Contents Nursing informatics technologies -- System life cycle -- Informatics theory standards -- foundations of nursing informatics -- Nursing informatics leadership -- Advanced nursing informatics in practice -- Nursing informatics -- complex applications -- Educational applications -- Research applications -- Big data initiatives -- International perspectives. Abstract "Written by leaders…
Contents Introduction to the human body -- Introduction to the chemistry of life -- The cells, tissues and organisation of the body -- The blood -- The cardiovascular system -- The lymphatic system -- The nervous system -- The special senses -- The endocrine system -- The respiratory system -- Introduction to nutrition -- The digestive system -- The urinary system -- The skin -- Resistance and …
Contents Professional nursing practice -- Health disparities and culturally competent care -- Health history and physical examination -- Patient and caregiver teaching -- Chronic illness and older adults -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Stress and stress management -- Sleep and sleep disorders -- Pain -- Palliative care at end of life -- Substance abuse -- Inflammation and wound he…
Contents Basic scientific principles of physiology / Peter S. Vickers -- Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems, fluid movement between compartments / Muralitharan Nair -- Genetics / Peter S. Vickers -- Tissue / Anthony Wheeldon -- The skeletal system / Ian Peate -- The muscular system / Janet G. Migliozzi -- Circulatory system / Muralitharan Nair -- The cardiac system / Carl Clare -- …