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Evidence-Based Nursing

  • 1st Edition
  • January 10, 2005
  • Alba DiCenso + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • eBook
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Evidence Based Nursing is written in response to numerous requests by nurse practitioners and other graduate faculty for a nursing literature resource. This reader-friendly, accessible guide features plentiful examples from the nursing literature and the addition of specific nursing issues such as qualitative research, with direct application for clinical practice. The guide enables nurses to: frame their clinical questions in a way that will help them find the evidence to support their opinions; distinguish between strong and weak evidence; clearly understand study results; weigh the risks and benefits of management options; and apply the evidence to their individual patients to improve outcomes. Part One provides a basic approach to the problems faced by nurses when determining optimal care, predicting patient progress, and protecting patients from potentially harmful side effects, in addition to including a literature assessment summary and management recommendations. Part Two expands on Part One, providing concrete examples through case studies.

Living with Illness

  • 1st Edition
  • December 30, 2004
  • Cath Rogers-Clark + 2 more
  • English
  • eBook
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Living with Illness: Psychosocial Challenges focuses on developing and strengthening understanding of the illness experience. It encourages students to critically appraise conventional approaches to understanding and caring for those who are ill, to empower readers to off true holistic care and to, where appropriate, change nursing practice in light of current research findings. Traditionally nurses have drawn on knowledge from sociology and psychology as two separate but related disciplines to nursing, leaving the beginning level nurse to relate, integrate and translate knowledge gained into nursing practice. Living with Illness combines, in a unique way, sociological and psychological perspectives to creatively represent psychosocial knowledge that is innovative and directly applicable to contemporary nursing practice.

Real World Nursing Survival Guide: Hemodynamic Monitoring

  • 1st Edition
  • December 22, 2004
  • Rebecca K. Hodges + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 1 6 - 0 3 7 5 - 9
The latest title in the Real World Nursing Survival Guide series, this fun and engaging book makes it easy to review must-know concepts associated with hemodynamic monitoring. Its lighthearted, cartoon-filled approach guides readers through challenging concepts and procedures. The book begins with an overview of five main concepts: cardiac output, stroke volume, preload, afterload, and contractility. It discusses equipment used for specific procedures, followed by discussions of specific aspects of hemodynamic monitoring including cardiac output, intra-arterial, central venous, pulmonary artery, and mixed venous oxygenation. The final chapter focuses on clinical applications with case studies, clinical interventions, and exercises.

Pocket Guide to Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

  • 5th Edition
  • October 20, 2004
  • Ursula Heitz + 1 more
  • English
  • eBook
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With its concise, user-friendly outline format, this handy pocket guide is the indispensable consultant for fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disturbances and how they relate to patient care. Readers will discover pathophysiology, assessment, diagnostic tests, collaborative management, and nursing diagnoses and interventions reviewed in a logical, consistent, and easy-to-read manner.

Diplôme d'État d'infirmier Les mises en situation professionnelle

  • 1st Edition
  • September 21, 2004
  • Jacqueline Gassier + 1 more
  • French
  • Paperback
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La mise en situation professionnelle (MSP), qui se déroule sur le lieu de stage, est une épreuve clinique importante pour les étudiants infirmiers. Cet ouvrage a pour objectif de les accompagner tout au long de leur formation au cours des 3 années d'études et de les familiariser avec ce type de situation. Conçu dans une visée pédagogique, il propose aux étudiants un outil leur permettant d'enrichir leur réflexion, de développer leur questionnement et de les aider dans la préparation active des mises en situations professionnelles. Au fil des chapitres, l'ouvrage propose : – le point sur les capacités attendues chez l'étudiant avec les critères d'évaluation et les principes de notation ; – des apports méthodologiques sur : • le déroulement et les étapes d'une mise en situation professionnelle, • les connaissances nécessaires à la préparation, • les conseils à suivre et les écueils à éviter ; – des applications pratiques : • des exemples de MSP permettent à l'étudiant de s'évaluer et de tester ses connaissances. De plus, ce livre permet une préparation progressive : les exemples de mises en situation professionnelle présentées dans l'ouvrage vont de la MSP de 1re année à la MSP de 3e année et du diplôme d'État. Il tient compte du niveau d'apprentissage de l'étudiant et des différents secteurs d'activité professionnelle. Des questions de type « questions du jury » émaillent les MSP, dans des encadrés, afin d'optimiser la préparation et les révisions des étudiants. Le corrigé est fourni en fin de MSP. Enfin, des exemples de synthèse sont proposés pour la MSP de 3e année. Ainsi, cet ouvrage constitue un excellent instrument d'apprentissage, facile à utiliser par les étudiants en soins infirmiers pour se préparer et réussir leurs mises en situation professionnelle, mais aussi pour leur permettre de mieux répondre aux besoins des personnes prises en charge.

Assessment and Care of the Well Newborn

  • 2nd Edition
  • May 11, 2004
  • Patti J. Thureen + 3 more
  • English
  • Paperback
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Offering a multidisciplinary approach in an accessible outline format, this practical handbook covers all aspects of care for the full-term, well newborn. Written and reviewed by both physicians and nurses, this new edition presents explanations of the events surrounding delivery, the processes necessary to identify newborns that deviate from the norm, the immediate interventions and care required in these situations, and routine care considerations frequently encountered in caring for these infants. Detailed guidance is provided on assessment, delivery room management, transition and post-transition care, and commonly seen problems. Readers will also find information on the assessment of infections, nursery protocols, standardized physician standing orders, and common drugs and their effect on breastfeeding.

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.

Moderate Sedation/Analgesia

  • 2nd Edition
  • February 27, 2004
  • Michael Kost
  • English
  • Paperback
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This 2nd edition focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient. It is designed for any clinician involved in the administration of moderate sedation and written by a clinician involved in the practice on a daily basis. The primary focus of this new edition is to provide all the content and tools necessary to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation/analgesia.

Basic Medical Sciences for MRCP Part 1, International Edition

  • 3rd Edition
  • February 13, 2004
  • Philippa J. Easterbrook
  • English
  • Paperback
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  • Hardback
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A revision book intended primarily for candidates sitting their MRCP Part 1 examination and which covers all the essential basic sciences. It focuses on the recurring themes which come up in the questions. The book also includes a chapter on clinical pharmacology (which alone accounts for up to 30% of the questions), looking at aspects of drug-induced disease and drug interactions. Finally there is a chapter on statistics and epidemiology which is rarely covered in other texts, but is often included in the exam.Despite the changes to the teaching of the undergraduate in medicine and the integration of the basic sciences with clinical education, the junior doctor, faced with postgraduate examinations, is always going to be poorly prepared for those increasingly important subjects. This book presents the essential information in the form of lists, tables, diagrams and flow charts.

Clinical Governance in Healthcare Practice

  • 2nd Edition
  • December 11, 2003
  • Thoreya Swage
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 5 6 8 1 - 8
The second edition of this very successful 'how to do it' book on clinical governance.

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