Effective Practices and Model Programs in Elder Care
Presents practical guidelines for operating assisted living facilities. It provides advice on hiring and training staff, architecture and space management, and more. It is organized to cover the essential aspects of management, including organization; human resources; business and finance; environment; and resident care.
Offers guidance and strategies to avoid the common pitfalls of EMDR practice through the 8-phase protocol. This text intends to guide therapists into a safer way of working while encouraging them to access accredited training and supervision for their practice. It also includes case studies that illustrate common pitfalls.
Presents insights from nurses, nurse managers and leaders, support staff, and patients about how it feels to practice or receive care. It exposes the failures and successes of nurse leadership/management and practice, and encourages nurse managers to make an effort to return leadership and management from a 'systems' to a 'patient-centered' ......
Can nurses be expected to deliver spiritual care? Should nursing claim healing as part of its mission? Should spiritual care be taught in nursing education? What do recent brain studies teach us about spirituality? Exploring these questions and many more, this new edition of Spirituality in Nursing provides a wealth of insight into current ......
""This book represents the most current information on the care of the MS patient .This will be an unparalleled resource for all nurses caring for MS patients and families."" -Amy Perrin Ross, APN, MSN, CNRN, MSCN Among the many responsibilities of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) nurse, perhaps the most important is to help patients devise, learn, ......
Provides advice, case studies, a variety of assessment tools, instructional guidelines, and practical exercises to educate nursing home staff about care of the dying. A multidisciplinary focus outlines important roles for staff members in providing competent end-of-life care.
The 2006 World Health Report highlighted the shortage of adequately prepared health professionals as the most significant threat to world health. This book focuses on the training of health professional educators (both teachers and practitioners) in low resource countries and communities at different levels of technological and material ......
Uugghh! A Slug! Slug feels completely unloved by the world, and can't help feeling it may have something to do with appearances. Happily, new-found friend Spider is on hand to explain that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
How to understand the Australian tendering process and write proposals that win consistent business
Government agencies and organisations - from the military forces to schools, local councils to hospitals, tax departments to legislative councils - are responsible for buying around 25% of all goods and services sold in Australia. The actual dollar amount is huge and ever- increasing. However,...
