Nursing Practice and Health Care A Foundation Text

by Hinchliff, Sue; Norman, Sue; Schober, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780340692301
• ISBN10: 0340692308
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers

Summary

This third edition is thoroughly revised and updated. It contains five new chapters covering an introduction to nursing, integrating scientific approaches to nursing, family centered care, spirituality and multi-cultural care.

Table of Contents

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS	VI	(3)
FOREWORD	IX	(1)
PREFACE TO THIRD EDITION	X	(2)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	XII
CHAPTER 1 NURSING TODAY AND TOMORROW	1	(16)
Jane Salvage
CHAPTER 2 THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALTH	17	(18)
Alan Cribb
CHAPTER 3 THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF HEALTH	35	(36)
Paul Watt
Barbara J. Harrison
CHAPTER 4 PROMOTING HEALTH	71	(32)
Sally Kendall
CHAPTER 5 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE	103	(19)
Margaret Edwards
CHAPTER 6 HOMEOSTASIS AND NATURE-NURTURE INTERACTIONS: A FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATING THE LIFE SCIENCES	122	(27)
John Clancy
Andrew J. McVicar
CHAPTER 7 COMMUNICATING FOR HEALTH	149	(17)
Paul Barber
CHAPTER 8 THE NATURE OF STRESS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE	166	(39)
Elisabeth Clark
Susan E. Montague
CHAPTER 9 THE PATIENT AS A CONSUMER OF HEALTH CARE	205	(25)
Judith Chamberlain-Webber
CHAPTER 10 MANAGING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY	230	(21)
Tom Keighley
CHAPTER 11 NURSING: ISSUES FOR EFFECTIVE PRACTICE	251	(23)
Jane E. Schober
CHAPTER 12 SPIRITUALITY	274	(17)
David J. Stoter
CHAPTER 13 ETHICS, MORALITY AND NURSING	291	(18)
Verena Tschudin
CHAPTER 14 DEVELOPING THE `PERSON' OF THE PROFESSIONAL CARER	309	(28)
Paul Barber
CHAPTER 15 EXPERIENCING AND MANAGING PAIN: THE PATIENT-NURSE PARTNERSHIP	337	(26)
Eloise C.J. Carr
CHAPTER 16 PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT -- THE MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION OF INFECTION	363	(33)
Jennie Wilson
CHAPTER 17 WOMEN'S HEALTH	396	(25)
Mary Hamilton
Judy Reece
CHAPTER 18 MATERNITY CARE	421	(36)
Maureen D. Raynor
CHAPTER 19 FAMILY-CENTRED CARE	457	(21)
Norma Whittaker
CHAPTER 20 NURSING'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: SOME PRINCIPLES FOR PRACTICE	478	(37)
Chris Caldwell
Katy Lee
CHAPTER 21 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING	515	(25)
Stephen Firn
David L. Parker
Gregory Philip Rooney
CHAPTER 22 CARE OF THE PERSON WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY	540	(25)
David Sines
CHAPTER 23 FIRST LINE CARE	565	(25)
Marion Richardson
CHAPTER 24 PRINCIPLES OF ADULT NURSING	590	(21)
Nick Salter
Ruth Beretta
CHAPTER 25 CARE OF ADULTS IN HOSPITAL	611	(51)
Sharon L. Edwards
Kim Manley
CHAPTER 26 CARE OF THE OLDER PERSON	662	(30)
Hazel Heath
CHAPTER 27 CARING FOR THE DYING PATIENT -- PRINCIPLES OF PALLIATIVE CARE	692	(21)
Penny Smith
GLOSSARY	713	(14)
INDEX	727