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At the Coalface

The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

£3.49

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
... Read more
Confessions of a Male Nurse

by Michael Alexander ...

Series series The Confessions Series
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands; ... Read more

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From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.From stampeding nudes to inebriated teenagers, young nurse Michael Alexander never really knew what he was getting himself into. But now, sixteen years since he was first launched into his nursing career – as the only man in a gynaecology ward – he’s pretty much dealt with everything: Body parts that come off in his hands;
... Read more
In Shock

How Nearly Dying Made Me a Better Intensive Care Doctor

by Dr Rana Awdish ...

**'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.' Sunday Times'Tense, powerful and gripping... her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful - evocative and emotional.' Adam Kay, ObserverAt seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her ... Read more

£7.99

**'I read the first chapters at such a pace that I almost had to remind myself to breathe.' Sunday Times'Tense, powerful and gripping... her writing style is often nothing short of beautiful - evocative and emotional.' Adam Kay, ObserverAt seven months pregnant, intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event, haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume and losing her
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Life, Death and Biscuits

by Anthea Allen ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses have had to fight. Anthea Allen’s writing is raw, honest and full of love for those she cares for.’ Susanna ReidAn extraordinarily powerful memoir based on the diaries of intensive care nurse Anthea Allen, who worked on the front line of one of the largest hospitals in ... Read more

£2.99

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses have had to fight. Anthea Allen’s writing is raw, honest and full of love for those she cares for.’ Susanna ReidAn extraordinarily powerful memoir based on the diaries of intensive care nurse Anthea Allen, who worked on the front line of one of the largest hospitals in
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General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities

by Lynn Hannon, Julie Clift ...

General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities is a comprehensive resource for those health professionals in a general hospital setting who may come into contact with people with learning disabilities. The book explores the nature of learning disabilities and highlights specific healthcare needs. It takes the reader through all the key factors in the healthcare process, through pre ... Read more

£39.99

General Hospital Care for People with Learning Disabilities is a comprehensive resource for those health professionals in a general hospital setting who may come into contact with people with learning disabilities. The book explores the nature of learning disabilities and highlights specific healthcare needs. It takes the reader through all the key factors in the healthcare process, through pre
... Read more
Mary Seacole

The Making of the Myth

by Lynn McDonald ...

Mary Seacole: The Making of the Myth is the first book to challenge the popular misconceptions that surround Mary Seacole’s iconic status as a “pioneer nurse” and battlefield heroine, intended, by some, to replace Florence Nightingale in those roles. McDonald masterfully disentangles reality from the myths, both those that exaggerate Seacole’s work and ignore or denigrate Nightingale’s. Drawing on ... Read more

£4.31

Mary Seacole: The Making of the Myth is the first book to challenge the popular misconceptions that surround Mary Seacole’s iconic status as a “pioneer nurse” and battlefield heroine, intended, by some, to replace Florence Nightingale in those roles. McDonald masterfully disentangles reality from the myths, both those that exaggerate Seacole’s work and ignore or denigrate Nightingale’s. Drawing on
... Read more
Birds Hold our Secrets

A Caritas Story of Grief and Remembering

by Anna M Biley ...

Drawing on her many years as a nurse, mother and wife, Biley tenderly takes us on a personal journey of conscious dying as she supports her beloved nurse academic husband Fran. Diagnosed with cancer, Fran’s wish was to die mindfully – whatever the circumstances. Anna travels alongside using Caring Science Theory as her guide whilst trying to maintain ‘normalcy’ in the home for her two young sons. ... Read more

£8.45

Drawing on her many years as a nurse, mother and wife, Biley tenderly takes us on a personal journey of conscious dying as she supports her beloved nurse academic husband Fran. Diagnosed with cancer, Fran’s wish was to die mindfully – whatever the circumstances. Anna travels alongside using Caring Science Theory as her guide whilst trying to maintain ‘normalcy’ in the home for her two young sons.
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Compassion in Nursing

Theory, Evidence and Practice

Edited by Alistair Hewison, Yvonne Sawbridge ...

Is nursing in England experiencing a fundamental moral crisis? A number of recent high-profile reports about the state of nursing care in English hospitals certainly add weight to this argument; however, although the intense media attention on the decline of compassion in nursing has highlighted some of the issues, it has neither explained the underlying causes nor signalled a realistic solution ... Read more

£18.75

Is nursing in England experiencing a fundamental moral crisis? A number of recent high-profile reports about the state of nursing care in English hospitals certainly add weight to this argument; however, although the intense media attention on the decline of compassion in nursing has highlighted some of the issues, it has neither explained the underlying causes nor signalled a realistic solution
... Read more
Health Promotion for Nursing Students

by Paul Linsley, Coralie Roll ...

Series series Transforming Nursing Practice Series
Promoting and maintaining good mental, physical and behavioural health of individuals, communities and populations is a key role of the registered nurse. Understanding how to incorporate health promotion into clinical practice will be an important part of a nurse’s undergraduate studies and something they will take with them into professional life. This book will help students to understand the ... Read more

£13.76

Promoting and maintaining good mental, physical and behavioural health of individuals, communities and populations is a key role of the registered nurse. Understanding how to incorporate health promotion into clinical practice will be an important part of a nurse’s undergraduate studies and something they will take with them into professional life. This book will help students to understand the
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Cannabis Nursing

Scope and Standards of Practice, 1st Edition

by American Nurses Association, American Cannabis Nurses Association ...

The Cannabis Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is an essential document for every cannabis nurse practicing in the United States. The scope of practice statement answers the who, what, when, where, how, and why questions of cannabis nursing. The standards provide authoritative statements of the actions and behaviors that all cannabis nurses are expected to competently perform, regardless of ... Read more

£18.26

The Cannabis Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice is an essential document for every cannabis nurse practicing in the United States. The scope of practice statement answers the who, what, when, where, how, and why questions of cannabis nursing. The standards provide authoritative statements of the actions and behaviors that all cannabis nurses are expected to competently perform, regardless of
... Read more
The Ultimate Nurse Practitioner Guidebook

A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Into and Surviving Nurse Practitioner School, Finding a Job, and Understanding the Policy That Drives the Profession

by Nadia Santana, DNP, FNP-BC ...

The Ultimate Nurse Practitioner Guidebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Into and Surviving Nurse Practitioner School, Finding a Job, and Understanding the Policy That Drives the Profession will help you pursue a successful career as a nurse practitioner (NP). In this book, you will learn about the profession; how to choose, finance, and survive NP school; and how to proceed after graduation ... Read more

£18.80

The Ultimate Nurse Practitioner Guidebook: A Comprehensive Guide to Getting Into and Surviving Nurse Practitioner School, Finding a Job, and Understanding the Policy That Drives the Profession will help you pursue a successful career as a nurse practitioner (NP). In this book, you will learn about the profession; how to choose, finance, and survive NP school; and how to proceed after graduation
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The Noob Nurse

by Genevieve Nichols ...

That first year of nursing is super emotional and this is a short and sweet guide to help mentally prepare new nurses. From one Registered Nurse coming to another - nursing school only honestly provides an abundance of literature to new nurses and it is hard for school to prepare us for the "real" world of nursing. This is a guide may help "noob" or "new" nurses. However, anyone can find some of ... Read more

£2.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

That first year of nursing is super emotional and this is a short and sweet guide to help mentally prepare new nurses. From one Registered Nurse coming to another - nursing school only honestly provides an abundance of literature to new nurses and it is hard for school to prepare us for the "real" world of nursing. This is a guide may help "noob" or "new" nurses. However, anyone can find some of
... Read more
The Power and Pain of Nursing: Self-Care Practices to Protect and Replenish Compassion

by Beth Cavenaugh ...

Your calling to alleviate suffering inspires your every move as a nurse to do the beautiful work you do. But if you're sacrificing self-care as you care for other people, the intensity of nursing can transform into fatigue and overwhelm that affects your entire life.Your clinicals taught you medicine, but you need extra skills to train your mind, body, and soul for healthcare work.In collaboration ... Read more

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Your calling to alleviate suffering inspires your every move as a nurse to do the beautiful work you do. But if you're sacrificing self-care as you care for other people, the intensity of nursing can transform into fatigue and overwhelm that affects your entire life.Your clinicals taught you medicine, but you need extra skills to train your mind, body, and soul for healthcare work.In collaboration
... Read more
Ethics, Law and Professional Issues

A Practice-Based Approach for Health Professionals

by Ann Gallagher, Sue Hodge ...

This practice-based textbook explores the ethical, legal and professional issues that characterise the field of healthcare. From seeking consent to upholding patient confidentiality, it examines a broad range of professional dilemmas from everyday practice. Detailed scenarios and engaging discussions help the reader understand how best to balance ethics, the law and professional codes of conduct ... Read more

£24.11

This practice-based textbook explores the ethical, legal and professional issues that characterise the field of healthcare. From seeking consent to upholding patient confidentiality, it examines a broad range of professional dilemmas from everyday practice. Detailed scenarios and engaging discussions help the reader understand how best to balance ethics, the law and professional codes of conduct
... Read more
The New Arrival: Part 3 of 3

The Heartwarming True Story of a 1970s Trainee Nurse

by Sarah Beeson ...

The New Arrival can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3 (Chapters 22-30 of 30).You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Sarah completes her training, and, inspired by her experiences with a Health Visitor, she begins to realise that she may have found her passion…More than just a hospital, Hackney General was ... Read more

£2.49

The New Arrival can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3 (Chapters 22-30 of 30).You can read Part 3 on release of the full-length eBook and paperback.Sarah completes her training, and, inspired by her experiences with a Health Visitor, she begins to realise that she may have found her passion…More than just a hospital, Hackney General was
... Read more
At the Coalface: Part 2 of 3: The memoir of a pit nurse

by Joan Hart ...

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the ... Read more

£1.99

A heart-warming story of a woman who devoted her life to helping others. This is the memoir of Joan, who started nursing in the 1940s and whose experiences took her into the Yorkshire mining pits and through the tumult of the 1984-85 miners’ strike.Joan Hart always knew what she wanted to do with her life. Born in South Yorkshire in 1932, she started her nursing training when she was 16, the
... Read more
Motivational Interviewing for Nurses

Patient-Centered Communication Scripts and Practical MI Conversations for Medication Adherence, Lifestyle Change, and Difficult Patient Encounters in Frontline Healthcare

by Peter Irvin Cox ...

Every nurse has had this experience. You explain a care plan clearly, the patient nods along, signs the discharge papers, and returns three weeks later with the same preventable crisis. The education was accurate. The delivery was compassionate. And it did not work. The problem is not clinical knowledge. The problem is that traditional patient education relies on a communication model that ... Read more

£6.78 or Free with Kobo Plus

Every nurse has had this experience. You explain a care plan clearly, the patient nods along, signs the discharge papers, and returns three weeks later with the same preventable crisis. The education was accurate. The delivery was compassionate. And it did not work. The problem is not clinical knowledge. The problem is that traditional patient education relies on a communication model that
... Read more
A Enfermagem, a Sociedade e o Cenário Político Brasileiro

by Edith Ferreira de Souza Oliveira ...

Durante toda a minha vida profissional tenho apresentado inquietação e preocupação com a pouca visibilidade e reconhecimento que a profissão de enfermagem tem perante a sociedade. Venho demonstrando, em meus escritos, a pouca representação social dessa renomada profissão. Poucos são os profissionais de enfermagem que ocupam espaços de destaque na sociedade. Não por falta de preparo, mas acredito ... Read more

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Durante toda a minha vida profissional tenho apresentado inquietação e preocupação com a pouca visibilidade e reconhecimento que a profissão de enfermagem tem perante a sociedade. Venho demonstrando, em meus escritos, a pouca representação social dessa renomada profissão. Poucos são os profissionais de enfermagem que ocupam espaços de destaque na sociedade. Não por falta de preparo, mas acredito
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A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy

by Alexander Hughes Bennett ...

A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy is a pioneering medical treatise authored by Edward Henry Sieveking and first published in 1858. This comprehensive work represents one of the earliest systematic attempts to analyze epilepsy through the lens of statistical data, offering a meticulous examination of the disease’s prevalence, causes, symptoms, and outcomes. Drawing ... Read more

£19.99

A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy is a pioneering medical treatise authored by Edward Henry Sieveking and first published in 1858. This comprehensive work represents one of the earliest systematic attempts to analyze epilepsy through the lens of statistical data, offering a meticulous examination of the disease’s prevalence, causes, symptoms, and outcomes. Drawing
... Read more
Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices

Edited by Julie Dickinson, Anne Meyer ...

Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices, Fourth Edition, provides foundational knowledge on the specialty nursing practice of legal nurse consulting. Legal nurse consulting is defined, and essential information about the practice is discussed (history, certification, scope and standards of practice, and ethical and liability considerations). The essentials of the law and medical records ... Read more

£184.50

Legal Nurse Consulting Principles and Practices, Fourth Edition, provides foundational knowledge on the specialty nursing practice of legal nurse consulting. Legal nurse consulting is defined, and essential information about the practice is discussed (history, certification, scope and standards of practice, and ethical and liability considerations). The essentials of the law and medical records
... Read more
الأمراض المهنية

(انتشار ألم أسفل الظهر بين الممرضين)

by alaa selmi ...

يتحدث الكتاب عن ظاهرة صحية مؤرقة تؤثر على سير العمل في القطاع الطبي في فئة التمريض , الية التشخيص و العلاج و الحلول المهنية مع وجود دراسات علمية ... Read more

£1.95

يتحدث الكتاب عن ظاهرة صحية مؤرقة تؤثر على سير العمل في القطاع الطبي في فئة التمريض , الية التشخيص و العلاج و الحلول المهنية مع وجود دراسات علمية
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Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Nursing

Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition

by , ...

The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition, is an essential document for every intellectual and developmental disabilities nurse practicing in the United States. The scope of practice statement answers the who, what, when, where, how, and why questions of intellectual and developmental disabilities nursing. The standards provide ... Read more

£16.91

The Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 3rd Edition, is an essential document for every intellectual and developmental disabilities nurse practicing in the United States. The scope of practice statement answers the who, what, when, where, how, and why questions of intellectual and developmental disabilities nursing. The standards provide
... Read more
Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses

Interpretation and Application

by Marsha Fowler ...

The “Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application, 2nd Edition” is an essential resource for nursing classrooms, in-service training, workshops and conferences, self-study, and wherever nursing professionals use ANA’s “Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements” in their daily practice. Each chapter of this ... Read more

£23.30

The “Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements: Development, Interpretation, and Application, 2nd Edition” is an essential resource for nursing classrooms, in-service training, workshops and conferences, self-study, and wherever nursing professionals use ANA’s “Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements” in their daily practice. Each chapter of this
... Read more
Guide to Nursing's Social Policy Statement

Understanding the Profession from Social Contract to Social Covenant

by Marsha Fowler ...

Nursing is often called a helping profession: Nursing’s Social Policy Statement is about the many ways that nursing helps others. It is about the relationship—the social contract—between the nursing profession and society and their reciprocal expectations. This arrangement authorizes nurses as professionals to meet the needs involved in the care, and health of patients and clients and the health ... Read more

£23.30

Nursing is often called a helping profession: Nursing’s Social Policy Statement is about the many ways that nursing helps others. It is about the relationship—the social contract—between the nursing profession and society and their reciprocal expectations. This arrangement authorizes nurses as professionals to meet the needs involved in the care, and health of patients and clients and the health
... Read more

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