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Measuring Quality Improvement in Healthcare covers practical applications of the tools and techniques of statistical process control (SPC), including control charts, in healthcare settings. The authors' straightforward discussions of data collection, variation, and process improvement set the conte…
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Although Outcome Measurement has become an important tool in the evaluation of health promotion, patient education and other health services interventions, there remain problems in locating reliable measurements and scales. This book provides a compilation of more than 50 self-administered scales f…
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This book examines how expert critical care nurses use scientific knowledge, professional experience, and a careful attention to each patient's changing condition to provide excellent nursing care. Based on descriptive interviews and observational studies of 205 nurses, it helps readers at all leve…
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Generations of nursing students have discovered the scope, the importance, and the fundamental processes of their chosen profession with this one-of-a-kind, reader-friendly text. Using a helpful building-block approach, and filled with many thought-provoking historical and cultural vignettes, Under…
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Created for youth and their families to help them prepare for adult care and adulthood. Divided into four sections, the Family Care Book asks the questions; What are our daily needs? Why do we have those needs? When do we start planning for adulthood? And, where can we find the answers and resource…
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This book presents the work of clinical health care teams and natural work groups, quality improvement teams, committees, and task forces comprising employees in health care settings. It discusses the importance of collaboration and interactive problem-solving among professionals from diverse disci…
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Covers the gamut of emergency medicine practice in brief, clinically focused chapters. New to this edition are chapters on bioterroism and weapons of mass destruction, pharmacology of antimicrobials, antifungals, and antivirals, principles of drug interactions, endocarditis, and abdominal and pelvi…
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Drawing together sociological theories and clinical practice, Power and Conflict Between Doctors and Nurses explores the role of nurses in delivering contemporary health care. It makes a strong case for interdisciplinary working and is particularly timely when health care policy is challenging work…
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Table of contents:; I. PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE TIC DISORDER; 1. Motor and Vocal Tics 1; Stanley Fahn; 2. Premonitory ("Sensory") Experiences 15; Tamara M. Pringsheim and Anthony E. Lang; 3. The Natural History of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrom…
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This self-directed learning module has been developed to ensure that registered nurses have the knowledge and skills to safely care for women receiving epidural analgesia. The module will cover basic anatomy and physiology as well as indications and contraindications for epidurals. The module will …
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A manual to provide health care professionals with information that will support them in their kowledge, and skill building in providing cuturally competent services to first generation immigrant and refugee women, including; Ante-partum with focus on pregnancy, intra-partum with focus on labour an…
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Volume 1 of this 7th edition contains 36 new chapters and full-color figures and photographs. Compared with the rather limited color-plate photographs in the sixth edition, the color photographs, figures, and tables in each chapter significantly enhance the new text. Informative chapters on the fou…
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Volume 2 of this 7th edition contains 36 new chapters and full-color figures and photographs. Compared with the rather limited color-plate photographs in the sixth edition, the color photographs, figures, and tables in each chapter significantly enhance the new text. Informative chapters on the fou…
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This text is commonly used by dietetic practitioners studying for their Pediatric Specialty exams, registered dietitians, dietetic technicians, nutritionists, pediatricians, nurses, and dietetic students. It presents research and resources on the most important pediatric issues and therapies, such…
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This self-directed learning module is designed to assist nurses in developing their competency in working with childbearing women with problematic substance use and their newborns.
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This book considers how health care is structured to develop and to apply evidence--from health profession training and infrastructure development to advances in research methodology, patient engagement, payment schemes, and measurement--and highlights opportunities for the creation of a sustainabl…
With the increase in the number of organizational leadership development programs, there is a pressing need for evaluation to answer important questions, improve practice, and inform decisions. The Handbook is a comprehensive resource filled with examples, tools, and the most innovative models and …
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The goal of Women-Centred Care is to ensure that all girls and women receive evidence based care that respects their social, economic, physical, cultural and spiritual realties. This curriculum is based on the Framework for Women-Centred Health and is designed to support health care providers in de…
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Originators and practitioners of such change methods as Future Search, Real Time Strategic Change, Gemba Kaizen, and Open Space Technology outline the distinctive aspects of their approaches, detail roles and responsibilities, share stories illustrating their use, and answer frequently asked questi…
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This book provides a comprehensive collection of data on a variety of physical measurements for use in the evaluation of children and adults with dysmorphic features, structural anomalies, and genetic syndromes. It has been written as a practical manual that can be carried to the ward or in the fie…
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