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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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    • Older People

      • 3rd Edition
      • June 30, 2009
      • Rhonda Nay + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 7 8 9 8 1
      This edition captures the underlying new approach in patient centred care and thinking from a multidisciplinary perspective. It highlights the most recent ideas and experiences of policy analysts, nurses, doctors, allied health professionals and the consumer experience from both Australia and Internationally. Contemporary research compliments the vignettes of practice and in conjunction with accompanying ‘video’ clips serve to capture the realities of caring for older people in our society.

    • Long-Term Care, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 44-2
      • June 18, 2009
      • Linda G. Dumas
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 0 5 0 9 6
      This year, about nine million men and women over the age of 65 will need long-term care. By 2020, 12 million older Americans will need long-term care. Nurses can be employed by hospitals (including subacute care), nursing homes, extended care facilities, retirement communities, and home-health agencies. This new issue of Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Linda Dumas, explores the growing field of long-term care. It explores such topics as: Clinical Issues in Long Term Care, Settings at End of Life, and Leadership for the Future.

    • Promoting Health

      • 4th Edition
      • October 30, 2009
      • Lyn Talbot + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 7 9 2 4 7
      The new edition will provide readily accessible material for public health educators and practitioners, in a number of professions, who are increasingly being required to address the challenges emerging from the inter-related impacts of the social and environmental factors impacting on health in an era of globalisation.

    • Women's Health, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 44-3
      • September 18, 2009
      • Ellen Olshansky
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 2 4 7 6
      The Special Issue on Women’s Health, Guest Edited by Ellen Olshansky, includes: Historical Perspective on Women’s Health as a nursing Specialty; Integrative Health Care for Women: Acupuncture and Mindful Meditation and Yoga; Wellness in Women Across the Lifespan; Adolescent Health: HPV Vaccine as an Exemplar; Genetics: Breast Cancer as an Exemplar; Women’s Global Health; Health Care for Incarcerated Women; Women’s Mental Health: Depression and Anxiety; Women and Cardiac Health; Women and Cancer: Ovarian Cancer; and Reproductive Health.

    • Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety

      • 1st Edition
      • August 18, 2009
      • National Council of State Boards of Nurs
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 6 5 1 7 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 7 9 3 5 8
      With a wealth of helpful guidelines and assessment tools, Nursing Pathways for Patient Safety makes it easy to identify the causes of practice breakdowns and to reduce health care errors. It provides expert guidance from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), plus an overview of the TERCAP® assessment tool. The book systematically examines the causes of practice breakdowns resulting from practice styles, health care environments, teamwork, and structural systems to promote patient safety.

    • Evidence-Based Practice, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 44-1
      • February 25, 2009
      • Alyce A. Schultz
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 0 5 0 8 9
      The idea of evidence-based practice for nursing has grown out of the evidence based medicine movement. Evidence-based practice requires nurses to learn new skills in order to use a different process for clinical decision making. Nursing is gradually building its base of knowledge. More and more clinical intervention studies are being conducted and published in the literature. This comprehensive new issue of Nursing Clinics, Guest Edited by Alyce Schultz, explores this new movement and where it is leading nurses. It includes topics such as: Creating an Evidence-Based Practice Mentoring Program within an Academic Medical Center, Renewing the Spirit of Nursing By Embracing Evidence-Based Practice, and Evidence-Based Policies and Procedures.

    • Infusion Nursing

      • 3rd Edition
      • May 8, 2009
      • Infusion Nurses Society + 5 more
      • Mary Alexander
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 1 6 0 6 4 1 0 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 1 4 5 5 7 1 0 0 6 5
      With a new focus on evidence-based practice, the 3rd edition of this authoritative reference covers every aspect of infusion therapy and can be applied to any clinical setting. Completely updated content brings you the latest advances in equipment, technology, best practices, guidelines, and patient safety. Other key topics include quality management, ethical and legal issues, patient education, and financial considerations. Ideal as a practical clinical reference, this essential guide is also a perfect review tool for the CRNI examination.

    • Neurologic Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 27-1
      • March 17, 2009
      • Romergryko G. Geocadin + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 1 6 0 6 2 9 0 5
      Topics include: "Practical guide to hypothermia for neuroprotection", "Safety of stroke thrombolysis in community practice", "Glycemic control and the injured brain", "Vertigo and dizziness in the ED", "Critical care transport of patients with neuroemergencies", "Primary headaches in the ER", "Meningitis and encephalitis", and "Management of TIAs in the 21st Century".

    • Pain, Analgesia and Anesthesia, An Issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 4-4
      • December 29, 2009
      • Valerie Girard-Powell
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 7 4 9 5
      This issue of Perioperative Nursing Clinics, titled Pain, Analgesia and Anesthesia, which was Guest Edited by Valerie Girard-Powell, RN, will include the following topics: Behavioral Approaches to Pain Management; The Diagnostic Workup of Patients with Neuropathic Pain; Interventional Approaches to Pain Management; Myofascial Pain Trigger Points; Nonopioid Analgesics; Topical Analgesics; Documentation and Potential Tools in Long Term Opioid Therapy for Pain; Critical Monitoring Issues for Surgery Performed in a Non-hospital Setting; Anesthesia for Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedures; Anesthesiology and Gastroenterology; Interventional Radiology and Anesthesia; and Fee for Service Payments: Affect on Patient Care, Operating Room Procedures and Anesthesia Services.

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