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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.

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    • Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

      • 10th Edition
      • September 1, 2016
      • Marilyn J. Hockenberry + 2 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Awarded first place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Child Health category. Known for its accuracy, evidence-based focus, and engaging writing style, Wong’s Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 10th Edition has been the #1 title in the pediatric nursing market since it first published in 1980! Thoroughly revised to equip you with the latest research and guidelines for treating children today, it encourages a whole-body approach by beginning with child development and health promotion to better understand the later chapters on specific health problems. A new chapter featuring all systems cancers provides comprehensive information in one place. Nursing Care Plans now incorporate additional case studies to personalize interventions and promote critical thinking.

    • L'indispensable en STAGE de Psychiatrie

      • 3rd Edition
      • August 30, 2016
      • Isabelle Lim-Sabbah
      • French
      • eBook
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      Cet ouvrage 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 psychiatrie adulte, 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 charges thérapeutiques ; • une partie « Prérequis » avec les rappels physiopathologiques ; • les pathologies en psychiatrie sous forme de fiches, avec : - l’épidémiologie, - l’anatomopathologie, - le diagnostic : examen clinique, examens complémentaires, - le traitement : règles de prescription, - la surveillance ; • une rubrique « Conduite à tenir IDE » 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 ; • 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 de psychiatrie.

    • Community Health Nursing in Canada

      • 3rd Edition
      • August 17, 2016
      • Sandra A. MacDonald + 3 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      With concise, focused coverage, Community Health Nursing in Canada, 3rd Edition introduces you to all of the necessary concepts, skills, and practice of community health nursing. This comprehensive text from leading nursing educators also addresses the increasing awareness of social justice and the impact of society on individual health, with a shift from individual-centred care to population- and community-centred care. In this constantly evolving field, Community Health Nursing in Canada helps you develop the necessary skills to apply what you’ve learned in the practice setting.

    • Pharmacology for Nurses

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 16, 2016
      • Tara V. Shanbhag + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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    • Minor Injuries

      • 3rd Edition
      • August 13, 2016
      • Dennis Purcell
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 6 6 7 2 6
      A highly successful volume which explores the nurse-led management of minor injuries complete with online training videos. The latest edition reflects the difference in approach between midline injuries and limb injuries, explores the differences between the management of children and adults, and presents key information on X-ray interpretation.

    • Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research

      • 8th Edition
      • August 10, 2016
      • Jennifer R. Gray + 2 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Awarded first place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Nursing Research category. Master the research methods used as a foundation for evidence-based practice! Burns and Grove’s The Practice of Nursing Research, 8th Edition provides a solid foundation in the appraisal, synthesis, and generation of research evidence for clinical nursing practice. Not only will you learn how to properly evaluate and use existing research evidence, but you’ll also learn how to participate in research and quality improvement projects. Updated to reflect today’s focus on online research and evidence-based practice, this edition includes clear, step-by-step guidelines to research procedures as well as many examples from current and classic literature. From an expert author team led by Jennifer Gray, this book helps you perform scholarly research for evidence-based practice.

    • Palliative and End-of-Life Care, An Issue of Nursing Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 51-3
      • August 10, 2016
      • James C. Pace + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Guest Editors have secured top experts in the area of palliative care to write current and clinically relevant articles. Articles in this issue are devoted to: Caring for LGBT Populations; Integrating Palliative Care into Primary Care; Pain Management in the Cognitively Impaired; Pain Management in the Client with Substance Use Disorder; Rituals at End of Life; Death Bed Phenomena; Family Care During End of Life; Palliative Wound Care; Pet-Assisted Therapy in Palliative Care; Palliative Sedation: State of the Science. Readers will come away with the updated information they need to provide state-of-the-art palliative care to their patients.

    • Tabbner's Nursing Care

      • 7th Edition
      • August 10, 2016
      • Jodie Hughson
      • Gabrielle Koutoukidis + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      The only text in the market written specifically for Diploma of Nursing students in Australia and New Zealand. Written by Gabrielle Koutoukidis, Kate Stainton and Jodie Hughson, Tabbner’s Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 7th edition, provides a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge and skills for nursing students embarking on an Enrolled Nurse career. Reflecting the current issues and scope of practice for Enrolled Nurses in Australia, this new edition focuses on the delivery of person-centred care, emphasises critical thinking throughout and demonstrates the application of the decision-making framework across multiple scenarios.

    • Essential Enrolled Nursing Skills for Person-Centred Care

      • 1st Edition
      • August 10, 2016
      • Gabby Koutoukidis + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      The Essential Enrolled Nursing Skills for Person-Centred Care, 1st edition, workbook is an indispensable tool that will assist students in mastering the clinical skills required to deliver the highest-quality care. Specifically developed to support Tabbner’s Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 7th edition, the workbook features the essential skills that form part of the assessment for Diploma of Nursing students. Based on evidence-based practice, each skill features a step-by-step approach and rationale to help understanding of how and why a skill is performed.

    • Cardiac Arrhythmias, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-3
      • August 9, 2016
      • Mary G. Carey
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      A cardiac dysrhythmia is a disturbance in the cardiac rhythm which can be normal (e.g., sinus arrhythmia) or instantly lethal (e.g., sustained ventricular tachycardia). This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America will provide state of the art diagnostic and treatment information for cardiac dysrhythmias as well as addressing how to achieve the most accurate diagnostic approach to interpreting an electrocardiogram, which is omnipresent in critical care and of critical importance in diagnosing arrhythmias. Articles in this issue are devoted to: The Normal Cardiac Conduction System; The Normal Electrocardiogram: Resting 12-lead and Continuous Cardiac Rhythm Strips; Premature Beats; Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia, Including the Special Type Called Wolff-Parkinson-Whit... Atrial Fibrillation, The Most Common Type of Supraventricular Arrhythmia; Ventricular Tachycardia and Its Disorganized Counterpart, Ventricular Fibrillation; Brady-Dysrhythmias, When Heart Rate Slows Myocardial Ischemia & Infarction and their Relationship to Dysrhythmias; Pharmacologically Induced Dysrhythmias; and Implantable Cardiac Devices and their Role in Dysrhythmias Management.

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