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Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing and Health Professions 4e by Martha Bradshaw, and Arlene Lowenstein Softcover - 520 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR2 $ 85.45 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780763738563

The Fourth Edition of this popular text takes an in-depth look at teaching strategies appropriate for educators working in all health related professions. Chapters present a broad range of strategies, as well as the learning environment to best use the strategies, detailed practical and theoretical information about the strategies, how to deal with problems that could occur, specific examples of the strategies as they have been used, and resources available for further information. Focusing on innovation, creativity, and evaluation, the strategies are developed for use in traditional classroom settings, technology-based settings, and clinical settings.

Table of Contents:

Section I: Foundational Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Ch 1 - Effective Learning: What Teachers Need to Know
Ch 2 - Diversity in the Classroom
Ch 3 - Strategies for Innovation
Ch 4 - Creativity
Ch 5 - Humor
Ch 6 - Teaching Value-Laden Subjects

Section II: Teaching in Structured Settings
Ch 7 - Lecture is not a Four-Letter Word!
Ch 8 - Cooperative Learning
Ch 9 - Reflective Practice
Ch 10 - Debate as a Teaching Strategy

Section III Simulation and Imagination
Ch 11 - Gaming
Ch 12 - Role Play
Ch 13 - Expressive Techniques
Ch 14 - High Fidelity Patient Simulation

Section IV: Technology and Distance Education
Ch 15 - Using Multimedia in the classroom
Ch 16 - Electronic communication Strategies
Ch 17 - Synchronous multi-site instruction
Ch 18 - Asynchronous web-based instruction
Ch 19 - Portable Digital Assistant

Section V: Clinical Teaching
Ch 20 - Philosophical Approaches to Clinical Instruction
Ch 21 - The Nursing Skills Laboratory
Ch 22 - Student Learning in a Faculty Based clinic
Ch 23 - Use of Preceptors
Ch 24 - Nursing Process Mapping
Ch 25 - Issues in Clinical Teaching: Cautionary Tales

Section VI: Evaluation
Ch 26 - Evaluation of Learning Outcomes
Ch 27 - Computer Based Testing
Ch 28 - Clinical Pathways: A Tool to Evaluate Clinical Learning
Ch 29 - Student Evaluation of Teaching
Ch 30 - Evaluation of Teaching Resources

Basic Pharmacology for Nurses 14e by Bruce Clayton, Yvonne Stock, and Renae Harroun Softcover - 928 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR3 $ 72.25 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780323035590

Basic Pharmacology for Nurses 14e is a contemporary classic nursing pharmacology textbook known for its impeccably accurate drug content and its practical applications of the nursing process. A consistent emphasis on health promotion through medication monitoring and patient education is a hallmark of the book. Introductory units ground the reader in basic principles of pharmacology and medication administration, and subsequent body-system units apply the nursing process to every major disorder and drug class to promote safe medication administration.

Key Features:
1. Provides an overview of relevant pathophysiology with an application of the nursing process in each drug chapter, followed by an application of the nursing
process to each applicable drug class.
2. Covers the pharmacology of all major classes of drugs, emphasizing side effects to expect, side effects to report, drug interactions, and more.
3. Emphasizes patient education and health promotion with easy-to-recognize Patient Education and Health Promotion headings and reproducible Patient Self-Assessment forms.
4. Provides need-to-know coverage of herbal therapies and dietary supplements with an Herbal and Dietary Supplement Therapy chapter, plus Herbal Interactions boxes throughout the chapters.

What’s New:
1. Medication Safety Review sections at the end of each chapter include NCLEX Examination-style Content Review Questions, as well as Math Review Questions and Critical Thinking Questions.

Table of Contents:

UNIT ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF PHARMACOLOGY

1. Definitions, Names, Standards, and Information Sources
2. Principles of Drug Action and Drug Interactions
3. Drug Action Across the Life Span
4. The Nursing Process and Pharmacology
5. Patient Education and Health Promotion

UNIT TWO: ILLUSTRATED ATLAS OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION AND MATH REVIEW

6. A Review of Arithmetic
7. Principles of Medication Administration
8. Percutaneous Administration
9. Enteral Administration
10. Parenteral Administration: Safe Preparation of Parenteral Medications
11. Parenteral Administration: Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Routes
12. Parenteral Administration: Intravenous Route

UNIT THREE: DRUGS AFFECTING THE AUTONOMIC AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS

13. Drugs Affecting the Autonomic Nervous System
14. Sedative-Hypnotics
15. Drugs Used for Parkinson's Disease
16. Drugs Used for Anxiety Disorders
17. Drugs Used for Mood Disorders
18. Drugs Used for Psychoses
19. Drugs Used for Seizure Disorders
20. Drugs Used for Pain Management

UNIT FOUR: DRUGS AFFECTING THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

21. Introduction to Cardiovascular Disease and Metabolic Syndrome?

NEW!

22. Drugs Used to Treat Dyslipidemias
23. Drugs Used to Treat Hypertension
24. Drugs Used to Treat Dysrhythmias
25. Drugs Used to Treat Angina Pectoris
26. Drugs Used to Treat Peripheral Vascular Disease
27. Drugs Used to Treat Thromboembolic Disorders
28. Drugs Used to Treat Heart Failure
29. Drugs Used for Diuresis

UNIT FIVE: DRUGS USED TO TREAT DISORDERS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM

30. Drugs Used to Treat Upper Respiratory Disease
31. Drugs Used to Treat Lower Respiratory Disease


UNIT SIX: DRUGS AFFECTING THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

32. Drugs Used to Treat Oral Disorders
33. Drugs Used to Treat Gastroesophageal Reflux and Peptic Ulcer Diseases
34. Drugs Used to Treat Nausea and Vomiting
35. Drugs Used to Treat Constipation and Diarrhea

UNIT SEVEN: DRUGS AFFECTING THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

36. Drugs Used to Treat Diabetes Mellitus
37. Drugs Used to Treat Thyroid Disease
38. Corticosteroids
39. Gonadal Hormones

UNIT EIGHT: DRUGS AFFECTING THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

40. Drugs Used in Obstetrics
41. Drugs Used in Men's and Women's Health

UNIT NINE: DRUGS AFFECTING OTHER BODY SYSTEMS

42. Drugs Used to Treat Disorders of the Urinary System
43. Drugs Used to Treat Glaucoma and Other Eye Disorders
44. Drugs Affecting Neoplasms
45. Drugs Used to Treat the Muscular System
46. Antimicrobial Agents
47. Nutrition
48. Herbal and Dietary Supplement Therapy
49. Substance Abuse
50. Miscellaneous Agents

Appendix A:
Prescription Abbreviations

Appendix B:
Medical Abbreviations

Appendix C:
Nomogram for Calculating the Body Surface Area of Adults and Children

Appendix D:
Commonly Used Laboratory Test and Drug Values

Appendix E:
Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule, United States, January-December 2003

Appendix F:
MedWatch Drug Reporting Form

Appendix G:
Dyskinesia Identification System: Condensed User Scale (DISCUS)

Appendix H:
A Simple Method to Determine Tardive Dyskinesia Symptoms: AIMS Examination Procedure

Appendix I
Templates for Developing a Written Record for Patients to Monitor Their Own Therapy

Bibliography
Index

Supporting the urgent need for new patient safety guidelines and practices, Focus on Patient Safety, provides the most current and authoritative research and review to help decision makers develop new and much-needed standards and practices in nursing. With contributions from experts in the field, this new upto-date reference focuses on key disciplines and topics that are critical to patient safety today including:

1. Patient safety indicators
2. Medication errors
3. Falls and injury prevention
4. Hospital-acquired infections
5. Patient safety in acute care units in hospitals
6. The peri-operative environment
7. The operating room environment
8. Home visit programs for the elderly
9. Informatics issues
10. Organizational, climate, and culture factors

From new and emerging issues in patient safety to a review of research methods and measurement, this new 24th volume in the Annual Review of Nursing Research (ARNR) series, continues to provide the highest standards of content and authoritative review of research.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Preface

Part I: Introduction
The Intersection of Patient Safety and Nursing Research, Patricia Hinton Walker, Gaya Carlton, Lela Holden, Patricia W. Stone

Part II: Patient Safety Indicators
Medication-Related Errors: A Literature Review of Incidence and Antecedents, Gaya Carlton and Mary A. Blegen
Falls and Injury Prevention, Leanne M. Currie
Hospital-Acquired Infections as Patient Safety Indicators, Ann Peterson and Patricia Hinton Walker

Part III: Setting Specific Patient Safety Research
Patient Safety in Hospital Acute Care Units, Mary A. Blegen
Medication Safety within the Perioperative Environment, Linda Wanzer and Rodney W. Hicks
Nurse Home Visit Programs for the Elderly, Karen Dorman Marek and Carol Dean Baker
Nursing Home Safety: A Review of the Literature, Jill Scott Cawiezell and Amy Vogelsmeier

Part IV: Energing Issues in Patient Safety
Informatics for Patient Safety: A Nursing Research Perspective, Suzanne Bakken
Organizational Climate and Culture Factors, Sean P. Clarke
Methodologies Used in Nursing Research Designed to Improve Patient Safety, Elizabeth Merwin and Deirdre Thornlow

Part V: International Nursing Research
Nursing Research Ireland, Geraldine McCarthy, Josephine Hegarty, Dawn O'Sullivan

Psychiatric Nursing 5e by Norman Keltner, Carol Bostrom, & Lee Hilyard Schwecke Softcover - 720 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR5 $ 83.65 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780323039062

Psychiatric Nursing, 5th Edition focuses on the therapeutic skills needed by a psychiatric nurse. The psychotherapeutic management model emphasizes a three-pronged approach to psychiatric nursing provides the framework for the book and is presented clearly and understandably. The model takes a practical, clinical approach to nursing by integrating clinical realities with the theory taught in nursing schools, emphasizing those duties for which nurses are primarily responsible.

Key Features:
1. An entire unit on pharmacology includes drug side effects, nursing interventions, and a new chapter on antidementia drugs.
2. Each chapter begins with learning objectives to point students toward important concepts.
3. Case studies in selected chapters help the student conceptualize the development of effective nursing care strategies.
4. Includes clinical examples in the form of concise vignettes drawn from the authors’ own experience to provide realistic illustrations of specific content.

What’s New:
1. New chapter on antidementia drugs provides up-to-date information on psychopharmacology for antidementia disorders.
2. Putting It All Together headings identify the end-of-chapter psychopathology summary in each of the clinical chapters.
3. Norm’s Notes, a direct student-to-author communication in the form of a post-it note, offers helpful tips for understanding difficult topics.

Table of Contents:

Unit I. Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing

1. Introduction to Psychiatric Nursing
2. Psychotherapeutic Management in the Continuum of Care
3. Continuum of Care
4. Models for Working with Psychiatric Patients
5. Legal Issues
6. Psychobiologic Bases of Behavior

Unit II. Therapeutic Nurse-Patient Relationship

7. Nurse-Patient Communication
8. Nurse-Patient Relationship
9. Nursing Process
10. Anxiety, Coping, and Crisis
11. Working with the Aggressive Patient
12. Working with Groups of Patients
13. Working with the Family
14. Cultural Competence in Psychiatric Nursing
15. Spirituality

Unit III. Psychopharmacology

16. Introduction to Psychotropic Drugs
17. Antiparkinson Drugs
18. Antipsychotic Drugs
19. Antidepressant Drugs
20. Antimanic Drugs
21. Antianxiety Drugs
22. Antidementia Drugs

Unit IV. Milieu Management

23. Introduction to Milieu Management
24. Variables Affecting the Therapeutic Environment
25. Therapeutic Environment in Different Treatment Settings
26. Special Environments

Unit V. Psychopathology

27. Introduction to Psychopathology
28. Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses
29. Depression
30. Bipolar Disorders
31. Anxiety-Related Somatoform and Dissociative Disorders
32. Cognitive Disorders
33. Personality Disorders
34. Sexual Disorders
35. Substance-Related Disorders
36. Dual Diagnosis
37. Eating Disorders

Unit VI. Special Populations & Therapies in Psychiatric Nursing

38. Behavior Therapies
39. Somatic Therapies
40. Alternative and Complementary Therapies
41. Survivors of Violence and Trauma
42. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
43. Mental Disorders in Older Adults

APPENDICES

Appendix A
Diagnostic Criteria for Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR)

Appendix B
North American Nursing Diagnosis Association? Approved Nursing Diagnoses, 2005-2006
Glossary
Index

As the population of diabetes patients continues to grow, nurses and care-givers must keep up with the daunting task of teaching patients to care for themselves.

In this groundbreaking new guide, Rita Girouard Mertig provides the clinical guidance and expertise nurses need to successfully teach diabetes selfmanagement and compliance to adults, children, and parents. Starting with the basics of diabetes to providing the most up-to-date information on drug therapies, everything you need to effectively instruct patients and help them gain control of their diabetes therapy is here. Topics covered include:

1. Nutrition management
2. Exercise
3. Medications
4. Glycemic Control
5. Continuous Glucose Monitor
6. Children with Diabetes and Their Parents
7. Adolescents with Diabetes
8. Diabetes in Adults with Special Needs
9. Client Non-compliance

Addressing the most important and current topics necessary for successful self-regulation and maintenance of diabetes, this new innovative desk reference provides a quick guide and instructional tool for nurses and caregivers everywhere.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Boxes, Figures, and Tables
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Part I. The Diabetes Conundrum

Diabetes: The Basics
How Insulin Works
Classifications of Diabetes
Diagnostic Criteria
Treatment: Medical Nutrition Management
Weight Loss
2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Carb Counting
Fad Diets
Sick Day Management
Treatment: Physical Activity
Benefits of Exercise
Potential Problems with Exercise
Treatment: Medication
Oral Antidiabetic Medications
Injectable Antidiabetic Medication
Inhaled Insulin
Glycemic Control
Hyperglycemia
Factors that raise blood sugar
Hypoglycemia
Factors that decrease blood sugar
Hypoglycemia Unawareness
Blood glucose monitoring
Continuous Glucose Monitor
A Cure Is Near
Prevention of Autoimmune Destruction in type 1 diabetes
Transplantation
Beta Cell Regeneration
Oral Insulin
Research in the Prevention or cure type 2 diabetes
How a New Drug or Product Gets Approved

Part II. Diabetes Self-Management

The Nurse as Teacher
What do Clients with Diabetes Need to Know?
Assessment Guidelines
Goals of Client Education
Nursing Interventions Using Learning Principles
Evaluating Teaching
Children with Diabetes and Their Parents, Kearsten Mauney
What is it like to have a Child with Diabetes?
Baby/Toddler Years
The School Age Child
The Prepubescent Child
Adolescents with Diabetes, Bev Baliko
Balancing Parental Involvement
Nonadherence in Adolescents with Diabetes
Diabetes in Adults with Special Needs
Pregnancy and Diabetes
Pregestational Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Teaching and Motivating Pregnant Clients
Genetics of Diabetes
Diabetes in the Elderly
Diabetes and Mental Illness, Bev Baliko
Diabetes and Depression
The Chicken or the Egg?
Management of Comorbid Depression and Diabetes
Diagnosis
Diabetes and Chronic, Severe Mental Illness
Antipsychotic Medication and Hyperglycemia
Teaching and Motivating Clients with Mental Illness
Client Noncompliance
Definitions
Financial Considerations
Physical Limitations
Deficient Knowledge/Literacy
Culture
Religious Constraints
Support System
Denial
Anger
Depression
Fatalism
Self-Determination

Men in Nursing by Chad O’Lynn, and Russell Tranbarger Softcover - 344 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR7 $ 63.65 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780826102218

If you’re thinking about a career in nursing or currently practicing in the field, this new innovative guide is just for you. For the first time, authors, educators and practicing nurses, Chad O’Lynn and Russell Tanbarger offer a unique insider’s view to how men work, succeed, and survive in this fast growing segment of the healthcare industry.

From the barriers and stereotypes men must overcome, to the basic daily work needs they have as nurses, this book covers the entire spectrum of career-based issues men face today and have faced in the past. Men in Nursing is the perfect guide for men seeking a career in this fast growing industry. From insider advice and real-life experiences, this new innovative and inspiring guide is a must-have for everyone involved in the field today.

Topics Covered Include:
1. History-Presents an inspirational overview of the contributions men have made to the nursing field.
2. Current Issues - Provides recommendations to address barriers such as reverse discrimination, workplace communication and leadership.
3. Worldwide Perspective - Includes examples from countries outside the United States proving similarities and concern exist throughout the world.
4. Future Directions-Offers insight and solutions in order to grow and maintain the interest and enthusiasm of careers in nursing for men.

Table of Contents:

About the Editors
Preface
Contributors
Foreword, Eleanor J. Sullivan, PhD, RN, FAAN

Part I. Our History

History of Men in Nursing: A Review
American Schools of Nursing for Men
The American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN): The First 30 Years as Reported in Interaction
Army Nursing: A Personal Biography

Part II. Current Issues

The Effects of Gender on Communication and Workplace Relations
Men, Caring, and Touch
Reverse Discrimination in Nursing Leadership: Hitting the Concrete Ceiling
Leadership: How to Achieve Success in Nursing Organizations
Gender-Based Barriers for Male Students in Nursing Education Programs

Part III. International Perspectives

Gender-Based Barriers for Male Students in General Nursing Education Programs: An Irish Perspective
Men in Nursing in Canada: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives
Men in Nursing: An International Perspective

Part IV. Future Directions

Recruitment and Retention of Men in Nursing
Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse? Challenging Male Nurse Media Portrayals and Stereotypes
Men's Health: A Leadership Role for Men in Nursing

Index

Where does nursing knowledge come from and how does it develop? How do we incorporate nursing knowledge into the practice of nursing? Is it possible for nursing theory to meet the needs of clinical practice? These are key questions in the field of nursing theory, answered here in this ground-breaking work.

Based on their five-year experience as co-chairs of the New England Knowledge Conferences, Sister Callista Roy and Dorothy Jones have edited an address to the issues of how nursing knowledge develops and how the theory informs the practice. Here in one concise volume is an in-depth articulation of the science of nursing, its acquisition, and its incorporation into the needs of the clinical nursing environment.

The editors concentrate on four major themes; the current state of nursing knowledge, the philosophy of nursing knowledge, integrating nursing knowledge with practice, and examples of the impact on patient health and care when nursing knowledge is applied. More than a just treatise on knowledge theory, Nursing Knowledge Development and Clinical Practice brings concrete examples of how, once acquired, nursing knowledge can improve nursing practice and gives a greater picture of the state of nursing theory today and for the future.

Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing Care 6e, Nursing Interventions and Collaborative Management by Pamela L. Swearingen Hardcover - 848 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR9 $ 70.00 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780323037273

Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing Care is a clinically-focused reference summarizing the key content that nurses need to know but may not always remember about commonly encountered medical-surgical conditions. Designed to be used in the clinical setting and organized by body system, it features a consistent, easy-to-use format with headings for Overview/Pathophysiology, Assessment,
Diagnostic Tests, Collaborative Management, Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions, and Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning. Outcome criteria are included with specific timeframes to help the nurse establish realistic treatment goals and evaluate patient care. Providing current and trusted content in a format convenient for both staff and student nurses, this Manual is truly an essential resource for planning patient care and preparing care plans.

Key Features:
1. The consistent, easy-to-use format enhances the quick-reference feature of this book.
2. Highlighted notes and cautions throughout the manual stress key points related to various disorders and conditions.
3. Outcome criteria are included with specific timeframes to help establish realistic treatment goals and evaluate patient care.
4. A variety of resources for further information, including phone numbers and websites, are included to assist the nurse in obtaining additional information
and patient teaching services.
5. Where appropriate, information is summarized in tables and boxes to enhance the manual’s clinical usefulness.

What’s New:
1. A special patient teaching icon clearly delineates the patient education and discharge planning information for each disorder.
2. An “Overview/Pathophysiology” heading introduces each disorder so that relevant pathophysiology content can be easily located.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1: General Concepts in Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients

Perioperative Care
Pain
Prolonged Bedrest
Cancer Care
Psychosocial Support
Psychosocial Support for the Patient's Family and Significant Others
Older Adult Care
Palliative and End-Of-Life Care

Chapter 2: Respiratory Disorders

Acute Respiratory Disorders
Acute Respiratory Failure
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Restrictive Pulmonary Disorder

Chapter 3: Cardiovascular Disorders

Diseases of the Cardiovascular System
Inflammatory Heart Disorders
Valvular Heart Disorders
Cardiovascular Conditions Secondary to Other Disease Processes
Dysrhythmias
Disorders of the Peripheral Vascular System

Chapter 4: Renal-Urinary Disorders

Renal Disorders
Renal Failure
Renal Dialysis
Care of the Renal Transplant Recipient
Disorders of the Urinary Tract
Urinary Disorders Secondary to Other Disease Processes
Urinary Diversions

Chapter 5: Neurologic Disorders

Inflammatory Disorders of the Nervous System
Degenerative Disorders of the Nervous System
Traumatic Disorders of the Nervous System
Vascular Disorders of the Nervous System
Seizures and Epilepsy
General Care of Patients With Neurologic Disorders

Chapter 6: Endocrine Disorders

Disorders of the Thyroid Gland
Disorders of the Parathyroid Glands
Disorders of the Adrenal Glands
Disorders of the Pituitary Gland
Diabetes Mellitus

Chapter 7: Gastrointestinal Disorders

Disorders of the Mouth and Esophagus
Disorders of the Stomach and Intestines
Intestinal Inflammatory Processes
Abdominal Trauma
Hepatic and Biliary Disorders
Pancreatitis

Chapter 8: Hematologic Disorders

Disorders of the Red Blood Cells
Disorders of Coagulation

Chapter 9: Musculoskeletal Disorders

Arthritic Disorders
Muscular and Connective Tissue Disorders
Skeletal Disorders
Musculoskeletal Surgical Procedures

Chapter 10: Reproductive Disorders

Gynecologic Disorders
Ectopic Pregnancy
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Chapter 11: Providing Care for Patients With Special Needs

Caring For Individuals With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease
Providing Nutritional Support
Managing Wound Care

Appendixes:

One: Infection Prevention and Control
Two: Laboratory Tests Discussed in this Manual: Normal Values
Three: Heart and Breath Sounds

Survival Guide for Ward Managers, Sisters and Charge Nurses by Jenny Thomas Hardcover - 352 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR10 $ 58.20 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780443103247

Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1 - Be Clear about your Responsibilities Be clear what 24-hour responsibility means Be clear about what makes a good leader Make sure your decisions are informed decisions Clarify your objectives Understand your legal responsibilities Be clear about your line manager's role Remember you are the patient's overall advocate Don't take on other people's pressures Balance your clinical work with administrative duties Beware of the impact of your role on others

Chapter 2 - Define and prioritise your workload Define your workload Organise your office Control your diary Keep your e-mails Cut interruptions Don't waste time with unnecessary reading Reduce your meetings and get the best out of the ones you do attend Chair meetings effectively Learn to let go through delegation Be proactive

Chapter 3 - Create a Positive Working Environment Have a plan Set meaningful objectives with your team Be a good listener Feedback with sincerity Know your staff well Never talk disapprovingly of others Get your staff to take more responsibility Have a system for dealing with patient's visitors Deal with conflict Implement clinical supervision

Chapter 4 - Manage and Treat your Staff Well Get to know your HR advisor Write everything down Make appraisals work Know how to handle unacceptable behaviour Deal with poor performance Know when and how to discipline Actively manage sick leave Ensure all staff have appropriate training, development and support Inform and involve your team Implement self-rostering

Chapter 5 - Make Sure Care is Patient-Centred Maintain your clinical skills Ensure that all patients have a full assessments and care plan Be clear about what health care assistants can and cannot do Eliminate long handovers Use task-orientated care only when appropriate Work towards primary nursing Make sure patients are informed Improve care through audit and benchmarking Don't accept poor standards of care when 'short-staffed' Take the lead on ward rounds

Chapter 6 - Get Your Budget Right Know what your budget is Prioritise PAY Go through your budget statement each month Manage annual leave Manage your allowance for unplanned absence Plan your study leave allowance Get your staff involved in NON PAY Be more active in the business planning process Don't do anything without identified funding Meet regularly with your finance advisor

Chapter 7 - Respond Well to Complaints Work on the content, not number of complaints Take appropriate steps before you investigate Investigate sensitively Know when to stop the complaint investigation Consider holding a meeting with the complainant Follow 6 key steps when meeting complainants Write a good final response letter If you are stuck for words in starting your letter... If you are stuck for words in finishing your letter... Follow up the complaint with action

Chapter 8 - Instigate a Rolling Recruitment Programme Review the post with the person who is leaving Write good adverts and application packages Shortlist and arrange interviews properly Get the best out of the interview process Follow up all candidates personally Arrange a good induction programme Continually explore all other avenues to get staff Don't discriminate Succession plan Fully involve your team in all aspects of recruitment

Chapter 9 - Be Politically Aware Understand how health care is managed nationally Know your board of directors and their priorities Choose your meetings carefully Network, and get to know the right people Be diplomatic Talk of 'we' rather than 'I' Work with your director of nursing Get recognition for your work Choose your mentor and mentees with care Plan ahead for your own needs

Chapter 10 - Look After Yourself Recognise symptoms of stress Recognise and deal with any staff stress Get yourself a mentor set up a peer support group or action learning set Train up your deputy ward manager Get a union representative or steward on your team Choose carefully who you talk to and what you say Get over mistakes and move on Drink plenty of water and eat regularly Remember it's only a job

Chapter 11 - Be a Good Role Model Be smart Make a good first impression Always smile and be positive Speak clearly Be relaxed and in control Make your writing distinguishable Be aware of how others see you Set an example with your choice of language Never moan or gossip about others Don't stagnate

Chapter 12 - Manage your Manager Clarify expectations Work with, not against your manager Act, if an important decision has been made without your consultation Act, if a change in another department has a 'knock on' effect in yours Don't be pressurised into taking on extra work without funding If you are doing extra work without funding, take action Keep the communication channels open Write good and timely reports Actively manage incidents, mistakes and accidents Know how to conduct a good investigation

Chapter 13 - Manage Difficult People and Situations Manage a difficult manager Deal with that problematic colleague Manage any allegations of bullying or harassment Manage staff complaints Make sure staff are not being used or abused by others Don't tolerate any form of racism or discrimination Take action when staffing levels are dangerously low Break up any cliques Be specific about expanding nursing roles Be proactive with enforced moves or mergers of services

Chapter 14 - Manage Difficult Staff Staff who refuse to look professional or wear a uniform Staff who refuse to accept change Staff who can't seem to prioritise their work Staff who are lazy Staff who have alcohol problems Members of staff who don't get on Staff who are careless and sloppy Staff who manipulate situations for their own gain Staff who moan and whinge Staff who are continually late for duty

Chapter 15 - Get the Best Advice Know where to go for legal advice Know where to go for professional advice Utilise the wide range of services from the chaplaincy department Use but don't abuse the nurse specialists Help patients and relatives access the right advice Keep up-to-date with risk management issues Consult policies, procedures and guidelines Maximise computer access Utilise the knowledge and skills of your nursing colleagues Utilise the practice development team

Chapter 16 - Question External Directives Is another link nurse role really needed? Has the bed manager consulted all other options? Is that audit really necessary? Has your line manager questioned the decision? Are performance targets worth lowering the quality of care for? Are the senior managers aware of the implications of their decision? Are consultant/specialist decisions always right? As your union steward for assistance Don't hesitate in contacting the chief executive or other board directors if necessary Rely on your own common sense.

Index

Nursing Ethics 5e Ian E. Thompson, Kath M. Melia, Kenneth M. Boyd, and Dorothy Horsburgh Softcover - 424 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# EL-NUR11 $ 70.90 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780443101380

The authors of this popular title have developed a holistic approach that explores: ethics in hospital and community settings, inter-disciplinary teamwork, ward and hospital management, nursing research, performance management and the political ethics of nursing administration, health service re-structuring and reform. The content has been substantially revised for this edition and significant new material added to reflect developments in theory and practice.

Key Features:
1. Covers a wide range of ethical issues - much more than just ‘clinical’ dilemmas and decision-making skills
2. User-friendly layout
3. Focuses on ethical issues in nursing and case studies taken from nursing practice i.e. the concrete concerns of nurses and other front-line workers

What’s New:
1. An up-to-date analysis of professions in the context of modernity, to enable health professionals to make sense of global cultural & social developments
2. An examination of professional accountability and ethics in performance management to help practitioners/managers understand the ethical basis of management

Contents:

INTRODUCTION: Ethics in nursing – continuity and change

PART 1: Cultural issues, methods and approaches to nursing ethics 1. Nursing ethics: historical, cultural and professional perspectives 2. Nursing ethics – what do we mean by ethics?

PART 2: Socialisation, professionalisation and nursing values 3. Becoming a nurse and member of the profession 4. Power and responsibility in nursing practice and management 5. Professional responsibility and accountability in nursing

PART 3: Nursing ethics – issues in clinical practice 6. Classical areas of controversy in nursing and biomedical ethics 7. Direct responsibility in nurse/patient relationships 8. Conflicting demands in nursing groups of patients

PART 4: Ethics in nursing management, research and teaching 9. Ethics in healthcare management: research, evaluation and performance management 10. The political ethics of healthcare: health policies and resource allocation 11. Corporate ethics in healthcare: strategic planning and ethical policy development

PART 5: Ethical decision-making and moral theory 12. Making moral decisions and being able to justify our actions 13. The relevance of moral theory: justifying our ethical policies

Your students need to begin thinking like nurses from the moment they walk into your program. Authors Judith Wilkinson and Karen Van Leuven help them with a fresh new approach to teaching Fundamentals of Nursing with their innovative two-volume presentation.

Volume 1: Theory, Concepts and Applications contains the material you’ll cover in your classroom. It stresses knowledge mastery, critical thinking, evidence-based practice, and is case based. The content of this volume, as well as the Electronic Study Guide on CD-ROM packaged with it, is meticulously cross referenced to Volume 2: Thinking and Doing in which the critical thinking introduced in Volume 1 is applied to clinical procedures, and which uses a multi-generational, multi-cultural family as the basis for a case study threaded through

Volume 2: This approach best suits the way you teach-and no other textbook has it! Volume 1 includes an Electronic Study Guide on CD-ROM which provides interactive learning activities and supplemental information typically found in student study guides at the student’s fingertips for every chapter. (It is the equivalent of a 500-page student workbook, FREE!) The ESG allows students to set their own pace for learning and independent study, but also provides materials that can be submitted for review/grading by the instructor. Consistent with the book’s appeal across a range of learning styles, the ESG provides for every chapter!

Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems by Ian Peate, and Sonya Chelvanayagam Softcover - 238 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-NUR2 $ 48.15 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780470026298

Mental health care provision can be complex and the approach the carer uses can have a detrimental effect on the health of the person being cared for. Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems provides the reader with many examples of thoughts, ideas and perspectives in a user-friendly, easily accessible format. The chapters are divided into discrete sections reflecting contemporary care approaches.

Reference to care in a range of primary and secondary care settings is made throughout the book. Each chapter provides the reader with a clear and concise approach to health care, encouraging the reader to understand and delve deeper. Written by contributors who are experienced clinicians and academics with many years of clinical and academic experience in various health care settings, this text is based upon the principles of care, a foundation text that encourages the student to grow and develop.

Caring for Adults with Mental Health Problems is a practice-based handbook or manual that has a sound evidence basis, and one that will challenge and encourage the student to develop a questioning approach to care. The text is designed to be used as a reference book by a variety of readers in either the clinical setting, classroom or at home, in statutory, or non-statutory surroundings.

Table of Contents:

Contributors
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction
2. History of Mental Health Care
3. Mad, Bad or Just Different
4. Partnership Working in Mental Health Care
5. Promoting Mental Health
6. Legal Matters
7. Anxiety Disorders
8. Mood Disorders Including Self-harm and Suicide
9. Eating Disorders
10. Dual Diagnosis: Substance Misuse and Mental Health Problems
11. Schizophrenia and Schizophrenia-type Disorders
12. Personality Disorder
13. Dementias
14. Therapeutic Interventions

Index

Palliative Care Resuscitation by Madeline Bass Softcover - 160 pages Shipped in CLICK HERE Cat.# JW-NUR3 $ 62.70 BUY Published:  2006   ISBN:  9780470019771

The subject of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is huge and complex, with many issues influencing the final decision made. Using real-life case studies, this book looks at the main issues surrounding CPR in palliative care, bringing together the various complex strands in one easy-to-read resource.

Palliative Care Resuscitation begins by examining the history of CPR and how the procedures used today were developed. CPR was initially intended for victims of sudden, unexpected cardio-pulmonary arrest, unfortunately it has been applied to less appropriate situations and is now the only medical procedure which is consented against. The media have portrayed CPR as being invariably successful and appropriate, this can lead to anger and confusion from patients and families.

This book covers a range of issues, including:

• The resuscitation guidelines produced by the Resuscitation Council (UK), the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing
• Expected success rates, and how the nurse-patient-doctor relationship can influence sometimes inappropriate CPR decisions
• How cultural and religious influences can also affect how a patient and their family may deal with CPR and other end of life decisions, and the legal and ethical issues pertaining to CPR and a good death.

Palliative Care Resuscitation addresses the approach to CPR decisions in the community and ends with a suggested reading list for those wishing to research the subject further. It will be essential reading for nurses on long stay wards, in care homes, hospices and in trauma care and A&E departments.

Table of Contents:

DEDICATION
FOREWORD
PREFACE

LIST OF TABLES: table one: Table comparing quoted success rates of studies on CPR:.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

CHAPTER ONE: The history of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
CHAPTER TWO: CPR versus active treatment in palliative care
CHAPTER THREE: Resuscitation guidelines, resuscitation success and futility, and medical paternalism in resuscitation decisions
CHAPTER FOUR Cultural and Religious Influences, including the ‘sick role’, on healthcare and resuscitation decisions
CHAPTER FIVE the role of the nurse, and the nurse-doctor-patient relationship in resuscitation decisions
CHAPTER SIX Making resuscitation decisions: involving the patient and their family carers
CHAPTER SEVEN Hope in patients who are palliative and have had a DNAR order made
CHAPTER EIGHT The Law and Ethics surrounding resuscitation
CHAPTER NINE Resuscitation in the community
CHAPTER TEN The future of resuscitation

CONCLUSION
SUGGESTED FURTHER READING
REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY