Practice nurse handbook / Gillian Hampson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hampson, Gillian D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nurse practitioners.

Primary care (Medicine).

Nurse practitioners--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Edition:

5th ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., c2006.

Language Note:

English

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, immunizations, and emergency situations. It addresses legal issues, changes in primary care, nurse prescribing and covers key issues in team working. Each chapter

Contents:

Teamwork in general practice

General practice nursing

Practice organisation

Management of the nurses' rooms

Nursing treatments and procedures

Diagnostic and screening tests

Emergency situations

Common medical conditions

Health promotion

Child health, childhood and adult immunisation

Travel health

Sexual health

Women's health

Men's health

Mental health

Supporting patients with chronic diseases.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786611319359

9781281319357

128131935X

9780470764268

0470764260

9780470775110

0470775114

9780470777602

0470777605

OCLC:

437218625