Chapter 17 Nursing Care of Clients with Disorders Usually First Evident in Infancy, Childhood, or Adolescence Overview A These disorders may be characterized by physical as well as psychologic signs and…
Chapter 13 Nursing Care of Clients with Infectious Diseases Overview See Chapter 3, Infection, for additional information Related Procedures: Standard and Transmission-Based Precautions See Chapter 3, Table 3-1: Precautions to…
Chapter 1 Factors Influencing Client Needs and Nursing Care Concepts from Sociology Basic Concepts A Every human society has a process for socialization of its members 1. Cultural groups establish rules and…
Chapter 5 Growth and Development of the Adult The Young Adult (Age 20 to 44 Years) Data Base A Physiologic development 1. Physical maturation occurs 2. Muscle strength and coordination peak 3. Biorhythms are…
Chapter 2. Operations management: the search for value in healthcare organisation and performance Sandra Leggat Introduction If corporations have glass ceilings, then hospitals have concrete floors. What happens above in…
Chapter 8. Integrating performance: linking healthcare domains Marc Berg, Wim Schellekens and Cé Bergen Introduction The US Institute of Medicine reports ‘To Err is Human’ and ‘Crossing the Quality Chasm’…
Chapter 12. The changing dynamic of policy and practice in Australian healthcare Christine Jorm, Margaret Banks and Sara Twohill Introduction Managing clinical work to achieve the best possible quality of…
Chapter 9. Quality and patient safety: How do we get there from here? Rebecca Warburton Introduction This chapter is about prioritising action to improve quality and safety in healthcare. The…
Chapter 4. Producing health Tanya Claridge and Gary Cook Introduction Healthcare economies worldwide are subject to the pressure of rapid advancements and adoption of new technologies and treatments. This is…
Chapter 5. Putting the patient in the middle: managing chronic illness across organisational boundaries Hannele Kerosuo Introduction Public sector organisations, including healthcare organisations, operate within multiple sets of co-existing organisational,…
