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Baillière's Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers

for Nurses and Healthcare Workers
By:Jayne Taylor
Publisher:Elsevier Health Sciences (US)
Print ISBN:9780702072796
eText ISBN:9780702075643
Edition:27
Copyright:2020
Format:Reflowable

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The 27th edition of this established and well-respected pocket dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of nurses and healthcare workers in a variety of clinical settings throughout the world. Packed with useful information, and now published in full-colour throughout, Baillière's Dictionary for Nurses and Healthcare Workers provides the essential pocket reference resource for everyone involved in nursing and healthcare.

  • User friendly text presented in a handy pocket size format

  • Suitable for a variety of settings raging from the high-tech high-dependency environment to primary care and community settings

  • Clear artwork helps further clarify terms and difficult concepts

  • Includes common abbreviations, prefixes, suffixes and roots, together with units of measurement and normal values

  • Helpful appendices cover nutrition, resuscitation, first aid, medicines control, immunization and vaccinations, and prevention and control of infection

  • Ideal for all newcomers to the clinical and healthcare environment!
  • Now published in full-colour throughout!

  • Expanded number of entries to aid comprehensiveness

  • Includes the latest information on revalidation, the legal and professional framework of nursing, professional standards of practice and behaviour, and clinical supervision