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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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    • Anatomy and Physiology Applied to Health Professions

      • 7th Edition
      • October 17, 2002
      • Jennifer Rhind + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 0 3 1 0
      Rhind and Greig provide a multidisciplinary introduction to anatomy and physiology for health professionals and nursing students. This new edition has been expanded to guide complementary therapist students through key issues in anatomy and physiology.

    • Hemodynamic Monitoring

      • 3rd Edition
      • April 3, 2002
      • Gloria Oblouk Darovic
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 3 1 8 7 3 0
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 2 1 6 9 2 9 3 7
      Praised by nursing students for its straightforward language and readability, this interdisciplinary reference on bedside hemodynamic monitoring covers the technical aspects of clinical monitoring, including diagnostic and management principles for fluid-filled systems, intracranial hemodynamics, open-heart surgery patients, pediatric patients, and more! Well illustrated chapters detail exactly how to insert and manipulate catheters safely, read monitors properly, and interpret readings accurately. Precise illustrations deliver crucial details on delicate techniques. Content on the strengths and shortcomings of various hemodynamic monitoring modalities has been expanded significantly in the third edition, and a new chapter on intra-aortic balloon pumping has been added.TOC.

    • Education for Parenting

      • 1st Edition
      • January 8, 2002
      • Mary L. Nolan
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 2 6 4 1 6
      How can future parents best be prepared for parenting? And what kind of support and help can health professionals really give all parents? This book explores the skills that health professionals need in order to support parents' efforts to be "good enough" . It looks at the basic skills of adult education and how these can be applied, and it also takes a practical approach to the realistic support health professionals can give.The book looks not only at the needs of every parent but also of those with particular needs and issues. It asks and attempts to answer:what are the challenges facing parents who adopt a child?How does it feel to have carried, given birth to and parent a child whose genetic material is not your own?What are the most effective ways of communicating with parents who have learning difficulties?How can you help the parent of a child with a disability to celebrate the child rather than focus on the disability?How can women in prison be helped to make the transition to motherhood?

    • Breastfeeding Special Care Babies

      • 2nd Edition
      • March 27, 2002
      • Sandra Lang
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 2 5 4 4 0
      This is a comprehensive and practical guide to all aspects of breastfeeding babies with special care needs. The language is clear and direct and the references up to date. The author covers the basics of breastfeeding and lactation, positioning and attachment, milk supply, the impact of common drugs, as well as breast conditions and problems and their resolution. Particular attention is paid to feeding the vulnerable baby and to alternative methods of feeding.

    • Pocket Guide to Nutrition and Dietetics

      • 1st Edition
      • May 17, 2002
      • Sarah E. Byrom
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 1 3 6 2
      This is a clinical reference data pocket book. It contains the data most frequently used by dietitians and others in practice and is invaluable for dietetic students during their clinical placements. It is both practical and comprehensive. Data is readily accessible from clearly set out tables, clear diagrams and tabbed sections. As well as the core reference data there are useful appendices on various subjects including the nutritional compositions of foods, a weaning guide, a guide to religious influences on diet, useful addresses for relevant organisations and web sites.

    • Nutrition and Dietetics for Health Care

      • 10th Edition
      • May 30, 2002
      • Helen M. Barker
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 0 2 1 1
      This book provides an introduction to nutrition and dietetics from a health care perspective. It goes beyond what can be found in general nursing texts while remaining at a level suitable for the pre-registration student.The text comprehensively covers the whole area of dietetics and nutrition with the topics divided into three sections:-The science of nutrition, Community Nutrition and Therapeutic nutrition and dietetics. It is therefore useful as a reference text for those already working in the field of patient care.It has been revised completely to include the latest government guidelines on nutrition.

    • Solving Children's Soiling Problems

      • 1st Edition
      • May 23, 2002
      • Jackie Bracey
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 7 1 4 4 7
      This excellent new title is set to become the first point of reference for all practitioners dealing with children's soiling problems. The author produced this book with the intention of helping the inexperienced practitioner to become more confident in dealing with these clients. The book is aimed at School nurses, health visitors, child branch nursing students, paediatricians and GP's and is designed to be a book can be read front to back, but can also be 'dipped into' when help on a particular aspect of management is required.

    • Ogier's Reading Research

      • 3rd Edition
      • September 12, 2002
      • Nicky Lanoe
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 2 6 7 0 6
      The importance of evidence-based nursing and the need to be research-minded means that all nurses must be aware of research and use it to inform their practice. But how can you find out what research is available? How do you find your way around reports? And how can you decide what research is relevant to your practice? This book will help. Thousands of nurses found the first 2 editions' down-to-earth style and step-by-step guidance invaluable. The new edition will retain and enhance this straightforward approach, but reflect changes in locating and reading research, including the impact of new technologies such as CDROM, Medline and the Internet.

    • Health and Wellbeing for Older People

      • 1st Edition
      • June 11, 2002
      • Anne Squire
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 2 3 1 5 6
      This unique book provides one of the first and certainly the most practical approach to considering the needs of this population. It addresses important issues such as choice, partnership and community development in order that health promoters can work with and alongside older people to ensure that their health needs are addressed. The text contains numerous examples of good practice and is intentionally interactive, encouraging practitioners to reflect upon and question the assumptions that they make about the health and life-quality expectations for which older people have the potential. Its pragmatic and practical approach encourages the reader to then address these issues in their own practice.

    • Gynaecological Nursing

      • 1st Edition
      • June 6, 2001
      • Elizabeth A. Gangar + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 0 6 2 0 2 5
      Gynaecological Nursingis a comprehensive practical guide to many women health issues, written by nurses for nurses. This is a concise, clinically focused text on disease and disorders, which are unique to or are more common, in women. Medical technology is moving forward with resulting changes in practice and new techniques. Nurses need to be aware of these changes and advances and maintain our knowledge base. We need to be able to provide sound, accurate and consistent information. To maintain the trust patients have in nurses we must maintain an up to date knowledge and feel confident in this knowledge. Therefore this book provides thorough coverage of the latest medical advances and new techniques but with a sensitive holistic approach based on the requirements of nurses.

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