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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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    • Saunders Nursing Survival Guide: ECGs and the Heart

      • 2nd Edition
      • December 14, 2005
      • Cynthia C. Chernecky + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 1 6 0 2 8 7 8 9
      Using lighthearted cartoons and mnemonic tools, this easy-to-read guide simplifies and clearly explains the heart and how it works. It covers the principles of ECG interpretation, to help you understand ECG rhythm and its relationship to cardiac electrophysiology. The 2nd edition features two new chapters on normal sinus rhythm and idioventricular rhythms. Over 100 NCLEX® examination-style questions are included, with 2-3 rhythm strips at the end of most chapters, and 30 more at the end of the book to practice interpretation.

    • Mosby's Emergency & Transport Nursing Examination Review

      • 4th Edition
      • March 15, 2005
      • Renee S. Holleran
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 6 0 0 0 4
      This valuable study resource provides a thorough, comprehensive review for the Certified Emergency Nurse (CEN) exam – and it's the only review book that also helps readers prepare for the Certified Flight Registered Nurse (CFRN) and Flight Paramedic Certification (FP-C) exams. No other resource provides both a review of content as well as over 1,400 questions and a CD-ROM with 3 practice tests. Each chapter features questions with answers and rationales for every question – explaining the "why" behind every answer. Packed with all the essential information needed for a complete review, it includes a new section on critical care, a new chapter on bioterrorism, and new content on conscious sedation issues, RSI, airway management, and safety training. The Transport section now includes new content on CAMTS standards and transport operations.

    • Developmental Anatomy and Physiology of Children

      • 1st Edition
      • May 24, 2005
      • Carol Chamley + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 3 4 1 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 3 3 3 1 5
      This book is a comprehensive guide to developmental anatomy and physiology of children, related to the developing child from fetus up to adolescence. It takes a systematic approach and addresses all the body systems. As well as addressing normal growth and development it places pathology in perspective when related to developmental issues, such as congenital abnormalities.

    • The ECG in Emergency Decision Making

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 8, 2005
      • Hein J. J. Wellens + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 1 4 1 6 0 0 2 5 9 8
      Offering step-by-step instructions, this text describes how to use 12-lead electrocardiograms (ECGs) to make rapid and informed decisions in emergencies. It shows how to recognize the underlying mechanism of a cardiac emergency, its significance, and the best treatment. A brief outline of these steps is followed by complete, in-depth coverage.

    • Evidence-Based Nursing

      • 1st Edition
      • January 10, 2005
      • Alba DiCenso + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 2 5 9 1 1
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 8 0 9 0 3
      Evidence Based Nursing is written in response to numerous requests by nurse practitioners and other graduate faculty for a nursing literature resource. This reader-friendly, accessible guide features plentiful examples from the nursing literature and the addition of specific nursing issues such as qualitative research, with direct application for clinical practice. The guide enables nurses to: frame their clinical questions in a way that will help them find the evidence to support their opinions; distinguish between strong and weak evidence; clearly understand study results; weigh the risks and benefits of management options; and apply the evidence to their individual patients to improve outcomes. Part One provides a basic approach to the problems faced by nurses when determining optimal care, predicting patient progress, and protecting patients from potentially harmful side effects, in addition to including a literature assessment summary and management recommendations. Part Two expands on Part One, providing concrete examples through case studies.

    • Palliative Practices

      • 1st Edition
      • February 23, 2005
      • Kim K. Kuebler + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 0 2 8 2 1 9
      The first book of its kind, this must-have resource examines the integration of palliative interventions from a disease-specific approach, providing practical guidance on caring for patients who follow a progressive, chronic disease trajectory prior to death. This uniquely practical book addresses all aspects of palliative care, going beyond theoretical information to advise practitioners on the most effective management of common symptoms and providing physical, psychological, and spiritual comfort to patients and families. The multidisciplinary focus of care is reflected by collaborative contributors and diverse authorship of an oncology/palliative care nurse practitioner, a physician, and a social worker.

    • Essential Anatomy & Physiology in Maternity Care

      • 2nd Edition
      • March 22, 2005
      • Linda Wylie
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 0 0 4 1 3
      Anatomy and physiology presented in a clear and accessible manner for the midwifery student. Well illustrated with numerous line diagrams, ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY IN MATERNITY CARE takes a system-approach to the physiological changes that occur throughout the childbearing year. Varied case studies reflecting the latest research findings ensure that theory is firmly rooted in midwifery practice. This is an excellent first textbook for those students needing to understand the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and childbirth.

    • Achieving Evidence-Based Practice

      • 2nd Edition
      • November 17, 2005
      • Susan Hamer + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 2 7 7 6 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 6 3 0 8 4
      This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how to apply the evidence using a variety of approaches and in different organisational contexts, and how to understand different dimensions of personal and organisational change and its ethical components.

    • Evidence-Based Practice

      • 2nd Edition
      • October 26, 2004
      • Martin Dawes
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 2 9 9 4
      The book is a comprehensive guide to all the main strands of EBHC - finding and implementing evidence for use in clinical practice. Its focus is health professionals in the primary care field, and it consciously uses case examples from a variety of professional contexts. Examples and questions relevant to primary care practice are featured throughout the text. It discusses principles as well as practice, and provides guidance for teachers.

    • Regulating Healthcare Quality

      • 1st Edition
      • June 16, 2004
      • John Tingle + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 5 0 6 8 7 8 4 3
      The key focus of this edited text is on the legal and professional conflicts and issues that can arise from regulating health care quality. Doctors and nurses all increasingly face a number of dilemmas with regulating health quality issues such as increasing levels of complaints and litigation, scarcity of resources, under-staffing, professional discipline, clinical governance, clinical risk management etc. This book spells out and discusses these issues, taking an academic approach, though this will be tempered with a practical focus on issues.

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