The Family Life of Sick Children
Originally published in 1975, this book traces the problems which arise for families coping with a chronic childhood disease - cystic fibrosis. The discussion of these problems is important for the families of other seriously ill or disabled children, all of whom are faced with similar implications of their situation. The book looks at the stressful situations which face them: mastering the child's treatment technique, assisting them to come to terms with their disease. It deals with the practical problems which arise for the parents and siblings of a sick child and explores the profound repercussions of the loss of a child on the entire family, considering the ways in which many of these families managed to transcend their problems.
Class and Health
Originally published in 1986, this book discusses issues such as social class differences in health; the effect of unemployment on health; the relationship between income and health; how much of the class differences in death rates can be explained in terms of medically recognized factors. Presenting empirical research to resolve these issues, the book takes health to the centre of the political stage and raises fundamental issues about the direction of modern economic and social development and its impact on inequality. As relevant now as when it was first published the book reviews twenty of the most important longitudinal studies in the area of health and class that had been carried out in the UK at the time.
Epidemiology and Health Policy
Originally published in 1987, this book examines the priorities of health policy in the late 20th Century and the varied approaches or strategies to foster the prevention or control of disease. Several chapters focus on specific diseases and conditions, but other areas of concern such as injuries, alcoholism, drug-abuse, occupational health and nutrition are also dealt with. The book illuminates how epidemiology can serve as a more effective basis for health policy and practice and will be of great value to students and lecturers of medical sociology, epidemiological medicine and health policy.
Health and Vital Statistics
Originally published in 1968, this book was intended to help those in health and welfare services as well as those whose policy decisions are influenced by the movement of statistical indices of health, to understand the purpose, derivation and meaning of these indices.
Issues in the Political Economy of Health Care
Originally published in 1984, this book attempted to fill a gap by providing a broad-ranging structural analysis of the health care sector and the political and economic forces which influence its shape and contents, both in the western world and developing countries. The contributors examine the relationships of capitalism to health care, in terms of its influence on the physical environment, the incidence of social diseases and the prevailing (20th Century) view of what constitutes health itself; and in terms of the consequences of the new medical industrial complex it has created, such as the declining provision of health care for the poor and disadvantaged and the growing power of the pharmaceutical industry.
A Caregiver's Survival Guide
Kay Marshall Strom brings compassion and practical advice and support to anyone caring for an elderly parent or other adult relative.
CNA Study Guide 2024-2025
Introducing our CNA Study Guide 2024-2025: 7 Practice Tests and Prep Book for the Certified Nursing Assistant Exam [6th Edition]! Ascencia Test Prep's CNA Study Guide 2024-2025 includes everything you need to pass the Certified Nursing Assistant Exam the first time.Quick review of the concepts covered on the Certified Nursing Assistant Exam7 Practice tests with detailed answer explanationsTips and tricks from experienced CNAsAccess to online flash cards, cheat sheets, and moreAscencia Test Prep's CNA Study Guide 2024-2025 is aligned with the official Certified Nursing Assistant Exam framework. Topics covered include: Activities of Daily LivingBasic Nursing SkillsSafety and Infection ControlPsychosocial Care SkillsRole of the Nurse Aide The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. was not involved in the creation or production of this product, is not in any way affiliated with Ascencia Test Prep, and does not sponsor or endorse this product. About Ascencia Test PrepAt Ascencia Test Prep, we understand that healthcare professionals need high-quality educational resources. That's why our test prep materials are developed by credentialed experts with years of experience who are excited to share their knowledge with you. Whether you're just starting your career or ready to climb higher, we're here to help you feel ready on test day.
Practical Guidelines on Fluid Therapy 2024 Third Edition
"Practical Guidelines on Fluid Therapy" is a comprehensive guide focusing on Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Disorders. The first edition was published in 2002, it stands as the pioneering work on these disorders. Since its launch, the book has garnered widespread acclaim, with over 100,000 copies sold.The primary objective of this book is to provide scientifically sound guidance on intravenous (IV) administration in hospitalized patients. It serves as a valuable resource for clinicians, offering insights into the treatment of various salt and water imbalances. The new edition has been crafted to meet the international demand for updated information on the science and art of administering IV fluids.Built upon the latest evidence available in the literature, this 750+ page book encompasses 57 chapters. Medical professionals will find it to be an invaluable tool for effectively managing their patients.Special features of this bookComprehensive Contents: This monograph encompasses 12 parts and 57 chapters, delivering the latest evidence-based insights into fluid therapy, electrolyte balance, and acid-base disorders.Special Focus: Gain practical knowledge with easy-to-understand guidance on intravenous preparations and their clinical applications.Problems-Oriented Solutions: Dedicated chapters on fluid and electrolyte problems in medical, surgical, pediatric, and obstetric patients including their quick and practical management guidelines.Simplified Approach: Navigate complex topics effortlessly with a straightforward approach and management to fluid, electrolytes, and acid-base disorders.TABLE OF CONTENTS Part 1 1. Basic Physiology Part 2 2. Overview of Intravenous Fluids3. Dextrose and Sodium Chloride Solutions4. Balanced Solutions5. Colloid Solutions Part 3 6. Principles of Fluid Therapy7. Maintenance Fluid Therapy8. Resuscitation Fluids9. Fluid Therapy in Elderly Part 4 10. Calcium and Hypertonic Dextrose Solutions11. Hypertonic Saline12. Magnesium Sulfate13. Potassium Chloride and Phosphate14. Sodium Bicarbonate Part 5 (Online Access)15. Fluid Assessment and Monitoring16. Basic and Non-Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring17. Static Hemodynamic Monitoring18. Fluid Responsiveness Techniques19. Cardiac Output Monitoring Part 6 20. Hyponatremia21. Hypernatremia22. Hypokalemia23. Hyperkalemia24. Hypocalcemia25. Hypercalcemia26. Hypophosphatemia27. Hyperphosphatemia28. Hypomagnesemia29. Hypermagnesemia Part 7 30. Basic Understanding and Approach to Acid-Base Disorders31. Metabolic Acidosis32. Metabolic Alkalosis33. Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders Part 8 34. Gastrointestinal Losses and Upper GI Bleeding35. Ascites in Cirrhosis36. Hepatic Encephalopathy37. Hepatorenal Syndrome38. Acute Pancreatitis39. Fluid Therapy in Bronchial Asthma, ARDS, and in Ventilation40. Diabetic Ketoacidosis41. Neurological Disorders Part 9 42. Preoperative Fluid Therapy43. Intraoperative Fluid Therapy44. Postoperative Fluid Therapy45. TURP Syndrome46. Burns47. Urinary Diversion Part 10 48. Resuscitation and Maintenance Fluid in Children49. Replacement Fluid Therapy in Children50. Oral Rehydration Therapy Part 11 (Online Access)51. Fluid Management during Pregnancy52. Fluid Management for Cesarean53. Fluid Management in Preeclampsia and PPH54. Hyponatremia during Labor Part 12 (Online Access)55. Parenteral Nutrition: Principles and Requirements56. Parenteral Nutrition in Specific Diseases57. Parenteral Nutrition: Administration and Complications
The Making of a Physician
The Anne Burnett School of Medicine at Texas Christian University opened its doors in July 2019, becoming the first new medical school in Fort Worth in 50 years. The inaugural class of 60 students hailed from across the country, drawn by the promise of a new standard of medical education that emphasizes the whole person. From day one, TCU's MD students learned both the art and science of medicine as Empathetic Scholars(R). To better understand the medical school and its innovative vision for patient care, TCU Magazine followed six of the inaugural students through their four-year journeys. Writer Lisa Martin spent hundreds of hours conducting interviews and observing all six both in the classroom and in clinical settings as they not only faced the typical challenges of medical school, but also unique ones born out of the Covid-19 pandemic that struck during the students' first year. As they worked toward their medical degrees, Ive Mota Avila, Edmundo Esparza, Charna Kinard, Jonas Kruse, Quinn Losefsky and Dilan Sunil Shah grew as people and in their profession. A hospital shift might bring doubt, delight and death in the span of an hour, but the students became adept at navigating it all, including their own fears and emotions.
By the Bedside of the Patient
In By the Bedside of the Patient, Nortin Hadler places current efforts to reform medical education -- from the undergraduate level through residency programs and on to continuing medical education -- in historical context. In doing so, he traces the evolution of medical school curricula, residency and fellowship programs, and the clinical practices they promoted. Hadler examines crucial junctures in history to locate the seeds for reform. Some believe that medical education and training should highlight literature, ethics, and culture, while others emphasize science and efficiency to abbreviate the time from entry to licensure. Neither of these approaches, Hadler argues, maintains or improves patient care, which should be at the core of medical education and practice. Hadler contends that most reform attempted thus far constitutes, at best, little more than a reshuffling of the basic curriculum and, at worst, an augmenting of medicine's predilection to measure, grade, and record. Examining generational changes in medical education, Hadler mines sixty years of training and practice to identify mistaken approaches and best practices. Ultimately, in the contemporary era of managed care, Hadler argues for a clinical practice that draws on the best available scientific knowledge, transmits the wisdom of experienced clinicians, reforges an empathetic relationship between physician and patient, and treats each patient as an individual -- all centered on restoring the mandate to care.
Covid-19 in the Commonwealth
2020 was the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most significant global pandemic since the 'Spanish flu' in 1918-1919. This book provides an analysis of the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic in a range of Commonwealth countries during 2020, covering public health, political, economic and international aspects.The Commonwealth, within which about one quarter of the world's population resides, provides a cross-section of the global experience of COVID-19. The Commonwealth ranges from highly populated countries such as India and Nigeria, to small island states and territories, encompassing also advanced industrialised countries and developing countries. The grouping also extends into many different regions of the world: Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. In the first year of the pandemic, vaccines were still under development and national response strategies chosen by Commonwealth countries were diverse, spanning eradication, elimination, suppression and mitigation. The chapters in this book show the ways in which governments from a selection of Commonwealth countries responded to the multiple dimensions of the crisis, pointing to the factors that led to effective or less effective policies.This book originally appeared as a special issue of The Round Table.
Learning and Behaviour in Medicine
This concise, practical guide supports a broadly based understanding of continuing medical education and professional development, without being overly theoretical. Opening with the history of CME and CPD, their definitions and the difference between them, this book discusses recent changes in the culture of learning in medicine, including the transition of CME from didactic teaching to interactive, focused adult learning. It describes the replacement of a curricular approach by education driven by need, which, in turn, is defined by discovery and analysis of professional practice gaps. Particular emphasis is placed on the misdiagnosis gap, its causation and impact on patient care.Key Features Articulates the essential difference between CME and undergraduate and postgraduate medical education Highlights the importance of professional practice gap discovery and analysis Outlines the planning and design of CME in relation to Moore's Outcomes Pyramid Describes the various modalities of CME provision, methods of outcome assessment and accreditation systems Confirms the critical role that CPD plays in revalidation and maintenance of certification, with important considerations around fitness to practise It is essential reading for those who use CME and those who plan, design, deliver and accredit CME, including practising healthcare professionals from all specialties, and CME providers, both independent and linked to specialist societies.
Poetry in the Clinic
This book explores previously unexamined overlaps between the poetic imagination and the medical mind. It shows how appreciation of poetry can help us to engage with medicine in more intense ways based on 'de-familiarising' old habits and bringing poetic forms of 'close reading' to the clinic. Bleakley and Neilson carry out an extensive critical examination of the well-established practices of narrative medicine to show that non-narrative, lyrical poetry does different kind of work, previously unexamined, such as place eclipsing time. They articulate a groundbreaking 'lyrical medicine' that promotes aesthetic, ethical and political practices as well as noting the often-concealed metaphor cache of biomedicine. Demonstrating that ambiguity is a key resource in both poetry and medicine, the authors anatomise poetic and medical practices as forms of extended and situated cognition, grounded in close readings of singular contexts. They illustrate structural correspondences between poetic diction and clinical thinking, such as use of sound and metaphor. This provocative examination of the meaningful overlap between poetic and clinical work is an essential read for researchers and practitioners interested in extending the reach of medical and health humanities, narrative medicine, medical education and English literature.
Working Happy! How to Survive Burnout and Find Your Work/Life Synergy in the Healthcare Industry
Working Happy! How to Survive Burnout and Find Your Work/Life Synergy in the Healthcare Industry by Roger Kapoor, MD, MBA, is a groundbreaking book that offers fresh insights and new solutions to the growing crisis of burnout in the healthcare workplace.The book takes an innovative, hands-on approach toward the two most important causes of employee burnout: workplace environment and personal attitude and behavior. Whether you are seeking to find happiness in your present job, leaning toward changing jobs in the same industry, switching careers altogether, or even striking out on your own as an entrepreneur, this easy-to-read guide covers every contingency. Kapoor explains emotional resilience and provides powerful tools you can use right now to address burnout. Above all, the book encourages you to find your true purpose in work and life, let the money take care of itself, and develop your ikigai, or "life value."The book identifies the two central causes of workplace burnout: the workplace itself and your own attitude toward your job. Each of the 10 chapters covers a different aspect of burnout and work/life synergy. Chapter 1, Unhappy Workers and Employee Burnout sets the stage for the book and explains the problem of workplace burnout. Chapter 2, The Two Sources of Burnout explores the two main causes of burnout: workplace environment and personal attitude and behavior.Chapter 3, Finding Work/Life Synergy introduces the concept of work/life synergy and explains how it differs from work/life balance. Chapter 4, Path #1: Find Happiness in Your Present Job helps readers analyze and reflect on their present job and provides actionable strategies to reduce stress and achieve work/life synergy.Chapter 5, Path #2: Change Jobs explores the possibility of making a bigger change, such as changing jobs or exploring new horizons. Chapter 6, Path #3: Change Your Career discusses the reasons people change careers and offers insight from people who have done just that.Chapter 7, Emotional Resilience offers practical tips for achieving a positive work/life synergy in any work environment.Chapter 8, Self-Help Strategies: Make Small Changes is a handy reference guide outlining powerful, practical steps readers can take every day to reduce their feelings of burnout. Chapter 9, Your Purpose in Work and Life, helps readers find their true purpose in work and life and introduces the Japanese concept of ikigai.Finally, chapter 10, Keep Working Happy! provides guidance on how to maintain work/life synergy and prevent burnout over the long term. Unlike many business management books, this author has the trifecta of a solid academic training (an MBA), front-line clinical experience (as a practicing MD), and front-line administrative experience in solving the problems he talks about as a leader of a major health system. Readers will feel the satisfaction of identifying the source of their burnout or stress and taking action to make a positive change. Everyone deserves to be happy, but we don't know how to achieve it; this book shows you how you can change your working life and be happy.Working Happy is filled with practical advice and actionable strategies that readers can implement right away. With its innovative approach and fresh insights, Working Happy is sure to become a classic in the field of healthcare workplace burnout and work/life synergy.
Hospital Survival
A simple hip pain that turned into a life-altering disability. Follow the courageous battle against septicemia, numerous surgeries, and an encounter with mortality on the operating table, resulting in a subsequent coma. As the story unfolds, we get a glimpse of his daily life, where hallucinations and visions intertwine with his reality. This book not only weaves a compelling narrative but also provides invaluable guidance for navigating hospital experiences with resilience. It imparts essential lessons that applies to everyone, equipping readers with the knowledge to confidently face their own medical journeys. This serves as a testament to the author's personal growth during his near-death experience and long-term hospital care. Prepare to embark on his remarkable journey of survival, leaving you with a renewed perspective on resilience and the remarkable capacity of the human spirit.
Education and Training
This Handout is meant to accompany the education and training manual. It has been written to assist learners in achieving the award in Education and Training. It forms an integral part of the award in educational and training course. Teachers will find this handout invaluable as will trainee trainers aiming to improve their teaching skills. Learners can also use this material during the training as a reference even after completing the course. Members of the public who want to improve their presentation skills will find the information in this handout useful too.
Elderly People, Their Medicines, and Their Doctors
In the late 1980s, an increasing proportion of all prescribed medicines went to people over 65 years of age, not only because they constituted a growing sector of the population but also because their consumption rate, unlike that of younger people was increasing. This increase was therefore a matter for widespread concern which had until now been largely speculative, as no recent national survey had focused on this issue.Originally published in 1988, Ann Cartwright and Christopher Smith looked at the medicines prescribed for, and taken by, a nationally representative sample of elderly people. The experiences and views of both patients (elderly people) and professionals (general practitioners) are examined and related. What is revealed is how much, and how little GPs knew about the social circumstances and medicine taking of their elderly patients. Evaluation of all the prescribed medicines taken shows the extent of elderly people's knowledge of their medication and identifies duplications, potentially harmful interactions, contraindications, and inappropriate dosages. Recommendations for action to be taken by doctors, pharmacists, medical educators, and elderly people themselves made this book essential reading for all those concerned with the health and welfare of elderly people at the time.
New Scientific Basis of Fluid Therapy in Shock Management
This book would interest all scientists, doctors and nurses involved in the prescription and administration of fluid therapy in the management of shock, acutely ill patients and those undergoing major surgery. It reports on fourteen new scientific discoveries in physics, physiology and medicine that form the new scientific foundation of fluid therapy which will revolutionise current understanding and practice.
Emergency Medical Responders Essentials 3rd Edition
Emergency Medical Responder Essentials, 3rd Edition, presents learners with unique and vital information in a concise, easily comprehensible, and well-organized book that truly meets the needs of today's Emergency Medical Responder (EMR). Stressing the "essentials" enables this to be a multiuse book. It functions as an EMR textbook, resource, and study manual. Students are introduced to necessary cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains throughout the chapters. This book includes additional information that learners will need for assessment, interventions, and critical thinking in the field. Unique to this book is the concise presentation of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology to facilitate learning and a clear systematic approach to patient assessment and management.
Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice
Now more than ever health care professionals play an increased role in the promotion of health to populations. Unique and innovative, Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice: Promoting Health, Well-being and Quality of Life weaves everyday care into prevention, community, and population health, creating a new and more expansive vision of health for all without compromising traditional practices. Authors and editors Drs. Pizzi and Amir discuss and illustrate a client-centered preventive and health, well-being and quality of life approach rooted in best practice principles from interprofessional literature and firsthand experience. The text illustrates how allied health professionals implement those principles in their everyday and traditional practices with an emphasis on exploring health and well-being issues. Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice provides detailed guidance in program development and implementation. What's included in Interprofessional Perspectives for Community: Clinical anecdotes on successful community practices A focus on primary and secondary prevention Assessments, interventions, and community practice examples Descriptions of community-based practice settings such as adult day care, independent living programs, hospice, and home health care Health and wellness across the lifespan Bonus chapters available online as PDFs for readers The first text of its kind to weave interprofessionalism, community practice, and health, well-being, and quality of life, Interprofessional Perspectives for Community Practice: Promoting Health, Well-being and Quality of Life is for all health care workers and students who wish to transfer practice skills from the clinical setting to a population-based program development model.
Leadership in Public and Community Health
Designed to support current standards and goals for health care, Leadership in Public and Community Health provides readers with an examination of leadership and its implications for public and community health services. The book focuses on leaders who demonstrate transformational leadership as they guide public health initiatives and plan for public and community health. Recognizing that effective leadership is essential in all types of public health organizations, the text posits that leaders need to support engagement from many staff and stakeholders and use effective collaboration, coordination, and communication, while also considering diversity, equity, and inclusion, accessibility, social determinants of health, disparities, and population health. Leadership in Public and Community Health presents a multidimensional and highly applicable model of leadership at all levels to well support a variety of health care organizations and initiatives. This book is part of the Cognella Series on Public and Community Health Nursing, a collection of concise, informative guides that explore critical topical areas, their nursing application, and their relationship to nursing practice.
Vaccines and Your Family
This book is a go-to guide for all families seeking trustworthy information about the science and safety of vaccines. Paul A. Offit and Charlotte A. Moser--scientists and parents with decades of experience--equip readers with the facts they need to navigate vaccine decisions for the whole family, from babies to elders. In straightforward prose, they offer accessible and authoritative answers to today's most common vaccine-related questions. Offit and Moser explain how vaccines work, how they are made, and how they are tested. Chapters examine vaccine safety, ingredients, the workings of the immune system, and practical considerations from the implications of different medical conditions to missed doses. The book covers vaccines that have been available for decades as well as newer vaccines for illnesses such as RSV, COVID-19, and mpox, including both traditional and mRNA vaccines. The second half of the book is a guide to individual vaccines organized by age groups, including the first and second year of life, ages three to six, older children and teenagers, and adults. A timely resource for all families, this book allays unfounded fears and provides a clear, easy-to-understand picture of vaccines and vaccination. Vaccines and Your Family is a revised and updated edition of Vaccines and Your Child (2011) that expands coverage to include all ages and addresses recent scientific progress. It explores the new recommendations and new questions regarding vaccines that have arisen in the intervening years.
'Purpose-Built' Art in Hospitals
Over the past three decades, guidance on the selection of art in hospitals has suggested realistic art that depicts soothing and comforting images such as tranquil waters, green vegetation, flowers, and open spaces. Based on these findings, curators have been cautioned to avoid art with uncertain meaning that risks upsetting viewers in stressful states. However, some hospitals exhibit ambiguous or abstract art and cite anecdotal evidence of its appropriateness for healthcare settings. More recent research is going beyond anecdotal evidence, and indicates that the ambiguity of meaning in abstract compositions can have positive effects. 'Purpose-built' Art in Hospitals is built on an international study of artwork in hospitals around the globe. Exploring 'purpose-built' (specially commissioned) artwork in hospitals through the dual lens of an artist and healthcare professional, Rollins identifies 15 specific 'purposes' of visual artwork in hospitals and presents a compelling case for their use that is grounded in research. The book builds the reader's understanding of the many functions of artwork in hospitals, with the goal of encouraging greater variety in art offerings to better serve the many diverse needs of patients, families, visitors and staff within the hospital environment.
Design Creativity
Design creativity describes the process by which needs are explored and translated into requirements for change. This Element examines the role of design creativity within the context of healthcare improvement. It begins by outlining the characteristics of design thinking, and the key status of the Double Diamond Model. It provides practical tools to support design creativity, including ethnographic/observational studies, personas and scenarios, and needs identification and requirements analysis. It also covers brainstorming, Disney, and six thinking hats techniques, the nine windows technique, morphological charts and product architecting, and concept evaluation. The tools, covering all stages of the Double Diamond model, are supported by examples of their use in healthcare improvement. The Element concludes with a critique of design creativity and the evidence for its application in healthcare improvement. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Clinical Reasoning for Medical Students: Bridge the Gap
The transition from preclinical to clinical medicine is as difficult as it is exciting. Medical students at this seminal point in their journey are yearning to combine their knowledge with their communication skills to make diagnoses and formulate management plans. Clinical Reasoning for Medical Students takes the reader through the thought processes that should be followed as they take a history from a patient. This includes generating a list of plausible differentials, excluding dangerous causes and, ultimately, arriving at a diagnosis and management plan.In clinical exams, as in real life, medical students and junior doctors are required to access their knowledge on the spot to answer questions and explain their reasoning. Our extensive Differentials in Detail section and Bridge Box diagrams provide robust frameworks to facilitate rapid recall of clinical information in both the exam room and hospital wards.This book will 'Bridge the Gap' between the preclinical and clinical realms of medicine and make the transition considerable smoother and more enjoyable.
Clinical Reasoning for Medical Students: Bridge the Gap
The transition from preclinical to clinical medicine is as difficult as it is exciting. Medical students at this seminal point in their journey are yearning to combine their knowledge with their communication skills to make diagnoses and formulate management plans. Clinical Reasoning for Medical Students takes the reader through the thought processes that should be followed as they take a history from a patient. This includes generating a list of plausible differentials, excluding dangerous causes and, ultimately, arriving at a diagnosis and management plan.In clinical exams, as in real life, medical students and junior doctors are required to access their knowledge on the spot to answer questions and explain their reasoning. Our extensive Differentials in Detail section and Bridge Box diagrams provide robust frameworks to facilitate rapid recall of clinical information in both the exam room and hospital wards.This book will 'Bridge the Gap' between the preclinical and clinical realms of medicine and make the transition considerable smoother and more enjoyable.
MDSAP Certification
This EASY-to-understand book is ideal for all (Employees & Employers) and other people who are new to MDSAP, ISO 13485, (International Standard) who want to get more out of an established Quality Management System (QMS). Particularly for employees who just need a basic understanding of what MDSAP is and how it applies to them. This Book was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standard's requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply. ISC certifies a wide range of professionals and organizations, including governmental entities, commercial businesses, and professional associations.International Standard Certification (ISC) certification programs are based on recognized national and international compliance standards that ensure domestic and global acceptance. ISC is a certification body that Provides certification services. ISC Publishes different educational books and provides educational courses and certification services. ISC operates under industry-approved international standards and requirements and maintains integrity and impartiality while taking into account professional and public interests. International Standard Certification (ISC) provides objective evidence that a person or an organization operates at the highest level of ethical, legal, professional, and technical standards.ISC certifies a wide range of professionals and organizations, including governmental entities, commercial businesses, and professional associations. International Standard Certification (ISC) certification programs are based on recognized national and international compliance standards that ensure domestic and global acceptance. www.iscasc.comMDSAP The Medical Device Single Audit Program is the single audit program that covers the regulations of Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan and USA. These regulations use the MDSAP to verify compliance to the quality systems of their national regulations and ISO 13485. The intention of the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) is to allow competent auditors from MDSAP recognized Auditing Organizations (AOs) to conduct a single audit of a medical device organization's quality management system that will satisfy the requirements of the medical device regulatory authorities participating in the MDSAP program.Audits performed under the MDSAP program will be process based, focusing on several defined processes, a defined method for linking those processes, and built on a foundation of requirements for risk management.ISO 13485 MDSAP are two different programs with similar requirements but they do not duplicate each other.MDSAP has the more stringent requirements of the two and companies that are already certified to ISO 13485 will see an increase in the number of audit days once they seek certification to MDSAP.The design of the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP) audit process is to ensure a single audit will provide efficient yet thorough coverage of regulatory requirements.These requirements include; Medical devices - Quality management systems - Requirements for regulatory purposes (ISO 13485:2016), the Quality Management System requirements of the Conformity Assessment Procedures of the Australian Therapeutic Goods (Medical Devices) Regulations (TG(MD)R Sch3), the Brazilian Good Manufacturing Practices (RDC ANVISA 16/2013), the Japanese Ordinance on Standards for Manufacturing Control and Quality Control of Medical Devices and In Vitro Diagnostic Reagents (MHLW Ministerial Ordinance No. 169), the Quality SystemRegulation (21 CFR Part 820), and specific requirements of the medical device regulatory authorities participating in the MDSAPprogram.
MDSAP Certification
This EASY to understand book is ideal for all (Employees & Employers) and other people who are new to MDSAP, ISO 13485, (International Standard) who want to get more out of an established Quality Management System (QMS). Particularly for employees who just need a basic understanding of what MDSAP is and how it applies to them. This Book was written so that anyone at any level of the organization can get to the heart of the standard's requirements and how they apply to the organization quickly and simply. ISC certifies a wide range of professionals and organizations, including governmental entities, commercial businesses, and professional associations. International Standard Certification (ISC) certification programs are based on recognized national and international compliance standards that ensure domestic and global acceptance.
Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare, Third Edition
In the aftermath of the pandemic, preexisting challenges in healthcare organizations have intensified. Stress, burnout, staffing shortages, and even the erosion of trust in organizational leadership are pressing issues that need solutions.Using construction as their metaphor, authors Joe Tye and Bob Dent make a compelling case that a healthcare organization's Invisible Architecture-a foundation of core values, a superstructure of organizational culture, and the interior finish of workplace attitude-is no less important than its visible architecture.In this third edition of Building a Culture of Ownership in Healthcare, readers will learn how investing in their organization and their people can enable a significant, successful change in productivity; employee engagement; nurse satisfaction, recruitment, and retention; quality of care; patient satisfaction; and positive financial outcomes.
The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust
Respected researcher Katherine Meese has teamed up with Quint Studer, a well-known author and practitioner with more than 40 years of experience in helping healthcare organizations improve performance and become better workplaces. The result is a science-backed leadership book that integrates the latest workplace research with tactics to create high-performance environments where people can flourish. The Human Margin: Building the Foundations of Trust interprets new research on what today's healthcare workforce really wants and finds that trust in leadership is at the heart of everything. Meese and Studer unfold the 10 building blocks most closely linked to building and sustaining trust. They explore each one, explaining the science behind the conditions leaders need to create and sharing tactics that help them get there. Topics include rewiring vital leadership skills and providing the autonomy employees crave when the solutions other industries offer (like remote work) aren't an option. The Human Margin is a must-read for leaders at every level. It will inspire you to start building the culture today's workforce craves and--even better--give you the practical tools to get there.
Medical Presentations
"A comprehensive guide to planning, constructing, and delivering presentations. This is the missing manual that every doctor needs".Rowan Parks, Professor of Surgical Sciences and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, University of Edinburgh; President of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh"A fantastic, fool proof guide to presenting like a pro!"Alice Roberts, Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Birmingham; Broadcaster and AuthorThis book will teach healthcare professionals how to craft more effective and engaging PowerPoint(R) presentations, taking readers through the preparation of a presentation from concept to delivery. The book is based on decades of the authors' personal experiences teaching PowerPoint(R) and slide design. The text is based on a sound understanding of educational theory. Readers will learn how to present interesting and visually appealing slides. In particular, the focus will be on designing professional-looking slides that convey a clear and memorable message.The book will be valuable to any healthcare professional required to put together presentations, whether a high-flying academic doctor or nurse presenting their research at international conferences, a trainee giving a talk at an in-house educational session, or a student preparing a presentation as part of their course work.
Your Health, Your Decisions
In nearly every medical-decision-making encounter, the physician is at the center of the discussion, with the patient the recipient of the physician's decisions. Dr. Robert Alan McNutt starts from a very different premise: the patient should be at the center. McNutt challenges the physician-directed, medical-expertise model of making decisions, presenting a practical approach augmented by formal exercises designed to give patients the tools and confidence to compare and contrast their health-care options so they can make their own choices. He addresses a number of scenarios, including heart disease, breast cancer, and prostate cancer--conditions that pose a range of choices that patients may face about diagnoses and treatments.After providing a clear explanation of what is the highest quality medical-decision-making information, McNutt teaches patients to use that information to weigh the harms and benefits of their treatment options, empowering them to ask critical questions as they take a stronger hand in their own care. Your Health, Your Decisions moves from specific scenarios that commonly baffle patients to a systematic exploration of how to make medical decisions. By offering patients the tools they need to be full partners in their own health care, McNutt demystifies what can be a bewildering and even terrifying process.
Medical Presentations
"A comprehensive guide to planning, constructing, and delivering presentations. This is the missing manual that every doctor needs".Rowan Parks, Professor of Surgical Sciences and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, University of Edinburgh; President of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh"A fantastic, fool proof guide to presenting like a pro!"Alice Roberts, Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Birmingham; Broadcaster and AuthorThis book will teach healthcare professionals how to craft more effective and engaging PowerPoint(R) presentations, taking readers through the preparation of a presentation from concept to delivery. The book is based on decades of the authors' personal experiences teaching PowerPoint(R) and slide design. The text is based on a sound understanding of educational theory. Readers will learn how to present interesting and visually appealing slides. In particular, the focus will be on designing professional-looking slides that convey a clear and memorable message.The book will be valuable to any healthcare professional required to put together presentations, whether a high-flying academic doctor or nurse presenting their research at international conferences, a trainee giving a talk at an in-house educational session, or a student preparing a presentation as part of their course work.
Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers
Caregiving is a physically, emotionally, socially, existentially, and financially demanding role that touches most people at some point in their lives. Without support, caregivers are at risk for their own physical and medical problems. Despite being a source of suffering, it at the same time presents an opportunity to connect to meaning and purpose. The authors of this book developed Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers (MCP-C), the first targeted therapy to comprehensively address existential distress and suffering in caregivers. Across seven sessions and through a series of didactic and experiential exercises, caregivers are guided to explore various sources of meaning in life that can become resources for them, especially when the challenges of caregiving are great. In this manual, the reader will find an overview and background on MCP-C, and in-depth descriptions of each of the seven sessions, with sample therapist scripts and handouts for caregivers engaged in MCP-C. It also includes a case example to bring the material to life. The goal of MCP-C is to provide caregivers with the tools needed to live life as fully as possible, despite the many challenges they face. Research on MCP-C with caregivers of patients with various sites and stages of cancer and across the caregiving trajectory supports the underlying mission of MCP-C: suffering is unavoidable but meaning and purpose is always possible.
Stethoscopes and Sacrifices
Behind the White Coat: Heartbeats of Hope Amidst Nigeria's Medical TrialsStep into the operating room where every decision is a battle against the odds. "Stethoscopes and Sacrifices: The Economic Front of Nigerian Medicine" peels back the curtain to reveal a tumultuous world where heroes in scrubs fight not just against diseases, but against a system strained to its limits. In this riveting narrative, readers are invited on a journey to the heart of Nigeria's healthcare crisis-a journey that transcends statistics and dives into the souls of those who heal.From the gritty realities of inadequate resources and poor infrastructure, to the personal stories of doctors who persist despite daunting financial challenges, this book stitches together a compelling tableau of the human spirit. Discover the untold impacts of the mass exodus of medical talent and the harrowing tales behind the patient-to-doctor ratios that threaten the fabric of Nigerian healthcare.Witness the stark contrasts of urban and rural disparities in access to medical care, and feel the weight of corruption and bureaucratic diseases that plague the system. And yet, within these pages lies the resilience of those dedicated to the fight, innovators bridging the technology gap, and stories of survival on sacrifice that ignite a flicker of hope amidst despair.Understand the challenges posed by the pharmaceutical dilemma, with stories of counterfeit medications shadowing patients' roads to recovery. Explore the role of NGOs and international partnerships striving to mend a fractured system, and consider the visions of a healthier future through reforms and innovation, as laid out in thought-provoking case studies and policy recommendations."Stethoscopes and Sacrifices" is more than a book-it is a call to comprehension and compassion, an instrument for change in the hands of those who dare to believe in a healthier Nigeria. Open its pages and join an unforgettable odyssey into the beating heart of a nation's struggle for well-being.
Medicine is a Practice
Medicine is a Practice: The Rules for Healthcare Marketing is specifically designed as a valuable resource for physicians, healthcare professionals, office managers, and independent practice professionals. This comprehensive book by practice management and patient-centered care expert Neil Baum, MD, provides detailed discussions, guiding readers towards financially successful management practices.Baum, a practicing physician based in New Orleans, Louisiana, draws from real-world examples that have proven successful in his healthcare practice. It aims to assist physicians and medical practice administrators in creating the practice they have always envisioned-a practice that is both productive and profitable.By implementing the tried-and-tested suggestions derived from Baum's practice and other successful examples, physicians can enhance their relationships with existing patients and attract new patients to their practice.Topics covered include smart technology implementation, effective marketing and referral strategies, leveraging social media, strategic planning, and cultivating a patient-centered healthcare practice. This book also delves into the non-clinical aspects of running a medical office, ensuring a comprehensive approach to practice management.
Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment
The first volume of Mental Health Issues of Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Strategies is a thorough examination of current knowledge on the way child abuse and neglect can affect a child's mental and emotional development. In this volume interdisciplinary professionals focus on the presentation and assessment of trauma with a special focus on post-pandemic emerging trends in diagnosis.This text intends to do the following: - Define the problem of child maltreatment conceptually and numerically, using statistics that describe the state of maltreatment and the characteristics of those most affected by it - Identify causes and risk factors that appear to affect susceptibility to maltreatment, such as factors that increase a child's risk of abuse or obstacles to delivering effective child protection services - Design interventions that are trauma-informed, sensitive, and developmentally targeted for children and their caregivers - Disseminate information about the evidence and effectiveness of these interventions to increase the profile for their usage in clinical practice - Educate students and future professionals in psychology, medicine, nursing, social work, and creative arts therapies to mitigate the effects of child maltreatment for future generations
Human-Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation
This book explores the use of human-centered service design. Through a variety of case studies and best practices, it highlights ways to systematically improve the provision of healthcare services to different target and age groups in order to understand customer expectations and needs. The book also offers new insights into the dyadic relationship between service provider and customer, each of which has their own set of goals, purposes, and benefits and must cope with a scarcity of resources and opportunities to optimize and design. Written by recognized experts, scholars, and practitioners, this book demonstrates how, where, and when to successfully apply human-centered service design at multiple levels, including corporate, departmental, and product/service. Value-added services are not only assessed in terms of their effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity, but also bearing in mind human emotions, interactions, and communication techniques as an importantpart of service provision. Accordingly, the book will appeal to scholars and practitioners in the hospital and healthcare sector, and to anyone interested in organizational development, service business model innovation, customer involvement and perceptions, and the service experience.
Preparing Healthcare Workers for an Ai-Driven Workplace
A large number of healthcare employees, whether they are on the frontlines or in management, work in complex, fluid environments. They must perform a diverse number of sometimes intricate tasks on a daily basis as well as excel in handling ad hoc interactions with patients, residents, coworkers, or other stakeholders. In the coming years, these workers will also have to adjust to disruptions in their workplaces that are brought about by the introduction of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and health information technologies (HITs) into their offices and clinics. Many of these workers will find themselves competing for jobs not only with other humans but also with machines.Preparing Healthcare Workers for an AI-Driven Workplace helps healthcare professionals to develop their core critical thinking skills while also enabling them to develop methodologies for successfully completing complex projects by themselves, dealing with ad hoc interactions, and taking advantage of the coming AI- and IT-driven changes in their workplaces. The book begins with explaining why healthcare workers, whether they work on the frontlines or in management, need to be strong critical thinkers. It breaks down "critical thinking" into its key elements and provides methods that readers can use to help them to master critical thinking and grow to become elite critical thinkers. The book also provides tips on how to handle ad hoc conversations with supervisors, coworkers, patients, residents, and other stakeholders. Examining how AI- and IT-related developments will transform the healthcare ecosystem in the coming years, the book identifies key mindsets and strategies for thriving in technologically rich healthcare environments.
Navigating the U.S. Hospice Maze
A short guide for non-specialist physicians and members of the interdisciplinary hospice team providing end-of-life care.
Preparing Healthcare Workers for an Ai-Driven Workplace
A large number of healthcare employees, whether they are on the frontlines or in management, work in complex, fluid environments. They must perform a diverse number of sometimes intricate tasks on a daily basis as well as excel in handling ad hoc interactions with patients, residents, coworkers, or other stakeholders. In the coming years, these workers will also have to adjust to disruptions in their workplaces that are brought about by the introduction of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems and health information technologies (HITs) into their offices and clinics. Many of these workers will find themselves competing for jobs not only with other humans but also with machines.Preparing Healthcare Workers for an AI-Driven Workplace helps healthcare professionals to develop their core critical thinking skills while also enabling them to develop methodologies for successfully completing complex projects by themselves, dealing with ad hoc interactions, and taking advantage of the coming AI- and IT-driven changes in their workplaces. The book begins with explaining why healthcare workers, whether they work on the frontlines or in management, need to be strong critical thinkers. It breaks down "critical thinking" into its key elements and provides methods that readers can use to help them to master critical thinking and grow to become elite critical thinkers. The book also provides tips on how to handle ad hoc conversations with supervisors, coworkers, patients, residents, and other stakeholders. Examining how AI- and IT-related developments will transform the healthcare ecosystem in the coming years, the book identifies key mindsets and strategies for thriving in technologically rich healthcare environments.
The Caregiver's Quick Guide to Medical Care
Help! My loved one (or client) is going into the hospital. Hospitalization can be challenging. If your loved one or care facility client is going into the hospital, there is information that will help prepare you to be an advocate for the patient. This interactive and step-by-step guide will help you: Learn the definition of important terms in a hospital setting. Find helpful forms to fill in ahead of time to aid in communication with staff. Discover what questions you should ask about what to expect during and after the treatment. Learn what types of resources and assistance the loved one or client may need at home or in a care facility. The tools in this resource are designed to instill confidence in navigating hospital care-from intake to communication, to final arrangements.
Global Health Communication for Immigrants and Refugees
This book analyzes important international cases of immigrant and refugee health from diverse communication perspectives, providing theoretical frames and effective recommendations for designing future health communication campaigns and interventions for global health promotion.Internationally renowned scholars elucidate the reality of health communication situations that immigrants and refugees experience in host countries around the globe and examine how national and global health risk situations, including the COVID-19 pandemic, affect immigrant and refugee health during difficult health circumstances. Offering effective health communication strategies for promoting immigrant and refugee health, the book also provides lessons learned from past and present health communication campaigns, responses of diverse communities, and governmental policies. This book with many case studies from major host countries on different continents, this book will be of interest to anyone researching or studying in the areas of health communication, public health, international relations, public administration, nursing, and social work.
The Turning Point
In the early years of COVID-19, Americans witnessed the intersection of a global pandemic, an economic collapse, and civil unrest that galvanized the country and the world and ushered in an era of unprecedented disruption. Three years later, we can begin to reflect on the experience of the pandemic and ask ourselves how the lessons of that experience can inform a healthier present and future. The Turning Point: Reflections on a Pandemic examines the first years of COVID-19 through the lens of population health, revealing a critical turning point in our engagement with key public health issues. Through a series of short, provocative essays, the authors leverage their experience as prominent public health leaders to untangle the social, economic, environmental, and political forces at work in our response to the pandemic. Combining cutting-edge data with philosophical insights, these bold and revelatory essays encourage us to broaden and sharpen our vision of health and renegotiate policies that can allow health to flourish in extraordinary-and ordinary-times.
Trends of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data for E-Health
This book aims to present evidence of the crucial importance of artificial intelligence and big data for medical decision making and data analysis in different fields of E-Health such as radiology, cancer prevention, drugs discovery, COVID-19 detection, AI and blockchain, cardiac imaging, cybersecurity, etc. Big data analytics and artificial intelligence have the potential to lead the methodology of healthcare providers using sophisticated technologies for accurate analysis of clinical data repositories and assist in making informed decisions, while ensuring confidentiality and data security. The challenges of intelligent Health depend basically on the opportunities provided by the community of experts to make health systems more sustainable. In intelligent healthcare, Big Data is based on massive data collected routinely or automatically, and stored electronically. The re-usability of this data could include links between existing databases to improve theperformance and efficiency of the health system.Big data and artificial intelligence data will produce significant and accurate results to support medical decision making. The process would benefit from patient's data and their clinical history to support the experts in providing a more personalized medical overview. The intelligent health approach has the potential to allow a close surveillance of the patient's progress during therapy.
CCRN Study Guide 2024-2025
Introducing our CCRN Study Guide 2024-2025: 2 Practice Tests and Review Book for the Adult Critical Care Registered Nurse Exam [2nd Edition]! Ascencia Test Prep's CCRN Study Guide 2024-2025 includes everything you need to pass the Critical Care Registered Nurse exam the first time.Quick review of the concepts covered on the CCRN exam2 full practice tests with detailed answer explanationsTips and tricks from experienced critical care nursesAscencia Test Prep's CCRN Study Guide 2024-2025 is aligned with the official CCRN exam framework. Topics covered include: Cardiovascular ReviewRespiratory ReviewEndocrine ReviewHematology and Immunology ReviewGastrointestinal ReviewRenal and Genitourinary ReviewIntegumentary ReviewMusculoskeletal ReviewNeurology ReviewBehavioral and Psychosocial ReviewMultisystem ReviewProfessional Caring and Ethical Practice Review The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) was not involved in the creation or production of this product, is not in any way affiliated with Ascencia Test Prep, and does not sponsor or endorse this product. About Ascencia Test PrepAt Ascencia Test Prep, we understand that healthcare professionals need high-quality educational resources. That's why our test prep materials are developed by credentialed experts with years of experience who are excited to share their knowledge with you. Whether you're just starting your career or ready to climb higher, we're here to help you feel ready on test day.
Handling Grief
Have you found yourself grappling with the anguish that accompanies a deep absence, desperately seeking a way to navigate through the heartache?Handling Grief: A Guide to Understanding and Coping with Loss is more than a guide; it's a compassionate companion for those intricate emotions and challenges that accompany loss. From the separation of a loved one to the emptiness accompanying a divorce or career disruption, this guide offers strong insights. By adopting these strategies from this book, you will soon start on the path of healing.In Handling Grief: A Guide to Understanding and Coping with Loss, you'll discover: Strategies to manage your emotional turmoil and find hope in the midst of despairHow to make sense of complex emotions and challenges of griefThe different facets of grief, including anticipatory sorrow and unacknowledged heartacheThe essential role of support networks in your healing journeyPractical advice on self-care during griefThis is highly recommended if you need help navigating complex emotions and challenges that will accompany grief. Don't miss out on an opportunity to move forward with hope and resilience. Order your copy today and get ready to learn ways to be calm and stay encouraged.Dr. Ann Rhodes is the author of several poetry books, devotional books, and children's books. Her poetry has been featured in anthologies, news publications, and on television. She is currently an educator with a doctoral degree in elementary education. She enjoys writing and encouraging others.
NHA Phlebotomy Study Guide 2024-2025
Introducing our NHA Phlebotomy Study Guide 2024-2025: 650+ Practice Questions and NHA Exam Prep Book [3rd Edition]! Ascencia Test Prep's NHA Phlebotomy Study Guide 2024-2025 includes everything you need to pass the NHA Phlebotomy exam the first time.Quick review of the concepts covered on the NHA Phlebotomy exam4 Full practice tests with detailed answer explanationsTips and tricks from experienced phlebotomistsAccess to online flash cards, cheat sheets, and moreAscencia Test Prep's NHA Phlebotomy Study Guide 2024-2025 is aligned with the official NHA Phlebotomy exam framework. Topics covered include: Anatomy and PhysiologyBlood Specimen CollectionNon-Blood Specimen CollectionSpecimen Handling, Transport, and ProcessingLaboratory Operations The National Healthcareer Association was not involved in the creation or production of this product, is not in any way affiliated with Ascencia Test Prep, and does not sponsor or endorse this product. About Ascencia Test PrepAt Ascencia Test Prep, we understand that healthcare professionals need high-quality educational resources. That's why our test prep materials are developed by credentialed experts with years of experience who are excited to share their knowledge with you. Whether you're just starting your career or ready to climb higher, we're here to help you feel ready on test day.
