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Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners - Revised Reprint

  • 3rd Edition
  • May 7, 2013
  • Karen Fenstermacher + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 4 1 3 5 - 9
Convenient and portable, Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 3rd Edition — Revised Reprint offers quick access to essential guidelines for Nurse Practitioners in a variety of family practice settings. Well known for its concise guidelines and extensive charts and tables, this Revised Reprint includes extensive updates throughout and offers vital information on the latest diagnostic methods, treatment options, and drug therapies for primary care conditions commonly seen by Nurse Practitioners in patients of all ages.

Placement Learning in Community Nursing

  • 1st Edition
  • March 21, 2013
  • Jane Harris + 1 more
  • Karen Holland
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 1 7 3 - 9
Worried about your placement? Will you fit in? Will you have the right skills? What do you need to learn for practice assessments? This book will help you with all these concerns. It will tell you what to expect from the placement, what you can learn, how to link theory and practice, and how to make the most of your learning opportunities.

Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

  • 3rd Edition
  • October 4, 2012
  • Joan M. Birchenall + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 8 4 3 3 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 9 2 9 4 - 8
Covering the essential content and procedures a home care aide needs to know, Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition prepares you for success in this rapidly growing field. A clear approach makes the book easy to use and understand, featuring hundreds of full-color photographs and drawings along with step-by-step procedures for skills performed by home care aides. Updated and expanded in this edition are chapters on meeting the client’s nutritional needs and on getting and keeping a job. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this textbook prepares you for the many types of situations you may encounter as a home care aide.

Workbook for Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

  • 3rd Edition
  • October 4, 2012
  • Joan M. Birchenall + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 0 8 4 3 9 - 0
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 9 2 9 5 - 5
Use this workbook to review the knowledge required by home care aides and practice the procedures you’ll be performing as a home care aide! Corresponding to the chapters in Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition, this practical study tool helps you understand and apply the material with fun activities and a step-by-step checklist for each procedure in the textbook. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this workbook prepares you for the many situations you may encounter as a home care aide.

Community/Public Health Nursing Practice

  • 5th Edition
  • October 1, 2012
  • Frances A. Maurer + 1 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 5 5 7 - 0 7 6 2 - 1
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 2 9 3 7 4 - 7
Focusing on practical, need-to-know information, Community/Public Health Nursing Practice helps you learn how to apply the nursing process at the community and family level. It features an engaging, easy-to-understand writing style, as well as assessment tools, detailed case studies, and clinical examples that demonstrate how key concepts apply to real-world practice. Additional resources on the companion Evolve website expand and enhance content within the text.

A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward

  • 3rd Edition
  • July 24, 2012
  • Ann Richards + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 0 2 0 - 5 1 7 1 - 5
The new edition of this highly popular book is an indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems for nurses starting work on the ward or returning to practice. It provides guidance in a variety of areas including: how to organise your job and yourself; how to assess patients; clinical information on a wide range of conditions; important principles, procedures and investigations; how to administer drugs safely; and what to do in an emergency. As well as information on how to do the job, the importance of communication and nursing care issues is emphasised. Background information is also given on underlying legal, health and safety issues.

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