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    • Review of Dialysis Care for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel

      • 11th Edition
      • August 5, 2025
      • Judith Z. Kallenbach
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Get complete dialysis coverage and an excellent review for the certification exam! Review of Dialysis Care for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel, 11th Edition, uses a concise Q&A format to cover the principles, diseases, and problems of dialysis treatment for kidney failure. Dialysis expert Judy Kallenbach provides clear, easy-to-read guidelines that will apply to every member of the dialysis team, from technicians and nurses to social workers and patients.

    • Compendio de neuromonitoría para enfermería

      • 1st Edition
      • September 15, 2023
      • Graciela Aguilar Fajardo + 2 more
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      Compendio de Neuromonitoría para Enfermería ofrece toda la información necesaria para el manejo en enfermería del paciente neurocrítico. Su enfoque interdisciplinar y sus contenidos científicos, plenamente vigentes, lo convierten en el recurso ideal para adquirir un sólido conocimiento de la patología neurológica en el paciente crítico y para interpretar correctamente los datos de la monitorización neurológica, todo ello con el objetivo de brindar un cuidado oportuno y holístico a los pacientes, previniendo la lesión secundaria y el deterioro hemodinámico. Las editoras y los colaboradores de la presente obra, todos ellos expertos y apasionados profesionales de enfermería, cuentan con una sólida formación especializada en cuidados intensivos y urgencias, y amplia experiencia clínica en áreas de cuidados intensivos, así como en investigación en áreas clínicas y gerenciales.

    • Acute and Chronic Wounds

      • 6th Edition
      • May 18, 2023
      • Ruth Bryant + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Acute & Chronic Wounds, 6th Edition provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines to help novice to expert clinicians provide evidence-based, high-quality care for patients with wounds. This textbook presents an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing the numerous types of skin damage, including topics that range from the physiology of wound healing, general principles of wound management, special patient populations, management of percutaneous tubes, and specific care instructions to program development. Written by respected wound experts Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix, this bestselling reference also provides excellent preparation for all wound certification exams.

    • Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel

      • 10th Edition
      • April 3, 2020
      • Judith Z. Kallenbach
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 6 7 4 4 1 6
      Get complete dialysis coverage and an excellent review for the certification exam! Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel, 10th Edition uses a concise Q&A format to cover the principles, diseases, and problems of dialysis treatment for kidney failure. A new chapter on case management of the patient with chronic kidney disease keeps you current with the latest in dialysis treatment and equipment. Dialysis expert Judy Kallenbach provides clear, easy-to-read guidelines that will apply to every member of the dialysis team, from technicians and nurses to social workers and patients.

    • Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel

      • 9th Edition
      • June 3, 2015
      • Judith Z. Kallenbach
      • English
      • eBook
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      Get a practical introduction to dialysis and an excellent review for the certification exam! Review of Hemodialysis for Nurses and Dialysis Personnel, 9th Edition uses a concise Q&A format to cover the principles, diseases, and problems of dialysis treatment for kidney failure. Comprehensive without being overwhelming, this book assumes no prior knowledge of dialysis procedures. Two new chapters and five updated chapters keep you current with the latest in dialysis treatment and equipment. Dialysis expert Judy Kallenbach provides clear, easy-to-read guidelines that will apply to every member of the dialysis team, from technicians and nurses to social workers and kidney patients.

    • Acute and Chronic Wounds

      • 5th Edition
      • November 24, 2015
      • Ruth Bryant + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Prevent and manage wounds with this expert, all-inclusive resource! Acute & Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts, 5th Edition provides the latest diagnostic and treatment guidelines to help you provide quality care for patients with wounds. This textbook presents an interprofessional approach to maintaining skin integrity and managing the numerous types of skin damage including topics that range from the physiology of wound healing, general principles of wound management, vulnerable patient populations, management of percutaneous tubes, and specific care instructions to program development. Written by respected nursing educators Ruth Bryant and Denise Nix, this bestselling reference also provides excellent preparation for all wound certification exams.

    • Neuroscience Nursing

      • 3rd Edition
      • May 1, 2007
      • Ellen Barker
      • English
      • Hardback
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      Neuroscience Nursing: A Spectrum of Care, 3rd Edition addresses the complicated needs of neuroscience patients and equips providers with in-depth knowledge of neurophysiology, neuroassessment, and neuromanagement to help provide the best patient care. This 3rd edition's carefully refined features enhance the book's readability, and the new 8-page color insert with 40 plates features important information on neurophysiology, diagnostics scans, and disorders such as aneurysms. Readers will find comprehensive information on foundations in neuroanatomy and data collection; thorough discussions of neurologic disorders; management considerations for frequently encountered neurologic conditions; and legal and ethical issues relevant to life care planning for the neuroscience patient.

    • Palliative and End-of-Life Care

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 12, 2006
      • Kim K. Kuebler + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Palliative and End-of-Life Care, 2nd Edition provides clinicians with the guidelines and tools necessary to provide quality, evidenced-based care to patients with life-limiting illness. This text describes the care and management of patients with advanced disease throughout the disease trajectory, extending from diagnosis of advanced disease until death. Four units provide the general principles of palliative and end-of-life care, important concepts, advanced disease management, and clinical practice guidelines. Clinical practice guidelines offer in-depth discussions of the pathophysiology of 19 different symptoms, interventions for specific symptom management (including in-depth rationales), and suggestions for patient and family teaching.

    • Urinary & Fecal Incontinence

      • 3rd Edition
      • December 15, 2005
      • Dorothy B. Doughty
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Completely updated to reflect current practice, the 3rd edition of this comprehensive resource provides a multi-disciplinary, in-depth review of the physiology of continence, the pathologic mechanisms producing incontinence, and current treatment options for the various types of incontinence. Assessment, behavioral therapies, and multidisciplinary care are emphasized as key elements in the treatment and management of incontinence. In addition to the life-span content discussed throughout the book, an entire chapter is devoted to bowel and bladder management in children.

    • Fecal & Urinary Diversions

      • 1st Edition
      • May 6, 2004
      • Janice C. Colwell + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Dedicated to ostomies and continent diversions, this comprehensive reference book features information on the history of enterostomal therapy, anatomy and physiology of diseases that necessitate intestinal or urinary diversions, pouching system management principles, ostomy related complications, care of the cancer patient as well as the patient with chronic disease, and current trends and issues affecting the person with an ostomy. Current topics covered include intestinal diversions requiring temporary diversions, medical and surgical treatments for inflammatory bowel disease, colo-rectal cancers advances and ischemic intestinal disease. Fecal and Urinary Diversions: Management Principles is a valuable resource to students, nurses, physicians, surgeons, and individuals who care for a person with an ostomy without the benefit of a Certified Ostomy (ET) Nurse.