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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.

  • Survival Guide to Midwifery

    • 2nd Edition
    • Diane M. Fraser + 1 more
    • English
    Perfect for practice placement, this handy Survival Guide gives you the clinical information you need at your fingertips.
  • Nursing Informatics, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7-2
    • Joy Don Baker
    • English
    This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Joy Don Baker, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, CNOR, NEA-BC, will focus on Informatics with topics including: Distance education; computer science and cognitive science; role of the perioperative nurse as informaticist; cyber diving: literature search; website evaluation; bibliographic software; relational database programs; virtual learning environments; digital divide; and social networking legality.
  • Management of Complex Wounds, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 24-2
    • Janet Foster
    • English
    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.
  • Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2013 - E-Book

    • 1st Edition
    • Barbara B. Hodgson + 1 more
    • English
    An easy-to-use reference for thousands of medications, Saunders Nursing Drug Handbook 2013 promotes safe patient care by outlining clinical priorities and providing comprehensive coverage of IV drug administration. It also helps nurses prevent medication errors with Black Box Alerts, information on drug dosages for combination drugs, and key nursing considerations. Side effects are separated by their frequency. Written by oncology nurse Barbara Hodgson and hospital pharmacist Robert Kizior, this handbook is organized alphabetically by generic drug name for quick access to essential information. It is ideal for the busy nurse! This e-book allows users to quickly find important information with enhanced navigation. Search and find drugs by Generic and Trade names. Also included is a linked, comprehensive list of all drugs found in the book. Linked index allows users to click on a link and go straight to monographs quickly. With this e-book, users can access drug information on nearly any mobile device!
  • Medizinische Fachwörter von A-Z

    Kleines Lexikon für Pflege- und Gesundheitsfachberufe
    • 1st Edition
    • Urban & Fischer Elsevier GmbH
    • German
    Die medizinische Terminologie und andere wichtige Fachbegriffe aus Anatomie, Biologie, Physiologie, der Pflege und der Krankheitslehre übersichtlich von A-Z. Umfassend und anschaulich: Rund 6.800 Einträge und mehr als 400 Abbildungen mit Übersichten Venen/Arterien, Nerven, Organen und ErkrankungenLeicht verständlich und übersichtlich: Kurze prägnante Definitionen, Vor- und Nachsilbenübersicht, sowie ein Abkürzungsverzeichni... sorgen für maximales Verständnis und bieten auch interssierten Laien gute verständliche InformationenImmer dabei und griffbereit, wenn Sie es brauchen: handliches TaschenformatDieses Buch hat mehr Mit dem Code im Buch haben Sie zeitlich begrenzten kostenlosen Online-Zugriff auf den Buchinhalt und die Abbildungen.
  • Year Book of Critical Care Medicine 2012

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 2012
    • David J. Dries + 1 more
    • English
    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.
  • Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child

    • 3rd Edition
    • Mary Fran Hazinski
    • English
    Now completely up to date to meet the needs of today's pediatric nurses, Mary Fran Hazinski's Nursing Care of the Critically Ill Child, 3rd Edition, remains the foundational text of pediatric critical care nursing. Known for its outstanding organization and clear descriptions, this comprehensive reference details the unique care required for critically ill children with thorough discussions of physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, collaborative management, and nursing management. Ten new chapters, new advanced practice content, and new nurse contributors and reviewers ensure that this classic text continues to be the essential resource for the care of critically ill children.
  • Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology

    • 4th Edition
    • Susan Blackburn
    • English
    Provide the best care possible with expert insight and clinically relevant coverage of the physiologic changes that occur throughout all major periods of the perinatal experience — prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal. Maternal, Fetal & Neonatal Physiology: A Clinical Perspective, 4th Edition gives you a solid foundation for assessment and therapeutic interventions, featuring an emphasis on the evolving interrelationships between mother, fetus, and neonate and adaptations of preterm and term infants to the extrauterine environment.
  • Thoracic Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 30-2
    • Joel Turner
    • English
    Topics in this issue include: Thoracic Dissection; Thoracic Trauma; Asthma; COPD; P.E.; Influenza; Pneumonia; Pleural Based Disease; and Mechanical Ventilation.
  • Vínculos de NOC y NIC a NANDA-I y diagnósticos médicos

    Soporte para el razonamiento crítico y la calidad de los cuidados
    • 3rd Edition
    • Marion Johnson + 5 more
    • Spanish
    Obra que explora los vínculos entre los tres lenguajes estandarizados reconocidos por la profesión, NANDA, NOC y NIC. Se organiza en tres secciones: Introducción a las interrelaciones, Interrelaciones entre los tres lenguajes y etiquetas y Definiciones de NOC y NIC. Un complemento perfecto de NIC y NOC que, utilizado junto a estas dos obras y los diagnósticos de la NANDA, ofrece la información que enfermeros e instituciones necesitan para documentar los cuidados enfermeros. Cuenta con un nuevo capítulo en la toma de decisiones clínicas, otro sobre el uso de NANDA, NIC y NOC en sistemas de información, listados de intervención más concisa y 20 nuevas interrelaciones con diagnósticos comunes, con altos costes sanitarios.