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Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 2 Genes, Fetal Development and Early Neurological Development - Genes,... Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 2 Genes, Fetal Development and Early Neurological Development - Genes, Fetal Development and Early Neurological Development (Hardcover)
Stephen Von Tetzchner
R4,131 Discovery Miles 41 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This concise guide offers an accessible introduction to genes, fetal development and early brain development. It integrates insights from typical and atypical development to reveal fundamental aspects of human growth and development, and common developmental disorders. The topic books in this series draw on international research in the field and are informed by biological, social and cultural perspectives, offering explanations of developmental phenomena with a focus on how children and adolescents at different ages actually think, feel and act. In this succinct volume, Stephen von Tetzchner explains key topics including: Genetic inheritance, evolution, heredity and environment in individual differences, fetal development, prenatal stimulation, methods of studying the brain, brain development, early and later plasticity and brain organization and atypical development. Together with a companion website that offers topic-based quizzes, lecturer PowerPoint slides and sample essay questions, Typical and Atypical Child and Adolescent Development 2: Genes, Fetal Development and Early Neurological Development is an essential text for all students of developmental psychology, as well as those working in the fields of child development, developmental disabilities and special education.

Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN (R) Examination (Paperback, 7th edition): Hesi Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN (R) Examination (Paperback, 7th edition)
Hesi; Edited by Denise M. Korniewicz
R1,549 Discovery Miles 15 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN (R) Examination, 7th Edition provides a complete, all-in-one review of the information that you need to know. Written in an easy-to-read outline format, this study guide reviews content by concepts and clinical areas. Along the way, valuable tips from HESI (R) help you apply principles of clinical decision-making and clinical judgment. With almost 1,000 practice questions in both study and exam formats, the companion Evolve website enables you to practice test-taking in the same electronic format you will experience on nursing school exit exams and on the NCLEX-PN exam. HESI Hint boxes spotlight important clinical information and concepts commonly tested on the NCLEX-PN (R) exam. Chapters organized by clinical area enable you to easily search for various topics to review. Clinical judgment study questions with rationales reinforce key concepts and content. Consistent format and chapter organization make it easy to move between topics when reviewing. UPDATED! Content incorporates clinical updates and reflects the latest NCLEX-PN (R) test plan. UPDATED! Enhanced Evolve companion website with over 100 new questions for the NGN and almost 900 review questions for the NCLEX provides you with additional test-taking practice. NEW! Illustrated NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model with corresponding Test-Taking Strategies highlight how to apply clinical judgment. NEW! Questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX (R) (NGN) prepare you for the biggest change to the NCLEX-PN (R) test plan to date. NEW! All-new editorial board rejuvenates this classic text with fresh perspectives and expertise to make a great book even better.

Transition to Nursing Practice - From Student to Registered Nurse (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Angela Darvill, Melanie... Transition to Nursing Practice - From Student to Registered Nurse (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Angela Darvill, Melanie Stephens, Jacqueline Leigh
R609 Discovery Miles 6 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The transition from student to newly registered nurse can be daunting but with the right preparation, you can step into your new role with confidence. This book provides valuable guidance on what to expect, practical strategies for easing the transition and advice for supporting your ongoing personal and professional development. Key features o Each chapter is mapped to the new 2018 NMC standards o A new chapter on contemporary trends in nursing covers digital skills, peer facilitation, integrated working and more o Self-assessment tools and reflective activities help you to examine your competencies and identify goals for your development o A chapter on health and wellbeing illustrates the importance of self-care and recommends strategies to reduce stress and build resilience

Doing Comparative Case Studies - New Designs and Directions (Hardcover): Frances Vavrus, Lesley Bartlett Doing Comparative Case Studies - New Designs and Directions (Hardcover)
Frances Vavrus, Lesley Bartlett
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Comparative Case Studies: New Designs and Directions extends the comparative case study methodology established by Bartlett and Vavrus and employed in many areas of social research, especially in education. This volume unites a diverse, international group of education scholars whose work exemplifies the affordances and constraints of the comparative case study (CCS) approach and offers new theoretical and empirical directions for researchers. In 11 engaging chapters, experts in comparative education, early childhood education, peace education, refugee education, special education, and teacher education discuss their use of the CCS approach to produce new ways of knowing and to address challenges of multi-scalar and multi-sited research. The first section, Conceptualizing Cases and Case Selection, emphasizes the importance of carefully selecting cases during different phases of research while continuously reflecting on how these choices influence the findings. The second section, Balancing Specificity and Generalizability, addresses the challenge of balancing the need for rich, deep data while including multiple sites. The third section, Enabling Processual Analysis across Sites and Scales, demonstrates the fit between the CCS approach and qualitative research that unfolds over time and space. Addressing the Transversal Axis, the fourth section, showcases research with a strong temporal dimension. The final section, New Directions, suggests inspiring and innovative methods. Offering rich methodological examples and provocative discussion questions, this volume will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students in education and research design courses, and to scholars and policymakers in diverse fields seeking to design studies of complex phenomena at different sites and scales.

Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis of Adults for Advanced Practice Mental Health Nurses (Paperback): Robert... Psychiatric Mental Health Assessment and Diagnosis of Adults for Advanced Practice Mental Health Nurses (Paperback)
Robert Kaplan, Kunsook S. Bernstein
R1,307 Discovery Miles 13 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This text provides a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction to psychiatric mental health assessment and diagnosis in advanced nursing practice. Taking a clinical, case-based approach, this textbook is designed to support graduate nursing students who are studying psychiatric mental health nursing as they develop their reasoning and decision-making skills. It presents: Therapeutic communication and psychiatric interviewing techniques, alongside basic psychiatric terminologies. The major psychiatric diagnoses, drawing on the DSM-5. A step-by-step guide to conducting a comprehensive psychiatric mental health assessment. Case examples demonstrating assessment across major psychopathologies. Good practice for conducting mental health evaluations. This is an essential text for all those undertaking psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs and a valuable reference for advanced practice nurses in clinical practice.

Social Work: The Basics (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Mark Doel Social Work: The Basics (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Mark Doel
R3,705 Discovery Miles 37 050 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Fully revised second edition. Includes glossary of key social work terms. Includes detailed discussions of the changes to the organisation of social work practice and education in the countries of the UK. In addition to this, there is greater international content. Covers the full range of social work, not just one group/type, with discussions of children, adults and the elderly over topics including immigration, people trafficking and refugees, protection, substance abuse and socially excluded groups.

Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare - A Facilitation Guide (Paperback): Gill Harvey, Alison Kitson Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Healthcare - A Facilitation Guide (Paperback)
Gill Harvey, Alison Kitson
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The successful implementation of evidence into practice is dependent on aligning the available evidence to the particular context through the active ingredient of facilitation. Designed to support the widely recognised PARIHS framework, which works as a guide to plan, action and evaluate the implementation of evidence into practice, this book provides a very practical 'how-to' guide for facilitating the whole process. This text discusses: undertaking an initial diagnosis of the context and reaching a consensus on the evidence to be implemented; how to link the research evidence with clinical and patients' experience and local information in the form of audit data or patient and staff feedback; the range of diagnostic, consensus building and stakeholder consultation methods that can be helpful; a description of facilitator roles and facilitation methods, tools and techniques; some of theories that underpin the PARIHS framework and how these have been integrated to inform a revised version of PARIHS Including internationally-sourced case study examples to illustrate how the facilitation role and facilitation skills have been applied in a range of different health care settings, this is the ideal text for those interested in leading or facilitating evidence based implementation projects, from the planning stage through to evaluation.

Developmental Care of Newborns & Infants (Hardcover, Third, International Edition): National Association of Neonatal Nurses Developmental Care of Newborns & Infants (Hardcover, Third, International Edition)
National Association of Neonatal Nurses
R2,189 Discovery Miles 21 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Update and improve your neonatal and newborn intensive care unit (NICU) nursing know-how, with the evidence-based Developmental Care of Newborns and Infants, 3rd Edition. This leading text on developmentally supportive care of infants and their families addresses the full spectrum of neonatal care, from prenatal planning to delivery, plus neonatal intensive care and the transition to home. A completely updated version of the respected National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) publication, this is the definitive guide for learning current care standards, and the ideal foundation for neonatal nurses, students, and NICU nurses. Upgrade your neonatal and NICU nursing knowledge with this science-based guide: NEW and fully updated content and practice guidelines NEW practice standards from the European Foundation for Infants and Newborn Children NEW content aligned with the findings of the Gravens Task Force standards for high-risk newborns NEW color-enhanced photographs of infants Presents developmental care in terms of holistic awareness of infant and family and their interactions with the NICU environment Offers a framework for providing care that protects and supports the neurobehavioral development of the infant - interdisciplinary approach Chapters offer latest evidence-based findings and best practices, including: The science of infant- and family-centered developmental care - history and principles Infant- and family-centered care standards for NICU Healthcare team collaboration, including the family Theoretical perspective for individualized family-centered developmental care (IFCDC) Quality indicators for developmental care - trauma-informed conceptual model Infant mental health - essential strategies for social-emotional care of NICU families The structures and processes of critical periods of fetal development The NICU sensory environment Collaborative therapeutic positioning - multisystem and behavioral implications The high-risk infant - oral feeding, touch and massage, pain assessment and nonpharmacologic management, palliative care Developmental care beyond the NICU Expert guidance from physiology of embryonic and fetal development through to coordinated, interdisciplinary IFCDC care Chapter features include: Standards - Standards aligned with chapter content listed at the start of each chapter Potential Research Questions - End-of-chapter questions that support your thought process for further research Tables - Definitions of standards and competency levels, practice recommendations with levels of evidence, and About the Clinical Editors Carole Kenner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, ANEF, is Carol Kuser Loser Dean and Professor at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey, and Chief Executive Officer of the Council of International Neonatal Nurses, Inc. (COINN) in Yardley, Pennsylvania. Jacqueline M. McGrath, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is Thelma and Joe Crow Endowed Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty Excellence at the School of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas.

Social Work Practice with People with Dementia (Paperback): Peter Scourfield Social Work Practice with People with Dementia (Paperback)
Peter Scourfield
R1,166 Discovery Miles 11 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most up-to-date textbook for social work students on pre-qualifying and post-qualifying social work courses, early career social workers and adult services social workers that deals with the subject of dementia from a social work perspective. Discusses the skills and knowledge required in order to work effectively with people living with dementia and their carers. Provides key information on the relevant legislative and policy context. Presents the main approaches to care that underpin good social work practice with people living with dementia and sets out the range of skills that social workers need in order to practise effectively as well as explaining the range of service available. Case studies and activities help the reader apply theory to practice. The content maps to the requirements of The Professional Capabilities Framework, SWE and relevant Key Skills Statements.

Relational Care - Improving Communication in Healthcare (Hardcover): Lisa Zammit, Georgeanne Schopp Relational Care - Improving Communication in Healthcare (Hardcover)
Lisa Zammit, Georgeanne Schopp
R4,133 Discovery Miles 41 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Relational Care focuses on how people working in and around healthcare can improve the delivery of whole person care. This text integrates Systems Theory and a range of communication tools to support readers in working collaboratively and developing individualized road maps for difficult conversations. Focusing on the relationships between patient, family, and clinician, known as the Relational System, the authors explore how effective communication in healthcare can improve the well-being of all. Beginning with theoretical chapters, the Personal System is described as body, mind, and spirit. Using both Systems encourages readers to see the whole person as they practice. The book incorporates how relational practice improves care in topics such as grief, end-of-life care, stress, and burnout, giving bad news and resolving conflict. Each chapter includes case studies, reflective questions, and prompts for critical thinking to help the reader embed their learning. This practice-changing textbook will be useful to a range of health practitioners, including nurses, Physician Assistants, physicians, and more. It can be used as a supplemental reading for medical interviewing and communications courses.

Intellectual Disability in Health and Social Care (Paperback): Stacey Atkinson, Joanne Lay, Su McAnelly, Malcolm Richardson Intellectual Disability in Health and Social Care (Paperback)
Stacey Atkinson, Joanne Lay, Su McAnelly, Malcolm Richardson
R1,811 Discovery Miles 18 110 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Many practitioners within health and social care come into contact with people with intellectual disabilities and want to work in ways that are beneficial to them by making reasonable adjustments in order to meet clients' needs and expectations. Yet the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities continues to be a neglected area, where unnecessary suffering and premature deaths continue to prevail. This text provides a comprehensive insight into intellectual disability healthcare. It is aimed at those who are training in the field of intellectual disability nursing and also untrained practitioners who work in both health and social care settings. Divided into five sections, it explores how a wide range of biological, health, psychological and social barriers impact upon people with learning disability, and includes: Six guiding principles used to adjust, plan and develop meaningful and accessible health and social services Assessment, screening and diagnosis of intellectual disability across the life course Addressing lifelong health needs Psychological and psychotherapeutic issues, including sexuality, behavioural and mental health needs, bereavement, and ethical concerns. The changing professional roles and models of meeting the needs of people with intellectual and learning disabilities. Intellectual Disability in Health and Social Care provides a wide-ranging overview of what learning disability professionals' roles are and provides insight into what health and social care practitioners might do to assist someone with intellectual disabilities when specific needs arise.

Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Techniques - Oxygen Therapy, Non-Invasive Ventilation and CPAP (Paperback): Glenda Esmond,... Non-Invasive Respiratory Support Techniques - Oxygen Therapy, Non-Invasive Ventilation and CPAP (Paperback)
Glenda Esmond, Christine Mikelsons
R1,915 R1,683 Discovery Miles 16 830 Save R232 (12%) Ships in 7 - 13 working days

Respiratory support techniques for treating respiratory failure - including oxygen therapy, non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) - are used in a variety of healthcare settings, which include intensive care units, high dependency units, respiratory wards and the community. In response to national guidelines there are growing numbers of patients being considered for non-invasive respiratory support techniques, both as a short and long term treatment, resulting in an increasing number of healthcare professionals requiring knowledge and skills to provide care. Written for qualified healthcare professionals with experience of caring for patients with respiratory conditions, this text provides a practical guide to oxygen therapy, NIV and CPAP, clearly defining how and when the various treatments are used and including ideas on developing protocols to support practice.

NRP Badge Buddy Card 1 and 2 (Cards, 8th Revised edition): American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association NRP Badge Buddy Card 1 and 2 (Cards, 8th Revised edition)
American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association
R261 Discovery Miles 2 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Quick, one-stop guide to neonatal resuscitation steps. Great take-along for all newborn care providers. Size: 4" x 3.5" (Two card set)

Palliative Care Nursing as Mindfulness - Embodying a Relational Ethic through Strong Emotion, Uncertainty and Death... Palliative Care Nursing as Mindfulness - Embodying a Relational Ethic through Strong Emotion, Uncertainty and Death (Hardcover)
Lacie White
R4,133 Discovery Miles 41 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As nurses, we hear about mindfulness all the time, but what does that actually mean in practice? In this book readers are invited into conversation to explore how mindfulness influences palliative care nurses' approaches to caring for themselves and others through experiences of living-dying. Under the guise of stress reduction and self-care, the assumption often made is that mindfulness can smooth out difficult experiences. Instead, the objective of this inquiry is not to bypass the practice of caring in those spaces that are really hard, but to understand how nurses are working directly within them. Calling out from the shadows-and our bodies-the intensity of palliative care nursing practice arises. In this text, a dialogue unfolds of nurses caring in deeply meaningful practice environments while searching for ground that is perpetually shifting, uncertain, and fraught with suffering and strong emotion. Integrating literature across nursing, sociology, and contemplative scholarship, evocative stories from palliative care nurses lead in this conversation-their words in italics-showing how they are guided into action through connection with-in their bodies. At other times, stories show how nurses are taking pause and drawing on various somatic practices to unravel entanglements that touch on their own humanity. These stories also offer insight into how systemic forces, across educational and organizational institutions, are either enhancing or constraining the way nurses engage mindfulness as a relationally embodied ethic of care. This insightful volume is not a how-to guide, rather it is a timely resource exploring approaches for palliative care nurses to care for themselves and others with mindfulness and compassion. Those seeking nuanced perspectives, particularly in relation to embodying mindfulness through suffering and strong emotion, will be drawn to this text. Qualitative researchers studying emotionally sensitive topics may also find inspiration in the narrative, arts-based, and embodied methods that shape this inquiry.

Implementation Science - The Key Concepts (Hardcover): Frances Rapport, Robyn Clay-Williams, Jeffrey Braithwaite Implementation Science - The Key Concepts (Hardcover)
Frances Rapport, Robyn Clay-Williams, Jeffrey Braithwaite
R4,150 Discovery Miles 41 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This accessible textbook introduces a wide spectrum of ideas, approaches, and examples that make up the emerging field of implementation science, including implementation theory, processes and methods, data collection and analysis, brokering interest on the ground, and sustainable implementation. Containing over 60 concise essays, each addressing the thorny problem of how we can make care more evidence-informed, this book looks at how implementation science should be defined, how it can be conducted, and how it is assessed. It offers vital insight into how research findings that are derived from healthcare contexts can help make sense of service delivery and patient encounters. Each entry concentrates on an important concept and examines the idea's evidence base, root causes and effects, ideas and applications, and methodologies and methods. Revealing a very human side to caregiving, but also tackling its more complex and technological aspects, the contributors draw on real-life healthcare examples to look both at why things go right in introducing a new intervention and at what can go wrong. Implementation Science: The Key Concepts provides a toolbox of rich, contemporary thought from leading international thinkers, clearly and succinctly delivered. This comprehensive and enlightening range of ideas and examples brought together in one place is essential reading for all students, researchers, and practitioners with an interest in translating knowledge into practice in healthcare.

Health Psychology - Understanding the Mind-Body Connection (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition): Catherine A. Sanderson Health Psychology - Understanding the Mind-Body Connection (Hardcover, 3rd Revised edition)
Catherine A. Sanderson
R6,174 Discovery Miles 61 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Medical Treatment of Children and the Law - Beyond Parental Responsibilities (Paperback): Jo Bridgeman Medical Treatment of Children and the Law - Beyond Parental Responsibilities (Paperback)
Jo Bridgeman
R1,287 Discovery Miles 12 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The high profile cases of Charlie Gard, Alfie Evans, and Tafida Raqeeb raised the questions as to why the state intrudes into the exercise of parental responsibility concerning the medical treatment of children and why parents may not be permitted to decide what is in the best interests of their child. This book answers these questions. It argues for a reframing of the law concerned with the medical treatment of children to one which better protects the welfare of the individual child, within the context of family relationships recognising the duties which professionals have to care for the child and that the welfare of children is a matter of public interest, protected through the intervention of the state. This book undertakes a rigorous critical analysis of the case law concerned with the provision of medical treatment to children since the first reported cases over forty years ago. It argues that understanding of the cases only as disputes over the best interests of the child, and judicial resolution thereof, fails to recognise professional duties and public responsibilities for the welfare and protection of children that exist alongside parental responsibilities and which justify public, or state, intervention into family life and parental decision-making. Whilst the principles and approach of the court established in the early cases endure, the nature and balance of these responsibilities to children in their care need to be understood in the changing social, legal, and political context in which they are exercised and enforced by the court. The book will be a valuable resource for academics, students, and practitioners of Medical Law, Healthcare Law, Family Law, Social Work, Medicine, Nursing, and Bioethics.

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, Book 1 - Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges... Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, Book 1 - Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Connie White Delaney, Charlotte A Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber
R4,144 Discovery Miles 41 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In just the past decade, the emergence of digital health has finally become palpable. Enhanced by the pandemic, social justice events, and planetary health urgency, Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing explores that evolution with a focus on capturing the current state of digital health. Anchored in an introduction to digital health, new technologies, opportunities, and challenges are described. Consideration of the opportunities and challenges of digital health calls for specific attention to ethical considerations. This book includes a current state synopsis of healthcare in the USA, with the inclusion of specific implications for nursing leaders and executives. Engagement of the people (patients, families, communities) working in partnership to enhance health is described. Information management and the necessary definition and access to data are discussed with a particular explication of the function of information management and operational decision-making. The challenges and learnings related to informatics drawn from the experiences of leaders in large health systems shed insight into the current state of informatics-enabled digital health and healthcare. The global example of the integration of technology, nursing, and health systems expands our knowledge of the current state as well as explores possibilities. This book concludes with a commitment to and description of the current state of teamwork and the integral role/functions within informatics, nursing, and healthcare. This book provides the reader with a succinct overview of digital technologies, a reality-anchored description of the current state in the USA and globally and highlights the core foundation and integration of informatics and information management. This book stimulates thought and actions to advance digital health within a full partnership among the people, organizations, systems, and global imperatives including planetary survival. This book lifts up the next era calling for full teamwork, collaboration, and partnership as we emerge into a true global community. Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition is comprised of four books which can be purchased individually: Book 1: Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Book 2: Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet

Innovations in the Care of the Elderly (Hardcover): Bernard Isaacs, Helen Evers Innovations in the Care of the Elderly (Hardcover)
Bernard Isaacs, Helen Evers
R3,243 Discovery Miles 32 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1984 and concentrating on the West Midlands area of the UK, this book describes the innovations that were made and all that was involved in bringing about changes in care provision for elderly people. The areas covered include hospital-based geriatric and psychogeriatric services, changes in the public housing sector, the development of a domiciliary physiotherapy service and community nursing teams for the terminally ill. These new attitudes and practical treatment changes succeeded in radically altering the climate of care and were the result of small innovatory groups of care-providers.

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 4 - Nursing in an Integrated... Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 4 - Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet (Hardcover)
Connie Delaney, Charlotte Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet, the leading-edge innovators in digital health applications, global thought leaders, and multinational, cooperative research initiatives are woven together against the backdrop of health equity and policy-setting bodies, such as the United Nations and the World Health Organization. As the authors prepared this book, the world is struggling with the core issues of access to care, access to needed medical equipment and supplies, and access to vaccines. This access theme is reflected throughout the policy and world health chapters with an emphasis on how this COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the fissures, divides, unfairness, and unpreparedness that are in play across our globe. Sustainability and global health policy are linked to the new digital technologies in the chapters that illustrate healthcare delivery modalities that nurse innovators are developing, leading, and using to deliver care to hard-to-reach populations for better population health. A trio of chapters focus on the underlying need for standards to underlie nursing care in order to capture the data needed to enable new science and knowledge discoveries. The authors give particular attention to the cautions, potential for harm, and biases that the artificial intelligence technologies of algorithms and machine learning pose in healthcare. Additionally, they have tapped legal experts to review the legal statues, government regulations, and civil rights law in place for patients' rights, privacy, and confidentiality, and consents for the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. The book closes with a chapter written by the editors that envisions the near future-the impact that the new digital technologies will have on how care is delivered, expanding care settings into community and home, virtual monitoring, and patient generated data, as well as the numerous ways that nurses' roles and technology skill sets must increase to support the global goals of equal access to healthcare. Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition is comprised of four books which can be purchased individually: Book 1: Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Book 2: Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet

Covid-19, Older Adults and the Ageing Society (Hardcover): Suhita Chopra Chatterjee, Debolina Chatterjee Covid-19, Older Adults and the Ageing Society (Hardcover)
Suhita Chopra Chatterjee, Debolina Chatterjee
R4,134 Discovery Miles 41 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

COVID-19 has brought unprecedented challenges in the care of older adults. During the first surge of the pandemic, governments all over the world struggled with high disease severity and increased mortality among older adults. This work documents the impact of the pandemic by collating information from different countries and by synthesizing inputs from several knowledge domains-Sociology, Gerontology, Geriatrics, Medicine and Public Health. The impact on older adults is examined primarily with respect to three main issues-pervasive ageism, spread of infections in care homes worldwide, and the unintended harm of public health measures on geriatric population in different care settings. The complex tensions between epidemic control and the need to respond to social and economic imperatives are investigated with respect to disadvantaged and vulnerable older adults. The book also critically examines international ageing policies with the intention of identifying gaps in pandemic response in particular, and approaches to older adult care in general. In the light of the evidence presented, lessons are drawn which might improve aged care and strengthen emergency preparedness. Finally, considering the evolving nature of the pandemic, new international responses to older adult care and pandemic management are presented as an epilogue. It is anticipated that the book would help nourish critical thinking and implement new solutions to older care during and beyond the pandemic

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 3 - Innovation, Technology, and... Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 3 - Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses (Paperback)
Connie Delaney, Charlotte Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber
R2,249 Discovery Miles 22 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses explores informatics trends emerging over the next decade including personalized healthcare, telehealth, artificial intelligence, voice recognition, and predictive analytics. Emphasis is placed on their importance, benefits, and key challenges for nurses. Digital health and patient-generated data in the context of remote monitoring are highlighted with a focus on digital health tools, issues, challenges, and implications for the future. A featured case study includes the use of patient-generated data during the COVID-19 pandemic including critical lessons learned. A discussion of the technological building blocks of sensors and the Internet of Things highlights examples of how healthcare delivery system models of care are being transformed. Applied data science as an emerging healthcare discipline explores natural language processing, data science frameworks, implications for data bias, and ethical considerations. The conceptual building blocks of artificial intelligence and machine learning are outlined resulting in a call for all nurses to develop an improved understanding of implications for our practice and our patients. Telehealth is described as including modalities, services, virtual care, human factors, and financial, legal, and regulatory considerations. Key drivers and stakeholders advancing simulation-based care delivery are discussed including recommendations for how healthcare organizations can perform event simulation as they prepare to meet the risk management needs of the future. This book concludes by highlighting documentation best practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition is comprised of four books which can be purchased individually: Book 1: Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Book 2: Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 3 - Innovation, Technology, and... Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 3 - Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses (Hardcover)
Connie Delaney, Charlotte Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber
R4,145 Discovery Miles 41 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses explores informatics trends emerging over the next decade including personalized healthcare, telehealth, artificial intelligence, voice recognition, and predictive analytics. Emphasis is placed on their importance, benefits, and key challenges for nurses. Digital health and patient-generated data in the context of remote monitoring are highlighted with a focus on digital health tools, issues, challenges, and implications for the future. A featured case study includes the use of patient-generated data during the COVID-19 pandemic including critical lessons learned. A discussion of the technological building blocks of sensors and the Internet of Things highlights examples of how healthcare delivery system models of care are being transformed. Applied data science as an emerging healthcare discipline explores natural language processing, data science frameworks, implications for data bias, and ethical considerations. The conceptual building blocks of artificial intelligence and machine learning are outlined resulting in a call for all nurses to develop an improved understanding of implications for our practice and our patients. Telehealth is described as including modalities, services, virtual care, human factors, and financial, legal, and regulatory considerations. Key drivers and stakeholders advancing simulation-based care delivery are discussed including recommendations for how healthcare organizations can perform event simulation as they prepare to meet the risk management needs of the future. This book concludes by highlighting documentation best practices implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition is comprised of four books which can be purchased individually: Book 1: Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Book 2: Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, Book 1 - Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges... Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, Book 1 - Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing (Paperback, 3rd edition)
Connie White Delaney, Charlotte A Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber
R2,249 Discovery Miles 22 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In just the past decade, the emergence of digital health has finally become palpable. Enhanced by the pandemic, social justice events, and planetary health urgency, Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing explores that evolution with a focus on capturing the current state of digital health. Anchored in an introduction to digital health, new technologies, opportunities, and challenges are described. Consideration of the opportunities and challenges of digital health calls for specific attention to ethical considerations. This book includes a current state synopsis of healthcare in the USA, with the inclusion of specific implications for nursing leaders and executives. Engagement of the people (patients, families, communities) working in partnership to enhance health is described. Information management and the necessary definition and access to data are discussed with a particular explication of the function of information management and operational decision-making. The challenges and learnings related to informatics drawn from the experiences of leaders in large health systems shed insight into the current state of informatics-enabled digital health and healthcare. The global example of the integration of technology, nursing, and health systems expands our knowledge of the current state as well as explores possibilities. This book concludes with a commitment to and description of the current state of teamwork and the integral role/functions within informatics, nursing, and healthcare. This book provides the reader with a succinct overview of digital technologies, a reality-anchored description of the current state in the USA and globally and highlights the core foundation and integration of informatics and information management. This book stimulates thought and actions to advance digital health within a full partnership among the people, organizations, systems, and global imperatives including planetary survival. This book lifts up the next era calling for full teamwork, collaboration, and partnership as we emerge into a true global community. Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition is comprised of four books which can be purchased individually: Book 1: Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Book 2: Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet

Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition - Book 2 - Nursing Education and Digital... Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition - Book 2 - Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies (Paperback)
Connie Delaney, Charlotte Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber
R2,399 Discovery Miles 23 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies explores the current state of health and healthcare education, as well as that of nursing informatics education. These topics include technologies-enabled education for all nurses and interprofessional collaborations from a worldwide perspective. The "New" learning for applied critical thinking will include technology, content, skills versus tools, and the use of "smart" systems for care delivery, the role of critical thinking, and uniqueness of nursing care delivery. Further, how these changes are understood as a paradigm shift that needs to be incorporated along with nursing and healthcare education is emphasized. The effects of technology on human behavior are also explored, addressing human-factors interaction, interdependence of human-computer interaction, and other effects of technology on wellbeing. As part of nursing education, learning from clients/patients to better shape and advance nursing education and scholarship are discussed. Academic-clinical practice partnerships for a digital future, how teams are working together (clinician/teacher) for better healthcare delivery and applied knowledge-including joint appointments (exchange of academia and applied expertise), academic-applied human resources, and interprofessional learning/development-are discussed. This book closes by discussing and using case studies to showcase nursing competencies for the next decade, implications for preparing the healthcare workforce for a digital world, faculty readiness, and the interaction with gaming and simulations. Nursing informatics education, including continuing education beyond academia, i.e., informal education, worldwide, as well as global challenges to support digital world capabilities are described. Hands-on Experiential Delivery and learning-based case studies are also included. Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century - Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition is comprised of four books which can be purchased individually: Book 1: Realizing Digital Health - Bold Challenges and Opportunities for Nursing Book 2: Nursing Education and Digital Health Strategies Book 3: Innovation, Technology, and Applied Informatics for Nurses Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet

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