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This text assists students in meeting the NMC requirements, and helps them apply recent leadership and management theory to the nurse's role. It explores students' current perceptions and concerns, giving practical guidance for immediate challenges the new nurse will face - team working, delegation, conflict management and negotiation.

This volume covers paediatric patients, major incidents such as chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear, polytrauma, flight physiology, advanced multi-organ support, and end of life decisions in the field.

Good communication is fundamental to effective nursing, and the teaching of interpersonal skills is now an established part of all nursing courses, at both pre- and post-registration level. This book meets the student's needs, and is specifically tailored to nurses.

Elementary Algebra is a work text that covers the traditional topics studied in a modern elementary algebra course. Use of this book will help the student develop the insight and intuition necessary to master algebraic techniques and manipulative skills.Elementary Algebra is a work text that covers the traditional topics studied in a modern elementary algebra course. It is intended for students who (1) have no exposure to elementary algebra, (2) have...

"In the long-shadow of September 11, 2001, infrastructures have undergone a significant reorganization. Letters, Power Lines, and Other Dangerous Things examines how new fears and worries over security have transformed the material and social outlines of infrastructure. The book follows three infrastructures-the postal system, freight rail, and the electric power system-and documents the subtle and explicit changes that have remade these systems....

Although medical students don't wield the knife, they need a firm understanding of the wide range of signs and symptoms that might indicate disease requiring surgical intervention, and the issues surrounding this intervention before, during and after the procedures are undertaken.

This title helps nursing students understand how ethics is central to the role of a nurse, and how to apply ethical thinking and decision making to provide, safe, effective and patient-centred care.

This book contains an account of the 2,352 families (close to 3,000 counting cadet lines) that had one member sit in either House of the English, British, or United Kingdom Parliament, the Irish Parliament, or the Scottish Parliament between 1660 and 1945 and was represented in one of these Parliaments by at least three members at any time between the Middle Ages and 2015. Nearly 20,000 individuals are included in the main listings.Information is...