This is the first resource to give the APN the practical tools with which to communicate, assess, and treat obese patients. Designed to help APNs to easily broach an uncomfortable topic, the book walks practitioners through the exam, providing tips on effective communication, understanding lifestyle constraints, and working with the patient to ......
Written specifically for the needs of family and adult nursing students, medical students, and primary care practitioners in Canada, this ""bible"" of family practice in America - named a 2013 Doody's core title - now provides current Canadian practice protocols for professional standards of care across the lifespan.
Breaking bad news is a common cause of anxiety for healthcare professionals. This book is a handy pocket-sized guide that will help you fulfil this difficult task as well as possible. This book will introduce you to a new model and mnemonic: S Set the scene U Understand your patient's perspective P Prepare your patient P Pass on the ......
The only comprehensive and accessible collection of validated and reliable instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing and health professions research. These measurements address quality of care; patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring; and caring behaviours, abilities, and efficacy.
The sixth edition of this text on advanced nursing role development is completely updated to encompass the full complement of current APRN practice roles. It illuminates the transition into practice of APRN master's and doctoral students, and emphasizes the APRN's role in influencing health policy, global health, and differentiated APRN practice ......
Provides invaluable guidance for acing your Adult-Gerontology CNS exam. This comprehensive review manual provides the ultimate resource for either the AACN Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist Wellness Through Acute Care (ACCNS-AG) or the ANCC Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist (AGCNS-BC) certification exam.
A monumental compendium of Caring Science past, present, and future. This groundbreaking work is an encyclopaedic reference on the full spectrum of Human Caring Science. With contributions from highly accomplished scholars and practitioners from six continents, it spans the evolution of Caring Science from its origins 40 years ago through its ......
Grounded in the belief that translating caring science within teaching practices will humanize nursing education, this important book emphasizes the ways in which teachers can translate Human Caring and Caritas in order to include strategies for establishing authentic caring pedagogical relationships with their students.
