May 10 2024Aston University
Orthopedic and trauma care remains a highly specialized aspect of healthcare focused on musculoskeletal problems or injury and following orthopedic surgery, and the book fills an important gap in the market. It provides practitioners and educators with current evidence-based practice. Musculoskeletal conditions or injuries are common across all age groups.
Dr Drozd and co-editor Dr Sonya Clarke, a senior lecturer from the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queen's University Belfast sought contributions from a wide range of highly experienced practitioners, researchers and educators from different parts of the globe. They are themselves very experienced.
Dr Clarke is a registered children's and adult nurse with over 30 years' experience in orthopedic and trauma nursing, holding a specialist practitioner qualification in orthopedic nursing. Her doctoral research focused on children's experiences of hospital from the perspective of the hospitalized child and the children's nurses who care for them. Sonya is the Chair of the Royal College of Nursing, Society of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing.