People in many cultures have long been aware of themselves as having a spirit as well as body and as being influenced by spiritual energies and spiritual prescences. Nurses know that something exists beyond the day-to-day care of people. Nurses are with people in time of crisis, when the mind turns to thoughts of what exists beyond. When a nurse can help someone to confront issues of doubt and belief, the sense of fulfilment explains why nurses do what they do. Spirituality:The Heart of Nursing is written by Australia nurses, from their own experience, for the benefit of other nurses. The message of the book is that nurses are special people concious that our spiritual well-being is just as important as our physical health.

Spirituality: The Heart of Nursing

Medical Books

Ronaldson, Susan

Nursing

Ausmed Pubns

A dead baby is a very real happening for some women and midwives. This death may occur in early, middle or late pregnancy, at birth or in the postnatal period. Miscarriage, abortion and stillbirth are the terms used to describe this event in a woman's life. Technology and sophisticated prenatal care have helped to reduce infant morbidity and mortality in Australia. But however good the technology and care may be, when a woman and her family are faced with a dead baby they will ask many questions of both themselves and the caregivers; perhaps not immediately, but they will ask. What midwives need to ask of themselves is 'Do I have the knowledge, the skills and the ability to deal with questions?'   This book is based on women s experiences and has been written for midwives, by a midwife. The chapters follow a chronological pattern from early pregnancy loss through to late pregnancy loss. The chapter on subsequent pregnancy is useful as a guide for the midwife who will be caring for that woman and her family. Nothing is overlooked in this book as the appendices give helpful hints and strategies for looking after yourself, men partners, children and grandparents. So often these groups are forgotten in texts and the focus is always on the woman. The cultural section provides an overview of some of the mores and rules of particular cultural and religious groups and will be very helpful to guide care in a sensitive way.

The Midwife And the Bereaved Family

Warland, Jane

Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery from vision to practice speaks to nurses and midwives about the integration of complementary therapies into practice.There are currently a number of books on complementary therapies in nursing and midwifery practice, but they generally place strong emphasis on describing specific therapies.The approach in this book is to bring to life for the reader the realities of attempting to integrate complementary therapies into practice.The book consists of three sections, which together cover issues of current interest, selected therapies, and examples of how complementary therapies were introduced into four different workplace settings. Consequently, there is a strong focus on areas that deal with professional, political and workplace concerns such as education, policy, research, and successful strategies for the introduction of complementary therapies. For the practitioner starting out, this book will provide the information needed to argue their case clearly and constructively; up-to-date references on research and significant articles; inspirational stories by nurses and midwives who have successfully pioneered the integration of complementary therapies; the strategies they used; ideas for beginners in research; useful tips for developing policy; clarification of legal concerns, and much more. Complementary therapies in nursing and midwifery from vision to practice will provide nurses and midwives interested in complementary care with essential background and current information concerning this exciting new area of interest.The book is divided into three sections. Section One covers the historical, political and professional issues relating to complementary therapies. Section Two discusses selected complementary therapies and Section Three gives examples of successful integration of complementary therapies in four practice settings.

Complementary Therapies in Nursing And Midwifery: From Vision to Practice

Health, Fitness & Dieting

McCabe, Pauline

Alternative Medicine

FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KEEP IN TOUCH 
 This book is for people who find themselves in the same situation as my father and I - someone close to you (your spouse, your parent, a dear friend) has been diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease and you want to keep in touch with them as long as you possibly can. This desire to stay in touch may be because you love them, or feel a sense of duty or responsibility towards them; probably it will be a mixture of both. You'll be relying on these feelings of love and responsibility to carry you through the times ahead, whatever the circumstances. The person with whom you want to keep in touch may be living with you. Later they may well be in full-time residential care, as my mother eventually was. The suggestions in this book apply to either situation. Some people who want to keep in touch may, like me, be living at a distance and have other responsibilities to fulfil. If so, the strategies in this book should still help you make best use of any time you can spend visiting a family member or friend who has dementia. There are also some suggestions about how you can maintain a sense of contact during the periods when you are absent. Many professional carers should also find this book useful, given the increasing emphasis on the need to treat people with dementia as people and to meet their social and emotional needs as well as their physical ones.

Keeping in Touch: With Someone Who Has Alzheimers

Crisp, Jane

Medicine

Most older people prefer to live independently, to stay in their own homes, but to do that the often need community support, even if they remain relatively healthy into very old age. In fact it must be a goal for any community to set up cost-effective systems to assist ageing people to continue living in their own homes and to put in place affordable, efficient and compassionate care.   Ageing at Home is written for professionals and other interested people who care for the frail elderly who choose to remain at home. The book is easy to read and provides practical ideas for helping not only the ageing person but also those who are caring for that person. The wide range of authors who have contributed chapters include geriatricians, community-based professionals and academics. Their writing has grown out of their practical experience. They have provided prompt sheets, assessment tools and tables that deal with diverse topics.   If your job takes you into people's homes to offer them assistance or you are a professional or family carer, then this book is for you.

Aging at Home: Practical Approaches to Community Care

Cluning, Theresa

All chapters are written by nurses and other health professionals who have recognised expertise and experience in the management of problems faced by nurses in their care of dying people and their loved ones.

Palliative Care Nursing: A Guide to Practice

Foreword  Geriatric medicine is an exciting and expanding field of medical activity. Current medical students, trainee nurses and other health professionals belong to the first generation of students to receive formal training in the care of older people. This training will be increasingly important as our population ages and all health professionals in every speciality care for larger numbers of old and 'old old' people.   A text for undergraduates who are still building the framework of their knowledge needs to be easy to read and sufficiently comprehensive to stimulate interest. This book fulfils these requirements. It is user friendly and is relevant as a reference for people from many disciplines.   This second edition has three new chapters, New Models of Service Delivery, Cancer and Palliative Care and Residential Care. The chapters on New Models of Service Delivery and Residential Care are written specifically for Australian and New Zealand professionals. No other text provides this information. Other sections have been revised to include changes in knowledge or practice, so that this text is current for the start of the new century.   This book is a valuable resource for all health professionals commencing the study of geriatric medicine and will assist in training the current generation to provide the highest quality of health care to older people in the future.   The first edition of this book was a popular text with medical students and nurses for several years and I anticipate this second edition will be equally successful.   Barbara Workman  Professor of Geriatric Medicine  Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Geriatric Medicine: A Pocket Guide for Doctors, Nurses, Other Health Professionals And Students

Gray, Len

...exceptional book about aged care...thoughtful practical text for nurses and health professionals, families carers and volunteers

Living, Dying, Caring: Life and Death in a Nursing Home

Richmond, Jennifer

Hudson, Rosalie

Dealing with children who have or may be exposed to infectious diseases takes extra special care. Immature body systems cannot handle exposure to disease in the same way as adult systems. Action must be taken swiftly but carefully and all those involved with the sick child must know what they are doing. The particular audience for this book is not nurses who work all the time with children (though they will find it a quick and easy reference). This book is for nurses who work onlyi occasionally with children, nurses who need easy access to information about infectious diseases as they affect children, e.g. incubation times, isolation methods and notifications requirements. An important difference about this book is that it views nurses and the child's family as members of the same team. Each chapter of the book includes a section on Education for Carers, being those at home who are looking after a child with an infectious disease. The information for nurses to pass on to families is direct and helpful; in fact the book itself can be recommended to families with young children as a handy reference. In the author's own words, 'this book is up to date and applicable in busy clinical areas'. It is highly recommended for all nurses working in clinical situations.

Infectious Diseases in Children: A Clinical Guide for Nurses

Walker, Tara

This book is designed for all renal nurses and for general nurses who care for patients with impaired renal function. Renal disease is on the increase in western society and as a result there is a growing need for well educated renal nurses. This practical book will assist in the development of high quality renal nurses and nurse practitioners. This book offers a practical approach to guide nurses in the art and science of renal care. It is holistic as well as technical, therapeutic and compassionate in its approach. Acute and chronic renal failure, renal osteodystrophy and other selected diseases are comprehensively discussed. The nurse's role with regard to specific treatments such as peritoneal dialysis, haemodialysis, plasma exchange and haemoperfusion as well as organ transplantation procedures are discussed in detail. There is also a section that relates specifically to paediatric care. The final section of the book is devoted to the use of complementary therapies and alternative medicine in renal disease.

Renal Nursing: A Practical Approach

Terrill, Bobbee

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