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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.

  • Gériatrie

    • 2nd Edition
    • Geneviève Gridel
    • French
    Une première partie passe en revue toutes les compétences pertinentes pour la spécialité abordée, en phase avec le nouveau référentiel de métier et de formation. L'étudiant stagiaire trouve ensuite, rassemblées sous forme de fiches synthétiques et accessibles : - les notions essentielles à connaître (anatomie-physiologi... sémiologie, données de santé publique) en lien avec la spécialité, - les informations indispensables sur les pathologies, - les procédures d'examen rencontrées dans le service ou l'unité concernés, - et enfin les classes de médicaments le plus couramment prescrits. Les fiches « Conduite à tenir », mettent en évidence les compétences à mobiliser. Elles donnent à l'étudiant les repères indispensables pour sa pratique en cours de stage et son évaluation. Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants en stage en service de gériatrie ou en EHPAD.

  • Maladies infectieuses

    • 2nd Edition
    • David Skurnik
    • French
    Sont rassemblées sous forme de fiches synthétiques et accessibles : - les notions essentielles à connaître (anatomie-physiologi... sémiologie, données de santé publique) en lien avec la spécialité, - les informations indispensables sur les pathologies, - les procédures d'examen rencontrées dans le service ou l'unité concernés, - et enfin les classes de médicaments le plus couramment prescrits. Les fiches « Conduite à tenir », mettent en évidence les compétences à mobiliser. Elles donnent à l'étudiant les repères indispensables pour sa pratique en cours de stage et son évaluation.

  • Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

    • 5th Edition
    • Katherine M. Fortinash + 1 more
    • English
    Focusing on what psychiatric nurses actually do in everyday practice, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 5th Edition, uses a balanced nursing-medical approach to cover all of the most common disorders and treatments. The text's full-color illustrations and straightforward style help you make sense of challenging material. And its strong emphasis on the nursing process, updated DSM-IV-TR diagnostic criteria, interdisciplinary interventions, and the latest mental health practices boost your confidence in managing clients and prepare you for success on the NCLEX¨ examination.

  • Infectiologie et hygiène

    U.E. 2.10
    • 1st Edition
    • Isabelle Pividori + 1 more
    • French
    Ce cahier présente les mécanismes d'action des agents infectieux et identifie les règles d'hygiène utilisées dans les établissements de soins. Il traite : - les agents infectieux : bactéries, virus, champignons ; l'écologie microbienne et les mécanismes d'action sur l'organisme humain ; - les infections afférentes aux soins : épidémies, infections nosocomiales ; - les règles d'hygiène : l'hygiène hospitalière, l'hygiène des mains, l'habillage professionnel, l'entretien des locaux, l'hygiène alimentaire, la prise en charge du linge, les circuits en établissement de soins et l'élimination des déchets ; - les moyens de lutte contre l'infection : les antiseptiques, les désinfectants, les détergents, la stérilisation ; les précautions standard et complémentaires, les règles de fonctionnement à domicile ou en collectivité. Ces thématiques sont illustrées par de nombreux schémas et photographies en couleurs. Dans la dernière partie, des « Fiches techniques » décrivant les différentes mesures de prévention mettent en évidence la conduite à tenir de l'infirmière auprès du patient. Et en fin d'ouvrage, un Cahier d'entraînement permet à l'étudiant de tester ses connaissances et de s'entraîner à l'analyse de situations.

  • Patient Education, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 46-3
    • Stephen D. Krau
    • English
    This issue of Nursing Clinics of North America will focus on Patient Education. Article topics will include legal, ethical and social issues in patient education, assessing patient learning styles, patient teaching and health outcomes, tools to measure patient teaching, designing patient education, and roles for patient educators.

  • Genitourinary Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-3
    • Jonathan Davis
    • English
    Topics assembled by Dr. Davis for this issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics include: Scrotal Emergencies; Penile Emergencies; Male GU Procedures; GU Trauma; Renal Stone Disease; Imaging of GU Emergencies; Sexual Assault; Female GU Emergencies (non-pregnant); Pediatric UTI; and Pediatric GU Emergencies.

  • Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual

    • 1st Edition
    • Kevin T. Patton + 1 more
    • English
    A perfect introduction to introductory human anatomy and physiology, Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory Manual offers a unique approach that incorporates crime scenes, superheroes and more. While traditional lab manuals simply offer core concepts on A&P topics, this one-of-a-kind resource presents material from easily understood comparisons to help you learn about A&P from a real-world point of view. Plus, hands-on activities experiments help link what you're learning today with how it may be used in your professional life.

  • Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing

    • 8th Edition
    • Marilyn J. Hockenberry + 1 more
    • English
    Portable and convenient, Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 8th Edition is your "go-to" clinical guide for the care of children and their families, whether in the hospital, clinic, community setting, or home. It includes assessment tools that may be used in practice, nursing care plans for specific disorders, and new information on pediatric pain assessment and management. Evidence-based guidelines are updated and also include patient teaching instructions, so you'll find all information on a specific procedure in one location. Written by leading pediatric experts David Wilson and Marilyn Hockenberry, this reference includes a companion Evolve website with nursing care plans that may be customized and printed for use with individual patients.

  • The Evidence-Based Practice Manual for Nurses

    with Pageburst online access
    • 3rd Edition
    • Rosalind L Smyth
    • Jean V. Craig
    • English
    Printed book plus Pageburst™ access. You will receive a printed book and access to the complete book content electronically. Pageburst™ enhances learning not only by bringing world class content to your fingertips but also by letting you add to it, annotate it, and categorize it in a way that suits you. Pageburst™ frees you to spend more time learning and less time searching. The Evidence-based Practice Manual successfully breaks down the skills for evidence-based nursing into manageable components. The reader will learn how to find, critically read and interpret a range of research studies, and will discover optimal approaches to helping patients reach decisions that are informed by the best-available evidence. The more-strategic concepts of developing an organisational evidence-based culture and making evidence-based changes at organisational level are the focus of the final section.

  • ALI and ARDS: Challenges and Advances, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 27-3
    • Lena M. Napolitano + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Critical Care Clinics will focus on Severe Acute Respiratory DIstress Syndrome and dealing with it in the ICU. Topics will include: Challenges and Successes in ARDS Research;Mechanical ventilation with Lung Protective Strategies: What works?; Gene therapy for ALI/ARDS;High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in ALI/ARDS;Prone positioning therapy in ARDS;Recovery and Long-term outcome in ARDS; and Experimental models and emergeing hypotheses for ALI and ARDS

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