Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary

Dawn Freshwater, Sian Masiln-Prothero (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

778 Seiten

2004 | 2nd edition
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-0534-7 (ISBN)

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aeo Over 25,000 entries aeo Comprehensive -- much more information than a pocket dictionary aeo Informed by current nursing research and clinical practice aeo Includes latest UK legislation and policy changes aeo Accessible, authoritative and contemporary aeo Invaluable and informative appendices.

"This dictionary is clear, concise and easy to use…My advice to anyone wishing to purchase a nursing dictionary would be to…buy this one"
Journal of Advanced Nursing (on the first edition)

All the information you’ll ever need - in one dictionary!

Key features

* Over 15,000 entries
* Comprehensive - much more information than a pocket dictionary
* Informed by current nursing research and clinical practice
* Includes latest UK legislation and policy changes
* Accessible, authoritative and contemporary
* Invaluable and informative appendices

Appendices include:
· Normal values
· Lists of websites for key nursing journals and organizations
· The NMC code of professional conduct
· QAA benchmarking standards
· Nursing research, Information technology and emergency care
· Continuing professional development and PREP requirements

“very user friendly”
European Journal of Cancer Care (on the first edition)

Dawn Freshwater is Professor of Mental Health and Primary Care at IHCS Bournemouth University and is leading the development of an Academic Research Centre in Practice with North and Southwest Dorset NHS Trusts. Dr Sian E Maslin-Prothero is Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Southampton. Sian has worked in academia, education, clinical nursing and midwifery in a variety of settings in both the United Kingdom and overseas.

Foreword vii List of Contributors ix

Acknowledgements xi

Pronunciation xii

Abbreviations xiii

Dictionary - A-Z definitions 1

Appendices 669

Appendix 1. Normal Values 673

Appendix 2. Nursing Organisations 679

Appendix 3. Nursing Journals 683

Appendix 4. Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct 687

Appendix 5. Emergency Care 694

Appendix 6. Research 708

Appendix 7. IT 721

Appendix 8. CPD 726

Appendix 9. Nursing Benchmark Statements 733

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2004
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	139 x 216 mm
Gewicht	835 g
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
ISBN-10	1-4051-0534-8 / 1405105348
ISBN-13	978-1-4051-0534-7 / 9781405105347
Zustand	Neuware