Palliative Care Nursing (Fundamental Aspects of Nursing) - Softcover

Robert Becker; Richard Gamlin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856422119 ISBN 13: 9781856422116

Publisher: Quay Books,a division of Mark Allen Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

The book is aimed at student nurses, health care assistants, and newly qualified nurses and is very much a "how to do it" book about good practice in palliative care nursing The book takes a sensitive and supportive approach to the key themes of palliative care nursing and will provide the reader with a concise and easy to read practical text that will give direction to the challenges faced in this most important area of patient care. Each chapter examines a key component of care and includes: ·Clinical anecdotes ·Extensive use of bullet points ·Appropriate references ·Internet resources ·A "least you need to know" section ·Links to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2002) From the Author The emphasis in this book is on making the reader aware of the extensive material that currently exists that is accepted good practice in using the palliative care approach. There are already a number of excellent texts on the market which provide a detailed meta analysis of theoretical and research based concepts from a nursing perspective and ompliment academic studies in the field. For many nurses, however, there are often occasions in clinical practice when there is a need for one compact text, which offers comprehensive, evidence based, practice guidelines across the spectrum of palliative care scenarios to provide a trigger and opportunity for reflection and learning. This is where this book fits.

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From the Author:

The emphasis in this book is on making the reader aware of the extensive material that currently exists that is accepted good practice in using the palliative care approach. There are already a number of excellent texts on the market which provide a detailed meta analysis of theoretical and research based concepts from a nursing perspective and ompliment academic studies in the field.

For many nurses, however, there are often occasions in clinical practice when there is a need for one compact text, which offers comprehensive, evidence based, practice guidelines across the spectrum of palliative care scenarios to provide a trigger and opportunity for reflection and learning. This is where this book fits.

About the Author:

Robert Becker has a Senior Lecturer, joint teaching appointment between Staffordshire University School of Health and the Shropshire and Mid Wales Hospice. Within this post he runs a range of accredited post registration courses in cancer and palliative care for nurses, contributes to developing skills in palliative care with student nurses from all branches and for the Hospice provides teaching to statutory, voluntary and charitable organisations. He has many years experience in both mental health and general nursing, and has developed a teaching and advisory role in several European countries.

Richard Gamlin has a Senior Lecturer practitioner appointment working between St. Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust, and Sunderland University. Richard provides a wide range of educational activities for pre and post registration students and volunteers in health and social care. Richard’s interest in palliative care began when he was sixteen as a volunteer in Newcastle on Tyne. Throughout his career he has maintained this commitment and interest. Richard has also taught in Russia and Ukraine

About this edition

• Publisher: Quay Books,a division of Mark Allen Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1856422119
• ISBN 13: 9781856422116
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144