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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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    • Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs

      • 8th Edition
      • December 11, 2009
      • Adriana Tiziani
      • English
      • eBook
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      Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs 8e is an essential resource for all nursing students and practitioners. The information presented in this user-friendly guide can be accessed either by therapeutic class or by system. Each section is introduced by a clear description, followed by the A–Z of drugs within the given therapeutic class. It includes the action, use and dosage of each drug as well as important nursing points and nursing cautions. This comprehensive guide includes both trade and generic drug names for the reader’s ease of use. As with previous editions of Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs each drug is independently reviewed with obsolete drugs being removed and new drugs added. Each existing drug is also independently examined so as to ensure that its use, doses, side effects, contraindication and precautions comply with that of the Therapeutic Goods Association (TGA).

    • Mosby's Fluids & Electrolytes Memory NoteCards

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 1, 2009
      • JoAnn Zerwekh + 2 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 8 6 1 0 3
      Completely portable, this pocket-sized collection of full-color, spiral-bound cards uses humor, cartoons, and mnemonics to help you understand and retain important information about fluids and electrolytes. This fun, colorful, and insightful approach makes these cards a valuable learning and review tool throughout nursing school, as well as a great resource for preparing for the NCLEX® examination.

    • Obesity in Critically Ill Patients, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 21-3
      • November 11, 2009
      • Linda Harrington
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 3 7 7 1 2 0 6 3
      The Obesity in Critically Ill Patients issue, Guest Edited by Linda Harrington, focuses on: Obesity-related risks and prevention strategies; Pulmonary considerations of the obese patient; cardiovascular effects of obesity; Postoperative coronary artery bypass patients; Nutritional needs of critically ill obese patients; Pain management in critically ill obese; Sedation of critically ill obese; Skin integrity in critically ill obese; Trauma in the obese patient; and Impact of obesity on critical care resource utilization.

    • Contrôle continu du DEAP

      • 1st Edition
      • November 9, 2009
      • Muriel Bénazet + 1 more
      • French
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 2 2 9 4 7 0 7 7 0 4
      Centré sur la préparation aux épreuves du diplôme d'État d'auxiliaire de puériculture (DEAP), cet ouvrage répond aux exigences des candidats soucieux d'aborder sérieusement les épreuves de la formation d'auxiliaire de puériculture. Il reflète la diversité des épreuves demandées (QROC, QCM, MSP, cas concret, épreuve pratique, épreuve orale…) et couvre les 8 modules de la formation : - Module 1 : Accompagnement d'un enfant dans les actes d'éveil et de la vie quotidienne. - Module 2 : État clinique d'une personne à tout âge de la vie. - Module 3 : Soins à l'enfant. - Module 4 : Ergonomie. - Module 5 : Relation-communicati... - Module 6 : Hygiène des locaux. - Module 7 : Transmission des informations. - Module 8 : Organisation du travail. Pour une préparation optimale aux épreuves de chacun des 8 modules, l'ouvrage propose : - des conseils méthodologiques pour mieux aborder l'épreuve ; - 2 ou 3 sujets d'annales ou d'entraînement corrigés. Méthodique et complet, cet ouvrage constitue donc un excellent outil pour préparer efficacement et réussir dans les meilleures conditions toutes les épreuves du DEAP.

    • Fallbuch Erwachsener Mensch

      • 1st Edition
      • November 9, 2009
      • Michael Bossle + 1 more
      • German
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 5 9 0 1 7 7
      Vernetzt denken - Pflege verstehen Das erste fallorientierte Pflegelehrbuch für die Differenzierungsphas... Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege! Nach Luft ringend und bewusstlos wurde Herr Kerschbaumer auf dem Bahnsteig aufgefunden, nachdem er morgens das Haus mit Fieber verlassen hatte. Der beruflich stark eingespannte Vater von zwei Kindern leidet seit seiner Kindheit unter chronisch-intrinsisc... Asthma. Im Krankenhaus wird er zunächst akut mit Antibiotika über Kurzinfusionen versorgt ........ Doch wie sieht es im weiteren Verlauf aus? Welches Pflegeproblem steht im Vordergrund? Wie kann man den Patienten für den Umgang mit seiner Krankheit im Alltag anleiten? Typische Pflegesituationen wie diese bilden die Basis für jedes Kapitel. Prüfungsrelevante Inhalte aus Pflege und den Bezugswissenschaften werden vernetzt dargestellt: Authentisch, verständlich und praxisnah. Die Pluspunkte: Fälle- von der jungen Mutter bis zum älteren Arbeitnehmer, der demnächst in Rente geht Topaktuell: Anwendung von Pflegediagnosen im Pflegeprozess Inhalte aus den Bezugswissenschaften Recht, Psychologie, Ethik, Organisationsmanagem... Gesundheitsökonomie, Medizin und Soziologie Definitionskästen und Tipps für die Praxis Reflexionsfragen - zum Nachdenken und Diskutieren! Dieses Buch hat mehr! Mit dem Code im Buch erhalten Sie zusätzlich: Weitere Fälle mit Fragestellung und Lösungen- optimal zur Prüfungsvorbereitung... Animationen zum besseren Verständnis von komplexen Inhalten aus Anatomie und Krankheitslehre Die Angebote auf pflegeheute.de werden aktualisiert und erweitert.* * Stand August 2009, Angebot freibleibend

    • Examination Emergency Medicine

      • 1st Edition
      • November 5, 2009
      • Garry Wilkes + 3 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 7 8 9 6 7
      Examination Emergency Medicine is a detailed fellowship exam guide to assist emergency medicine trainees; it is intended as a guide to supplement material available from ACEM and covers the preferred nature and format of question types that has evolved – for example a shift towards using photos that show clinical problems, rather than equipment or therapies in the VAQ section.

    • 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.

    • Community Mental Health for Older People

      • 1st Edition
      • October 29, 2009
      • Gerard J. Byrne + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Community Mental Health for Older People is the perfect resource for mental health workers as it discuses the ageing population, within the context of community mental health. It provides a comprehensive overview of the important issues and clinical practices that influence mental health care for older people. Written from a multidisciplinary perspective it is suitable for all health workers in community mental health teams (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers, clinical psychologists, consumer representatives, medical practitioners, occupational therapists, registered nurses, social workers, etc) as it incorporates the use of case studies to aid in the application of evidence-based practice.

    • Using Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 28, 2009
      • Mary Courtney + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 7 9 5 0 6
      Using Evidence to Guide Nursing Practice 2e is an invaluable ‘how-to’ guide for students and experienced nurses alike. Emphasis is placed on how to develop an evidence-based culture in the workplace, support clinicians to make decisions using the best available evidence and translating this evidence into practice. This new edition is divided into five concise sections which guide readers from an examination of evidence, to developing a workplace culture that supports Evidence-Based Practice. It demonstrates how to locate and appraise evidence, how to evaluate practice and finally how to translate evidence into practice with a new applied case study included.

    • Public Health and Community Nursing

      • 3rd Edition
      • October 19, 2009
      • Dianne Watkins + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 4 2 6 0 7
      The third edition of this popular and useful text has been thoroughly updated to reflect the many major changes that have taken place in community nursing, making it an invaluable and up-to-date reference for all community nursing courses. The book covers the current public health landscape, epidemiology, frameworks for practice, with sections on family, and on the different Community Public Health Nurse Specialists.

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