MANUAL OF HOME HEALTH NURSING PROCEDURES provides home health care agencies with a manual of guidelines and standardized nursing procedures performed in the home. This valuable resource includes over 250 procedures, with 45 new in this edition. Packaged with the binder is a CD-ROM containing all procedures, allowing agencies to customize the content to meet their needs. A new Patient Education chapter covers teaching tips and cultural considerations.
This handbook provides practicing home health nurses and students in community health nursing courses with a handy, portable, practical guide to nursing procedures commonly carried out in the home. Nurses who practice in this setting must accurately access clients and plan, deliver, and evaluate without the benefit of advice from other nurses of physicians. The handbook provides nurses with expert on-the-spot advice. 84 illustrations.
This is a step-by-step guide to all procedures performed in subacute, home health, day rehab, long-term care and in-patient facility settings. The text emphasizes the team management of rehabilitative care and gives the interdisciplinary team a unifying resource for sage and effective practice.
Here's the brand new third edition of the very popular Home Care Nursing Handbook -- considered by readers as a "beacon of excellence" in home care nursing. Now better than ever, this book that so many nurses have turned to for immediate, excellent advice, has been significantly expanded. It is reorganized for quicker access to expert guidance & devotes separate chapters to interventions for each impairment. Use this guide every day to assess situations quickly, develop efficient plans of care, provide accurate intervention strategies, document patient care quickly & precisely, promote quality patient outcomes--in the shortest number of contacts , & so much more. This book is a vital addition to critical pathways, point-of-care computer systems, & OASIS data collection.
"This manual, the first of its kind focused on district nursing, provides the means to build competence and confidence in nurses new to the community, or developing their skills. The comprehensive and evidence-based content provides essential information for competence in key areas of district nursing." —From the Foreword, by Rosemary Cook CBE, Hon D Lett, MSc, PG Dip, RGN Director, The Queen's Nursing Institute Clinical skills are a fundamental aspect of district nursing care. The District Nursing Manual of Clinical Procedures is a practical, evidence-based manual of clinical skills which reflects the unique challenges of district nursing care within the patient's home. It provides a comprehensive resource for all district nurses, community nurses, students and healthcare professionals involved in the district nursing team, enabling them to practice competently and confidently and deliver clinically effective, person-centred care. The District Nursing Manual of Clinical Procedures addresses the complexity of district nursing care and encompasses key aspects of clinical practice, including decision making in areas that district and community nurses often struggle with or find difficult when they are on their own in a patient's home. It utilises the latest clinical research and expert clinical knowledge to address these challenges, and to provide the underlying theory and evidence for district nursing care. Key features Evidence-based manual of practical clinical skills in district nursing care Clear, user-friendly and easy to understand Contains recommendations for expert care within a patient's own home Addresses key concerns of district and community nurses working on their own within a patient's home Encompasses key aspects of district nursing care Placed in the context of person-centred care All procedures include the rationale for each action - 'why' as well as 'how' This title is also available as a mobile App from MedHand Mobile Libraries. Buy it now from iTunes, Google Play or the MedHand Store.
Manual of Nursing Procedures and Practice will guide nurses in a variety of settings to provide expertise and efficient patient care. It will also be an iconic resource in coaching and mentoring the novice and practicing nurses to build their competence and confidence.
Nationally recognised as the definitive guide to clinical nursing skills, The Royal Marsden Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures has provided essential nursing knowledge and up-to-date information on nursing skills and procedures for over 30 years. Now in its 9th edition, this full-colour manual provides the underlying theory and evidence for procedures enabling nurses to gain the confidence they need to become fully informed, skilled practitioners. Written with the qualified nurse in mind, this manual provides up–to–date, detailed, evidence–based guidelines for over 200 procedures related to every aspect of a person′s care including key information on equipment, the procedure and post-procedure guidance, along with full colour illustrations and photos. Following extensive market research, this ninth edition: contains the procedures and changes in practice that reflect modern acute nursing care includes thoroughly reviewed and updated evidence underpinning all procedures is organised and structured to represent the needs of a patient along their care pathway integrates risk-management into relevant chapters to ensure it is central to care contains revised procedures following ‘hands-on’ testing by staff and students at Kingston University is also available as an online edition
Important Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. Handbook of Home Health Care, Fifth Edition has been completely revised and updated to provide up-to-date, specific, authoritative guidance for the successful administration and management of home health care agencies. An excellent, comprehensive text, this Handbook addresses detailed legal and legislative issues, case management processes, and state-of-the-art technology.
