Pocket Guide for Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice: A Handbook for First-Year Students During Clinical Placement - Couverture souple

Austin, Lucy

 
9781908625267: Pocket Guide for Radiotherapy in Clinical Practice: A Handbook for First-Year Students During Clinical Placement
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1908625260 ISBN 13 : 9781908625267
Editeur : Lantern Publishing Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

All radiotherapy students have to undertake clinical placements. These are daunting and challenging experiences: students have to deal with qualified staff, patients, and practices and equipment that will differ from what they have been taught in the classroom. This new book gives students essential practical advice to help them in these placements. It is intended as a companion that students can carry and refer to; the A6 format is small enough to fit into the pocket of a uniform, and there is a section for students to make their own notes.
Written by a recently qualified student, who was the Society of Radiographers Student of the Year in 2013, this book is crammed with practical detail to help all students get to grips with their clinical placements.

Contents

The correct uniform; The radiotherapy treatment room; Immobilisation devices; Hospital bins; Top tips; Sharps bin; How to make a permanent skin mark (tattoo); Effective communication; First day chat; Couch moves; Isocentre calculations; Laser positioning; Before setting up the patient; How to align the tattoos; Naming different beam angles; How can cancer spread?; Typical radiotherapy techniques; Tolerance doses; What is brachytherapy?; What is electron treatment?; What is orthovoltage and superficial X-ray therapy; What is IGRT?; What is IMRT?; What is hormone therapy?; What is chemotherapy?; Chemotherapy side-effects; Radiotherapy side-effects; Blood values; Patient advice; Basic anatomy; Vertebral levels; Manual handling; Infection control; Basic life support; The recovery position; Medical terminology.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

All radiotherapy students have to undertake clinical placements. These are daunting and challenging experiences: students have to deal with qualified staff, patients, and practices and equipment that will differ from what they have been taught in the classroom. This new book gives students essential practical advice to help them in these placements. It is intended as a companion that students can carry and refer to; the A6 format is small enough to fit into the pocket of a uniform, and there is a section for students to make their own notes.
Written by a recently qualified student, who was the Society of Radiographers Student of the Year in 2013, this book is crammed with practical detail to help all students get to grips with their clinical placements.

Contents

The correct uniform; The radiotherapy treatment room; Immobilisation devices; Hospital bins; Top tips; Sharps bin; How to make a permanent skin mark (tattoo); Effective communication; First day chat; Couch moves; Isocentre calculations; Laser positioning; Before setting up the patient; How to align the tattoos; Naming different beam angles; How can cancer spread?; Typical radiotherapy techniques; Tolerance doses; What is brachytherapy?; What is electron treatment?; What is orthovoltage and superficial X-ray therapy; What is IGRT?; What is IMRT?; What is hormone therapy?; What is chemotherapy?; Chemotherapy side-effects; Radiotherapy side-effects; Blood values; Patient advice; Basic anatomy; Vertebral levels; Manual handling; Infection control; Basic life support; The recovery position; Medical terminology.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Lantern Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908625260
ISBN 13 
9781908625267
Reliure
Couverture à spirales
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
56
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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