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Book SynopsisClinical Governance: A Guide to Implementation for Healthcare Professionals provides a comprehensive overview of what is meant by clinical governance and how it can be implemented in practice. It explores the evolution of clinical governance, its key components, legal implications, the barriers to implementing it, and its impact. Clinical Governance provides step-by-step practical advice, facilitating better understanding of the key principles of clinical governance. This third edition has been fully updated throughout to incorporate a more integrated approach to achieving clinical governance, with an additional chapter on education and training. Each chapter includes reflective questions, activities and case studies taken from clinical practice as well as a full list of references and further reading.Table of ContentsThe Author xi Introduction xiii PART ONE The Chairs Role and Career Path 1. In the Trenches 3 2. Preparing for the Chairs Role 14 3. Assessing What Kind of Department Chair You Are 23 4. Serving as an Untenured Department Chair 34 5. Coexisting with a Former Chair 41 6. Creating a Career Plan 49 7. Returning to the Faculty 58 8. Seeking Higher Administrative Positions 66 9. A Scenario Analysis on the Chairs Role and Career Path 75 PART TWO Departmental Management and Politics 10. Understanding Departmental Ethics and Politics 85 11. Chairing Small Departments 92 12. Chairing Large Departments 99 13. Setting Course Rotations and Schedules 108 14. Making Decisions 114 15. Setting Annual Themes 124 16. Creating Departmental Centers for Excellence in Teaching and Learning 132 17. A Scenario Analysis on Departmental Management and Politics 142 PART THREE The Chairs Role in Searches, Hiring, and Firing 18. Writing Job Descriptions and Position Announcements 157 19. Understanding the Chairs Role in the Search Process 168 20. Interviewing Candidates 176 21. Letting Someone Go 188 22. A Scenario Analysis on Hiring and Firing 196 PART FOUR Mentoring Challenges and Opportunities for Department Chairs 23. Helping Faculty Members Sharpen Their Focus 205 24. Coaching Faculty Members to Increase Productivity 211 25. Promoting a More Collegial Department 217 26. Coping with Passive-Aggressive Behavior 224 27. Resolving Chronic Complaints 231 28. Addressing Staff Conflicts 240 29. Overcoming Conflicts 247 30. A Scenario Analysis onMentoring Challenges 257 PART FIVE The Chairs Role in Faculty Development 31. Facilitating a Positive First-Year Faculty Experience 267 32. Coaching Faculty in Writing Effective Resumes 274 33. Creating an Effective Professional Development Plan 279 34. Creating an Effective Teaching Portfolio 290 35. Creating an Effective Course Syllabus 302 36. Promoting Creativity in Teaching and Learning 309 37. A Scenario Analysis on Faculty Development 317 PART SIX Best Practices in Evaluation and Assessment 38. Creating Written Evaluations 327 39. Conducting Oral Evaluation Sessions 337 40. Writing Letters of Recommendation 343 41. Doing Assessment Effectively 352 42. Conducting Program Reviews 364 43. Conducting Posttenure Reviews 380 44. A Scenario Analysis on Evaluation and Assessment 389 PART SEVEN Essentials of Budgeting and Planning 45. Strategic Planning 401 46. Planning a Budget 411 47. Implementing a Budget 418 48. Fundraising 425 49. Accounting for Sponsored Research 440 50. A Scenario Analysis on Strategic Budgeting and Planning 449 Epilogue: A Checklist for the Essential Department Chair 457 Index 463 TOCUpdater-Profile_7@1326755508050

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Book SynopsisSociology 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 influenced by social phenomena such as class, race or sexuality and the relevance this has for practitioners. The book includes: -The main sociological concepts relevant to healthcare students -Examples linking sociological concepts and major health topics -Exercises to test students' understanding -Glossaries of key terms and key theorists -Advice on further reading -A full companion website with teaching materials for lecturers and learning resources for students This is the ideal text to recommend to students who nTrade Review‘Excellent. This text covers all the aspects of sociology that any discerning undergraduate would want or need. The case studies will be very helpful for student learning and development.’ -- Karen Wild, Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Keele University‘This book has helped me to understand the challenging topic of sociology. The writing is engaging for undergraduate students like me.’ -- Jenny Goodwin, Physiotherapy student, Glasgow Caledonian UniversityTable of ContentsBiomedicine Power Class Ethnicity Ageing Gender Sexuality Chronic Illness and Disability Mental Health Health care Glossary Key Theorists

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Book SynopsisDevelop the strong reasoning skills you'll need for competent and caring practice with An Introduction to Theory and Reasoning in Nursing. This proven book will help you understand theory, what it is, how it supports nurses and their practice and how you can use it to answer clinical questions and care for patients more effectively. -See theorists and their theories come to life with Theorist boxes that contain a brief synopsis of the theorist's life and a photo of the theorist (when available). -Access an alternative to nursing process care plans with a new research-validated reasoning model, the Clinical Reasoning Plan (CRP) that uses actual nursing case studies. -Increase your understanding of how theory and reasoning is used in clinical practice through Nursing Story boxes . -Clarify your understanding of individual support theories and nursing theories through Summaries that identify phenomenon, internal concepts or variables, propositions, external variables, and assumptions. -In

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Book SynopsisPrader-Willi Syndrome: Selected Research and Management Issues investigates the most recent developments in the diagnosis and management of individuals with the syndrome. This volume is not intended as a comprehensive review, but as a source of new, original research on this little understood syndrome. Alternative methods of identification and treatment are considered, and issues related to the nonmedical characteristics are explored.Table of Contents1 Issues in Prader-Willi Syndrome: Diagnosis, Characteristics, and Management.- Diagnosis.- Treatment.- Summary.- 2 The Etiology of Prader-Willi Syndrome: Clinical Implications of the Chromosome 15 Abnormalities.- Cytogenetic Basis for Prader-Willi Syndrome.- Clinical Implications of Cytogenetic Findings.- Future Research Directions.- Summary.- 3 Cognitive and Behavioral Characteristics.- Cognition.- Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior.- Summary.- 4 Management of the Problems of Infancy: Hypotonia, Developmental Delay, and Feeding Problems.- Hypotonia and Developmental Delay.- Management of Hypotonia and Developmental Delay.- Management of Feeding Problems.- Other Management Issues of Early Infancy.- Summary.- 5 Behavior Management and Intervention.- Methodology in Behavior Analysis and Therapy.- Behavioral Treatment of Problems Common to Prader-Willi Syndrome.- Behavioral Treatment in Prader-Willi Syndrome.- Summary.- 6 Surgical Considerations in Prader-Willi Syndrome.- Surgery for Obesity Control.- Cosmetic Surgery.- Scoliosis Surgery.- Gonadal and Genetalia Surgery.- Surgery for Miscellaneous Problems.- Anesthetic Considerations in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome.- Summary.- 7 Parent Concerns.- Concerns at the Time of the Birth of the Child.- Concerns from the Time of the Birth of the Child to the Onset of Weight Gain.- The Time from Weight Gain to the Beginning of Adolescence.- Adolescence and Postadolescence.- Conclusions: Suggestions for Physicians and Parents.- Parent Questionnaire.- Author Index.

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Book SynopsisConfidently adapt your nursing education program to the cutting-edge caring method with the experienced insight of the Chamberlain University College of Nursing. From effective faculty development to proven patient satisfaction strategies, this case-based monograph outlines your path to better patient-focused outcomes and institutional excellence.Apply the experienced insight of the Chamberlain University College of Nursing to: Avoid common pitfalls in adapting your program Create a caring environment for faculty and students Recognize and develop faculty Build a path to better patient outcomes Table of ContentsAbout the Editor viAbout the Contributors viiForeword from the Chamberlain University Board of Trustees Chair ixForeword from the Cleveland Clinic Health System ECNO xiPreface xiiiAcknowledgments xviChapter 1 The Case for a Culture of Care 1Chapter 2 Designing a New Model of Academic Service: Operationalizing Chamberlain Care 15Chapter 3 Promoting Teaching Excellence: A Culture of Care for Faculty 35Chapter 4 A Culture of Care for Students 65Chapter 5 Evolving Our Culture of Care 95Appendix A Master Instruction Classroom Observation 111Appendix B Teaching Excellence Comprehensive Program 119

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Book SynopsisPerhaps I should begin by saying that I am not, in terms of ethnic origin, English. My parents emigrated to England from the Irish Republic, and we have all lived in Britain for so long that no one can see the join - or can they? Some years ago, my mother was admitted to hospital for a routine operation. Award nurse saw her obviously foreign name on the admissions list, and concluded she must be Asian. Accordingly, she arranged for my mother to have a bed in the same bay as other Asian women, and ordered her a curry for lunch. Part of me was angry at the stereotypical thinking rhat every one with a strange name must be Asian, but I had to concede that I myself knew little about other cultures. My own patients came from a variety of cultural traditions, but neither I nor my colleagues knew very much about them. What information we had was culled directly from patients and their families in a haphazard ''do this'' or ''don''t do that'' basis. Because we had no understanding of the traditions, staff could become exasperated over what they interpreted as ''awkwardness''. Our inadequacies were further highlighted when patients did not speak English: there was always the question of who could translate for them, and whether they fully understood their illnesses and their treat ments. For some, the experience of being in hospital must have been frightening.

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Book SynopsisPrimary Care, 6th Edition, online case studies, and Davis Edge work together to create an interactive learning experience that prepares students for their roles as Advanced Practice Nurses in the primary care setting. An access code inside new printed texts unlocks Davis Edge, the online case studies, and an ebook.LEARN—The Text Written by nurse practitioners for nurse practitioners in collaboration with a physician, this popular text explores the theoretical foundations of everything Primary Care. Its comprehensive and easy-to-follow presentation examines the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of every body system across the life span.APPLY Case Studies Online case studies use real-world scenarios to develop clinical decision-making skills as students learn how to properly diagnose and treat patients.ASSESS Davis Edge This interactive, online Q&A review platform provides the practice needed to master course content and prepare for exams. Over 1,000 board-style questions test students’ knowledge and retention of what they are learning. Actionable analytics enable instructors to assess their students’ mastery of the content and their critical-thinking and decision-making skills to easily identify the areas in which they are struggling and intervene quickly in class and on assignments to ensure that they succeed.Text Expanded, Revised & Updated! Significantly increased and updated content throughout, especially in the sections detailing Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems; Musculoskeletal Problems, and Psychosocial Problems. New Section! Care of Vulnerable Populations in Unit 3, featuring four new chapters that focus on populations that require special attention and consideration New Features! Geriatric Considerations and Pediatric/Adolescent Considerations in applicable Unit 2 chapters New! Online case studies with critical thinking questions Coverage of the broadest range of human disease and disorders using a systems-based approach that presents both Common Complaints and Common Problems to help students narrow down the possible differentials to the most likely diagnosis Coverage of pathophysiology and diagnostic reasoning as well as up-to-date guidance on laboratory and diagnostic tests Emphasis on evidence-based practice with information on evidence levels and more references to primary studies Davis Edge Enhanced! Interface that makes navigation even easier and offers instructors more flexibility and control options Thousands of questions aligned to Primary Care with page references Comprehensive rationales for both correct and incorrect responses Personalized dashboards that track students’ progress across their assignments and highlight where they need to focus their study time Table of Contents I.CARING-BASED NURSING: THE ART 1.Primary Care in the Twenty-First Century: A Circle of Caring 2.Caring and the Advanced Practice Nurse 3.Health Promotion 4.The Art of Diagnosis and Treatment 5.Evidence-Based PracticeII.CARING-BASED NURSING: THE SCIENCESection 1.Neurological Problems 6.Common Neurological Complaints 7.Seizure Disorders 8.Degenerative Disorders 9.Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke) 10.Infectious and Inflammatory Neurological Disorders Section 2.Skin Problems 11.Common Skin Complaints 12.Parasitic Skin Infestations 13.Fungal Skin Infections 14.Bacterial Skin Infections 15.Viral Skin Infections 16.Dermatitis 17.Skin LesionsSection 3.Eye Problems 18.Common Eye Complaints 19.Lid and Conjunctival Pathology 20.Visual Disturbances and Impaired Vision Section 4.Ear, Nose, and Throat Problems 21.Common Ear, Nose, an Throat Complaints 22.Hearing and Balance Disorders 23.Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Ear 24.Inflammatory and Infectious Disorders of the Nose, Sinuses, Mouth, and Throat 25.Epistaxis 26.Temporomandibular Disorders 27.Dysphonia Section 5.Respiratory Problems 28.Common Respiratory Complaints 29.Sleep Apnea 30.Infectious Respiratory Disorders 31.Inflammatory Respiratory Disorders 32.Lung Cancer 33.Smoking AddictionSection 6.Cardiovascular Problems 34.Common Cardiovascular Complaints 35.Cardiac and Associated Risk Disorders 36.Arrhythmias and Valvular Disorders 37.Disorders of the Vascular SystemSection 7.Abdominal Problems 38.Common Abdominal Complaints 39.Infectious Gastrointestinal Disorders 40.Gastric and Intestinal Disorders 41.Gallbladder and Pancreatic Disorders 42.Cirrhosis and Liver FailureSection 8.Renal Problems 43.Common Urinary Complaints 44.Urinary Tract Disorders 45.Kidney and Bladder DisordersSection 9.Gender-Related Health Problems 46.Common Reproductive System Complaints 47.Common Reproductive System Issues 48.Breast Disorders 49.Vaginal, Uterine, and Ovarian Disorders 50.Prostate Disorders 51.Penile and Testicular Disorders 52.Sexually Transmitted InfectionsSection 10.Musculoskeletal Problems 53.Common Musculoskeletal Complaints 54.Spinal Disorders 55.Soft-Tissue Disorders 56.Osteoarthritis and OsteoporosisSection 11.Endocrine and Metabolic Problems 57.Common Endocrine and Metabolic Complaints 58.Glandular Disorders 59.Diabetes Mellitus 60.Metabolic Disorders Section 12.Hematological and Immunological Problems 61.Common Hematological and Immunological Complaints 62.Hematological Disorders 63.Immunological Disorders 64.Infectious DisordersSection 13.Psychosocial Problems 65.Common Psychological Complaints 66.Neurodevelopmental Disorders 67.Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders 68.Schizophrenia Spectrum and other Psychotic Disorders 69.Mood Disorders 70.Anxiety Disorders and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 71.Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 72.Other Psychiatric Disorders 73.Sexual Assault 74.Human Trafficking Section 14.Urgent Care Problems 75.Common Injuries 76.Toxic and Enviromental ExposuresIII.CARING-BASED NURSING: THE PRACTICESection 1: Care of Vulnerable Populations 77.Primary Care of Adolescents 78.Sports Physicals 79.Primary Care of Patients Who Are Transgender 80.Primary Care of Veterans 81.Primary Care of the Patient with Cancer 82.Primary Care of Older Adults 83.Pain ManagementSection 2: Special Topics in Advanced Practice (Online Only) 84.Palliative and End-of-life Care 85.Ethical and Legal Issues of a Caring-Based Practice 86.Quality & Value-Based Payment: Making an Economic Impact on Health Care 87.Primary Care Approaches to Behavioral Health 88.Putting Caring Into Practice: Caring for Self

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Book Synopsis*Longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas prize 2021**Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2021: A 'tour-de-force'**An Irish Times and Poetry School Book of the Year 2020*'A day will come when you won't missthe country na nagluwal sa 'yo.'- 'Antiemetic for Homesickness'The poems in Romalyn Ante's luminous debut build a bridge between two worlds: journeying from the country 'na nagluwal sa 'yo' - that gave birth to you - to a new life in the United Kingdom. Steeped in the richness of Filipino folklore, and studded with Tagalog, these poems speak of the ache of assimilation and the complexities of belonging, telling the stories of generations of migrants who find exile through employment - through the voices of the mothers who leave and the children who are left behind. With dazzling formal dexterity and emotional resonance, this expansive debut offers a unique perspective on family, colonialism, homeland and heritage: from the countries we carry with us, to the places we call home.'Moving, witty and agile' Observer'By turns playful and tender, offering a formally-various exploration of migration, community, and nursing... there is honesty, musicality, a powerful heart' Irish TimesTrade ReviewBy turns playful and tender, offering a formally-various exploration of migration, community, and nursing... there is honesty, musicality, a powerful heart -- Seán Hewitt * The Irish Times *Best Poetry Books of 2020* *Captivating...playful...moving, witty and agile...These poems have a tended quality, as though Ante's kindness as a nurse extended to them. She is an unforced poet with a lightness of touch and fortitude, not neglecting to see her situation within a wider cultural and historical context -- Kate Kelloway * Observer *Poetry Book of the Month* *A poetry of rapturous images and riveting conscience -- Tracy K. SmithRomalyn Ante is a poet to fall in love with. A flower of both the Philippines and the Black Country, her vivid, sensual poems weave a fascinating and moving story of migration and loss, caring and tenderness -- Liz Berry[A] tour-de-force * Jhalak Prize *What might it mean to survive the incandescent distances between here and all we’ve ever left behind—the languages, the myths, the keepsakes and names? How can we return to lost things and those who love us, relearn what draws away from memory? Romalyn Ante traces paths back through such questions with the grace of lancets, illuminating scars and landscapes, celebrating the “invisible…goddesses of caring and tending” in this brilliant collection. It is something of miracle to experience a debut that charts our "dislocated world" with such incisive generosity. I am beyond grateful for these poems—each one pulsing with “the rhythm of a shockable heart.” -- R.A. VillanuevaAnte's poems are like embers, pared back to a slow-burning emotional core whose intensity she sustains elegantly throughout the collection -- Stephanie Sy-Quia * Times Literary Supplement *Poignant, beautiful, and meditative writing on movement - living in a foreign country, being away from one's family, speaking a language not quite your own... This is possibly the most beautiful thing I have read this year -- Maria Lewandowska * The Poetry School *Poetry Books of the Year* *Ante writes with a voice that I can only imagine develops when the act of care is central to one's life. She minces no words. Antiemetic for Homesickness manages to stand so coherently as a collection on account of how the poems' polyphony of voices interact with one another. We are at the mercy of her retort to those who underestimate immigrant workers -- Holly Loveday * Wild Court *Romalyn Ante's debut collection presents an important and magical display of culture and perspective. There is always that memory that pervades someone's mind of what it is to migrate from one's home to another place. How are the people back home? The people who were left behind, how are they? Have they changed? [Antiemetic for Homesickness] aims to tackle those questions with folklore and spirit and honor -- Shaun Anto * Columbia Journal *Ante has an assured hand, with a mastery of form and freshness of vision... these are poems that pay testimony to Ante's deep sense of humanity, authenticity, and caring, together with a desire to make the best of what life brings -- Mary Mulholland * The Alchemy Spoon *The 35 poems in this collection document stories of yearning as well as pluck and hard love... I'm rewarded with the privilege of witnessing how the poet-speaker's attention and empathy for others in the world continues to generously unfold -- Luisa A. Igloria * RHINO *Ante is an adept artist who can seamlessly internalise the external and externalise the internal... This collection is also a treatise on mothering, un-mothering, and more significantly, remothering. The book is dedicated to Ante's mother, whose presence in many forms is palpable and penetrating -- Cuilin Sang * Poetry Birmingham *The collection shines a welcome light on a too-often overlooked community, whose hard work and dedication to keeping the NHS afloat -- both before the pandemic and more so now -- puts this country enormously in debt -- Stella Backhouse * Here Comes Everyone *

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Book SynopsisRecording Skills in Safeguarding Adults is the comprehensive guide to keeping accurate, effective and complete records in safeguarding adults work. This book explains why good record-keeping is essential: it covers crucial skills in recording, including how to write effectively; evidential requirements when writing statements and reports for court; and minute-taking. The book includes best practice points, exercises and examples of good recording. Each chapter also features informative, anecdotal experiences and comments from experts in safeguarding adults work, including police and lawyers, on what is needed in written records and how to present evidence clearly and persuasively.This book is essential reading for all safeguarding adults practitioners who are required to keep records, including social workers, probation officers, nurses, support workers, residential and day care staff, volunteers and advocates.Trade ReviewI found much in this book to challenge current established practice in record keeping. There is a refreshing rigour and clarity of thought that will help the reader with much more than safeguarding. -- Caring TimesTable of Contents1. The Need for This Book and How to Use It. 2. The Purpose of Keeping Records. 3. Access to Records and Information Sharing. 4. Back to Basics: Good Recording Skills. 5. Tools for Effective Recording. 6. Evidential Requirements 1: Preserving and Presenting the Evidence. 7. Evidential Requirements 2: Pre-alert to Case Conference. 8. Risk Assessment and Developing Safeguarding Plans. 9. Minute Taking in Safeguarding Adults Meetings. 10. Report Writing for Court. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisPerson-centred thinking and planning are approaches that enable people using social care and health services to plan their future, and use a personal budget to commission personalised services.Creating Person-Centred Organisations is a guide for organisations who want to deliver personalised services. Key issues covered include attending to the vision, strategy and business planning of the organisation, as well as organisational processes, culture and managing change. Drawing on the pioneering work of the social care charity United Response, the authors provide a wealth of practical tools and techniques to enable organisations within health, social care and the voluntary sector to use person-centred thinking tools and approaches to move towards becoming person-centred organisations.This is an essential guide for managers and leaders within private, statutory and voluntary organisations.Stephen Stirk is Director of Human Resources at the social care charity United Response. He has had over 30 years' experience in human resources, organisation development and line management positions, including specialism in organisation design and development with GlaxoSmithKline. Helen Sanderson is Director of Helen Sanderson Associates. She has written extensively on person-centred thinking, planning, community building and Individual Service Funds. She has worked with a range of providers to enable them to deliver more personalised services. She is co-author (with Jaimee Lewis) of A Practical Guide to Delivering Personalisation: Person-Centred Practice in Health and Social Care (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).Trade ReviewThe book aims to define what person-centred practice means in organisation which aspire to deliver personalised services... The checklists in each chapter describe both the detail of what we expect to see in a person-centred organisation and they also give readers an opportunity to celebrate areas of responsibility that are being delivered well and to think about areas where development might occur... This person-centred approach on "one-to-one", focuses on there being opportunities for appreciation and feedback and reflection on progress and learning and an opportunity for shared problem-solving... Person-centred practices enable teams to deliver, at their best, in ways that work for everyone... The concluding chapter summarises the book so well that it alone could be used as the principles of good practice... If people working in health and social care use the tools and techniques provided by Stephen Stirk and Helen Sanderson, then they will have a multitude of options to take their organisation forward to become truly person-centred. -- European Journal for Person Centered Healthcare (EJPCH)It is a treasure-trove of good ideas which social workers will find useful in their day-to-day practice - for example, person-centred reviews and guidance on Individual Service Funds. -- Professional Social WorkThe unique person-centered approach described in the book is a very welcome contribution to reference manuals for people working in mental health services. Every condition is very thoroughly examined with remarkable insight into living with and seeking solutions to psychological disorders in collaboration with mental health practitioners. The strength of the insights is that it addresses behavioural aspects of mental illness in a non-judgemental and sensitive way. The discussions of each disorder provide excellent and thoughtful explanations of living with mental imbalances... The book contains no quick fixes, but rather concentrates on the growth and development of individuals collaborating with mental health providers in person-centered relationships. -- The International Journal of Person Centered MedicineThe book is (...) wonderfully rich in ideas... There is much in the 300-plus pages of this book to help you, and it is well worth buying as a comprehensive toolkit. -- Caring TimesStirk and Sanderson have really brought to life the concept of personalisation in its more holistic form. Their systemic analysis of what constitutes a person-centred organisation incorporates familiar theory about managing change, valuing people and remaining committed to the outcomes determined by service users and the community themselves. It is refreshing to see how the practical realities of this journey are tangible and the authors make it clear that being person-centred is more than just empty rhetoric. Based on personal experience, expertise and evaluation, I found the advice, tips and recommendations invaluable. This book is essential for leaders at all levels of the organisation and for those interested in fostering genuine participation in developing and delivering services from the bottom up! -- Trish Hafford-Letchfield, Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Middlesex University and co- author of How to Become a Better Manager in Social Work and Social Care: Essential Skills for Managing CareTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. List of Figures. Part 1. 1. Person-centred Organisations. 2. Person-centred Practices and Conventional Organisation Development. Part 2. 3. Vision, Mission, Values and Strategy. 4. Organisation Design. 5. Working Together. 6. Creating a Person-centred Culture. 7. Leadership. 8. Human Resources. 9. Person-centred Team Working. 10. Enabling Risk. 11. Measuring and Improving Quality. 12. Managing Change. 13. Conclusion. Appendix 1. Progress for Providers. Appendix 2. Progress for Providers for Managers. Endnotes. About the Authors. Index.

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Book SynopsisExplores all aspects of professional development in learning disability nursing from the foundations to advanced practice. Key themes running through the book include the importance of a human rights and values-based approach, the development of person-centred approaches to care and support, and the need to work in partnership with key stakeholders, including people with learning disabilities and their families. It encourages readers to make links between theory and practice and to develop their skills in critical thinking through case studies and reflective activities. This is a must-have book for all undergraduate nurses studying to become Registered Nurses (Learning Disability), specifically linked to achieving the outcomes required within the NMC Standards for Nurse Education (2018). It is also of relevance to qualified learning disability nurses, those studying to become Registered Nurses (Intellectual Disabilities) in Ireland, as well as nursing students in general who should have a good working knowledge of learning disability practice.Table of ContentsIntroduction Section 1: The Foundations for Practice Chapter 1: The development of learning disability nursing Chapter 2: The importance of values, ethics and law Chapter 3: Communication Chapter 4: Accessing, appraising, applying and developing the evidence base Section 2: Dimensions of Practice Chapter 5: Assessing need Chapter 6: Planning and delivering care in partnership Chapter 7: Working across the lifespan Chapter 8: A public health approach Chapter 9: Supporting those whose behaviour is described as challenging Section 3: Advancing Practice Chapter 10: Innovation in practice Chapter 11: Leadership Chapter 12: Professional development Index References

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Book SynopsisIn this searing, honest memoir, a Black queer emergency-room nurse works the front lines of care during COVID-19.Britney Daniels is a Black, masculine-presenting, tattooed lesbian from a working-class background. For the last five years, she has been working as an emergency-room nurse. She began Journal of a Black Queer Nurse as a personal diary, a tool to heal from the day-to-day traumas of seeing too much and caring too much.Hilarious, gut-wrenching, and infuriating by turns, these stories are told from the perspective of a deeply empathetic, no-nonsense young nurse, who highlights the way race, inequality, and a profit-driven healthcare system make the hospital a place where systemic racism is lived. Whether it is giving one’s own clothes to a homeless patient, sticking up for patients of color in the face of indifference from white doctors and nurses, or nursing one’s own back pain accrued from transporting too many bodies as the morgues overflowed during the pandemic, Journal of a Black Queer Nurse reveals the ways in which care is much more than treating a physical body and how the commitment to real care—care that involves listening to and understanding patients in a deeper sense—demands nurses, especially nurses of color, must also be warriors.Trade Review“Britney Daniels' voice is one of the most important you will hear all year. This book is not only a testament to the resilience of our nation's hardest-working lifesavers but also a reminder of the essentiality of centering Black queer voices in our national discourse. Britney's greatest gift is the reminder that positivity, perseverance, empathy, and com-passion always prevail over the forces that try to divide and oppress, and that love is the universal truth that will lead each of us to find happiness.” —Jeremy Blacklow, former Director of Entertainment, GLAAD“Journal of a Black Queer Nurse reminds readers of the importance of centering the voices of Black women, and specifically those of Black queer women, as we share stories about the challenges we must work together to overcome. Equal parts personal narrative and sharing stories about the medical-industrial complex, Britney’s work highlights the power of love, the importance of inclusion, and the opportunities each of us has to interrogate and push past limiting, socially constructed boundaries that are designed to prevent us from bearing witness, finding comfort in who we are and how we move through the world, and telling our stories. I’m thankful for this offering and for Britney’s sharing of her gifts.” —Dr. David J. Johns, Executive Director, National Black Justice Coalition"There is no doubt that Journal of A Black Queer Nurse is timely on at least two fronts: reflecting on the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic on the healthcare profession, while illuminating the intersection of race, gender, and sexuality on a healthcare professional. However, this book is not only of import to nurses or to queer people because it so wonderfully explores a most universal story of what it is to be human in unprecedented times.” —Dr. Sharon L. Moore"Each vignette is processed down to its core elements, like journal entries; Daniels makes mention of the actual journals she kept while working during this time period, which is where the material for this book came from. Daniels has efficiently streamlined her writing, and these chapters tell many different stories, like memories, in little, distilled moments. From the hospital in Texas, where they are so short-staffed that Daniels is made to work twelve-hour shifts without a break, to the intoxicated and belligerent patients in Southern California who yell racial slurs at her, Daniels’ is consistently engaging, but also thoughtful. She constantly asks, would this have happened to me if I was not a Black woman? and often, the answer is no. This question animates the whole book, and as we learn more about her experiences, we see how the entire health system is peppered with inequity..."—Joanna Acevedo, Foglifter PressTable of ContentsPrologueChapter One: Where I BeganChapter Two: Stepping Out for the First TimeChapter Three: Not Too FarChapter Four: White Supremacy and Palm TreesChapter Five: “Can I Have a White Nurse?”Chapter Six: Million Dollar DilapidationChapter Seven: “She’s Not Crazy”Chapter Eight: “Is That a Roach?”Chapter Nine: The ReaperChapter Ten: “I Freed the Slaves”Epilogue

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Book SynopsisAwarded First Place in the 2020 AJN Book of the Year Awards in Adult Primary Care Category.Master every aspect of day-to-day patient care, with the newly updated Portable RN, 5th Edition.This all-in-one pocket guide to care management offers the latest data and best practices on disorders and treatments, addressing assessments, pre- and post-operative care, drug administration, interpreting lab tests, and more. Ideal for both students and new nurses, this on-the-unit reference guides you to providing top-level care for a variety of patients in a broad range of practice settings.Deliver optimal patient care with the invaluable features of this comprehensive guide to nursing best practices: NEW and updated content that includes the latest American Heart Association® CPR guidelines and new guidance on end-of-life care Updated best practices on interviewing patients and performing physical exams, including current content from the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition Updated reference ranges for interpreting common lab tests for different age groups Substantial revision and update of content on treating and preventing common disorders, treating pressure ulcers, parenteral drug administration, and recognizing and responding to drug hazards Updated list of nationally notifiable infectious diseases from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Up-to-date direction on essential nursing procedures and all vital aspects of clinical practice, including: Assessment techniques and findings Interpreting ECGs with ease and accuracy Giving and interpreting common lab tests Performing common procedures safely and accurately Review of surgical patient care techniques Pain management – pain assessment and medications Preventing, staging and treating wounds and pressure ulcers Preventing the spread of infection Contagious disease precautions Spotting and correcting equipment problems Drug administration methods Ensuring correct dosage Spotting and correcting life-threatening conditions and complications Caring for dying patients and their families Full and concise documentation Cultural considerations in patient care Potential agents of bioterrorism Special chapter features that assist learning and retention: Age alerts – special considerations for each age category Alerts – possible complications to consider Patient teaching tips – helpful patient education points About the Clinical EditorDenise Linton, DNS, APRN, FNP-BC, is an Associate Professor and holds the Dudley Joseph Plaisance, Sr./BORSF Professorship in Nursing at the University of Louisiana Lafayette, College of Nursing, Lafayette, Louisiana.

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Book SynopsisAuthored by expert simulation researchers, educators, nurse practitioner faculty, and clinicians, A Practical Guide for Nurse Practitioner Faculty Using Simulation in Competency-Based Education looks at topics related to simulation design, development, and implementation for nurse practitioner and other graduate-level nursing programs. The new educational requirements based on the AACN Essentials and move to competency-based outcomes require nursing graduates to provide documented skill competencies to care for all types of patients in all types of diverse healthcare settings. Whether a graduate is working in acute care, primary care, or within the community, clinical simulations serve as a vital approach to creating student-centered, experiential learning that engages and prepares the graduate for real-world practice. Once the exception, clinical simulations are becoming more commonplace in nurse practitioner programs. This book supports nurse practitioner faculty as they learn new pedagogy and teaching strategies using clinical simulations. It focuses on developing and preparing nurse educators and superusers of simulations as they create, implement, and evaluate this pedagogy in nurse practitioner education. Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 State of the Science of Clinical Simulations in NP Education CHAPTER 2 Theoretical Frameworks for Simulation Design, Development, and Implementation CHAPTER 3 Competency-Based Nursing Education CHAPTER 4 Student-Centered Learning in NP Education CHAPTER 5 Integration of Simulation in the NP Curriculum CHAPTER 6 Healthcare Simulation Standards of Best Practice™ and Nurse Practitioner Education CHAPTER 7 Attainment of Competency Through Simulation: The ACTS Model CHAPTER 8 Simulation Operations CHAPTER 9 Methods and Models for Debriefing in Graduate Clinical Education CHAPTER 10 Working with Standardized and Simulated Patients CHAPTER 11 Assessment and Evaluations in Simulation CHAPTER 12 Simulation to Prepare Nurse Practitioner Students for Role Transition CHAPTER 13 The Future of Graduate Nurse Practitioner Education: A Case for Simulation

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Book SynopsisThis textbook explores issues central to the provision of recovery-orientated care based on ethical principles and human rights perspectives. Written by academics and nurse practitioners, this comprehensive text draws together theory, research and practice to map the landscape of Advanced Practice in Mental Health Nursing (APMHN) in Europe. Underpinned by a rights- and relational- based approach to care, the textbook is organized around six themes: theoretical and historical perspectives; foundations for collaborative working; therapeutic engagement in different contexts; beyond the clinical dimension of the APMHN role; advancing the evidence-based practice agenda and emerging issues and challenges. Each theme consists of a number of chapters that are designed to address different aspects of APMHN. With a focus on illuminating the collaborating aspect of their role and advancing nurses’ competencies, debates and guidance are provided in areas such as therapeutic alliance, assessment, care-planning, mental health promotion, family work, trauma, diversity and culture, spirituality, risk and uncertainty, and prescribing. In addition to addressing the leadership, education and advocacy role, specific chapters explore the APMHN role in linking evidence to practice, in the participatory generation of evidence and maintaining professional competence. With a focus on future challenges and opportunities the textbook concludes with discussion on issues, such as eMental Health and future challenges and possibilities facing APMHNs, including challenges in informing policy, democratizing services, working across service and disciplinary boundaries, collaboratively shaping the evidence agenda, as well sustaining their role into the future. Within the book theoretical debate is grounded in case studies and/or examples from across Europe. This textbook is especially relevant to Mental Health Nurses undertaking studies at the Advanced Practice level. It is also suited to all Mental Health Nurses studying at post-graduate level who wish to advance their practice irrespective of the country. Educators, researchers and policy-makers involved in the area of Mental Health and Advanced Nursing Practice along with people with lived experiences will find the text of relevance.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThe entire world is in crisis with adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and other lifetime trauma at an all-time high. This book is a valuable resource to promote optimal brain function for everyone, but especially for survivors of trauma who are particularly at risk throughout the life course. It is critical for healthcare providers, schoolteachers and administration, public safety professionals, foster and adoptive parents, employers and loved ones to understand the potential life-long consequences that ACEs can have in the lives of survivors. This book describes the complexities behind why behaviors occur if hurt people hurt themselves and others. The first half of this book addresses what can go wrong in the brain and body after trauma that potentially leads to life-long poor bio-behavioral health outcomes. The second half of this book addresses how the life-long poor bio-behavioral health outcomes can be prevented, mitigated or potentially reversed. This book is necessary for everyone who is interested in optimizing brain function, especially survivors of ACEs and other trauma throughout the life course who are at greater risk. The major focus of the book is on how to prevent long-term negative consequences of trauma and how to restore the brain, body, behavior and emotions.This book won four American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards. It was awarded 1st place in 3 categories (Community/ Home Health, Creative Works, and Psychiatric/ Mental Health) and 3rd place in the Consumer Health category. No book has ever won this many AJN awards since AJN first began acknowledging high-quality publications on nursing and healthcare topics in 1969.Table of ContentsPart I. Overview of Adverse Childhood Experiences1. Introduction, Epidemiology, Measurement and the Cycle of TraumaPart II. The Potential Serious Nature of Adverse Childhood Experiences2. Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Neurodevelopment3. Potential Life-long Neurobiological, Bio-Behavioral and other Outcomes of Trauma Part III. The Potential Impact of Trauma on the Brain, Body, Behavior and Society4. Childhood Physical Abuse (CPA), Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA), Abusive Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Childhood Emotional Abuse (CEA), Neglect and Other Trauma5. Absence of a Healthy Parent: Mental and Physical Illness, Substance Misuse and Trauma in the life of Parents, Caregivers, and Significant Others6. Racial, Ethnic, Gender and Economic Disparities and Trauma7. COVID-19 Trauma: The New Complex Adverse Childhood ExperiencePart IV. Physiological and Psychological Healing, Trauma-Informed Rehabilitation, Breaking the Cycle of Trauma, and Resilience throughout the Life Course8. Protective, Compensatory and Benevolent Experiences for Building Resilience9. Understanding and Responding to Survivors of Trauma: Emotional Intelligence to Build Healthy Relationships10. Trauma Informed Self-Care: Emotional & Spiritual Resilience and Healing11. Overview of Psychological and Psychiatric Interventions after Trauma: Counseling, Psychotherapy and Medications12. Brain Food: The Impact of Diet, Nutrition and Nutraceuticals on the Brain and the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis13. Physical Exercise, Sleep and the Brain14. Self-Help for Life-Long Resilience: Cognitive Engagement, Education, Creativity, Sense of Purpose in Life and Humor15. The Healing Power of Nature on the Brain: Healing in Green Spaces and Blue Spaces16. Primary and Secondary Prevention, Health Equity and Trauma-Informed Institutional and Public Policies to Promote Healing and Resilience

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses the practical management of mental health scenarios in the emergency setting and offers first-hand reflections on how emergency nurses, practitioners and allied mental health professionals handle these situations. Responding to mental health needs in emergency situations can be profoundly complex. Frequently emergency nurses and other personnel express their feelings of powerlessness, as they do not know what to say or do in order to achieve the best outcome, and have concerns that their intervention may make the situation worse for those in their care. How a practitioner confronts the mental health encounter and takes the essential steps in managing the event can have a critical impact on how that person copes in the future. This book helps readers understand what is involved in mental health work in emergency situations, and the practical, psychosocial and spiritual tensions that arise from managing the event and the sequelae. Moreover, it shows that it may be possible to provide a more effective emergency mental health service.This unique edited book presents critical reflections on aspects of mental health work gathered from the ‘hands-on’ experiences of the personnel. Mental health encounters in the emergency context are described in detail, illustrating not only what emergency nurses and mental health workers ‘do’ when mental health crises occur, but also what they feel about what they ‘do’. Written by a diverse team of emergency and mental health nurses and allied professionals currently engaged in emergency care both in hospital and pre-hospital settings, this book will appeal to emergency nurses and allied health professionals alike.Table of Contents

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This book provides a practical guide on the art and science of compassionate care in an era of healthcare crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic that is inflicting long-lasting financial and psychosocial trauma on an unprecedented scale. A new approach to compassionate care is presented based on the overarching concepts of empathy, person and family centeredness, therapeutic relationship, kindness, gratitude, spirituality, communication skills, shared decision making, positive psychology, adversity-activated development, self-care, compassion fatigue, spirituality which are more than ever critical in successfully managing the pandemic adversity in front of us. This book draws on clinical experience, educational activities and evidence-based knowledge from academic physicians (primary, secondary and tertiary care), nurses, psychologists, health economists, healthcare managers, health policymakers, medical professionals students and patients. It provides skills and knowledge that can be implemented in daily clinical practice based on all levels of healthcare on a whole-person approach. An array of clinical cases, patient journeys, published evidence and practical experience is combined to deliver in a practical way unique guidance and advice. The target audience is all healthcare professionals, health policymakers, healthcare managers and patient associations. This approach of Compassionate Care is of great importance and can save lives and money in these unprecedented times of global healthcare care system challenges.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an application of the concepts and recommendations of The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity Report, a Consensus Study from the US National Academy of Medicine. It offers complementary guidance through tools, tips, examples and storytelling. As such this book, written by prominent international academics and nurse practitioners, offers program and policy recommendations for health equity. As the world’s largest and most trusted workforce, nurses are in a key position thus must step up to help address these inequities now. The recent pandemic has laid bare these inequities in ways that are stark and demanding of our attention. This book offers program and policy recommendations, along with case studies, designed to empower nurses to understand and ACT to improve health equity. This text provides nurses an opportunity to clearly see the need for an equitable, just, and fair society. There has never been a more urgent call to action. Table of ContentsForeword1. The Goal for 2030: Health Equity2. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Global Applications to Advance Health Equity3. Diversifying the Nursing Workforce 4. Strengthen and Protect Nurses Well-being5. Transforming Nursing Education: The Hong Kong Experience.6. Strengthening Nursing Education to Address Social Determinants of Health: Systems Leadership7. Capitalizing on Nurses’ Potential to Improve Consumers’ Access to Care8. Fully Support Nurses by Designing Better Payment Models9. The Nurse’s Role in Achieving Health Equity in Disasters and Public Health Emergencies in Asia10. Enabling Techquity in Nursing Practice: Informatics, Technology, and Innovation11. Creating a Shared Agenda to Achieve Health Equity12. Part 1: Research in Health Equity: Building the Evidence Base12. Part 2: Research in Health Equity: Building the Evidence Base13. Concluding Remarks: The Nurses’ Role in Achieving Health Equity Through Multisector Collaboration and Workforce DiversityAfterword

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Book SynopsisThis book informs students and practitioners of the health professions about workplace bullying and how to recognise it.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Part One: Thinking and Learning in Nursing School.- Chapter 1: Critical Thinking. Lay the Foundation for Thinking Like a Nurse.- Chapter 2: Brain Based Learning. Support Critical Thinking with Brain Based Learning Strategies.- Chapter 3: Neuroplasticity. Adopt a Growth Mindset to Power up Brain Based Learning.- Part Two: Managing Nursing School to Optimize Thinking and Learning Success.- Chapter 4: Manage Your Thinking.- Chapter 5: Manage Your Time.- Chapter 6: Manage Your Lifestyle.- Chapter 7: Manage Stress.- Chapter 8: Manage Anxiety and Conquer Test Anxiety.- Chapter 9: Use AI to Support Your Learning.- Part Three NCLEX Success.- Chapter 10: Finding Your Ideal First Nursing Job.- Chapter 11: NCLEX Essentials: From Application to Examination.- Chapter 12: Preparing for NCLEX in Your Final Semester.- Chapter 13: Preparing for NCLEX After Graduation.- Part 4: Transition to Nursing Practice.- Chapter 14: From Student to Nurse.

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Book Synopsis1. History of Trauma-Informed Care .- 2. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder  .- 3. Community Trauma.- 4. Trauma and Settings.- 5. Traumatic Physical Injuries and Mental Health Outcomes .- 6. Trauma Experience and the Impact on Caregivers in Formal and Family Settings.- 7. Generational Trauma.- 8. Cumulative Trauma .- 9. Trauma Exposure and Symptom Presentations.- 10. Trauma Assessment  .- 11. Biological Outcomes.- 12. Trauma and Resilience  .- 13. Addressing Trauma – Behavioral Outcomes.- 14. Addressing Trauma- Reshaping the Future.

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Book Synopsis·      Introduction.- Overview of common conditions in pediatric patients.- Predisposing and contributing factors for nursing errors.- Types of errors.- Consequences of nursing errors.- Monitoring for and detecting nursing errors.- Best practices to prevent nursing errors.- Recommendations for further study.- Summary.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: why we vaccinate and overview.- Vaccine preventable disease.- Vaccine development and onward management of vaccine safety.- Being a safe practitioner.- Vaccine delivery, storage and stock control.- Discussing vaccination with patients and preparing and caring for anxious people.- Consent.- Medicines authorization.- Vaccine administration.- Clinic management.- Infection prevention and control Managing of waste.- Maximising uptake population approach.

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Book SynopsisFunctionally stable internal fixation is of particular relevance to maxillo­ facial surgery, because it obviates the discomforts and inconveniences of intermaxillary fixation. Given the biomechanics and biophysics of the skeletal system, the true im­ mobilization of bone can be achieved only through highly technical means. Willenegger speaks of an "advanced school" of bone surgery which, when fully realized, will enable excellent results to be achieved even in the most difficult fractures. To accomplish this goal, ongoing refinements are needed in surgical methods and technology. Advancing the state of operative tech­ nique has been a central concern of the Association for the Study of Inter­ nal Fixation since its establishment 25 years ago. For this reason, a major priority of the AOI ASIF has been to develop its own surgical instrumen­ tation. With the help of technical commissions comprised of experts from medi­ cine, research and manufacturing, the AOI ASIF has been able to develop and successfully test a line of surgical instruments whose trademark is known and respected the world over. For every specialty in traumatology and orthopaedics, including maxillofacial surgery, the AOIASIF has devel­ oped both a basic and a special instrument set designed to meet specific anatomic requirements.Table of Contents1 General Guidelines for Maxillofacial Internal Fixation.- 1.1 Checklist of General Measures in the Management of Maxillofacial Trauma.- 1.1.1 Initial Management.- 1.1.2 Preparation of the Patient on Admission.- 1.1.3 Postoperative Care.- 1.2 Checklist of General Measures in Orthognathic Maxillofacial Surgery.- 1.2.1 Preoperative Planning and Treatment.- 1.2.2 Preparation of the Patient on Admission.- 1.2.3 Postoperative Care.- 1.3 General Preparations in the Operating Room.- 1.3.1 Recommended Locations of Personnel and Equipment.- 1.3.2 Preparation of Materials.- 1.4 Nomenclature.- 1.4.1 Anatomy of the Skull.- 1.4.2 Anatomy of the Mandible.- 1.4.3 Anatomy of the Dentition.- 1.4.4 Various Drill Bits and Burrs.- 2 Internal Fixation of the Mandible.- 2.1 Indications.- 2.2 Goals.- 2.3 Timing.- 2.4 Diagnosis.- 2.5 Preparation of the Patient on Admission.- 2.6 Preoperative Preparation of the Patient.- 2.7 Instruments and Equipment to be Prepared.- 2.8 Table Setups for Internal Fixation of the Mandible.- 2.8.1 Instruments for Splinting.- 2.8.2 Instruments for Internal Fixation of the Mandible (1st Table).- 2.8.3 Instruments for Internal Fixation of the Mandible (2nd Table).- 2.8.4 Implants for Mandibular Reconstructions.- 2.9 Examples of the Internal Fixation of Various Mandibular Fractures.- 2.10 Operative Procedure.- 2.11 Postoperative Care.- 3 Surgical Treatment of Midfacial Fractures.- 3.1 Indications.- 3.2 Goals.- 3.3 Timing.- 3.4 Diagnosis.- 3.5 Preparation of the Patient on Admission.- 3.6 Preoperative Preparation of the Patient.- 3.7 Instruments and Equipment to be Prepared.- 3.8 Table Setups for Midfacial Fractures.- 3.8.1 Instruments for Splinting.- 3.8.2 Instruments for Internal Fixation of the Maxilla.- 3.8.3 Instruments for Internal Fixation of the Orbit.- 3.8.4 Cranio Fixateur Externe.- 3.9 Use of the Cranio Fixateur Externe for Various Midfacial Fractures.- 3.10 Operative Procedure.- 3.11 Postoperative Care.- 4 Orthognathic Maxillofacial Surgery.- 4.1 Indications.- 4.2 Principle and Goals.- 4.3 Workup Materials that are Taken into Surgery.- 4.4 Preparation of the Patient on the Day Before Surgery.- 4.5 Preoperative Preparation of the Patient.- 4.6 Instruments and Equipment to be Prepared 40.- 4.7 Table Setups for Orthognathic Maxillofacial Surgery.- 4.7.1 Instruments for Splinting.- 4.7.2 Instruments for Orthognathic Maxillofacial Surgery (1st Table).- 4.7.3 Instruments for Orthognathic Maxillofacial Surgery (2nd Table).- 4.7.4 Instruments for Internal Fixation of the Orbit.- 4.7.5 Instruments for Internal Fixation of the Maxilla.- 4.7.6 Cranio Fixateur Externe.- 4.8 Examples of Various Osteotomies.- 4.8.1 Correction Within the Dental Arch.- 4.8.2 Correction Outside the Dental Arch.- 4.9 Operative Procedure.- 4.9.1 Further Procedure for a Segmental Osteotomy.- 4.9.2 Further Procedure for Sagittal Splitting.- 4.9.3 Further Procedure for a Le Fort I Osteotomy.- 4.10 Postoperative Care.- 5 AO/ASIF Instruments for Maxillofacial Bone Surgery.- 5.1 Instruments for 2.7-mm dia. Screws.- 5.2 Instruments for 2.0-mm dia. Screws.- 5.3 General Instruments.- 5.4 Supplementary Instruments.- 5.5 Cranio Fixateur Externe.- 5.5.1 Basic Equipment.- 5.5.2 Additional Devices.- 6 AO/ASIF Implant Set for Maxillofacial Bone Surgery.- 6.1 Screws.- 6.2 Plates.- 7 AO/ASIF Compressed Air Machines.- 7.1 Small Air Drill.- 7.2 Mini Compressed Air Machine and Attachments.- References.

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Book SynopsisMedical students are to a large extent taught by people who have undertaken little or no formal study in the field of education. Although formal study of any subject is no guarantee of satisfactory on-the-job performance, teaching practice itself without a knowledge of the fundamental princi­ ples of education is likely to bring distortions into the teaching situation. Our own experience leads us to believe that many teachers are concerned at this lack of expertise. This concern is manifest by their willing participation in activities which provide them with practical assistance in improving their educational skills. Unfortunately, few books have been written to aid the average clinical teacher wishing to gain a perspective on basic educational principles or seeking suggestions on how these might be applied to teaching. A previous publication by the Advisory Centre for University Education (ACUE) at the University of Adelaide, entitled University Teaching, has proved to be very popular, both locally and overseas, and has clearly met the needs of organi­ zers and participants in teacher training programmes in tertiary institutions. The success of this publication, and our experience with a variety of educational activities organized for staff of medical and dental schools and postgraduate organizations, led us to believe that a pragmatic educational guide for medical teachers would be of value to all such teachers and particularly to those asked to undertake an educational task for the first time.Table of ContentsOne: Giving a Lecture.- Student learning.- The purpose of the lecture.- The context of the lecture.- What do the students require of the lecturer?.- Preparing the lecture.- Presenting the lecture.- What additional techniques are available?.- Variations in manner and style.- Active participation.- Use of audiovisual aids.- Handouts.- Student note taking.- Evaluating the lecture.- Guided reading.- Two: Making a Presentation at a Scientific Meeting.- Presenting a paper.- Preparing the paper.- The collection and selection of data.- The arrangement.- Polishing, writing it out and rehearsal.- Preparing the abstract and your contribution to the.- proceedings of the conference.- What you should do on the day.- Preparing a conference poster.- Guided reading.- Three: Teaching in Small Groups.- The importance of small groups.- What is small group teaching?.- Managing a small group.- Structure in small group teaching.- Dealing with difficulties.- Introducing stimulus materials.- Alternative small group discussion techniques.- One-to-one discussion.- Buzz groups.- Brainstorming.- Plenary session.- Evaluation discussion.- Evaluating small group teaching.- Informal.- Formal.- Guided reading.- Four: Teaching Practical and Clinical Skills.- The attributes of an effective clinical teacher.- Improving ward-based teaching.- Improving the clinical tutorial.- Alternatives to traditional ward teaching.- Techniques for teaching particular practical and clinical skills.- The clinical interview.- The physical examination.- The use of instruments and basic equipment.- Guided reading.- Five: Planning a Course.- Who should be responsible for course design?.- Objectives and course design.- Writing objectives.- Knowledge objectives.- Skill objectives.- Attitudinal objectives.- Relating objectives to teaching and learning activities.- Relating objectives to assessment methods.- Sequencing and organizing the course.- Other course design considerations.- Evaluating the course.- Guided reading.- Six: Assessing the Students.- The purpose of the assessment.- Summative assessment.- Formative assessment.- What you should know about educational measurement.- Validity.- Reliability.- Norm-referenced versus criterion-referenced.- assessment.- Assessment methods.- 1. Essay.- 2. Short-answer.- 3. Structured (Written).- Patient management problem.- Modified essay question.- 4. Objective tests.- True-false questions.- Multiple-choice questions.- Context-dependent questions.- Putting together an objective test.- Scoring an objective test.- The item analysis.- 5. Direct observation.- Checklists.- Rating forms.- Improving the performance of the observer.- 6. Oral.- 7. Structured (Clinical/Practical).- Guided reading.- Seven: Preparing Teaching Materials and Using Teaching AIDS.- Basic principles of teaching material preparation.- Types of teaching material and aids.- 1. The overhead projector.- Transparency preparation.- Setting up and using the overhead projector.- 2. The blackboard.- Preparation.- The whiteboard.- 3. The 35mm slide projector.- Slide preparation.- Setting up and using the slide projector.- 4. Video and film.- Making educational videocassettes.- 5. Tape-slide presentations.- 6. Printed materials.- New technologies.- Guided reading.- Appendix: Where to Find Out More about Medical Education.- Books.- Journals.- Other resources.- Training opportunities.- Overseas travel.- Organizations.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPART I. OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 1. Integrating Research, Evidence-Based Practice, and Quality Improvement Processes 2. Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Clinical Questions 3. Gathering and Appraising the Literature 4. Theoretical Frameworks for Research PART II. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUALITATIVE RESEARCH 5. Introduction to Qualitative Research 6. Qualitative Approaches to Research 7. Appraising Qualitative Research PART III. PROCESSES AND EVIDENCE RELATED TO QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH 8. Introduction to Quantitative Research 9. Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs 10. Nonexperimental Designs 11. Systematic Reviews and Clinical Practice Guidelines 12. Sampling 13. Legal and Ethical Issues 14. Data Collection Methods 15. Reliability and Validity 16. Data Analysis: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics 17. Understanding Research Findings 18. Appraising Quantitative Research PART IV. APPLICATION OF RESEARCH: EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE 19. Strategies and Tools for Developing an Evidence-Based Practice 20. Developing an Evidence-Based Practice 21. Quality Improvement Answer Key

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1 Introductions 2 Applying to University: Personal Statement and Bagging that Interview 3 What to Do in Your First Few Weeks of University 4 Assignment Help 5 Poster Presentations! 'HELP!' 6 Level 4 to 7 Marking Criteria and Critically Analysing 7 Exam Preparation and Revision Tips 8 All You Need to Know about Placements: First Year to Management with a Bonus Page of A to E Assessments and Tips for Areas of Placements 9 Surviving Your First Night Shift 10 Applying for Your First Newly Qualified Nurse Post and How to Decide Where to Work 11 CV Writing 12 Transition from Student to Newly Qualified Nurse (NQN) 13 Nursing Interviews 14 Maths/Drug Calculations Made Easy 15 Leadership in Nursing 16 Mental Health/Coping with Failures 17 Having Autism and Epilepsy - A Case Study from Sez Francis 18 Imposter Syndrome 19 LGBTQIA in Healthcare 20 Social Media in Nursing 21 Money-Saving Tips 22 Coping through a Pandemic 23 Ethnic Minority Groups in Healthcare 24 End Index

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