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Bailliere's Nurses Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers, 1st South Asia Edition - E-book
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Bailliere's Nurses Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers, 1st South Asia Edition - E-book
Table of Contents
Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Front Cover | Cover | ||
About the adaptor | IFC | ||
Front matter | iii | ||
Baillière’s nurses’ dictionary first South Asia edition | iii | ||
Copyright page | iv | ||
Table of contents | v | ||
Contributors | vii | ||
Reviewers of the First South Asia Edition | ix | ||
Foreword to the First South Asia Edition | xi | ||
Foreword to the 26th edition | xiii | ||
Preface to the first south asia edition | xvii | ||
Preface to the 26th edition | xix | ||
Acknowledgements | xxi | ||
Style guide | xxiii | ||
Subentries | xxiii | ||
Cross-referencing | xxiii | ||
Translations | xxiii | ||
Abbreviations used in this dictionary | xxiii | ||
Drug names | xxiv | ||
A | 1 | ||
B | 41 | ||
C | 66 | ||
D | 111 | ||
E | 132 | ||
F | 152 | ||
G | 167 | ||
H | 180 | ||
I | 207 | ||
J | 227 | ||
K | 230 | ||
L | 235 | ||
M | 252 | ||
N | 276 | ||
O | 291 | ||
P | 302 | ||
Q | 346 | ||
R | 349 | ||
S | 365 | ||
T | 396 | ||
U | 415 | ||
V | 420 | ||
W | 430 | ||
X | 435 | ||
Y | 436 | ||
Z | 438 | ||
Appendices | 441 | ||
Appendix 1 Nutrition | 443 | ||
Protein | 443 | ||
Carbohydrate | 444 | ||
Fat | 445 | ||
Vitamins | 446 | ||
Vitamin A | 446 | ||
Retinol | 446 | ||
Carotene | 447 | ||
Vitamin B complex | 447 | ||
Vitamin B12 | 447 | ||
Folate (folic acid – the man-made version) | 447 | ||
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) | 448 | ||
Vitamin D | 448 | ||
Vitamin E | 448 | ||
Vitamin k | 448 | ||
Minerals | 449 | ||
Iron | 449 | ||
Calcium | 449 | ||
Phosphorus | 449 | ||
Sodium | 449 | ||
Potassium | 450 | ||
Artificial nutritional support | 450 | ||
Enteral nutrition | 451 | ||
Parenteral nutrition (PN) | 455 | ||
Nutritional management of cardiovascular disease | 471 | ||
Introduction | 471 | ||
What is a healthy diet? | 471 | ||
Total energy | 471 | ||
Fat | 471 | ||
Oily fish | 471 | ||
Cholesterol | 471 | ||
Serum cholesterol and exercise | 471 | ||
Carbohydrate | 471 | ||
Fibre | 471 | ||
Minerals, vitamins and antioxidants | 471 | ||
Salt | 471 | ||
Alcohol | 471 | ||
Novel foods | 471 | ||
Nutritional management of obesity | 471 | ||
Definition | 471 | ||
Prevalence | 471 | ||
Waist circumference | 471 | ||
Why should individuals who are overweight lose weight? | 471 | ||
What does losing weight involve? | 471 | ||
Practical guidelines for weight loss | 471 | ||
Prevention is better than cure | 471 | ||
Dietary advice for obese people | 471 | ||
Nutritional management of diabetes | 471 | ||
Nutritional advice for people with diabetes | 471 | ||
Dietary goals | 472 | ||
Why should people with diabetes reduce their fat intake? | 473 | ||
Which foods are high in fat? | 473 | ||
It is important to remember | 473 | ||
Dietary guidelines for diabetic patient | 474 | ||
Recommended guidelines for a healthy diet planning: Quick summary | 474 | ||
Nutrition in paediatrics | 474 | ||
Nutrient requirements | 475 | ||
Infant feeding | 475 | ||
Nutritional deficiencies | 476 | ||
Obesity | 476 | ||
Allergies | 477 | ||
Chronic diseases of childhood | 477 | ||
Correlation of malnutrition and childhood diseases like diarrhoea, acute respiratory disease in india | 477 | ||
Appendix 2 Resuscitation | 479 | ||
Introduction | 479 | ||
Adult cardiac arrest | 480 | ||
Danger | 480 | ||
Response | 480 | ||
Shout | 480 | ||
Airway | 480 | ||
Breathing | 482 | ||
Obtain help | 482 | ||
Circulation | 483 | ||
Attempt two ventilations | 484 | ||
Continue resuscitation | 484 | ||
Adult choking | 485 | ||
Partial or mild obstruction | 485 | ||
Complete or severe obstruction | 486 | ||
Collapsed choking casualty | 486 | ||
Other situations | 487 | ||
Obstetric cardiac arrest | 487 | ||
Tracheostomy | 487 | ||
Paediatric cardiac arrest | 487 | ||
Paediatric choking | 488 | ||
Infants (under one year of age) | 488 | ||
Child (above one year old) | 488 | ||
Illustration references | 490 | ||
Bibliography | 490 | ||
Appendix 3 First aid | 491 | ||
Action at an emergency | 491 | ||
Priorities of treatment: Patient assessment and primary survey | 492 | ||
Casualty breathing normally: Recovery position | 492 | ||
Priorities of treatment: Patient assessment and secondary survey | 494 | ||
Disorders of circulation: External bleeding | 495 | ||
Shock | 496 | ||
Respiratory conditions | 496 | ||
Asthma | 497 | ||
Recognition | 497 | ||
Treatment | 497 | ||
Heart conditions: Angina and myocardial infarction | 497 | ||
Angina | 498 | ||
Appendix 4 Medicines and their control | 507 | ||
Definitions | 507 | ||
Drugs and cosmetics act | 507 | ||
Over-the-counter drugs | 508 | ||
Abbreviations used in prescriptions | 508 | ||
Prescription errors | 509 | ||
Common causes of prescription errors | 509 | ||
Strategies to avoid prescription errors | 510 | ||
Guidance | 510 | ||
Administration of medicines | 510 | ||
Standards for practice of administration of medicines | 510 | ||
AIDS to support concordance (compliance AIDS) | 512 | ||
Self-administration of medicines | 513 | ||
Management of adverse events (errors or incidents) in the administration of medicines | 513 | ||
Reporting adverse reactions | 514 | ||
Needle and syringe exchange schemes | 514 | ||
References/bibliography | 515 | ||
Appendix 5 The legal and professional framework of nursing | 516 | ||
Accountability | 516 | ||
Law – criminal law | 516 | ||
Civil law – professional negligence | 516 | ||
Legal issues affecting clinical practice | 517 | ||
Consent | 518 | ||
Confidentiality | 519 | ||
Drug administration | 519 | ||
Safety | 519 | ||
Documentation | 521 | ||
Good record keeping in nursing | 522 | ||
Decisions made by patients | 522 | ||
Patients’ property | 522 | ||
Biomedical waste management | 527 | ||
Need of biomedical waste management in hospitals | 527 | ||
Biomedical waste management process | 528 | ||
Steps of bmw management | 528 | ||
Medical negligence | 528 | ||
References | 529 | ||
Further reading | 530 | ||
Appendix 6 Standards of conduct, performance and ethics | 531 | ||
Section 1 | 531 | ||
Nursing and midwifery council (NMC) | 531 | ||
Make the care of people your first concern, treating them as individuals and respecting their dignity | 532 | ||
Treat People as Individuals | 532 | ||
Respect People’s Confidentiality | 532 | ||
Collaborate with Those in Your Care | 532 | ||
Ensure You Gain Consent | 532 | ||
Work with others to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of those in your care, their families and carers, and the wider community | 533 | ||
Share Information with Your Colleagues | 533 | ||
Work Effectively as Part of a Team | 533 | ||
Delegate Effectively | 533 | ||
Manage Risk | 534 | ||
Provide a high standard of practice and care at all times | 534 | ||
Use the Best Available Evidence | 534 | ||
Keep Your Skills and Knowledge Up To Date | 534 | ||
Keep Clear and Accurate Records | 534 | ||
Be open and honest, act with integrity and uphold the reputation of your profession | 535 | ||
Act with Integrity | 535 | ||
Deal with Problems | 535 | ||
Be Impartial | 535 | ||
Uphold the Reputation of Your Profession | 535 | ||
Section 2 | 536 | ||
Your duties as a registrant | 536 | ||
The Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics You MustKeep To | 536 | ||
What We Expect of You | 537 | ||
The Standards and Your Practice | 537 | ||
Meeting the Standards | 537 | ||
Making Informed and Reasonable Decisions | 538 | ||
Language | 538 | ||
Changing these Standards in the Future | 539 | ||
Code of ethics for nurses in india | 546 | ||
References | 546 | ||
Appendix 7 Common abbreviations | 548 | ||
Common abbreviations related to prescription | 548 | ||
Appendix 8 Common prefixes, suffixes and roots | 553 | ||
Appendix 9 Units of Measurement and Tables of Normal Values | 557 | ||
Metric Measures, Units and SI Symbols | 557 | ||
Decimal Multiples and Submultiples of the Units are Formed by the Use of Standard Prefixes | 557 | ||
Conversion Table for kPa ↔ mmHg (e.g. for capillary pressures) | 557 | ||
Hydrogen Ion Concentration (pH) | 557 | ||
Some Normal Plasma Levels in Adults | 557 | ||
Arterial Blood Gases | 557 | ||
Blood Pressure | 558 | ||
Appendix 10 Immunization and vaccinations | 562 | ||
Immunization aftercare and side effects | 564 | ||
Polio, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hib and menc | 564 | ||
Measles, mumps and rubella | 564 | ||
Hepatitis A | 564 | ||
Hepatitis B | 564 | ||
Polio | 565 | ||
Rubella (german measles) | 565 | ||
Tetanus | 565 | ||
Tuberculosis | 566 | ||
Influenza | 566 | ||
Pneumococcal vaccination | 567 | ||
Shingles | 567 | ||
Rotavirus | 567 | ||
Travel vaccinations | 567 | ||
References/websites | 568 | ||
Appendix 11 Occupational health and safety | 569 | ||
The control of substances hazardous to health | 569 | ||
Health surveillance | 569 | ||
Environmental monitoring | 570 | ||
Records | 570 | ||
The reporting of injuries, disease and dangerous substances | 570 | ||
Hazard and risk | 571 | ||
Failing to safety as opposed to failing to danger | 571 | ||
Safe systems of work and human factors | 571 | ||
Needlestick injury | 572 | ||
Needlestick injury protocol | 572 | ||
Side effect of these drugs | 574 | ||
Maternity benefit act | 574 | ||
ESI act | 574 | ||
The sexual harassment of women at workplace (prevention, prohibition and redressal) act, 2013 | 575 | ||
Prevention of sexual harassment | 575 | ||
Duties of the employer | 575 | ||
Anti-smoking and tobacco control at public places act | 577 | ||
The persons with disabilities (PWD) (equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) act, 1995 | 577 | ||
Main provisions of the act | 578 | ||
References | 578 | ||
Appendix 12 Prevention and control of infection | 579 | ||
Hospital-associated infections (HAI) | 587 | ||
Hand hygiene | 588 | ||
Recommended hand hygiene techniques | 589 | ||
References | 591 | ||
Appendix 13 Practice development | 593 | ||
Introduction | 593 | ||
Defining practice development | 593 | ||
Purpose of practice development | 594 | ||
Differences with PD | 594 | ||
Attributes, knowledge and skills of practice developers | 595 | ||
Outcomes of practice development | 596 | ||
The future for practice development | 597 | ||
Code of ethics for nurses in india | 598 | ||
References | 598 | ||
Useful websites | 600 | ||
Appendix 14 Clinical supervision | 602 | ||
Supervised clinical practice and learning | 602 | ||
Organizational supervision | 602 | ||
Supportive supervision | 603 | ||
Reduced emotional exhaustion | 605 | ||
Improved patient/client relationships | 605 | ||
Improved staff relationships | 606 | ||
Improved relationships with management | 606 | ||
Staff feel valued | 606 | ||
Lower levels of staff sickness | 606 | ||
Better work culture | 606 | ||
What do nurses think makes a good supervisor? | 606 | ||
References | 607 | ||
Appendix 15 Patient safety | 610 | ||
Establishing a safety culture | 610 | ||
International patient safety goals | 611 | ||
Nabh nursing excellence standards | 613 | ||
Benefits for patients | 614 | ||
Benefits for hospitals | 615 | ||
Benefits for nursing staff | 615 | ||
Conclusion | 615 | ||
References | 615 | ||
Appendix 16 Drug calculations | 616 | ||
References | 617 | ||
Appendix 17 Common nursing errors | 618 | ||
References | 618 |