A reflective text for new and experienced practice nurses, The Informed Practice Nurse, Second Edition encourages nurses to develop their knowledge, increase interest, and question their role. The material is also relevant to traineedoctors, practice managers, and health care assistants. It covers a variety of topics that are often omitted from general nursing texts, but are essential elements of practice nursing. Ethics and management are examples of topics written and related specifically to general practice. INDICE: Contents Contributors Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Ethics Ethics, philosophies and codes of practice Consent Respect for patient autonomy Pat Tweed, Cath Molineux and Marilyn Edwards Chapter 2 Management Organisations Change management Clinical governance in primary care Time management Pat Tweed,Marilyn Edwards and Karen Mayne Chapter 3 Infection Control Mandy Beaumont and Chris Baldwin Chapter 4 Health promotion Needs assessment Promoting preconception care Prevention and management of osteoporosis Diana Forster, Diane Pannell, Marilyn Edwards Chapter 5 Mens health Social issues surrounding mens health Testicular cancer Prostate cancer Men who have sex with men Marilyn Edwards, Glenn Turp, Jean Crutchley Chapter 6 Womens Health The invisible minority; health needs of lesbian women Pre-menstrual syndrome Domestic Violence (Domestic abuse) Georgina Paget, Gudrun Limbrick and Marilyn Edwards Chapter 7 Health needs of young people Nutritional issues in young people Eating disorders Teenage health care Marilyn Edwards, Susan Jones, Wendy Okoye Chapter 8 Wound management Joy Rudge Chapter 9 Moving Practice Nursing Forward Marilyn Edwards Index
- ISBN: 978-0-470-05749-0
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 08/02/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés