Meerabeau / Wright Long-Term Conditions

Nursing Care and Management
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-4101-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten, E-Book

This book is a very welcome tool, which will enable healthprofessionals to understand the complexity, challenge and rewardsof proactively managing long-term conditions. Putting thisknowledge into skilled practice, in partnership with patients, willtransform the lives of many individuals and their families, andthus fulfil the fundamental purpose of nursing.
--From the Foreword by Professor Rosemary Cook CBE, Director,the Queen's Nursing Institute and Visiting Professor ofEnterprise, University of Northumbria
Long-Term Conditions is a comprehensive, practical guidefor nurses and healthcare professionals on the care and managementof people with chronic illness. It explores case management,individual care and management, the role of the 'expertpatient', quality-of-life issues, counselling skills,self-management, and optimum self-care. Long-Term Conditionsdiscusses the three main long-term conditions currently resultingin most hospital admissions: diabetes, respiratory, and coronaryheart disease, with a focus on empowering the patient toself-manage.
Key Features:
* A comprehensive guide to the care and management of long-termconditions
* Focuses on the management of the conditions from thepatients' perspective
* Practical and accessible in style

Autoren/Hrsg.

Meerabeau, Liz

Wright, Kerri

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Notes on contributors.
Acknowledgements.
Introduction.
1 Long-term conditions in perspective (LizMeerabeau).
2 Case management (Kerri Wright).
3 Changing approaches to the management of long-termconditions (Kerri Wright).
4 Sociological insights (Liz Meerabeau).
5 Psychological effects of long-term conditions (BenBruneau).
6 Counselling skills (Val Sanders).
7 Living with long-term conditions: Tommy's story(Tommy Magee).
8 Self-management and current health care policies(Kerri Wright).
9 Managing common symptoms of long-term conditions(Kerri Wright, Pia Sweet, Natasha Ascott, Harry Chummun andJenny Taylor).
10 Medicines management (Shivaun Gammie).
11 Management of heart failure (SusanSimpson).
12 Management of respiratory disease (LizNicholls).
13 Management of diabetes (Lynne Jerreat).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Kerri Wright is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Social Care and Psychology at the University of Greenwich. She is a qualified district nurse and has a particular interest in nursing in the community setting.