Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Nursing (Oxford Handbooks in Nursing) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199226237 ISBN 13: 9780199226238

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2010

Synopsis

Respiratory disease affects millions of people worldwide. It is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, significantly impacting upon the lives of both patients and their families. Respiratory disease places huge financial burdens on healthcare providers, and is managed in a variety of settings, including domiciliary, primary, secondary and tertiary care settings.

The Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Nursing offers the reader a systematic account of the main respiratory diseases found in adults, and covers the assessment, diagnosis, and nursing management of these diseases. It also covers pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies, and discusses the role of the multidisciplinary respiratory team. The book highlights the multiple care needs of respiratory patients and addresses both physical and psychosocial concerns.

The book includes many illustrations and diagrams to guide the reader, along with references to national and international disease-specific guidelines, patient and health professional charities, and helplines.

The book is clearly laid out, and written in an easily readable note-based style. Blank pages are included for the reader, so that notes, observations, and local protocols can be included, thereby individualizing the Handbook.

Written by practising nurses and subject experts, the Oxford Handbook of Respiratory Nursing is a unique and invaluable companion for all health care professionals who are involved in the care of respiratory patients.

About this title

Review:

This handbook is well laid out and ideal for the student, generalist and new specialist looking after respiratory patients in primary and secondary care (Nursing Standard)

About the Author:

Terry Robinson Terry has been the Specialist Respiratory Nurse for the past 8 years at Harrogate. Previously she has worked as a COPD Nurse Advisor, and as a Practice Nurse specialising in chronic disease management. Most of her time is spent with patients with obstructive lung diseases, such as asthma and COPD, offering direct patient care and in educating other health professionals to diagnose and manage their patients. She is very interested in research, has undertaken qualitative research looking at the needs of patients and their family who have respiratory disease, and has presented the findings of the research at international and national conferences. She has a first class honours degree in Respiratory Health, and will shortly complete a Masters degree in Respiratory Management. Jane Scullion Jane is a Respiratory Nurse Consultant working with patients with chronic respiratory diseases across the interface of primary and secondary care. She is also an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at the Aberdeen University department of General Practice and Primary Care, and Honorary senior Lecturer at De Montfort University Leicester.

About this edition

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199226237
• ISBN 13: 9780199226238
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 688
• Editor: Robinson Terry, Scullion Jane