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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.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to the Ward - Updated Edition

    • 3rd Edition
    • Ann Richards + 1 more
    • English

  • Wong's Nursing Care of Infants and Children

    • 11th Edition
    • Marilyn J. Hockenberry + 1 more
    • English

  • Gerontologic Nursing

    • 6th Edition
    • Sue E. Meiner + 1 more
    • English
    Compassionately care for the aging population with Gerontologic Nursing, 6th Edition, uniquely known for its comprehensive coverage of the most common medical-surgical problems associated with older adults. Organized by body system for easy retrieval of information, it delves into health promotion and both basic and complex gerontologic concepts and issues. This disorder-focused gerontologic nursing text features an enhanced focus on nursing management and care coordination across health care delivery settings. It emphasizes topics such as nutrition, chronic illness, emergency treatment, patient teaching, home care, and end-of-life care — and includes the latest guidelines for mammograms, colonoscopies, pneumonia, and shingles vaccinations. With the addition of new nursing theories, this edition offers a valuable framework for gerontologic care.

  • Bien débuter - Prise en charge de la douleur

    • 1st Edition
    • Christine Berlemont + 1 more
    • French
    Comment s’y prendre dans une situation donnée ? Quelles compétences pour prendre en charge le patient ?Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels infirmiers amenés à prendre en charge le patient douloureux. En trois grandes parties : 1 – Les prérequis fournissent les notions indispensables du processus douleur et des options thérapeutiques pour aborder sereinement les situations cliniques prévalentes. 2 – Les situations cliniques prévalentes permettent de se familiariser avec la prise en charge globale des patients et la pratique terrain. En partant d’un cas clinique, les liens entre la symptomatologie du patient et sa prise en charge sont expliqués. La conduite infirmière et/ou conseils aux patients, ainsi que le rôle propre et le rôle prescrit infirmiers, sont clairement identifiés. 3 – La boîte à outils détaille les aspects légaux, les outils d'évaluation et les traitements abordés dans les situations cliniques. La compréhension est facilitée par une présentation sous forme de fiches en couleurs, et par de nombreux tableaux, photographies et illustrations. Enfin une collection centrée sur le rôle infirmier !

  • Health Behavior Change

    A Guide for Practitioners
    • 3rd Edition
    • Pip Mason
    • English
    Based upon a tried and tested framework of intervention, Health Behavior Change, third edition, brings together the field of communication, the study of motivation and how people change, and insights derived from listening to and observing patients over many years, to provide a helpful source of advice on how to encourage individuals to embrace behaviour change and then maintain it. This popular paperback is written in a friendly and accessible writing style, and contains an abundance of ‘real-life’ clinical cases, sample interviews, and the latest evidence-base regarding best practice. The book also contains information on learning the necessary techniques, overcoming personal barriers to success, and how to use the techniques in a wide variety of settings. Learning aids include ‘Useful Questions’ boxes, to help learners structure consultations, ‘Key Points’ boxes, to summarise the crucial ‘take home’ message, and ‘What to Avoid’ boxes, which give the benefit of extensive experience. The new edition now comes with an EVOLVE© website which contains a helpful video demonstration of a successful interview, an explanatory transcript of which is given within the book, and downloadable Patient Worksheets. Suitable for a wide-ranging readership ranging from primary care physicians and nurses to physiotherapists and sports therapists, this book will be perfect for use in the primary care setting, inpatient or outpatient departments, community health projects, the A&E department, leisure facilities and occupational health clinics.

  • Study Guide for Understanding Nursing Research

    Building an Evidence-Based Practice
    • 7th Edition
    • Susan K. Grove + 2 more
    • English
    Designed to reinforce your understanding through hands-on work with high-quality published studies, the Study Guide for Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition, provides both time-tested and innovative exercises for each chapter in the Grove & Gray textbook. This new edition includes an expanded focus on evidence-based practice, with each chapter featuring Terms and Definitions, Linking Ideas, Web-Based Activities, and Conducting Critical Appraisals to Build an Evidence-Based Practice. The Study Guide is built around three high-quality published research studies located in the appendices and referenced throughout the book. These full-text articles, selected for particular relevance to you, will help you better understand the research and evidence-based practice processes and help you learn to appraise and apply research findings to clinical settings.

  • Les bilans sanguins en un coup d'oeil

    • 1st Edition
    • Stéphane CORNEC
    • French
    La maîtrise de tous les examens sanguins est indissociable de la connaissance des normes sanguines, ainsi que des modalités de prélèvement. Cet ouvrage décrit 160 bilans sanguins, sous forme de fiches claires et didactiques, présentés avec :- Les tubes à utiliser (et les préférences quand plusieurs sont possibles) ;- Les recommandations spécifiques pour effectuer le prélèvement ;- Les délais de conservation avant analyse ;- Les délais moyens d’obtention de résultats ;- Les normes biologiques ;- Les grandes lignes de l’interprétation clinique des résultats afin de faciliter la coopération avec le médecin prescripteur. Que ce soit dans un service hospitalier, un EHPAD, un foyer d’accueil médicalisé ou à domicile, le format spécifique de l’ouvrage, ainsi que le classement des fiches par ordre alphabétique, permettent une consultation rapide et efficace, qui donnera des réponses immédiates aux infirmiers, étudiants en soins infirmiers ou en DFGSM 2-3, facilitant ainsi l’organisation au quotidien.

  • Sepsis, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-3
    • Jennifer L. Martin + 1 more
    • English
    In Collaboration with Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Drs. Martin and Badeaux have created an issue where top authors in critical care nursing provide current updates on sepsis care and management. Authors have written clinical reviews on the following topics: International Sepsis Guidelines 2016; Pros and Cons of Early Administration of Intravenous Fluids; PTSD After ICU Stay; Role of Vitamin C and Carbon Monoxide in Sepsis; Neonatal Sepsis; Use of Etomidate in the Septic Patient; Simulation to Manage the Septic Patient in the ICU; Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Sepsis management; Hospital Costs associated with Sepsis Compared to other Medical Conditions; Special Considerations for the Septic Patient Going to the Operating Room; Management of the Septic Patient in the Emergency Room; and Management of Sepsis in the Obstetrical Patient. Reader will come away with the information they need to improve patient outcomes.

  • Regional Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 36-3
    • Nabil Elkassabany + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, edited by Dr. Nabil Elkassabany and Dr. Edward Mariano, focuses on Regional Anesthesia, with topics including: Current evidence related to regional analgesia and hip surgery; Updates on billing and coding and establishing an acute pain service in private practice; Establishing a home catheter program for orthopedic surgery in pediatric patients or more broadly: updates on regional anesthesia for pediatric orthopedic surgery; Enhanced recovery after shoulder arthroplasty; Perioperative management of patient on opioid agonist antagonist therapy; Outcome metrics to be considered for regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine; Updates on multimodal analgesia (intransal ketorolac, IV acetmenophen, newer NSAIDS) for orthopedic surgery; Updates in enhanced recovery pathway for knee replacement versus updates outpatient knee replacement; Updates on new technology for regional anesthesia (peripheral nerve stimulators and cryotherapy); and Regional anesthesia and analgesia for the poly trauma patients.

  • Syndromes in Organ Failure, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 53-3
    • Benjamin A Smallheer
    • English
    With collaboration of Dr. Stephen Krau, Consulting Editor, Dr. Benjamin Smallheer has created an issue of Nursing Clinics that provides a unique look at syndromes that cause organ failure or dysfunction. Expert authors contributed clinical reviews with up-to-date content in the following areas: Hyperglycemic Syndromes; Immunocompromised/Au... Syndromes; Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome; Fat Embolism Syndrome; Generalized Pain Syndromes; Malabsorptive syndromes; Munchausen/Munchause... by Proxy Syndrome ; Pickwickian Syndrome; Adrenal Syndromes; Male & Female Hypogonadism; Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome; Chest pain Syndromes (non-cardiac); Restless Leg syndrome; Degenerative/Debilit... Neurologic Syndromes; and Paroxysmal Sympathetic Hyperactivity Syndrome. Readers will come away with the clinical knowledge they need to improve patient outcomes.

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