Long-Term Conditions: Nursing Care and Management

Long-Term Conditions: Nursing Care and Management
This book is a very welcome tool, which will enable health professionals to understand the complexity, challenge and rewards of proactively managing long-term conditions. Putting this knowledge into skilled practice, in partnership with patients, will transform the lives of many individuals and their families, and thus fulfil the fundamental purpose of nursing.
â€”From the Foreword by Professor Rosemary Cook CBE, Director, the Queenâ€™s Nursing Institute and Visiting Professor of Enterprise, University of Northumbria
Long-Term Conditions is a comprehensive, practical guide for nurses and healthcare professionals on the care and management of people with chronic illness. It explores case management, individual care and management, the role of the â€˜expert patientâ€™, quality-of-life issues, counselling skills, self-management, and optimum self-care. Long-Term Conditions discusses the three main long-term conditions currently resulting in most hospital admissions: diabetes, respiratory, and coronary heart disease, with a focus on empowering the patient to self-manage.

Key Features:
- A comprehensive guide to the care and management of long-term conditions
- Focuses on the management of the conditions from the patientsâ€™ perspective
- Practical and accessible in style
Country USA
Manufacturer Wiley-Blackwell
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2011-05-09
Format Kindle eBook

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