Publisher's Synopsis
Contains free supplement with essential information for Australian nurses
"This dictionary is clear, concise and easy to use…My advice to anyone wishing to purchase a nursing dictionary would be to…buy this one"
Journal of Advanced Nursing (on the first edition)
All the information you’ll ever need – in one dictionary!
Key features
Over 25,000 entries
· Informed by current nursing research and clinical practice
· Includes latest legislation and policy changes
· Accessible, authoritative and contemporary
· Invaluable and informative appendices
Contents:
Foreword
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Pronunciation
Abbreviations
Dictionary – A–Z definitions
Appendices:
Appendix 1. Normal Values
Appendix 2. Nursing Organisations
Appendix 3. Nursing Journals
Appendix 4. Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct
Appendix 5. Emergency Care
Appendix 6. Research
Appendix 7. IT
Appendix 8. CPD
Appendix 9. Nursing Benchmark Statements
Australian Suppliment Contents:
Foreword
List of Contributors
Clinical Abbreviations
General Abbreviations
Appendix 1: Nursing Organisations
Appendix 2: State and Territory Nursing Boards
Appendix 3: Code of Porfessional Conduct for Nurses in Australia
Appendix 4: Scholarships and Grants
Appendix 5: Continuing Professional Development in the Australian Context
“very user friendly”
European Journal of Cancer Care (on the first edition)
