Nursing Books

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11. Fever Hospitals and Fever Nurses

    A British Social History of Fever Nurses: A National Service

    By Margaret Currie

    This well researched book provides an interesting study of the development of fever hospitals and fever nursing, mainly in nineteenth and twentieth century Britain. It provides new insights into the development of nursing roles and nurse education and looks at the lives of key figures at that time....

    Published July 25th 2012 by Routledge
12. Education and the Culture of Consumption

    Personalisation and the Social Order

    By David Hartley

    For nearly 200 years the organisational form of the school has changed little. Bureaucracy has been its enduring form. The school has prepared the worker for the factory of mass production. It has created the 'mass consumer' to be content with accepting what is on offer, not what is wanted. However...

    Published June 11th 2012 by Routledge
13. Introduction To Nursing Research

    Developing Research Awareness

    By Andree le May, Susan Holmes

    In an engaging and accessible introduction for student nurses, Introduction to Nursing Research: Developing Research Awareness explains the hows and whys of nursing research, stressing its influence on policy and improving patient care. The book delivers a comprehensive guide to the research...

    Published May 24th 2012 by CRC Press
14. Handbook of Mental Health Nursing

    By Stephen Tee, Joanne Brown, Diane Carpenter

    A concise and user-friendly guide, Handbook of Mental Health Nursing helps nursing professionals learn the essential skills required for practice. This practical handbook is informed by an interdisciplinary understanding of mental health problems and the recovery from mental health difficulties....

    Published April 26th 2012 by CRC Press
15. A Textbook of Community Nursing

    Edited by Sue Chilton, Heather Bain, Ann Clarridge, Karen Melling

    A Textbook of Community Nursing is a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction covering the full range of professional issues, including community nursing roles, personal safety, public health, and health promotion. This is an essential text for all pre-registration nursing students, students...

    Published April 26th 2012 by CRC Press
16. Alzheimer's Disease

    Targets for New Clinical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategies

    Edited by Renee D. Wegrzyn, Alan S. Rudolph

    Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience

    In recent years, a tremendous amount of effort has been focused on better understanding the fundamentals of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) to facilitate early and accurate diagnosis and appropriately targeted therapeutic treatments. Alzheimer’s Disease: Targets for New Clinical, Diagnostic, and...

    Published April 25th 2012 by CRC Press
17. Nursing and Women’s Labour in the Nineteenth Century

    The Quest for Independence

    By Sue Hawkins

    This book presents a new examination of Victorian nurses which challenges commonly-held assumptions about their character and motivation. Nineteenth century nursing history has, until now, concentrated almost exclusively on nurse leaders, on the development of nursing as a profession and the...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge
18. Community Nursing and Primary Healthcare in Twentieth-Century Britain

    By Helen M. Sweet, with Rona Dougall

    Series: Routledge Studies in the Social History of Medicine

    This book takes a fresh look at community nursing history in Great Britain, examining the essentially generalist and low profile, domiciliary end of the professional nursing spectrum throughout the twentieth century. It charts the most significant changes affecting the nurse’s work on the district...

    Published February 22nd 2012 by Routledge
19. Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education

    Edited by Caragh Brosnan, Bryan S. Turner

    The Handbook of the Sociology of Medical Education provides a contemporary introduction to this classic area of sociology by examining the social origin and implications of the epistemological, organizational and demographic challenges facing medical education in the twenty-first century....

    Published February 20th 2012 by Routledge
20. Adult Nursing

    Preparing for Practice

    By Dave Barton, Andreé le May

    A complete resource for your career in nursing; this book gives you a sound knowledge basis for effective care and best practice in hospital and community settings and, alongside this, explores the many routes your professional development can take. Part one explores the key aspects of the journey...

    Published December 29th 2011 by CRC Press