Nursing in care homes / Linda Nazarko.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell Science, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xiii, 397 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780632052264 (pbk.) :
- 9780632052264
- Nursing in nursing homes [Other title]
- Geriatric nursing
- Aged -- Long-term care
- Nursing home care
- Older people -- Long-term care -- Great Britain
- Geriatric nursing -- Great Britain
- Nursing home care -- Great Britain
- Geriatric nursing
- Health and Wellbeing
- Geriatric Nursing -- methods -- Great Britain
- Homes for the Aged -- Great Britain
- Nursing Homes -- Great Britain
- 362.16 NAZ
- RT120.L64
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 362.16 NAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 203176 |
Previous ed.: published as Nursing in nursing homes, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The legal framework--2. Needs assessment and funding care--3. Confusion and dementia--4. Medication management--5. Infection control--6. Wound care--7. Continence promotion--8. Management of incontinence--9. Risk management--10. Preventing pressure sores--11.Nutrition--12. Stroke--13. Accessing community services--14. Palliative care--15. Diabetes--16. Respite care--17. Rehabilitation--18. Maximising ability--19. The way forward.
Fully revised and updated in light of recent legislation, this text considers the specific needs of this growing group of specialist nurses.