Overview
The new edition of this bestselling and trusted dictionary has been fully revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. Updates to this edition cover many areas, with a particular focus on radiography, public health and the NHS, theoretical concepts familiar in nursing education, and key vocabulary used in the 2018 Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses.Written by medical and nursing specialists, and offering more than 10,500 clear and concise entries on nursing theory and practice, the dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions. As well as nursing-specific terms, there are also many entries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, ethics, psychiatry, nutrition, dentistry, statistics, and pharmacology. Almost 100 helpful illustrations and tables, and 16 appendices covering the calculation of drug dosages, religion and nursing practice, recommended alcohol intake, and much more, help to make this an essential reference tool for all nursing students and professionals.
Full Product Details
Author: Jonathan Law (Market House Books) ,
Tanya A. McFerran (Anglia Ruskin University)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 8th Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.10cm
, Height: 3.90cm
, Length: 19.70cm
Weight: 0.484kg
ISBN: 9780198864646
ISBN 10: 0198864647
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 21 May 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
The latest edition of the bestselling, comprehensive and authoritative A Dictionary of Nursing has been fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. * Lindsey Curtis, Reference Reviews Vol.31.8 2017 * [This dictionary] is a comprehensive and easy access guide to common medical terms, allowing members of the profession to understand and competently deal with rare and specific conditions. * Allison Crocker, theatre practitioner, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Nursing Times * The ideal book for those on the front line of medicine. * Northern Echo * Contains every definition a nurse could possibly need * Independent i *
Contains every definition a nurse could possibly need * Independent i * The ideal book for those on the front line of medicine. * Northern Echo * [This dictionary] is a comprehensive and easy access guide to common medical terms, allowing members of the profession to understand and competently deal with rare and specific conditions. * Allison Crocker, theatre practitioner, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Nursing Times * The latest edition of the bestselling, comprehensive and authoritative A Dictionary of Nursing has been fully updated and revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. * Lindsey Curtis, Reference Reviews Vol.31.8 2017 *
Author Information
Tanya McFerran MA, SRN, RSCN, Cert. Ed. is senior lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, UK Jonathan Law is editorial director at Market House Books Ltd Elizabeth Martin was a managing editor at Market House Books Ltd
