Fiona Timmins
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Fiona Timmins integrates the findings of recent nursing research with key aspects of the nurse's role. She provides an evidence-based rationale for the best ways of improving cardiac care, describes nursing initiatives to reduce risk factors & presents a needs-based approach to patient education.
Author
Publisher
Open University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Description
All students undertaking pre-registration nursing qualifications are required to complete a portfolio as part of their formal assessment. This book is pitched at introductory level and provides a guide to the context of portfolio development and it's importance not just to assessment but to the patient experience.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill/Open University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Written as a step-by-step guide, this book answers all the common questions nurses have about writing their portfolio. Each chapter includes suggested activities and tasks that can be completed and put into a portfolio, so readers can create a portfolio as they go.
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Description
This volume focuses on the application of communication theory to practice and provides students and junior nurses with the opportunity to study the subject in a comprehensive, skills-oriented way. This work features research evidence, with particular focus on the client's perspective.
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
This work explores the familiar concepts within nursing, such as evidence-based practice, patient-centred communication, management, practice development and models of care, and uses these theoretical constructs to provide an overview of services and nursing approaches within day surgery.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2010
Description
This volume offers evidence-based and family centred practical guidance for procedures in all care settings. Emphasis is placed on the development of decision-making skills and sensitive care. It is enhanced by illustrations, online resources, and regular updates to evidence.