Clinical Care of the Runner

Offering current guidance from national and international experts, Clinical Care of the Runner provides a comprehensive, practical approach to caring for the runner patient. Editor Dr. Mark A. Harrast, Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine and Sports Medicine and Medical Director for Husky Stadium and the Seattle Marathon, ensures that you’re up to date with assessment, biomechanics, musculoskeletal injuries, medical illness, training, special populations, and other key topics. Covers general topics such as evaluation of the injured runner, on-the-field and in-office assessment, and sports psychology for the runner. Includes biomechanics and rehabilitation chapters, including running gait assessment, choosing a running shoe, and deep water running for prevention and rehabilitation of running injuries. Provides expert guidance on bone stress injuries and bone health, osteoarthritis and running, knee injuries in runners, and other musculoskeletal injuries. Features a section on specific populations such as the novice runner, the youth runner, the peripartum runner, and the ultramarathoner. Consolidates today’s available information and guidance into a single, convenient resource.

Practicing Primary Health Care in Nursing: Caring for Populations is a new innovative text examines the broad definition of “primary health care”, and incorporating a nursing perspective with a global and population-based focus. This book presents the enduring relationship that nurses have had in pioneering primary health care with a population-based, inter-intra/professional, and global perspective. Important Notice: the digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition.”.

This dynamic resource is your guide to the latest information on the roles and responsibilities of the manager of patient care, core competencies required of nurses caring for patients, and a wide range of management concepts that nurses need to know before entering practice. With an emphasis on patient safety and evidence-based practice, it provides complete coverage of patient care management, leadership, information management, organizational planning, and human resources. Organized around the five major functional groups within health care organizations that nurses handle or frequently interact with — patient care management, leadership, information management, organizational planning, and human resources. Important content on the environment of care examines hospital safety and security issues including emergency codes, Safe Patient Handling and Movement and Materials Safety Data Sheets (MSDS). Evidence-Based boxes summarize current research and best practices for topics throughout the textbook. Clinical Corner boxes discuss practice process improvements made by nurses, including safe, effective practices used at their institutions and how they improve patient care. NCLEX® examination-style review questions at the end of each chapter offer valuable review and exam preparation.

Offers advice on achieving goals for running without suffering injury, including mobility and stability tests, tips on the best way to run, and an assessment of running footwear.

Clinical Care is concern for and interest in the well being of others, through monitoring health and, where appropriate, the treatment of disease. An understanding of the care of a patient from a clinical point of view is vital for anyone involved in clinical negligence litigation and this title provides an essential guide to the basic methods of medical, nursing and laboratory procedures

Samour & King's Pediatric Nutrition in Clinical Care, Fifth Edition provides comprehensive coverage of the nutritional aspects of pediatric clinical care. A widely trusted resource for more than twenty years, this text combines coverage of nutrition assessment and care with detailed coverage of normal growth, relevant disease states, and medical nutrition therapy.

In parallel, more fundamental concepts concerning the principles of outcome measurement in chronic disease are addressed, and the limitations and constraints arising from the methods and contexts in which measures have been developed and applied are discussed.

Basics is the first title in the Midwifery Essentials series and prepares the reader to understand and master a range of clinical skills safely and with confidence. The jigsaw model of midwifery care is introduced and explained, providing a framework to explore the application of each of the clinical skills described in subsequent chapters. Central to undertaking each of the skills discussed is the need to communicate effectively with women and their families. Effective communication for each clinical skill Principles of infection control and hygiene Essential observations of blood pressure, temperature and pulse Collection of specimens and blood from woman and baby, urinalysis, and venepuncture Principles of medicines management and injection technique Fundamentals of surgical care. Effective communication for each clinical skill Principles of infection control and hygiene Essential observations of blood pressure, temperature and pulse Collection of specimens and blood from woman and baby, urinalysis, and venepuncture Principles of medicines management and injection technique Fundamentals of surgical care. Midwifery Essentials consists of a series of four pocketbooks, based on the popular and successful ‘Midwifery Basics’ articles published in ‘The Practising Midwife’ journal. They have been written in response to many requests from students, midwives and supervisors to combine these articles into a handy text. The books remain true to the style of the articles and have been updated and expanded to create a user-friendly source of information on different aspects of midwifery care. They will stimulate debate and require the reader both to reflect on their current practice, local policies and procedures and to challenge care that is not woman centred. There are many dimensions to the provision of woman-centred care that practitioners need to consider and understand so the series is based on the principles of holistic care, using a ‘jigsaw’ model as a framework. Each aspect of the jigsaw should be considered during the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of woman-centred maternity care, for example: how does a midwife obtain consent from a woman for a procedure, maintain a safe environment during the delivery of care and make the most of the opportunity to promote health? what are the professional and legal issues in relation to the procedure and is this practice based on the best available evidence? which members of the multi-professional team contribute to this aspect of care and how is it influenced by the way in which care is organised? Series features: Provides information essential for best practice at all stages of pregnancy and birth ‘Jigsaw’ model promotes holistic care Scenarios help readers understand the context of maternity care Activities encourage further exploration and debate.

July's issue of Clinics in Sports Medicine is dedicated to the Runner and guest edited by Dr. Robert Wilder, Associate Professor of PM&R and Medical Director of the Runner's Clinic at the University of Virginia. Dr. Wilder and a team of expert contributors discuss all aspects of running, including biomechanics and kinematics, flexibility, exertional compartment syndrome, patellofemoral pain syndrome, stress fractures, exercise-associated collapse, and more. Several chapters focus on special considerations for certain types of runners: children, women, injured runners, and those with osteoarthritis.

Offering a comprehensive introduction to the profession of radiologic technology, this 2nd Edition also encompasses the basic concepts of patient care skills. This edition's features include a section on chest tubes and lines, updated and expanded information on student pregnancy radiation protection, an expanded history taking guide, the addition of ASRT radiography practice standards and more.

Geared for family practitioners, internists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and mental health practitioners to help them understand, diagnose, and effectively treat the most common psychiatric problems seen in the primary care office setting, this text comes with an anatomical wall chart and access to a companion Web site.

External Fixation of the Pelvis and Extremities is a high-yield review of external fixation strategies for fracture care. The handbook provides vital pre-operative management techniques, reviews pertinent anatomy and safe zones of each region, presents classification systems for each fracture, and provides external fixation constructs for fixation. The book is divided into four sections: general concepts, the upper extremity, the pelvis, and the lower extremity. Presented in an outline format with numerous figures and charts—including images of frame constructs, fracture patterns, and surgical anatomy—the text is an essential resource in understanding and applying external fixation for patient care.

Not since William Carlos Williams' books early in this century has there been anything as thought-provoking and touching as Dr. Felch's account of the triumphs and heartaches of patient care.

The New Edition provides the latest, essential information on the symptoms, diseases, treatments, and procedures most commonly encountered in everyday practice. It features step-by-step clinical guidance for more than 320 common diseases and disorders, as well as explicit guidelines for over 60 office procedures. An organ-system organization, extensive alphabetical index, and cross references within the individual chapters make the information easy to find. Integrates coverage of more than 29 new subjects, such as alternative and herbal medicine, postpartum depression, thoracic outlet syndrome, attention deficit disorder, knee injuries, autism, and hemochromatosis Features 5 new proceduresincluding tympanocentesis and pulse oximetryplus 2 new symptoms, parotid gland swelling and jaundice in adults. Addresses the etiology, symptoms, clinical findings, laboratory tests, differential diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and special notes for a full range of common diseases. Discusses the approach to common symptoms, with an emphasis on differential diagnosis and key questions to ask during the history as well as management. Details more than 60 procedures from indications and contraindications to preparation, equipment, anesthesia, precatuions technique, and follow-up. Includes clinical pearls, warnings, and special tips throughout. Presents a complete list of procedures, ICD-9 codes, and CPT-4 codes on the inside covers. Makes reference easy with a flexible binding that will lay flat without breaking the spine.