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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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    • Saunders 2026-2027 Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies

      • 9th Edition
      • April 2, 2025
      • Linda Anne Silvestri + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Learn proven strategies to prepare for nursing school tests and the NCLEX® exam! 2026-2027 Saunders Clinical Judgment and Test-Taking Strategies: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam, Ninth Edition, provides tools to help you overcome test anxiety, develop strong study skills, and improve test scores. You’ll gain insight into key nursing areas such as clinical judgment, prioritization, leading and managing, communication, and pharmacology. In the book and on the Evolve companion website, 1,200 practice questions represent all question types — including alternate item formats and new test items for the Next Generation NCLEX®. This edition includes NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (NCJMM) updates and stand-alone and unfolding case studies. Written by leading NCLEX® experts Linda and Angela Silvestri, this essential resource offers the practical tips and realistic practice you need to succeed on any exam!

    • Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing

      • 12th Edition
      • March 4, 2025
      • Patricia A. Potter + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Make this portable pocket reference your constant companion in the clinical setting! The Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of a nursing fundamentals course, this text features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever!

    • Guide pratique de l'ARM - Assistant de régulation médicale

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 27, 2025
      • Emmanuel Dinot + 2 more
      • French
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      L’assistant de régulation médicale (ARM) est le premier interlocuteur des personnes composant le 15 en cas d’urgence médicale. En accueillant et en analysant rapidement chaque appel, il identifie l’appelant, localise l’adresse d’intervention et hiérarchise les urgences à l’aide d’un interrogatoire bref. L’ARM oriente ensuite l’appel vers un médecin régulateur et met en oeuvre ses décisions, qu’il s’agisse d’un engagement de SMUR, de VSAV ou d’ambulance.Cette nouvelle édition mise à jour et enrichie d’une partie sur les situations sanitaires exceptionnelles, se concentre principalement sur le module 1 de la nouvelle formation des ARM : le rôle et le cadre d’exercice de l’ARM, la situation d’urgence et la communication.Il est divisé en 7 grandes parties :les bases de la communication ;la qualification initiale de l’appel ;l’adaptation au tableau clinique ;les pathologies circonstancielles ;les principales pathologies stomatologiques, ORL et ophtalmologiques rencontrées en régulation au SAMU-Centre 15 ;les urgences médicopsychologiques et psychiatriques ;les situations sanitaires exceptionnelles.Il compte également plusieurs annexes présentant l’alphabet radio international, les abréviations et les termes courants en situation sanitaire, la compréhension des termes médicaux, les notions de base sur le matériel de médecine d’urgence...Véritabl... guide pour tout futur ARM, il est aussi un aide-mémoire destiné à reposer sur chaque poste. Il est composé d’une cinquantaine de fiches qui proposent de façon didactique de nombreux encadrés et schémas décisionnels avec un code couleur permettant de guider la pratique au quotidien. Le propos est également étayé de figures anatomiques et photos en situation.Emmanuel Dinot (coordinateur) est cadre de santé infirmier anesthésiste, cadre du SAMU 91, du CESU et du SMUR de Corbeil-Essonnes, au centre hospitalier sud-francilien.Jean-... Desclefs est praticien hospitalier au SAMU 91, directeur médical du SAMU 91, directeur du CFARM des huit SAMU d’Île-de-France, directeur du CESU 91, au centre hospitalier sud-francilien.Véron... Galtier est praticien hospitalier au SAMU 91.

    • Today's Medical Assistant

      • 5th Edition
      • February 7, 2025
      • Kathy Bonewit-West
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Gain the professional knowledge and skills you need to succeed as a Medical Assistant! Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical and Administrative Procedures, Fifth Edition helps you master the clinical and administrative procedures performed in this ever-expanding role. With guidelines reflecting the latest CAAHEP competencies, this resource uses videos and step-by-step instructions to help you learn key medical assisting skills such as measuring vital signs, administering medications, bandaging, venipuncture, and assisting with minor office surgery. It also covers administrative skills such as managing medical records, scheduling appointments, and basic medical coding, and provides a solid foundation in A&P. Written by expert educator Kathy Bonewit-West, this book has everything you need to develop competency and prepare for certification.

    • Successful Clinical Placements in Nursing

      • 1st Edition
      • August 1, 2025
      • Natalie Elliott
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Welcome to nursing! Successful Clinical Placements in Nursing is part of the New Notes on Nursing series, a series created especially for you, the nursing student, at the start of your nursing journey.Clinical placement is where theory translates into reality and where things start to click into place. However, your journey through clinical placements will undoubtedly come with its fair share of challenges. You will face long shifts, complex medical cases and moments when you will question your own abilities. With Successful Clinical Placements in Nursing to hand, you will be guided by experts: advice tailored especially for you, from practising nurses, academics and nursing students themselves — people who have been through this journey too. Using storytelling, insights and invaluable advice, they will steer you through the key elements of your clinical placement experience and ensure it is a success. From the first steps in your nursing journey to your final year and beyond, Successful Clinical Placements in Nursing is your essential guide.The New Notes on Nursing series presents key topics in a highly accessible way without making assumptions about your existing knowledge. Concise volumes cover critical and emerging areas that include successful studying, professionalism, models of care, student wellbeing and more. The aim is to make content engaging and easy to absorb, focusing just on what is essential for success in your course. Using a relaxed writing style and an all-new design, these unique books provide personal guidance from experts and students alike. So, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for New Notes on Nursing!

    • Fundamentals of Nursing

      • 12th Edition
      • January 15, 2025
      • Patricia A. Potter + 4 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**Learn the concepts and skills and develop the clinical judgment you need to provide excellent nursing care! Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical judgment, nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and person-centered care in all settings. With illustrated, step-by-step guidelines, this book makes it easy to learn important skills and procedures. Care plans are presented within a nursing process framework that is coordinated with clinical judgement, and case studies show how to apply concepts to nursing practice. From an expert author team led by Patricia Potter and Anne Perry, this bestselling nursing textbook helps you develop the understanding and clinical judgment you need to succeed in the classroom and in your career.

    • Critical Care Nursing

      • 10th Edition
      • January 17, 2025
      • Linda D. Urden + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Critical Care**Winner of a Silver American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award for its 9th edition!Prepare for the challenges of today’s progressive and critical care nursing environments! Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management, 10th Edition is a comprehensive guide to critical care nursing concepts as they apply to clinical assessment, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic management. Using a logical, body systems organization, this award-winning text uses an evidence-based approach to address the care of patients with critical physiological alterations. This new edition features an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusion to reflect the 2021 AACN Essentials and the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report. It also features new disorder summary figures, Social Determinants of Health boxes, Supporting the Well-Being of Nurses boxes, Informatics boxes, and expanded resources for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination. Ideal for CCRN® and PCCN® exam preparation, Urden’s Critical Care Nursing helps you develop the critical thinking and clinical judgment skills required for success in progressive and critical care nursing settings.

    • Study Guide for Today's Medical Assistant

      • 5th Edition
      • February 3, 2025
      • Kathy Bonewit-West + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Get the most out of your Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical and Administrative Procedures textbook with this practical study guide! With chapters corresponding to those in the textbook, this review provides the extra practice you need to master the clinical and administrative procedures performed by medical assistants. Each chapter includes a wide range of exercises, performance checklists, and a guide to the amount of practice you need to attain competency. Written by the textbook’s author, this review tool provides everything you need to master all of today’s important medical assisting skills!

    • Checklisten Intensivpflege

      • 1st Edition
      • January 2, 2025
      • Mario Bagaric + 1 more
      • German
      • Spiral-bound
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      • eBook
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      Alles Wichtige auf einen Blick Die Checklisten Intensivpflege bieten Ihnen eine übersichtliche Zusammenfassung der häufigsten Krankheitsbilder, die eine intensivmedizinische Versorgung erfordern. Vom Abdominellen Aortenaneurysma über HELLP-Syndrom und Sepsis bis hin zur Zyanose erfahren Intensivpflegekräfte und Pflegende in der Weiterbildung, alphabetisch geordnet, alles überDefinition und gängige Synonyme des KrankheitsbildsUrsac... Symptome, Diagnostik und TherapieHinweise zur Pflege, z.B. Patientenbeobachtung und spezielle PflegehandlungenWich... Zusatzinformationen und HinweiseZusätzlich enthalten die Checklisten eigene Kapitel zu speziellen Pflegemaßnahmen in der Intensivpflege wie Bauchpositionierung und Weaning sowie zu wichtigen Arzneimittelgruppen.... Checklisten Intensivpflege sind perfekt geeignet zum schnellen Nachschlagen in der Praxis und zur Wiederholung von Prüfungswissen!

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