Publisher's Synopsis
This will be the first nursing book of its kind, focusing on the positioning of nurses within the multidisciplinary team, and outlining their role in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for IBD patients.
It presents ways for nurses to provide continuity of care, support and information to patients from diagnosis onwards and helps to prevent crises and deterioration, and achieve the best possible quality of life. By understanding the disease, its management, and gaining insight into the patient’s experience in this way, nurses can make a real difference in clinical practice.
Clear, concise, clinical content covering all the essential aspects of IBD care and patient treatment.
Presents the basics of IBD, Clinical Management and Advanced Practice.
Each section includes key points, case studies, and a unique patient translation summaries to enable nurses to evaluate their own learning, and importantly apply this directly to their practice.
This book will logically progress through the patient pathway, integrating research evidence, patient experience, clinical expertise and nursing theory to provide an authoritative text for all nurses caring for patients with IBD.
Kathy Whayman - Lecturer in Gastrointestinal Nursing
Julie Duncan - Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinical Nurse Specialist
Marian O’Connor - Lead Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse Specialist.
