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Books in Nursing and midwifery

The Nursing & Midwifery subject area provides evidence-based content to support nurses and interprofessional teams in preparation, development, and everyday clinical care. Providing content for nursing students, nurse educators, NPs, LPNs/LVNs, RNs, APRNs, and more, the nursing portfolio covers all areas of nursing including NCLEX & Certification titles, Community Nursing, Nursing Pharmacology, Oncology, Nutrition, Home Health, Case Management, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Gerontology, Critical Care, Pediatric Nursing, Care Planning, Midwifery, Leadership & Management, Nurse Anesthesia, Psychiatric Mental Health, and more.

  • Study Guide for Pharmacology and the Nursing Process

    • 9th Edition
    • Linda Lane Lilley + 2 more
    • English
    Get the need-to-know pharmacology nursing skills you need to succeed on the NCLEX® and beyond with Study Guide for Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 9th Edition! Designed to accompany Lilley’s Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 9th Edition textbook, this workbook features worksheets for each chapter that include NCLEX-RN® Examination-style review questions, critical thinking and application questions, case studies, and other educationally sound learning activities.

  • Physical Examination and Health Assessment

    • 8th Edition
    • Carolyn Jarvis
    • English
    With an easy-to-follow approach and unmatched learning support, Jarvis’s Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8th Edition is the most authoritative, complete, and easily implemented solution for health assessment in nursing. This tightly integrated learning package continues to center on Carolyn Jarvis’s trademark clear, logical, and holistic approach to physical examination and health assessment across the patient lifespan. It’s packed with vivid illustrations, step-by-step guidance and evidence-based content to provide a complete approach to health assessment skills and physical examination. With a fresh focus on today’s need-to-know information, the 8th edition integrates QSEN and interprofessional collaboration, features enhanced inclusion of LGBTQ considerations, includes a new standalone Vital Signs chapter, and provides enhanced EHR and documentation content.

  • Pharmacology and the Nursing Process

    • 9th Edition
    • Linda Lane Lilley + 2 more
    • English
    Get the perfect blend of pharmacology, prioritization, and nursing process information. As one of the best-selling nursing pharmacology books on the market, Pharmacology and the Nursing Process, 9th Edition focuses on the key information you need to safely and effectively administer medications. The 9th Edition features clearly written updated drug content reflecting the latest FDA drug approvals, withdrawals, and therapeutic uses. Hundreds of full-color illustrations detail how drugs work in the body and depict key steps in administration. As in previous editions, the text includes thoughtful learning strategies, simple language, a wealth of student-friendly features and innovative learning aids, and QSEN callouts. Along with its integrated NCLEX® preparation and instructor resources, you won’t find a more complete pharmacology text on the market!

  • Calculation of Drug Dosages

    A Work Text
    • 11th Edition
    • Sheila J. Ogden + 1 more
    • English
    Covering the ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis methods of drug calculation, Calculation of Drug Dosages, 11th Edition is designed to help you master these methods. A basic review of mathematics serves to refresh your skills if you are weak or inexperienced in math, and plenty of practice problems help you become competent in making drug calculations. Known for its worktext format, this text offers multiple worksheets pre-and post-tests and a comprehensive post-test - making it ideal to be used in the classroom or for individual study. Streamlined and updated to reflect current practice, this resource helps you learn to calculate drug dosages accurately and with confidence.

  • Advanced Health Assessment & Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care

    • 6th Edition
    • Joyce E. Dains + 2 more
    • English
    Awarded second place in the 2019 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Adult Primary Care category. Learn to accurately diagnose the majority of patients seen in today’s primary care settings! Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 6th Edition goes beyond basic history and physical examination skills to help you learn the diagnostic reasoning process. You will develop this key skill by following assessment guidelines that focus on a specific complaint rather than beginning with a previously established diagnosis or disease entity. Written by advanced practitioners, this edition includes a new chapter on The Transgender Patient that gives you the knowledge you need to properly assess and care for this underserved patient population. It also features expanded coverage of geriatrics, highly infectious diseases, coordination with the interprofessional healthcare team, genetics/genomics in lab testing and family history, updates on psychiatric-mental health problems, and more!

  • Nursing Essentials: Drugs

    • 1st Edition
    • Catrin Page
    • English
    Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs? Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs simple. Reduced to the essentials, clearly arranged with tables and schematics, each page concisely provides the required knowledge. Key Features: Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation

  • Infection Control in Clinical Practice Updated Edition

    • 3rd Edition
    • Jennie Wilson
    • English
    Infection control is a major issue in clinical practice. The revised third edition of this highly successful book provides a comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of infection control and prevention, and the basic elements of microbiology and epidemiology that underpin them.The contents are firmly based in clinical practice and are relevant to both hospital and community settings. The information is research-based and extensively referenced and therefore provides an invaluable resource for evidence-based practice. Presentation is clear, concise and accessible to a wide audience including diploma and degree course students, nurses and allied health professionals working in clinical settings, and infection control specialists.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward

    • 3rd Edition
    • Brian Dolan + 1 more
    • English
    When you become a ward or unit manager, sister or charge nurse, your responsibilities change and you need a very different set of skills compared to your previous roles. You are now required to manage a team of staff with a set budget and are responsible for maintaining an environment in which people can work well. This book will help you to: Identify your responsibilities and best approaches as a manager to provide patients with a high standard of care through your staff; Read through examples, suggestions and tips following a highly practical approach; Manage your staff, time and budget; Create a positive work environment; Features: Completely updated and revised content written by well-known authors with extensive experience in the field; New sections on responsible use of social media, working with different generations in the workplace; how to make an impact, taking care of yourself etc. Leading teams in the context of enduring financial and staffing constraints Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series.

  • Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

    An Illustrated Colour Text
    • 4th Edition
    • Edwin Roland van Teijlingen + 1 more
    • English
    Now in its fourth edition, this definitive and popular introduction to human behaviour in the context of health and illness includes three new chapters, many new contributors and a new co-editor.It is arranged in nine sections to cover the core concepts of psychology and sociology as they apply to medicine.1. The life cycle2. Development of the person3. Society and health4. Preventing illness and promoting health5. Illness, behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter6. Illness and disability7. Coping with illness and disability8. Hoe do health services work9. How do you fit into all this?

  • L'indispensable en stage d'hépato-gastro-entérologie

    • 3rd Edition
    • Axel Balian
    • French
    Cet ouvrage consacré à l’hépato-gastro-enté... propose : • en début d’ouvrage, une partie « Connaître votre lieu de stage » : avec la description du parcours de soin et des principales structures de soins en hépatogastro- entérologie, afin de vous familiariser avec les particularités de vos stages ; • une partie sur les compétences infirmières en lien avec les situations cliniques récurrentes et les prises en charge thérapeutiques ; • une partie « Prérequis » avec un rappel des notions d’anatomie-physiolog... et des facteurs de risques de l’appareil digestif à connaître ; • l’ensemble des pathologies de la spécialité, sous forme de fiches : ➜ définition, ➜ épidémiologie, ➜ étiologie, ➜ diagnostic : examen clinique, examens complémentaires, ➜ traitement : règles de prescription ; • une rubrique « conduite à tenir » qui clôt chaque fiche de pathologie, et expose la prise en charge infirmière (accueil du patient, bilans, surveillance, gestes techniques spécifiques) en mettant en lien la compétence mobilisée ; • des fiches présentant le déroulement des examens complémentaires les plus courants en hépato-gastro-entéro... ; • une série de fiches récapitulant tous les médicaments abordés dans l’ouvrage. Ce Mémo accompagnera efficacement les étudiants infirmiers tout au long de leur stage en service d’hépato-gastro-enté...

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