The Future of Nursing

The Future of Nursing
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2011-02-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309208955

The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.

Black's Medical Dictionary

Black's Medical Dictionary
Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 849
Release: 2005-06-29
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1408104199

The forty-first edition gives over 5000 definitions and descriptions of medical terms and concepts accompanied by appendices on important subjects such as Health Economics, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Common Medical Tests and an address list of support and professional organisations. All material has been checked and updated with new and substantially revised entries on: abortion, anaesthetics, assisted conception, breast screening, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), clinical guidelines, clinical trials, evidence-based medicine, general practice, Gulf War syndrome, menopause, psychosomatic medicine.

Black's Medical Dictionary

Black's Medical Dictionary
Author: Gordon Macpherson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 849
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 0713654422

This is a well-known authoritative medical reference book with over 5000 terms and concepts defined and described. Many experts have contributed on specific areas, including tropical medicine, genetics and immunology.

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine
Author: M. S. J. Pathy
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1080
Release: 2006
Genre: Geriatrics
ISBN:

The fourth edition of 'Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine' provides an account of the fundamental changes associated with ageing, which are essential to our understanding and management of the elderly sick population. The title has been updated to reflect in treatment options and medical conditions.

Educating Professionals

Educating Professionals
Author: Steven M. Shardlow
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2016-04-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317145968

How do health and social care professionals learn their practice? What can the professions learn from each other? This book offers a comprehensively written account of the recent organizational and conceptual changes in UK practice education. Using case examples, the authors focus on the experiences of students' learning in practice settings: how this is organized, what methods are used to help students learn their trade and how their abilities are assessed. The book offers separate chapters on nine professions, all by authors well-established in writing about practice-based learning in their field. They present an exploration in areas of similarity and difference in expertise and outlook between professions, whilst introducing the general concepts that translate between professions. This book will be of great interest to academics and professional in the fields of health studies and social work.

Managing Yourself

Managing Yourself
Author: Jane Schober
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1998-11-11
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1349147931

The second edition of this successful book is about understanding, valuing, managing and developing yourself as a professional. The text leads from basic self-awareness, via examples and exercises, to the importance of building a personal philosophy. The final chapter, on developing yourself and choosing a career path, has been completely revised in line with the UKCC's current emphasis on the importance of lifelong learning. Readers will find the tone of the book warm and motivating.

Occupational Health Nursing

Occupational Health Nursing
Author: Katie Oakley
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

This second edition has been fully updated with four new chapters and is aimed mainly at students of occupational health nursing but will also be of interest to qualified occupational health nurses. There is an increasing interest in this speciality of community nursing which is expanding and developing with the encouragement and support of the Department of Health and the Health and Safety Executive. The book is a topical reader written entirely by nurses working in the field. It aims to be thought-provoking, stimulating and topical. It starts by setting occupational health nursing in the international context and Iooking at European developments in particular and how these relate to developments in other areas of the world, such as the Asia Pacific Region and the United States. The book then goes on to look in detail at some of the core functions of occupational health nursing and essential aspects of effective occupational health services such as writing and developing policies and procedures, setting standards and issues of quality and audit. This is followed by an in-depth look at some practical applications of the speciality using case studies in the areas of health promotion, mental health, rehabilitation and health assessment. The focus throughout is on the use, wherever possible, of practical examples and experience from the practice of occupational health nursing.

Clinical Education for the Health Professions

Clinical Education for the Health Professions
Author: Debra Nestel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1757
Release: 2023-07-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 981153344X

This book compiles state-of-the art and science of health professions education into an international resource showcasing expertise in many and varied topics. It aligns profession-specific contributions with inter-professional offerings, and prompts readers to think deeply about their educational practices. The book explores the contemporary context of health professions education, its philosophical and theoretical underpinnings, whole of curriculum considerations, and its support of learning in clinical settings. In specific topics, it offers approaches to assessment, evidence-based educational methods, governance, quality improvement, scholarship and leadership in health professions education, and some forecasting of trends and practices. This book is an invaluable resource for students, educators, academics and anyone interested in health professions education.

The Sage Handbook of Nursing Education

The Sage Handbook of Nursing Education
Author: Carol Hall
Publisher: SAGE Publications Limited
Total Pages: 605
Release: 2024-05-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1526486431

In the past several years, a revival of research devoted to nursing education has emerged. This emergence has changed the way many educators engage in their practice of working with learners; and learners have come to expect that they will have a rich learning experience designed to develop new (or enhance prior) knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The SAGE Handbook of Nursing Education provides a detailed map of the current discipline, with a carefully selected team of international contributors offering the latest thinking about education in nursing across key areas. This handbook will be a key resource for academic educators, as well as graduate and postgraduate learners.