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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Transformational Tool Kit for Front Line Nurses, An Issue of Nursing Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 50-1
February 23, 2015
Francisca Cisneros Farrar
English

Nurses are faced with unprecedented challenges and opportunities. Healthcare delivery models are transforming that require adaptive and flexible nurses. The primary role of the frontline nurse is providing patient care. To be successful in this role it requires numerous competencies supported by evidence-based data. Frontline bedside nurses are fundamental to the success of value-based care delivery models. These transformational models rely on robust nursing contributions for success. Most frontline nurses don't understand value-based care models and their role in promoting positive outcomes for reimbursement. This issue is a tool kit to empower our frontline nurses for challenges they are facing with transformations occurring at their bedside practice site. The articles will be a best practice handbook for frontline nurses by providing resources to develop clinical skills to provide safe, quality, and accountable patient care needed for new healthcare delivery models.

Être un soignant heureux

2nd Edition
February 19, 2015
Claudine Carillo + 1 more
French

Cet ouvrage est construit autour de témoignages de soignants. L'auteure a choisi les situations les plus représentatives de la réalité du monde de la santé. Au fil des cas présentés, elle propose des pistes de réflexion et d'actions concrètes pour faciliter les relations avec les patients, les familles, et entre professionnels, tout en prenant soin de soi. Un chapitre est consacré à la gestion des émotions et au bien-être au travail. L'objectif de cet ouvrage est d'ouvrir les pistes des possibles, de transformer le doute en questionnement constructif, d'aider à (re)donner du sens et à cultiver le plaisir de travailler sans s'épuiser. Le style direct, stimulant et même humoristique de l'auteure vise à dédramatiser des situations difficiles, à les analyser soi-même et à trouver des solutions individuelles ou collectives. L'ouvrage n'a pas la prétention de résoudre « clef en main » tous les problèmes mais plutôt de proposer des éclairages parfois inédits, qui s'inspirent d'expériences comparées et de différentes approches de la communication et de la gestion du stress adaptées aux besoins spécifiques des soignants. Entièrement mise à jour, cette 2e édition est enrichie de données nouvelles, en particulier sur l'éducation thérapeutique du patient, la démarche réflexive et les références bibliographiques. L'auteure y incite à l'analyse des pratiques professionnelles par des questions ciblées.

Hemodynamic Monitoring

1st Edition
February 16, 2015
Mary E. Lough
English

An evidence-based guide to hemodynamic monitoring procedures and patient care, Hemodynamic Monitoring: Evolving Technologies & Clinical Practice describes invasive, non-invasive, and minimally invasive techniques in monitoring blood pressure and oxygen levels within the circulatory system. It provides a clear, illustrated discussion of the anatomy and physiology related to hemodynamics, explains the technologies involved in each measurement, and includes quick-reference tables of normal and abnormal values. Written by cardiovascular nursing expert Mary E. Lough, Hemodynamic Monitoring is a detailed, comprehensive text designed for critical care nurses and respiratory therapists.

PART - Anatomy and Physiology

9th Edition
February 10, 2015
Kevin T. Patton
English

Instrumentation for the Operating Room

9th Edition
January 29, 2015
Shirley M. Tighe
English

A must-have manual for anyone working with instruments in the clinical environment! Instrumentation for the Operating Room: A Photographic Manual, 9th Edition provides a practical, true-color guide to today’s most commonly used surgical instruments. A reader-friendly format includes clear instructions on preparation, sterilization, and setup, and goes beyond other books in showing not only individual instruments but also instruments in sets according to surgical procedure. This edition includes 13 new chapters as well as many new photographs throughout the book. Written by an experienced perioperative nurse, Shirley Tighe, this resource includes more than 1,000 photographs of instruments and instrument tips in the book and on the Evolve companion website — that’s more than any other manual!

Guide pratique de l'infirmière 2015-2016

4th Edition
January 14, 2015
Gabriel Perlemuter + 1 more
French

Cette 4e édition du guide qui a connu un grand succès, met en lien les informations médicales et pharmacologiques dont l'infirmier(e) a besoin en pratique quotidienne dans le cadre de son rôle propre comme de son rôle sur prescription : pathologie, médicaments, surveillance. L'ouvrage a été actualisé, en particulier, les fiches techniques qui sont nombreuses et les fiches pharmacologie. Véritable livre-outil, il offre un classement par spécialités et propose pour chaque pathologie : - Une fiche maladie avec les informations nécessaires sur la maladie et le patient, le bilan (examens biologiques, d'imagerie, etc.), un rappel sur le traitement (chirurgical et médicamenteux) et le pronostic. - Une fiche infirmière avec la conduite à tenir face au patient, en particulier face à son traitement : surveillance du traitement, de son efficacité et des effets secondaires, éducation-conseils au malade. - Une fiche technique détaillant, quand nécessaire, les gestes indispensables correspondant à l'activité de l'infirmier(e). - Une fiche pharmacologie reprenant sous forme de tableau : la classe, la DCI, le nom commercial, le mode de prescription, le prix par conditionnement et par unité, le taux de remboursement. Pour chaque classe, les propriétés, les indications et les contre-indications, les précautions d'emploi et les effets secondaires sont indiqués. Ce « tout en un », très pratique grâce à son format poche, est un guide indispensable au quotidien : en cours, en stage, en ville, en clinique ou à l'hôpital.

Crash Course Cell Biology and Genetics Updated Print + eBook edition

4th Edition
January 12, 2015
Matthew Stubbs + 1 more
Paul Simons + 1 more
English

The (printed) ‘Updated Edition’ now comes with added value access to the complete, downloadable eBook version via Student Consult. Search, read and revise whilst on the move and use the interactive self-assessment to test your understanding. Crash Course - a more flexible, practical learning package than ever before. Crash Course – your effective everyday study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have all the core information you need in one place to excel on your course and achieve exam success. A winning formula now for over 15 years, each series volume has been fine-tuned and fully updated, with an improved layout tailored to make your life easier. Specially written by senior medical students or recent graduates – those who have just been in the exam situation – with all information thoroughly checked and quality assured by expert faculty advisors, the result is books which exactly meet your needs and you know you can trust. The subject of cell biology and genetics has never been more essential to the medical curriculum and to modern medicine – yet is widely feared by students. This fully revised edition aims to make it as easy to understand and remember as possible, to ensure a solid grounding in the essential underlying principles and how they relate to clinical practice. It incorporates the latest developments in this fascinating and fast-moving field – including the human genome project and spin-offs such as the thousand genome project – as well as discussion of important ethical issues. Emerging molecular tools and laboratory techniques are explained so that you can appreciate where new treatments for genetic disease and screening technologies have arisen. An updated self-assessment section matching the latest exam formats then allows you to assess your progress and test your performance.

Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills

6th Edition
January 8, 2015
Anne G. Perry + 2 more
English

Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 6th Edition makes it easy to master the clinical skills required in everyday nursing practice. Clear guidelines address 159 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills — from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device — and step-by-step instructions emphasize the use of evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. Its friendly, easy-to-read writing style includes a streamlined format and an Evolve companion website with review questions and handy checklists for each skill.

Advances in Hemodynamic Monitoring, An Issue of Critical Care Clinics

1st Edition
Volume 31-1
December 10, 2014
Michael R. Pinsky
English

Dr. Michael Pinsky has assembled an expert team of authors on the topic of Hemodynamic Monitoring. Articles topics include: The interface between monitoring and physiology at the bedside; Defining goals of resuscitation in the critically ill; Minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring; Bedside ultrasound for the intensivist; Invasive hemodynamic monitoring; Functional hemodynamic monitoring; Using what you get: dynamic physiological signatures of critical illness; and Effect of organizational issues on resuscitation effectiveness.

Management of Hazardous Material Emergencies, An Issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

1st Edition
Volume 33-1
December 8, 2014
Stephen W. Borron
English

This issue of Emergency Medicine Clinics, edited by Drs. Stephen Borron and Ziad Kazzi focuses on emergencies arising from contact with Hazardous Materials. Article topics include: Selected classes and examples of dangerous industrial chemicals, weapons of mass destruction, and their syndromic identification; Hospital preparedness for chemical and radiological disasters; Personnel protection and decontamination of adults and children; Resources for toxicological information and assistance; Asphyxiants; Corrosives and irritants; Organophosphates and carbamates; Intentional and unintentional food, drug, and water contamination, and more!

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