Practice nurse handbook /

There have been major advances in practice nursing in recent years, and a rapid expansion in the role of the practice nurse. The Practice Nurse Handbook is an essential guide to all aspects of clinical practice, health promotion, and practice management, for nurses in general practice. The handbook...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hampson, Gillian D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., ©2006.
Edition:5th ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:There have been major advances in practice nursing in recent years, and a rapid expansion in the role of the practice nurse. The Practice Nurse Handbook is an essential guide to all aspects of clinical practice, health promotion, and practice management, for nurses in general practice. The handbook includes chapters on common medical conditions, screening tests, sexual health, mental health, chronic disease management, travel health, immunisations, and emergency situations. It addresses legal issues, changes in primary care, nurse prescribing and covers key issues in team working. Each chapter contains suggestions for reflection on practice and presents the underlying evidence base.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 336 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470777602
0470777605
9780470775110
0470775114
9786611319359
6611319352
0470764260
9780470764268