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Care Essentials eBook Series

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  • Cancer Awareness

    by Various ...
    Series series Care Essentials
    This resource is designed to raise awareness levels of cancer for people working in the care sector, or those supporting someone in their own home or family.The text begins by looking at what cancer is and how it begins. The types of tumour are defined and how they are classified. Various risk factors are discussed, together with the most common signs and symptoms of cancer. There is a section on ... Read more

    $7.36 CAD

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    by Erica Verrillo ...
    Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Treatment Guide, 2nd Edition includes over 100 effective treatments, spanning the full range of pharmaceutical and complementary modalities, an in-depth discussion of all symptoms with cross-referencing to appropriate treatments, the latest research into the causes and mechanisms of the illness, doctors' protocols, coping techniques, special sections for managing ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD

  • A Cup of Comfort Stories for Nurses

    Celebrating compassion, kindness, and caring

    by Colleen Sell ...
    Series series Cup of Comfort Stories
    The kindness and skill of a good nurse is critical to the healing process. Every day, nurses help us when we are at our most vulnerable - and every day they make enormous differences in our lives. These three stories in A Cup of Comfort Stories for Nurses remind you that there’s nothing more healing than a soft touch, a warm voice, and a capable hand. These stories are a small way to say thank you ... Read more

    $3.50 CAD

  • Acute Care Oncology Nursing

    by Cynthia C. Chernecky, Kathleen Murphy-Ende ...
    - Six new chapters — Biliary and Pancreatic Obstruction, Depression and Cognitive Dysfunction, Dyspnea and Airway Obstruction, GI Obstruction, Heart Failure, and Spiritual Distress — keep you up to date with the latest advances in oncology nursing. - Evidence-based rationales in the nursing interventions help you apply the latest research findings to actual practice. - Each chapter includes a new ... Read more

    $80.99 CAD

  • Mosby's Oncology Nursing Advisor

    Mosby's Oncology Nursing Advisor E-Book

    by Susan Newton, Margie Hickey, Joyce Jackowski ...
    Like getting 7 books in 1, MOSBY'S ONCOLOGY NURSING ADVISOR provides quick access to essential information on a wide range of cancer topics, including types of cancer, treatment options, symptom management, palliative care, and patient teaching. Its user-friendly layout and straightforward coverage make it ideal for use in any clinical setting, offering authoritative guidance to help you provide ... Read more

    $82.99 CAD

  • Saving Lives

    Why the Media's Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at Risk

    by Harry Jacobs Summers, Sandy Summers ...
    For millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media's portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the profession and contributed to a global shortage that constitutes a public health crisis. Today, the thin ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Sociology for Health Professionals

    by Lani Russell ...
    Sociology is a key topic for all trainee health professionals, but many struggle to see what sociology has to offer. Based on years of experience teaching sociology to healthcare students, Lani Russell has written a truly introductory text which explains the main sociological concepts without jargon or becoming too advanced. Using carefully chosen examples, she shows how health issues are ... Read more

    $71.19 CAD

  • Women at War

    The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam

    by Elizabeth Norman ...
    Series series Studies in Health, Illness, and Caregiving
    Norman tells the dramatic story of fifty women—members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps—who went to war, working in military hospitals, aboard ships, and with air evacuation squadrons during the Vietnam War. Here, in a moving narrative, the women talk about why they went to war, the experiences they had while they were there, and how war affected them physically, emotionally, and ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Biological Basis of Nursing: Cancer

    by William T. Blows ...
    Presenting specialized biological information on what cancer is, this book looks at how it damages the body, and how cancer treatments work. Engaging, accessible and illustrated throughout, this unique text:explains the basic biology of cancerdiscusses the biology of the wide range of common cancersidentifies and explains the biological causes of cancerexplains drug action in chemotherapy and ... Read more

    $76.99 CAD

  • 20 Years of Cell Death

    Edited by Richard A Lockshin, Zahra Zakeri ...
    In 1994, when the International Cell Death Society was founded, programmed cell death and apoptosis had just recently been recognized as major factors in medicine, important in diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, autoimmune diseases, and developmental anomalies. The biomedical world had accepted the idea that most cells do not die by accident: under specific conditions, they ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Excellent Dementia Care in Hospitals

    A Guide to Supporting People with Dementia and their Carers

    by Jo James, Jules Knight, Bethany Cotton, Rita Freyne, Josh Pettit, Lucy Gilby, Nicci Gerard, Julia Jones ...
    Highly Commended in Medicine in the 2018 BMA Medical Book AwardsPeople with dementia increasingly find themselves staying in hospitals for extended periods, often due to separate health issues. This best-practice guide presents healthcare staff with the information and tools needed to provide excellent person-centred care to people with dementia in hospital settings.This useful handbook includes ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

  • Basic Patient Care Procedures (Nursing)

    Includes Hygiene and Care of the Patient, Positioning, Caring for the Environment, Specimen Collection and Handwashing Procedures

    Edited by IML Training ...
    Series series Nursing
    Basic Patient Care ProceduresNurses and medical staff provide a valuable service to patients. They must meet high standards with integrity, dignity, calm thinking, and careful study. The purpose of this course is to provide you with a working knowledge of the procedures.This course is part of our Nursing series.Includes a questions and answers section at the end of each lesson.Full illustrations ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD