prescribing, regulation and credentialing, and the interface with medical practiceEthical and legal dimensions of advanced practiceThe preparation of advanced practitionersAdvanced Practice in Healthcare is an essential resource for all students, practitioners, managers and researchers of advanced practice in healthcare.