Bailliere's Nurses' Dictionary - E-Book

Barbara F. Weller

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This popular classic, Baillière’s Nurses’ Dictionary, is now in its 26^th edition, and fully updated to ensure it retains its usefulness to nurses and health care workers. New entries reflect the constantly changing world of health care services. Containing a wealth of useful information in a convenient pocket-sized format, this is an essential resource for everyone involved in nursing and health care.

Appendices:

1 Nutrition

2 Resuscitation

3 First Aid

4 Medicines and their Control

5 The Legal and Professional Framework of Nursing

6 Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics

Section 1: Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Section 2: Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

7 Common Abbreviations

8 Common Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots

9 Units of Measurement and Tables of Normal Values

10 Immunization and Vaccinations

11 Occupational Health and Safety

12 Prevention and Control of Infection

13 Practice Development

14 Clinical Supervision

• Convenient, portable size
• Useful appendices

Online resources

• Audio pronunciation guide – so that you can hear the correct pronunciation of the terms used
• Spellchecker – for downloading, so that your documents include correct medical spelling
• Word of the Day – helps you learn new terms
• Useful weblinks –point the reader to useful contacts and resources.

• Expanded appendices
• Online pronunciation guide

Sujets

• Dictionaries
• Medical
• Médecine
• Terminology

Informations

• Publié par: Bailliere Tindall
• Date de parution: 11 avril 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• EAN13: 9780702053733
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

Extrait

Baillière's Nurses'
Dictionary
For Nurses and Health Care Workers
TWENTY-SIXTH EDITION
Barbara F. Weller, BA MSc RGN RSCN RNT
Independent Nurse Consultant; formerly Editor
INFANT (Journal for Neonatal and Paediatric Healthcare Professionals)
Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Chief Nursing Adviser, British Red Cross
Society, UK
Edinburgh London New York Oxford Philadelphia St
Louis Sydney Toronto 2014Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Copyright
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Style Guide
Chapter 1: A
A–abr
abs–acet
ach–acr
acth–adap
add–advo
aer–aggr
agi–alb
alc–alle
allo–amit
amm–anaer
anaest–angiot
anh–anthroanti-D–antiv
ant–appr
apr–arth
arti–assi
asso–atro
att–auti
auto–azy
Chapter 2: B
Ba–barb
bari–bea
Bec–bet
bia–bin
bio–blac
blad–blood d
blood g–boi
bol–bran
Brau–brow
Bru–byt
Chapter 3: C
C–Cam
can–cap
carb–card
care–case
cast–CCU
cell–cerc
cere–chem
ches–chla
chlo–chrichro–circ
cirr–clon
Clos–coh
coi–comf
comm–comp
cona–cons
cont–conv
Coo–cost
cot–Cre
cri–cue
cul–cye
cys–cyt
Chapter 4: D
D–deca
dece–del
dem–deo
Dep–derm
dese–diag
dial–diff
dig–disl
dism–doul
down–dwa
dysa–dysu
Chapter 5: E
ear–eff
ego–emas
embo–ende
endo–enteento–Equ
Erb–est
etha–Ewi
exac–exte
extra–eye
Chapter 6: F
F–fau
fav–fev
fibr–fit
fix–foc
fol–fov
fra–fusi
Chapter 7: G
g–Gass
gast–gend
gene–glan
Gla–gold
Golg–groi
grou–gyr
Chapter 8: H
H–haem
HCAI–HCl
He–heal
hear–hepa
herb–hind
hip–horm
Horn–hydra
hydro–hyohypera–hyperv
hyph–hyst
Chapter 9: I
I–ima
imba–ince
inci–infa
infe–info
infr–ins
integ–intes
inti–invo
iod–IVU
Chapter 10: J
J–jux
Chapter 11: K
K–kid
kil–kyp
Chapter 12: L
l–lami
Lanc–lear
lec–leuc
leuk–liga
ligh–load
lob–lumb
lume–lyso
Chapter 13: M
m–mal
mam–massmast–medi
MEDL–meni
meno–mess
meta–micr
mict–MLSO
mm–mot
mou–mur
mus–myx
Chapter 14: N
N–nec
nee–ner
nes–neur
neut–nomo
non–nuc
null–nys
Chapter 15: O
O–oes
ole–opt
ora–oss
ost–oti
oto–ozo
Chapter 16: P
Pa–pal
pan–pap
para–Park
paro–ped
PEEP–perf
peri–persPer–phi
phl–pie
pig–plas
plat–poda
podi–porp
port–post
pota–prep
pres–pric
prim–prog
proj–prur
pseu–psyc
pto–pur
pus–pyu
Chapter 17: Q
QALY–qwe
Chapter 18: R
R–Ram
ran–refe
refl–reh
rei–Resc
rese–reti
retr–rigi
rigo–Ryl
Chapter 19: S
Sab–sart
sat–scre
scro–sens
sent–SGASGO–ske
ski–soc
sod–sper
sph–stam
stan–ster
stet–stre
stri–suda
sudd–susp
sut–symp
syn–sys
Chapter 20: T
T–telo
tem–tet
tha–thro
thru–toph
topi–trai
tran–trau
trea–tryp
tse–tyro
Chapter 21: U
UK–ura
ure–uvu
Chapter 22: V
vac–vari
varus–veno
vent–vic
vil–VZV
Chapter 23: WWal–wen
Wer–whoo
Wid–Wuc
Chapter 24: X
X chr–XYY
Chapter 25: Y
Y chr–ytt
Chapter 26: Z
Z-pla–zym
Appendices
Appendices
Appendix 1
Nutrition
Artificial Nutritional Support
Nutritional Management of Cardiovascular Disease
Nutritional Management of Obesity
Nutritional Management of Diabetes
Nutrition in Paediatrics
Resuscitation
First Aid
Medicines and their Control
The Legal and Professional Framework of NursingStandards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics
Common Abbreviations
Common Prefixes, Suffixes and Roots
Units of Measurement and Tables of Normal Values
Immunization and Vaccinations
Occupational Health and Safety
Prevention and Control of Infection
Practice Development
Clinical SupervisionC o p y r i g h t
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College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK
Joanne Boyle, MSc RD, Specialist Dietitian, Obesity Management, Department of
Nutrition and Dietetics, Imperial College NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
Susan Clements, BSc TechIOSH VMSM, Safety Practitioner and Trainer, Clements
Training, Cambridge, UK
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PersonCentred Research and Practice Development; East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, East
Sussex, and Canterbury Christchurch University, Kent, UK; Visiting Professor University of
Ulster; Visiting Professor University of Wollongong, NSW Australia
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Consultant, Norfolk, UK
Chris Evans, BSc MA MRPharmS DMS, Chief Pharmacist, St George's Healthcare
NHS Trust, London, UK
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General Dental Council, London, UK
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University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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