Telehealth Nursing (eBook)

Tools and Strategies for Optimal Patient Care

RN Dawna Martich MSN (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
410 Seiten
Springer Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-8261-3233-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Including all of the information necessary for safe, competent practice, this is a practical, hands-on educational and training resource for nurses working in telephonic health care settings. It delivers the requisite tools and instruction for optimizing patient communication, performing assessments, and providing effective care of chronic conditions. Moving step-by-step from simple to complex information, the resource de-mystifies the process of telephonic nursing care and describes numerous tools such as learning outcomes, algorithms, exercises to reinforce learning, case studies, and critical thinking questions that help readers develop and hone telehealth nursing skills.The text instructs nurses on how to actively listen to the patient "e;between the lines"e; in the absence of an in-person examination and discern the right questions to ask and tone to adopt. Chapters provide enhanced communication techniques to perform comprehensive health assessments with only the sense of hearing and resources available through the telephone. Clinical pearls are scattered throughout the text from those who have been "e;in the trenches"e; and cared for a wide variety of patients using the telehealth nursing techniques illustrated in this book.Key Features:Helps nurses understand the keys to successful telehealth nursingTeaches enhanced, specialized communication techniques including "e;active listening"e;Guides nurses in assessing patients using only sense of hearing/active listeningIncludes case studies, algorithms, patient teaching resources and moreReviews body systems and disease processes with application exercises

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.12.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege
• Schlagworte: nurses,telephonic health care settings,patient communication,chronic disease,learning outcomes,active learning,critical thinking,in-person examination,health assessments,body systems,disease processes,patient care
• ISBN-10: 0-8261-3233-2 / 0826132332
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-3233-8 / 9780826132338