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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.

  • Pain Management, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-4
    • Stephen D. Krau + 1 more
    • English
    Dr. Stephen Krau, Consulting Editor of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, is stepping into the Guest Editor role, with colleague Dr. Maria Overstreet, to address the topic of pain management in the critically ill. The review articles in this issue will provide an up-to-date look at the current strategies to improve patient outcomes in pain management for those patients in the ICU. Top authors will be writing on the following topics: Physiology of Pain; Classifications of Pain; Current Trends in Pain Assessment; Spiritual Aspects of Pain; Pharmacologic Interventions for Pain Management; Non-Alliopathic Interventions for the Management of Pain; Pain Associated with Chest Tube Removal; Discomfort Associated with Respiratory Issues; Pain Management in Obstetrics; Technological Interventions for Acute Pain Management; Pain Management Services and Policy; and Management of Chronic Cardiac Angina. Readers will come away with the current knowledge in this important field.

  • Glucose Regulation, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 52-4
    • Celia Levesque
    • English
    Diabetes affects over 29 million United States citizens and is the 7th leading cause of death, accounting for 23.9 per 100,000. Proper nursing care of the patient with diabetes is critical to the patient’s wellbeing. The treatment of diabetes has been changing rapidly. The articles in this issue cover statistics, pathophysiology, and the current treatment recommendations written in a very practical manor for the bedside or clinic nurse who is not up to date on the latest recommendations and is not an expert in diabetes management. Cecelia Leveque has assembled top authors to write aritcles on the following topics: Review of 2017 Diabetes Standards of Care; Management of Type 1 Diabetes; Management of Type 2 Diabetes; Non-insulin Diabetes Medications; Insulin therapy; Pre-Diabetes; Management of Lipids in Patients with Diabetes; Management of Hypertension in Patients with Diabetes; Insulin Pump Therapy; Hypoglycemia in Patients with Diabetes; Outpatient Diabetes Education; Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Diabetes; Management of Children with Diabetes; and Management of Diabetes in Rotating Shift Workers.

  • A-Z Midwifery

    • 1st Edition
    • Diane M. Fraser + 1 more
    • English
    Well illustrated with over 170 entries, together with a helpful array of figures, tables and pull-out boxes, this helpful guide includes a wealth of information arranged in a useful A-Z format. Published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife, this publication will be ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training – and all other health care professionals working in the maternity environment.

  • Ross en Wilson Anatomie en Fysiologie in gezondheid en ziekte

    • 12th Edition
    • Anne Waugh + 1 more
    • Dutch
    Ross en Wilson is de eerste keuze van reeds meer dan een miljoen studenten sinds de eerste publicatie meer dan 50 jaar geleden. Als een van de meest populaire handboeken voor anatomie en fysiologie introduceert het de systemen en functies van het menselijk lichaam en de effecten van ziektes en aandoeningen op het normaal functioneren van het lichaam. Meer dan eender welk handboek is Ross and Wilson gekenmerkt door het gebruik van heldere taal aangevuld met kleurrijke illustraties en een groot aanbod van interactieve online-activiteiten voor een boeiende leerervaring. Ross and Wilson is noodzakelijk studie en leesmateriaal voor ieder in de ziekenzorg en vooral voor professionelen in opleiding in de verpleging en aanverwande beroepen, complementaire/alter... geneeskunde of voor paramedici en ambulancepersoneel.

  • Maternal Child Nursing Care

    • 6th Edition
    • Shannon E. Perry + 5 more
    • English

  • Pathologies et thérapeutiques en soins infirmiers

    137 fiches pour ESI et infirmiers
    • 1st Edition
    • Kim Tao Maëva Quintero Y Perez
    • French
    L’aide-mémoire indispensable dans la pratique professionnelle ! Ce livre-outil – spiralé et en couleurs – est à glisser dans sa poche de blouse. Il rassemble de façon synthétique : • les pathologies classées par processus : définitions, signes et symptômes, prise en charge infirmière et médicale ; • les thérapeutiques : principales classes médicamenteuses, classées également par processus, avec indications, contre-indications et effets indésirables ; • les actes infirmiers essentiels ; • en annexe : des fiches sur l’équivalence princeps–DCI, les normes biologiques utiles et les antidotes. La prise en charge infirmière est particulièrement mise en valeur. En fin d’ouvrage, un index permet un accès rapide à l’information.

  • Reading Research

    A User-Friendly Guide for Health Professionals
    • 6th Edition
    • Barbara Davies + 1 more
    • English
    Ideal for both students and health professionals alike, Reading Research: A User-Friendly Guide for Nurses and Health Professionals, 6th Edition is a practical beginner-level introduction to health sciences research. The text is written in a manner that assumes you have little or no experience with analyzing published research, and provides guidelines for reading and understanding research articles. It also covers important elements of published research, such as research methods, common terminology, data analysis and results. All chapters have been updated. The book also briefly discusses common barriers to the application of research results in practice.

  • Study Guide for Maternal Child Nursing Care

    • 6th Edition
    • Shannon E. Perry + 3 more
    • English
    Master content and apply knowledge from Maternal Child Nursing Care, 6th Edition with this corresponding Study Guide. In addition to reviewing content from the text, it encourages you to think critically and use the text more effectively. This comprehensive workbook is filled with case-based activities, as well as review questions that provide you with plenty of opportunities to assess your knowledge. Updated content throughout corresponds to new features and chapters of the text.

  • Hematologic Issues in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-3
    • Patricia O’Malley
    • English
    Dr. O'Malley is a well-known nurse researcer in the area of Hemaotology, and she has assembled top experts to write about the most important hemtaologic issues in critical care. The issue has articles devoted to the following topics: Cord blood banking; Leukemia and Lymphomas; Sickle Cell; Anticoagulants; Aplastic anemia & MDS; Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Pernicious Anemia; Hemophilia; Blood book: cells, products, transfusion; Anemia; Multiple Myeloma; DIC; and The lived experience of anemia without a cause. Nurses will come away with the clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes in the critical care setting.

  • Guide du calcul de doses et de débits médicamenteux

    Méthodologie. Entraînement. Evaluations
    • 4th Edition
    • Dominique Rispail + 1 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage de méthodologie et d’entraînement vous aide à comprendre comment réussir tous les calculs de doses. Il vous permet d’intégrer, par étapes progressives, les concepts mathématiques de base en liaison avec les situations professionnelles. Cette quatrième édition vous propose : - un focus actualisé sur la responsabilité professionnelle ; - une méthode de résolution de problèmes, étape par étape, avec exercices d’application corrigés ; - des exercices et corrigés de quatre niveaux d’entraînement : questions-réponses, mini cas concrets et cas cliniques vous replaçant en situation professionnelle réelle ; - un chapitre sur les évaluations de l’UE 4.4. Thérapeutiques et contribution au diagnostic médical (semestre 2) et de l’UE 2.11. Pharmacologie et thérapeutiques (semestre 5) ; - un nouveau chapitre sur les calculs de dose en SSPI, réanimation, USI et USC ; - des fiches de révision rappelant les bases mathématiques indispensables.

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