Oxford Handbook in Nursing

Oxford Handbook of Cancer Nursing

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For all nurses involved in the care of patients with cancer, particularly practising specialist cancer and palliative care nurses, district nurses, and specialist nurse practioners as well as those in training.

Content

• Introduction
• The cancer problem
• The experience of cancer
• Supportive and palliative care
• Clinical management of cancer
• Management of major cancers
• Symptom management
• Oncological emergencies

Oxford Handbook of Cardiac Nursing

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1. Cardiac nurses, specialist nurse practitioners, pre-admission nurses, rapid access chest pain clinic specialists, qualified nurses working in non-cardiac settings who regularly care for patients with cardiac problems.
2. Primary care nurses, paramedics, senior student nurses, and all health care professionals involved in the care of patients with cardiac problems.
   

Content

• Introduction
• Cardiac assessment
• Cardiac investigations
• Valvular disease
• Infective endocarditis
• Coronary heart disease
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Interventional cardiology for coronary artery disease
• Cardiac surgery
• Chronic heart failure
• Bradycardia and blocks
• Tachycardias
• Electrophysiology
• Congenital heart disease
• Cardiomyopathy
• Other cardiac problems
• Cardiac rehabilitation, prevention of cardiac disease and promotion of health
• Cardiovascular emergencies
• Cardiovascular drugs

Oxford Handbook of Children's and
Young People's Nursing

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1. Students following the children's nursing branch.
2. Qualified children's and young people's nurses.
3. Primary care nurses; community nurses; health visitors; school nurses.
4. Students on the adult nursing branch who have to cover children's nursing issues.

Content

• Normal growth and development
• Care of the child / young person and family
• Care of the child / young person and family in hospital
• Care of the child / young person and family in the community
• Assessing the sick child
• Nursing care of the sick child
• Fundamental skills
• Systems-based problems
  • Skin problems and communicable diseases
  • Neurological problems
  • Respiratory problems
  • Cardiovascular problems
  • Gastrointestinal problems
  • Genito-urinary problems
  • Reproductive problems
  • Musculo-skeletal problems
  • Sensory problems
  • Haematology and immunity problems
  • Oncology
  • Endocrine and metabolic problems
  • Neonatal problems
  • Genetic and congenital problems
• Mental Health
• Children and young people with chronic illness / disability
• Palliative care
• High dependency care
• Drugs in children's nursing
• Professional issues
• Safeguarding children
• Religion, culture and spirituality
• Research with children
• Paediatric emergencies
• Minor injuries
• Reference section

Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing

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1. Nursing students following the mental health branch programme.
2. Qualified mental health nurses.
3. Practice nurse, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, and health visitors.
4. Students on the adult nursing branch programme who have to cover mental health issues

Content

• Introduction
• Essential mental health nursing skills
• Interventions
• Violence
• Risk
• Common mental disorders
• The Mental Health Act
• Medications
• Culture
• Older adult
• Leadership
• Evidence-based mental health nursing
• Research
• Liaison mental health
• National occupational standards for mental health
• Essential shared capabilities

Oxford Handbook of Midwifery

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1. Qualified midwives
2. Student midwives
3. Midwifery lecturers, medical students and junior doctors, general practitioners, obstetricians and other health professionals such as health visitors; physiotherapists and complementary therapists specialising in maternity care, and anyone involved with pregnant women, new mothers and their families.

Content

• Introduction
• Normal labour
• Complicated labour
• Postnatal care
• Family planning
• Care of the new born
• Feeding

Oxford Handbook of Nurse Prescribing

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1. Qualified Nurse Prescribers, Extended Nurse Prescribers and Supplementary Nurse Prescribers
2. Students on nurse prescribing courses
3. Those teaching prescribing courses
   

Content

• Introduction
• Principles
• Practice
• Accountability
• Responsibilities

Oxford Handbook of Primary Care and
Community Nursing

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1. This handbook is an essential tool for practising nurses working in the primary care and community setting; these include practice nurses, nurse practitioners, district nurses, community staff nurses, health visitors, school nurses, walk-in centre nurses and sexual health nurses.
2. It will also be valuable to those taking relevant post-registration qualification courses, including specialist practitioner courses relevant to practice nursing and family planning, and also pre-registration students undertaking elective and management modules in primary care nursing.
   

Content

• Normal growth and development
• The health of the UK population
• Nursing in primary care
• Quality and risk management
• Approaches to individual health needs assessment
• Medicine management and nurse prescribing
• Children
• Child and adolescent common health problems
• Adult health promotion
• Vulnerable groups with extra needs
• Care provision
• Care of people with long term conditions
• Common adult health problems
• Minor injuries and emergencies
• Useful information