Description
Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: Principles for Nursing Practice provides the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and allied health students to provide quality, competent care to people living with a chronic illness or disability.The text has a strong evidence base, but is founded in reality. It includes practical, useful principles for holistic care, self-management, and a multidisciplinary approach. It also covers a range of issues affecting patients, carers and families, with a focus on empowering individuals as they adjust to the life-changing journey of chronic disease and disability.Edited by Esther Chang and Amanda Johnson, and written by a multidisciplinary team of expert clinicians and academics, this book will enhance your confidence when caring for people with a range of major and common conditions, including heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma, diabetes, obesity, dementia, mental illness and palliative care.- Case studies and accompanying exercises give insights into lived experience- Links to latest journal articles, media, further reading and online resources to enhance learning- Questions to help you reflect on your practice- Exercises and learning activities to understand contex- eBook included with every print purchaseAdditional resources on Evolve- eBook on VitalSourceStudent and instructor resources- Links to multimedia resources and reflective questions to assist learning and promote self-inquiry
Table of Contents
SECTION 1: FRAMEWORKS FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS AND DISABILITY1. Chronic illness and disability: an overview2. Partnerships in collaborative care 1Partnerships in collaborative care 2Partnerships in collaborative care 3Partnerships in collaborative care 4Partnerships in collaborative care 5Partnerships in collaborative care 6Partnerships in collaborative care 7Partnerships in collaborative care 8Partnerships in collaborative care 9Partnerships in collaborative care 10Partnerships in collaborative care 11Partnerships in collaborative care 12Partnerships in collaborative care 13Partnerships in collaborative care 143. Models of care4. Spirituality5. Psychosocial care6. Stigmatisation of people living with a chronic illness or disability7. Sexuality 8. Health disparities and people with intellectual and developmental disability9. Management of chronic pain10. Rehabilitation for the individual and family11. Impact of obesity 12. Palliation in chronic illnessSECTION 2: PRINCIPLES FOR NURSING PRACTICE13. Principles for nursing practice: Schizophrenia14. Principles for nursing practice: Depression15. Principles for nursing practice: Advanced dementia16. Principles for nursing practice: Stroke17. Principles for nursing practice: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and motor neuron disease18. Principles for nursing practice: Persistent asthma19. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease20. Principles for nursing practice: Coronary heart disease21. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic heart failure22. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic kidney disease23. Principles for nursing practice: Chronic diseases of the bowel24. Principles for nursing practice: Keratinocyte cancers and melanoma25. Principles for nursing practice: osteoarthritis and osteoporosis26. Principles for nursing practice: diabetes27. Principles for nursing practice: HIV/AIDS28. Principles for nursing practice: Cancer



