Care of the Difficult Patient: A Nurse's Guide

by Peter J. Manos and Joan Braun

Book Overview

Developed collaboratively by a doctor and nurse team, this is the first text to deal specifically with nursing difficult patients. Whether patient problems stem from mental distress and ill health, historic substance abuse, demanding family members or abusive behaviour, difficult patients place extra demands on nurses both professionally and personally. Caring for difficult patients requires both technical and interpersonal skills along with an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415358248
• ISBN13: 9780415358248
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.6"