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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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    • Wounds and Lacerations

      • 4th Edition
      • March 21, 2012
      • Alexander T. Trott
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      With Wounds and Lacerations: Emergency Care and Closure, you'll get clear, concise guidance on the latest techniques and strategies for treating lacerations, wounds, and burns. This medical reference book will help you optimize every aspect of patient care based on current literature and guidelines.

    • Advocacy, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 7-4
      • November 28, 2012
      • Terrie Goodman
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Terri Goodman, PhD, RN, CNOR, will focus on Nurse Advocacy, with article topics including: the Nurse advocate; Patient right to safety; Advocacy through public policy; Advocating for patient families; Advocating for Laryngectomy Patients; Advocating for cancer patients; and Advocating for the patient in industry.

    • Management of Complex Wounds, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-2
      • June 8, 2012
      • Janet Foster
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Janet Foster, PhD, RN, CNS, will focus on Wound Care, with article topics including: Wound management; wound debridement; acute wounds; nutrition and wound healing; biology of acute wound failure; psychological stress and wound healing; chronic wound management in the elderly; and adjuncts to preparing wounds for closure: growth factors, skin substitutes, negative pressure therapy and hyperbaric oxygen.

    • Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2012

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 2012
      • May 15, 2012
      • David J. Dries + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      The Year Book of Critical Care Medicine brings you abstracts of articles carefully selected from more than 500 journals worldwide. Expert commentaries evaluate the clinical importance of each article and discuss its application to your practice. Topics such as Acute Lung Injury, Cardiac Arrest, Hemodynamics and Monitoring, Burns, Postoperative Management, Renal, Trauma and Overdose, and Pharmacology/Sedatio... are represented highlighting the most current and relevant articles in the field.

    • Workbook for Mosby's Textbook for the Home Care Aide

      • 3rd Edition
      • October 4, 2012
      • Joan M. Birchenall + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Use this workbook to review the knowledge required by home care aides and practice the procedures you’ll be performing as a home care aide! Corresponding to the chapters in Mosby’s Textbook for the Home Care Aide, 3rd Edition, this practical study tool helps you understand and apply the material with fun activities and a step-by-step checklist for each procedure in the textbook. Written by home care experts Joan Birchenall and Eileen Streight, this workbook prepares you for the many situations you may encounter as a home care aide.

    • Winter Trauma, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 24-4
      • October 26, 2012
      • Margaret Ecklund
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Margaret M Ecklund, MS, RN, CCRN, ACNP-BC, will focus on Winter Health Challenges, with article topics including: Near Drowning and Multiple Organism Aspiration; Geriatric Perils: Falls and Complications; Vitamin D Deficiency; Gastroenteritis and Surgical Perils; Frostbite; Rural Trauma; Respiratory failure and adult influenza; RSV; Diabetes and Seasonal Depression; and Holiday Heart Disease.

    • Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing

      • 10th Edition
      • July 3, 2012
      • Gail Wiscarz Stuart
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • Hardback
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      Using the latest clinical research and diagnoses, Principles and Practice of Psychiatric Nursing, 10th Edition provides a holistic, biopsychosocial approach to psychiatric nursing care. It follows the popular Stuart stress-adaptation framework and includes comprehensive coverage to simplify important nursing and medical concepts, promote quality and safety in care, and address psychobiology and psychopharmacology topics integral to today’s psychiatry. New to this edition is a chapter on psychiatric care of military personnel, plus the latest on health care reform, prescription abuse, and obesity issues. Written by psychiatric nursing expert Gail W. Stuart, this market-leading text makes it easy to apply classroom theory to clinical practice.

    • Sheehy’s Manual of Emergency Care

      • 7th Edition
      • January 27, 2012
      • Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
      • Belinda B Hammond + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
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      Thoroughly revised and featuring a more efficient and streamlined design, the new 7th edition of Sheehy's trusted emergency care resource offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the essentials emergency nurses need to know. Each condition commonly seen in the emergency setting is thoroughly addressed, from signs and symptoms, to diagnosis, treatment, developmental considerations, patient education, and more. Updated material and easy-to-reference contents make this resource a must-have for current practice.

    • Nonmalignant Hematology, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-3
      • July 3, 2012
      • Robert I. Parker
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      Topics include: A Critical re-appraisal of Factor VIIa; Thrombocytopenia: Hit vs non-HIT causes; Transfusion Reactions: Newer concepts on the pathophysiology, incidence, treatment and prevention of TRALI; The utility of diagnostic scoring systems for DIC; Newer anticoagulants; Anemia in the ICU; The role of plasmapheresis in critical illness; The use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in the ICU; and Coagulopathy in the ICU: DIC vs Liver disease. Is this distinction important?

    • Nursing Care of Children

      • 4th Edition
      • March 26, 2012
      • Susan Rowen James + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      Master the art of caring for children with most effective, efficient, and affordable title on pediatric nursing care. Taking on a family focus, this student-friendly text teaches growth, development, and information on the major body system alterations. Plus, dramatically streamlined content and new learning tools make this new edition even more tailored to your learning needs.

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