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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.

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    • The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit

      • 1st Edition
      • June 25, 2024
      • Beth Heuer + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 0 8 9 5 2
      Develop the skills necessary for precepting RN and APRN students and new orientees! The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit is written by and for RN and APRN clinicians and faculty members from a variety of levels, specialties, and settings. Using real-life examples and practical tips, this comprehensive resource answers the questions preceptors often ask when interacting with students of all levels, as well as new orientees. Within its pages, you’ll find everything you need to develop and solidify the clinical teaching skills essential to becoming an effective preceptor.

    • A Clinician's Survival Guide to District Nursing

      • 1st Edition
      • October 3, 2024
      • Neesha Oozageer Gunowa + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 4 8 1 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 2 5 5 0 8
      A Clinician’s Survival Guide to District Nursing covers the specialist skills and knowledge nurses need to join the rapidly expanding, increasingly important community nursing workforce.The book is a quick reference guide designed to support autonomous decision making amid the wide range of conditions district nurses are expected to manage, recognising and highlighting the advanced skills of district nurses. It will help the reader understand what it means to work in the community, acquire the fundamental knowledge of clinical skills necessary to ensure best practice, and explore ways of working to ensure optimal care delivery through joined-up health and social services.Written by specialists in community nursing, this indispensable new book is ideal for students exploring district nursing as a career option, as well as nurses transitioning to a district nursing team role.

    • Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach

      • 8th Edition
      • August 10, 2024
      • Donna D. Ignatavicius + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 3 6 2 5 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 3 7 7 6 4
      Develop the multiple types of thinking you need to make safe, appropriate clinical judgments! Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach, 8th Edition, brings these concepts to life through engaging, easy-to-understand language, diverse learning activities, and real-life clinical scenarios. This edition emphasizes readiness for nursing practice and the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, with a focus on the six cognitive (thinking) skills needed to make evidence-based clinical judgments.

    • Taschenwissen Pflege Arzneimittel

      • 5th Edition
      • February 2, 2024
      • Urban & Fischer Elsevier GmbH
      • German
      • Spiral-bound
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 2 5 1 3 9 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 0 5 6 4 5 1
      Mini Karten – maxi Wissen!Sie brauchen schnelle Informationen zu Wirkungen und unerwünschten Wirkungen von Arzneimitteln? Sie wollen wissen, welche Kontraindikationen ein bestimmtes Medikament hat? Taschenwissen Pflege Arzneimittel liefert Ihnen hierzu schnell und klar die Antworten:Häufig verwendete Arzneimittel mit Indikationen, Kontraindikationen, unerwünschten WirkungenIn übersichtlichen Tabellen auf das Wesentliche reduziertMit extra Register für Wirkstoffe und Handelsnamen Neu in der 5. Auflage: Aktualisierung sämtlicher Medikamente Wirkstoffe und HandelsnamenDas Buch eignet sich für:Pflege-Auszubild...

    • Primary Care

      • 7th Edition
      • March 2, 2024
      • Terry Mahan Buttaro + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 3 5 8 4 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 9 3 7 0 0 9
      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Advanced Practice**There’s no better preparation for Nurse Practitioners and other adult primary care practitioners! Buttaro’s Primary Care: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, 7th Edition provides the concise yet thorough information that you need in today's fast-paced, interprofessional, collaborative environment. With authorship reflecting both academic and clinical expertise, this comprehensive, evidence-based primary care text/reference shows you how to deliver effective, truly interdisciplinary health care. It covers every major adult disorder seen in the outpatient office setting and features a unique interprofessional collaborative approach with referral and “Red Flag” highlights and more. New to this edition are chapters on health equity, public health preparedness, endocannabinoids, and self-care.

    • Mental Health in Nursing

      • 6th Edition
      • July 31, 2024
      • Kim Foster + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 4 4 6 8 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 9 9 6 9 6
      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Psychiatric**Holisti... overview of mental health for nurses in a practice setting All nurses play an important role in supporting mental health as part of holistic care provision. This book is designed to help students and novice clinicians to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to care for people across a wide range of specialist and non-specialist practice settings.Written by a highly experienced team of mental health nursing experts, the book covers all the common mental health conditions nurses are likely to encounter in practice. It provides essential information on assessing for and identifying people experiencing mental illness as well as how to provide appropriate responses, support and referral, across the numerous contexts in which nurses work.Fully updated and expanded, the sixth edition includes a wealth of lived experience perspectives designed to provide a critical perspective and a way of thinking about the issues more deeply, building empathy and understanding.

    • Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques

      • 11th Edition
      • January 16, 2024
      • Anne G. Perry + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 0 7 1 8 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 1 5 9 1 2
      Learn the clinical nursing skills you will use every day and prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. Written by a respected team of experts, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market!

    • Ross & Wilson Pharmacology

      • 1st Edition
      • June 11, 2024
      • Allison Grant
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 8 1 0 0 2
      Ross & Wilson texts are known for their clear, accessible explanations that provide comprehensive information without excessive detail - making them highly sought after by nurses, pharmacy students, students of allied health professions and paramedics.This new title applies the same approach to the discussion of drugs and their use in medicine. Readers will develop a sound scientific understanding about the mechanism of action of drugs and be able to relate this to their clinical uses, as well as appreciate their effects on the body’s physiological systems.Beautifully illustrated and written in a way that is easy to understand, Ross & Wilson Pharmacology is an ideal companion for practitioners, students and prescribers wanting a clear and practical understanding of the fast-changing field of clinical pharmacology.

    • Pharmacology in Midwifery

      • 1st Edition
      • June 1, 2024
      • Roslyn Donnellan - Fernandez + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 4 4 6 0 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 2 9 5 9 8 3 2 3
      Pharmacology in Midwifery has been written specifically for midwives in Australia and New Zealand and focuses on medications and their management – a core subject of the nursing curriculum and an integral part of practice.Written by highly respected experts in both pharmacology and midwifery, the textbook takes the reader through essential information about drugs and their therapeutic effects. It then explores pharmacology in the midwifery scope of practice, considering pregnancy, labour, birth, the postpartum period and neonatal care, both for normal and low risk pregnancies and women with complex needs.This book is a useful foundation text for midwifery students as well as for practising midwives wishing to refresh or augment their skills as prescribers.

    • Learning to Care

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 16, 2024
      • Ian Peate
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 1 3 0 0 0
      As the role of the nursing associate becomes increasingly embedded in health and care in the UK, this popular text is designed to fully prepare students for their future professional role as competent and compassionate nursing associates.Learning to Care: The Nursing Associate, Second Edition is written by a team of leading educators and practitioners to meet the specific needs of student nursing associates. It is straightforward to read and understand, covering everything from how to learn and how to write an essay, to fundamental anatomy and physiology and how to manage common disorders.This second edition has been fully updated to address evolving trends, making it ideal for all student nursing associates, educators and practitioners.

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