The Minor Illness Manual
Third Edition
by Gina Johnson, Ian Hill-Smith and Chris Ellis with contributions from Rhona Rollings and Amber Kelly
Foreword by Mark Jones
Chief Nurse Adviser, Ministry of Health, New Zealand
Previously Director Community Practitioners'
and Health Visitors' Association
ISBN-10: 1857756967
ISBN-13: 978-1857756968
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The third edition of this best-selling book is fully revised, expanded and updated. It provides research-based protocols to enable clinical members of the healthcare team in primary care to manage a wide range of conditions, describes the relevant clinical skills within the limits of safe practice and defines when further referral is needed. The simple, clear and easy-to-read format enables practice nurses, nurse practitioners, health visitors, midwives, and school nurses to access the current procedures for dealing with the routine situations they are likely to encounter in their daily practice.
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"The Minor Illness Manual is an excellent resource to all of those who need an easily accessible summary of common complaints and presentations accompanied by concise care and treatment guidelines. An essential tool for today's primary care practitioner."
Mark Jones, in the Foreward to the Third Edition
"The first edition of The Minor Illness Manual captured the awakening as nurses began to take on the appraisal, diagnosis and treatment of minor illnesses within general practice. This second edition is launched upon a world in which the transformation of nurses into the major force for change within the NHS has been nothing short of dramatic. Each copy deserves to quickly become dog-eared and well-thumbed. For our patients’ sake, I hope this will be the case."
Pippa Gough, Director of Policy, Royal College of Nursing, in the Foreword to the Second Edition
From the reviews of the Second Edition:
- "A book that nurses have been waiting for." Practice Nursing
- "Comprehensive. An invaluable resource." Community Nurse
- "A worthy book in any practice library." Sou'wester
- "Easy to use. Comprehensive. A valuable addition to every general practice." Work Based Learning in Primary Care
Contents:
- The nurse's perspective on changes and safe practice in primary care
- Introduction
- Upper respiratory tract
- Head, neck and back
- Eyes
- Skin and mouth
- Abdomen
- Women's health
- Mental health
- Injuries
- Management of minor illness
- Suggested specialist nurses' formulary
- Ideas page
- Useful resources
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