This detailed guide is a must for medical students preparing for clinical attachment and final exams

While there are many publications that provide SAQs for revision purposes in different specialties, this title provides a 'one-stop-shop' to the question format, and covers a broader range of topics than the only direct competitor (PasTest's Medical Finals: Short Cases with Structured Answers).

Helps parents understand their children's sleep patterns and gives them advice on how to solve or avoid common problems. Among the questions this book answers are: how much sleep do babies need? What's the difference between a sleep and a nap? When can certain feeds be dropped?

Mapped to the 2018 NMC Standards, this book joins the dots between the biological, socioeconomic, psychological, and practical drivers (among others) that add complexity to care. Chapters cover all four fields of nursing across primary, secondary and voluntary sector settings, with case studies and activities illustrating what working with people living with complex health needs entails.

Coronary heart disease is the major cause of death in all industrialized countries. This work is reference for health professionals who care for cardiac patients. It not only encompasses modern cardiology practice, but also considers how the patient came to arrive on coronary care, and what will happen them after they leave.

Your body already knows how to give birth the only help it needs from you is to protect it from all the things that can shut it down, like fear or stress. Confident Birth gives you and your birth partner simple and dynamic tools to help you release your innate power for giving birth.

This user-friendly book demonstrates how even simple sounds and movements can engage people with dementia, promoting relaxation and enjoyment. All that's needed to succeed is a love of music, and a desire to gain greater communication and interaction. The book provides practical advice on using music and includes a songbook of popular song choices.

Addresses the issues that are of concern in community nursing and acts as a text to support specialist education for community nurses. Based on the framework of the UKCC 1994 Standards Report, this book focuses on practice, leadership and management strategies and developments in community nursing. It is useful for both students and practitioners.

Dementia is a little understood and incurable illness, but much can be done to maximise the quality of life for people with the condition. This book outlines the SPECAL method (Specialized Early Care for Alzheimer's) for managing dementia that allows both sufferer and carer to maintain the quality of life, in various stages of the illness.

A clear and up-to-date introduction to the organisation of, and the various groups involved in, the healthcare service and healthcare policy for student nurses.

By introducing the contemporary context of midwifery practice, this book helps students to understand the problems many women face in society.

An introductory textbook for all diploma and degree nursing students, offering a concise yet comprehensive overview of the practical and theoretical aspects of professional nursing studies.

Disability Studies is an arena of critical debate addressing controversial issues concerning, not just the meaning of disability, but the nature of society, dominant values, quality of life, and even the right to live. This book, written specifically to raise questions and stimulate debate, covers a wide range of specific and substantive issues.

A unique guide to coping and thriving in the NHS today, with practical, practice-focused and evidence-based advice to support students and qualified nurses to build their resilience and manage stress and conflict, as well as nurture their wellbeing.

Providing real insight into the experience of working with clients with progressive disabilities, this book uses dialogue, with thoughts and feelings in boxed comments, to illustrate the person-centred approach.

A practical introduction to the use of the arts in dementia care. Based on experience, the book provides clear guidance on how to employ a variety of innovative techniques including art, music and dance therapies, to promote the physical, psychological, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of people with dementia.

Focuses on use of acute care Nurse Practitioners in neuroscience critical care; Post-graduate advances practice neurovascular fellowship education and training; NET SMART; management of Traumatic Brain Injury; management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage; and management of Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke.

Suitable for nurses entering or needing a refresher in critical care nursing, this book presents the information on more than 100 critical care disorders, with humour, memory joggers, recurring icons to emphasize key points, and numerous quick-scan tables, illustrations, and flow charts.

The third edition of this popular textbook encompasses the knowledge, skills and expertise used in nursing the critically ill patient.