Bailliere's Nurses' Dictionary - For Nurses & Healthcare Workers, 25th Edn (2009)

 

Published: 2009

 

 

Now in its 25th edition, the popular and established Baillière’s Nurse’s Dictionary has been extensively revised and includes new entries to address the changing world of nursing and healthcare services. This edition is firmly focused on the needs of nurses and healthcare practitioners. Packed with useful information, it provides the essential pocket reference resource for everyone involved in nursing and healthcare. NEW! Online Spellchecker - download to your PC for correct spelling of medical terms in papers and dissertations. Word of the day - Learn a new term daily

 

Convenient, portable size
PVC binding for practical on-the-ward use
New to this Edition

Expanded appendices, and with new terms in many subject areas, including:

Sports medicine
Health advice
Nutrition
Nurse prescribing
Complementary therapies
Management/administration
Research
Emergency and trauma care
Clinical governance.
Online resources consisting of:

Spellchecker – download to your PC for correct spelling of medical terms in papers and dissertations
Word of the day – learn a new term daily
Useful weblinks.

 

Style guide

Dictionary entries

 

Appendices
1 Nutrition
2 Resuscitation
3 Medicines and their Control
4 The Legal and Professional Framework of Nursing
5 Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics
Section 1: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Section 2: Health Professions Council (HPC)
6 Useful Addresses
7 Degrees, Diplomas and Organizations: Abbreviations in Nursing and Health Care
8 Units of Measurement and Tables of Normal Values
9 Immunization and Vaccinations
10 Occupational Health and Safety
11 Nursing on the Internet
12 Infection Control
13 Practice Development
14 Clinical Governance