OSSIE Guide to Clinical Handover Improvement
Author: Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 52
ISBN-13: 9780980629866
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Improving Health Care Safety and Quality
Author: Judith Healy
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-13
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 1317118200
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResponding to the public concern caused by recent hospital scandals and accounts of unintended harm to patients, this author draws on her experience of analysing the health care systems of over a dozen countries and examines whether greater regulation has increased patient safety and health care quality. The book adopts a new approach to mapping developments in health care systems in Europe, North America and Australia and pieces together evidence of which regulatory strategies and mechanisms work well to ensure safer patient care. It identifies the regulatory bodies, the regulatory principles and the implementation strategies adopted to improve governance in health care systems and suggests a conceptual framework for responsive regulation. The book will be of interest to government actors, health care professionals and medico-legal scholars.
Oh's Intensive Care Manual E-Book
Author: Andrew D Bersten
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 1499
ISBN-13: 0702055468
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhether you’re a newcomer to the ICU or a seasoned practitioner, Oh's Intensive Care Manual delivers the practical, expert answers you need to manage the conditions you see every day in the intensive care unit. This highly esteemed, bestselling medical reference book presents comprehensive detail on each topic, while maintaining a succinct, accessible style so this information can be seamlessly incorporated into your daily practice. Consult this title on your favorite e-reader, conduct rapid searches, and adjust font sizes for optimal readability. Access everything you need to know about disease processes and their management during the course of ICU rotations. Gain valuable insight into the consensus of practice and standard of ICU care as followed in the UK, Europe, India, and Australia. Take advantage of expert advice on practical issues that will be encountered on a day-to-day basis in the ICU, as well as common pitfalls in treatment and management emphasized in each chapter. Overcome the latest challenges in intensive care medicine. Ten brand-new chapters in this edition include: Palliative Care; ICU and the Elderly; Health Care Team in Intensive Care Medicine; Preparing for Examinations in Intensive Care Medicine; Ultrasound in the ICU; ECMO for Respiratory Failure; ECMO for Cardiac Failure; Cirrhosis and Acute-on-Chronic Liver Disease; Solid Tumours and their Implications in the ICU; and Delirium. Optimize patient outcomes through an even greater focus on clinical management strategies. Quickly locate essential information with an increased number of summary boxes, tables, and charts, and a new chapter organization that expedites reference.
Quality Management in Intensive Care
Author: Bertrand Guidet
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2016-02-15
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1316489922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is one of the first to comprehensively summarise the latest thinking and research in the rapidly evolving field of quality management in intensive care. Quality indicators and outcome measures are discussed with a practical focus on patient-centred, evidence-based implementation for safer and more effective clinical practice. Chapters on topics such as teambuilding, patient satisfaction, mortality and morbidity, and electronic management systems are organised into three sections, covering quality management at the scale of the individual patient, the intensive care unit, and the national and international level. Written by a team of over forty international experts in the specialty, with editors who have been heavily involved for many years with the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the book reflects commonly accepted goals and guidelines for best practice, and will be valuable for practitioners worldwide. The ideal one-stop resource for intensive care physicians as well as ICU and hospital managers.
The Clinical Placement
Author: Tracy Levett-Jones
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Published: 2010-01-01
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 072953958X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Clinical Placement: An Essential Guide for Nursing Students 2e is a unique text designed to guide nursing students throughout their clinical placement journey. The text introduces foundational knowledge in early chapters while later chapters address more complex issues and are deliberately designed to challenge and inspire students to excel. The book is premised on the belief that the ultimate goal of clinical education is the development of nurses who are confident and competent beginning practitioners. The book's interactive style and 'plain English' language will engage with active readers and encourage them to integrate the material into their practice. It will cause students to think deeply and critically about important professional and clinical issues. . Stories and scenarios help students relate theory to the reality of practice . 'Something to think about ' boxes provide words of wisdom and a wealth of valuable advice . 'Student experience' sections allow the voice of students to be clearly heard . Reflective thinking activities encourage self-assessment and experiential learning The first edition of this book has proven to be valuable in assisting nursing students to use their clinical placements as opportunities to develop the skills, knowledge and understandings that underpin quality practice, and to appreciate the clinical environment for the wonderful learning experience that it provides. The second edition has a new and fresh appeal. Much of the original has been revised but a number of new sections have also been added to address contemporary issues such as patient safety, clinical reasoning, therapeutic communication, interprofessional communication, clinical handover, emotional intelligence, information and communication technology, and social networking. The new edition builds on the strengths of the text by including issues of relevance to the New Zealand health care context. The new edition also discusses topical issues such as national registration and refers to the most recent professional standards and codes of practice. There is greater attention to cultural safety and a new section on Indigenous health. Chapter 6 has been expanded with a number of new clinical specialties profiled, for example: . Drug and alcohol nursing . Emergency nursing . International nursing
Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice
Author: Sam Willis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2024-03-13
Total Pages: 500
ISBN-13: 1394164815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFundamentals of Paramedic Practice An indispensable guide for aspiring paramedics and emergency medical professionals Paramedic practice is swiftly evolving, driven by changes in the paramedic curriculum. To meet the growing demands of the community, student paramedics and clinicians working in out-of-hospital care must stay abreast of this rapid evolution. Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice, Third Edition contributes to driving the profession forward and provides a comprehensive, accessible text authored by experienced paramedics and academics. This third edition has undergone comprehensive updates, introducing new chapters that provide students and recently registered practitioners with a vital overview of the theory and practice of contemporary paramedicine. This is an essential resource for the next generation of paramedics and out-of-hospital practitioners. Readers of the third edition of Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice will find: A multidisciplinary approach incorporating varied and dynamic research New chapters on subjects including end of life care, domestic violence, and paramedic wellbeing Learning activities to aid understanding and retention Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice, Third Edition is ideal for undergraduate paramedic and emergency care students, as well as registered paramedics, clinicians, and educators.
Tabbner's Nursing Care - E-Book
Author: Gabby Koutoukidis
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 2426
ISBN-13: 0729581144
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA vital member of the health care team, the contemporary enrolled nurse faces increasing challenges and an increasing level of responsibility. Written specifically for Australian and New Zealand enrolled nurse students, this long awaited new edition reflects the changes and challenges in contemporary enrolled nurse practice as well as the additions and modifications that are occurring in nursing curricula. Tabbner’s Nursing Care: Theory and Practice 5th edition has been written, reviewed and edited by the people who educate the enrolled nurse and continues to provide enrolled nurse students with the most comprehensive resource available.
The 5-Minute Clinical Consult 2020
Author: Sangeeta Sharma
Publisher: Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd
Published: 2019-12-15
Total Pages: 1374
ISBN-13: 9389702054
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver 250 diagnostic and treatment algorithms over 900 topics providing clinical guidance current evidence-based designations highlighted in each topic at-a-glance format with concise and bulleted text, ICD-10 codes, dsm-5criteria quick information to help in diagnosis, treatment selection and medication dosing easy-to-use reference at point of care providing quick answer to a direct clinical question.
Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics - EBook
Author: Kate Curtis
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2019-07-30
Total Pages: 1502
ISBN-13: 0729587207
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEndorsed by the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia CENA is the peak professional association representing emergency nurses and has endorsed this text in recognition of the relevance it has to emergency nursing across Australasia. Led by an expanded editorial team of internationally recognised clinicians, researchers and leaders in emergency care, the 3rd edition of Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics continues to be the foremost resource for students preparing to enter the emergency environment and for clinicians seeking a greater understanding of multidisciplinary emergency care. The text provides nursing and paramedicine students and clinicians with the opportunity to understand the best available evidence behind the treatment that is provided throughout the emergency care trajectory. This unique approach ultimately seeks to strengthen multidisciplinary care and equip readers with the knowledge and skills to provide safe, quality, emergency care. The 3rd edition builds on the strengths of previous editions and follows a patient journey and body systems approach, spanning the pre-hospital and hospital environments. Expanded editorial team, all internationally recognised researchers and leaders in Emergency Care Chapter 6 Patient safety and quality care in emergency All chapters revised to reflect the most up-to-date evidence-based research and practice Case studies and practice tips highlight cultural considerations and communication issues Aligns to NSQHSS 2e, NMBA and PBA Standards An eBook included in all print purchases
Visualising Health Care Practice Improvement
Author: Rick Iedema
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2022-02-22
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 1000605043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy is it that in spite of all the health policy reforms, clinical practice innovations, increasing intersectoral interdependencies and new medical and information technologies, so little has changed in the way we research and evaluate health care? Don't these changes cry out for new ways of being studied and appraised? And don't our approaches to clinical practice innovation cry out for being reinvented too? Surely, we cannot continue to wheel out research and evaluation paradigms, improvement approaches and methods that were designed for 20th century problems and 20th century health care, and assume they will be able to make sense of the problems we experience and the care we provide in the 21st century? These changes necessitate a new paradigm of health service research, evaluation and improvement and this new model adopts approaches and methods that embrace complexity. The approaches and methods can account for the vicissitudes of front-line care, the activities of front-line staff and the experiences of patients and families - where care happens. Visualising Health Care Practice Improvement draws on years of video feedback research shaping an approach that enables not only a retrospective understanding but also a view into the future, of what might be possible. It presents the argument that change is not principally about adopting solutions from elsewhere but that it is conditional on people exploring whether proposed solutions suit existing habituations. It involves a process of exploration, discovery, secession and renewal. Health care managers, policy makers and shapers will find this book enlightening. It will also be empowering to all health care professionals and front-line staff.
