In Charge of the Ward

by Matthews (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1987

  $3.94

  The author, a practising ward sister, combines a text which covers the necessary factual information and reference material needed to run a ward with sensitive and clear guidance on effective behaviour and attitudes. Experienced sisters, teachers and managers may find this book stimulates their thinking about the current work of a ward sister. The new edition of this popular reference book has been thoroughly revised to bring the reader up to date with the many changes with which the nursing profession has had to cope since the first edition was published. These include such topics as nursing patients with AIDS, the Griffith's report and its implications for the nursing profession, quality assurance, primary nursing, proposals for change in nurse education, stress and burnout, and industrial relations.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.29

  The third edition describes the role and function of the ward sister or charge nurse. It has been extensively revised and updated, reflecting the recent developments in this role. Certain chapters have been greatly expanded to include research, technology, budgeting and quality assurance. This is a practical book, bringing the reader up-to-date with the many changes