Nursing Adults with Long Term Conditions by Jane Nicol

Nursing Adults with Long Term Conditions by Jane Nicol

With the number of people living with long term conditions set to increase, ensuring nurses are equipped with the knowledge and skills required to care for this group of people is essential. This book assists adult nursing students in understanding and applying the principles and practice of managing care for those with a long term condition. It covers essential knowledge and skills, including the impact of long term conditions across the lifespan, the therapeutic relationship, health promotion and empowerment, self-management, symptom management, case management and advance care planning.

′This book is part of the Transforming Nursing Practice series of core textsIt provides a comprehensive overview of the nursing management of people with long-term conditions and offers a good grounding for nursing students. It will also be useful for more experienced practitioners. The author- nurse and senior lecturer Jane Nicol- offers a structured approach, with each chapter based around the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards and essential skills clusters.

All aspects of long term conditions are covered, from diagnosis to palliative care. It covers essential knowledge and skills, the impact of long term conditions across the lifespan, therapeutic relationships, health promotion and empowerment, self-management, symptom management, case management and advance care planning. The text can be a little dry in places, but it is broken up with good case studies. A variety of approaches help to encourage active learning, with guided reflection, activities, further reading, online resources and a glossary′ -
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Jane Nicol is Head of Education and Learning at St Richards Hospice and a Registered General Nurse. During her career she has worked across a range of clinical settings in both primary and secondary care, enabling her to develop a broad knowledge and skill base. She previously taught pre-registration nursing students at the University of Worcester and University of Birmingham. Jane’s specialist areas of teaching are the care and management of people living with long term conditions and palliative and end-of-life care.

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ISBN 13	9780857254412
ISBN 10	0857254413
Title	Nursing Adults with Long Term Conditions
Author	Jane Nicol
Series	Transforming Nursing Practice Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2011-08-01
Number of pages	176
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