Filled with practical advice from experienced nurses and up-to-date clinical information, this new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Musculoskeletal Nursing is the invaluable guide for all nurses and allied health professionals working with patients who have rheumatological and musculoskeletal conditions.
Written to ensure that a nurse in any care environment will have the core information they require at their fingertips, this Handbook is split into three sections: musculoskeletal conditions and their management; clinical issues; and nursing care issues including treatment, nursing management, and tools. Management approaches have been fully updated since the first edition, and the changing healthcare environment and available treatments have been considered, alongside the move towards patient self-management and self-care. This Handbook also addresses the increasing demand for guidance in relation to musculoskeletal conditions, as the growing elderly and chronic disease populations needs for healthcare continue.
Featuring brand new chapters on the patient's perspective, nurse-led clinics, and public health awareness, the Oxford Handbook of Musculoskeletal Nursing second edition is a practical and comprehensive guide to help the reader reach the best possible results for their patients.
Musculoskeletal conditions and their management
1: Susan Oliver: Introduction
2: Nicola Walsh and Alice Berry: Osteoarthritis
3: Donna Rowe: Osteoporosis
4: Polly Livermore, Liz Smith, Patricia Cornell, Danniel Murphy, and Susan Oliver: Inflammatory joint diseases
5: Janice Mooney, Richard Watts, and Louise Parker: Connective tissue diseases
6: Sarah Ryan, Daniel Murphy, and Julian Barratt: Chronic non-inflammatory pain
7: Maureen Cox: Orthopaedic surgery
Clinical issues
8: Susan Oliver: Assessing the patient - clinical examination and history taking
9: Sarah Ryan: Symptom control - using pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods
10: Sarah Ryan: Holistic and patient-centred care
11: Dawn Homer, Yeliz Prior, Nicola Walsh, and Alice Berry: Care in the community
12: Dawn Homer, Yeliz Prior, and Susan Oliver: Ward-based care and referral to the multidisciplinary team (MDT)
13: Susan Oliver and Michael Oliver: Rapid access and emergency issues
14: Ian Giles: Fertility, pregnancy, and relationships
Nursing care issues - treatment, nursing management, and tools
15: Sarah Ryan: Pharmacological management - pain relief
16: Patricia Cornell and Diane Home: Pharmacological management - disease modifying drugs
17: Cath Thwaites, Janice Mooney, Richard Watts, Michael Oliver, and Susan Oliver: Blood tests and investigations
18: Susan Oliver and Diane Home: Intra-articular, subcutaneous and intravenous therapies
19: Yeliz Prior, Nicola Walsh, and Alice Berry: Non-pharmacological therapies
20: Mwidimi Ndosi: Assessment tools
21: Dawn Homer: Specialist nursing support - the role and nurse prescribing
22: Ailsa Bosworth: Patient's perspective
23: Alison Leary and Mwidimi Ndosi: Nurse-led clinics
24: Susan Oliver: Public health awareness
