Long-Term Conditions in Adults At a Glance

Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance
 
The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations.
 
Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.
 
Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.
 
Everything you need to know about Long-term Conditions in Adults... at a Glance!
 
The go-to textbook for the treatment and management of long-term conditions in adults
 
In Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance, a team of distinguished health and social care professionals deliver concise and engaging contemporary knowledge about health and associated disorders. The textbook's format, which includes visually appealing figures and tables, is particularly beneficial for those who prefer a visual approach to understanding complex concepts.
 
Readers will also find:
* A thorough introduction to the sociological factors associated with long-term conditions, including environmental, housing, and lifestyle factors
* Comprehensive explorations of patient education and self-management, including behaviour change, health education, and patient responsibility
* Practical discussions of a variety of long-term conditions, including arthritis, cancer, liver disease, and epilepsy
* Evaluations of the treatments and management of long-term conditions, including the use of evidence-based practice and chronic pain management
 
Perfect for student nurses, trainee nursing associates and busy healthcare practitioners, Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance will also be of value to registered health and care professionals working in acute and primary care.
 
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List of contents

Contributors viii
 
Preface x
 
Part 1 Long-term conditions: sociological factors 1
 
1 Determinants of health 2
Daniela Blumlein and Ian Griffiths
 
2 Health inequalities 4
Ian Peate
 
3 Environmental factors 6
Giuseppe Leontino
 
4 Housing 10
Ian Peate
 
5 Public health 12
Ian Peate
 
6 Lifestyle factors 14
Ian Peate
 
7 Socioeconomic status 16
Ian Peate
 
8 Holistic needs assessment 18
Ian Peate
 
Part 2 Patient education and self-management 21
 
9 Behavioural change 22
Barry Hill
 
10 Health education: developing a partnership with patients with long-term conditions 24
Pamela Arasen
 
11 Patient responsibility 26
Ian Peate
 
12 Self-care and self-management 28
Barry Hill
 
13 Effectively supporting carers 30
Rachael Betty
 
14 Empowerment in long-term conditions 32
Sara Tavares
 
15 Experts by experience 34
Sue Tiplady
 
Part 3 Long-term conditions 37
 
16 Alcohol dependency 38
Leticia Wedderburn and Helen Phillips
 
17 Anorexia nervosa 40
Tichaona Mubaira
 
18 Arthritis 42
Emily Ashwell
 
19 Asthma 44
Barry Hill
 
20 Angina 46
Barry Hill
 
21 Anxiety 48
Louise Lingwood
 
22 Atrial fibrillation 50
Barry Hill
 
23 Bipolar affective disorder 52
Vishal Jugessur and Angela Childs
 
24 Bulimia nervosa 54
Tichaona Mubaira and Lucy Saunders
 
25 Bronchiectasis 56
Barry Hill
 
26 Cancer 58
Ian Peate
 
27 Chronic fatigue syndrome 60
Roberta Borg
 
28 Chronic venous insufficiency 62
Aby Mitchell
 
29 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 66
Barry Hill
 
30 Coronary artery Disease 68
Sadie Diamond-Fox
 
31 Chronic liver disease 70
Sadie Diamond-Fox
 
32 Depression 72
Sarah Bisp and Louise Lingwood
 
33 Diabetes mellitus type 1 74
Charlotte Gordon
 
34 Diabetes mellitus type 2 78
Charlotte Gordon
 
35 Dual diagnosis 82
Leticia Wedderburn and Daren Bailey
 
36 Diverticular disease 84
Laura Park and Claire Ford
 
37 Epilepsy 88
Ian Peate
 
38 Heart failure 90
Barry Hill
 
39 HIV 92
Ian Peate
 
40 Hypertension 94
Barry Hill
 
41 Inflammatory bowel disease 96
Claire Ford and Laura Park
 
42 Multiple sclerosis 98
Barry Hill
 
43 Parkinson's disease 100
Kelley Storey and Annette Hand
 
44 Peripheral arterial disease 102
Aby Mitchell
 
45 Psoriasis 104
Ian Peate
 
46 Rheumatoid arthritis 106
Jane Douglas and Karl Nicholl
 
47 Sickle cell 108
Barry Hill
 
48 Schizophrenia 110
Reuben Pearce and Helen Robson
 
49 Vascular dementia 112
Ian Peate
 
50 Viral hepatitis 114
Ian Peate
 
51 Visual impairment 116
Caitlin Gallon and Claire Ford
 
Part 4 Management of long-term conditions 119
 
52 Frameworks of care delivery - new ways of working 120
Barry Hill
 
53 Evidence-based practice 122
Claire Anderson
 
54 Leadership and management 124
Barry Hill
 
55 Chronic pain management 126
Claire Ford and Laura Park
 
56 End of life care 130
Jemma-Louise McCann and Sara Sinclair
 
57 Advanced care planning 132
Sara Sinclair
 
Bibliography 134
 
Index 140

About the author

Aby Mitchell RGN, MSc, PGCert, BA, FHEA, Senior Lecturer in Nursing Education, Department of Adult Nursing, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, and Palliative Care, King's College London. Barry Hill MSc Adv Prac, PGCAP, BSc (Hons) CCRN, DipHE/O.A. Dip, SFHEA, TEFL, NMC RN RNT/TCH V300, Associate Professor, Nursing Science and Critical Care; Director of Employability, Northumbria University, UK. Ian Peate OBE FRCN, Editor in Chief British Journal of Nursing. Visiting Professor St Georges University of London and Kingston University London; Visiting Professor Northumbria University; Professorial Fellow Roehampton University; Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow University of Hertfordshire.

Summary

Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance

The market-leading at a Glance series is popular among healthcare students and newly qualified practitioners, for its concise, simple approach and excellent illustrations.

Each bite-sized chapter is covered in a double-page spread with clear, easy-to-follow diagrams, supported by succinct explanatory text.

Covering a wide range of topics, books in the at a Glance series are ideal as introductory texts for teaching, learning and revision, and are useful throughout university and beyond.

Everything you need to know about Long-term Conditions in Adults... at a Glance!

The go-to textbook for the treatment and management of long-term conditions in adults

In Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance, a team of distinguished health and social care professionals deliver concise and engaging contemporary knowledge about health and associated disorders. The textbook's format, which includes visually appealing figures and tables, is particularly beneficial for those who prefer a visual approach to understanding complex concepts.

Readers will also find:
* A thorough introduction to the sociological factors associated with long-term conditions, including environmental, housing, and lifestyle factors
* Comprehensive explorations of patient education and self-management, including behaviour change, health education, and patient responsibility
* Practical discussions of a variety of long-term conditions, including arthritis, cancer, liver disease, and epilepsy
* Evaluations of the treatments and management of long-term conditions, including the use of evidence-based practice and chronic pain management

Perfect for student nurses, trainee nursing associates and busy healthcare practitioners, Long-term Conditions in Adults at a Glance will also be of value to registered health and care professionals working in acute and primary care.

For more information on the complete range of Wiley nursing publishing, please visit: www.wiley.com/edu/nursing

To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email

All content reviewed by students for students

Wiley Health Science books are designed exactly for their intended audience. All of our books are developed in collaboration with students. This means that our books are always published with you, the student, in mind.

If you would like to be one of our student reviewers, go to www.reviewnursingbooks.com to find out more.

Product details

• Authors: Scott Elbourne, Barry Hill, Barry (Northumbria University Hill, Mitchell, A Mitchell, Aby Mitchell, Aby (University of West London Mitchell, Aby Hill Mitchell, Ian Peate
• Assisted by: Barry Hill (Editor), Hill Barry (Editor), Aby Mitchell (Editor), Ian Peate (Editor), Peate Ian (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781119875871
• ISBN: 978-1-119-87587-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: At a Glance (Nursing and Healthcare); Wiley Series on Cognitive Dynamic Systems
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Krankenpflege, Medizin, Pharmakologie, Medizinische Grundversorgung, Nursing, Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Medicine, Pharmakologie u. Pharmazeutische Medizin, Medical Science, Medizinische Grundversorgung, Praxis, Primary Care Nursing & Practice Nursing, Public Health Nursing & Health Visiting