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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.

  • Hematologic Issues in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-3
    • Patricia O’Malley
    • English
    Dr. O'Malley is a well-known nurse researcer in the area of Hemaotology, and she has assembled top experts to write about the most important hemtaologic issues in critical care. The issue has articles devoted to the following topics: Cord blood banking; Leukemia and Lymphomas; Sickle Cell; Anticoagulants; Aplastic anemia & MDS; Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Pernicious Anemia; Hemophilia; Blood book: cells, products, transfusion; Anemia; Multiple Myeloma; DIC; and The lived experience of anemia without a cause. Nurses will come away with the clinical information they need to improve patient outcomes in the critical care setting.

  • Guide du calcul de doses et de débits médicamenteux

    Méthodologie. Entraînement. Evaluations
    • 4th Edition
    • Dominique Rispail + 1 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage de méthodologie et d’entraînement vous aide à comprendre comment réussir tous les calculs de doses. Il vous permet d’intégrer, par étapes progressives, les concepts mathématiques de base en liaison avec les situations professionnelles. Cette quatrième édition vous propose : - un focus actualisé sur la responsabilité professionnelle ; - une méthode de résolution de problèmes, étape par étape, avec exercices d’application corrigés ; - des exercices et corrigés de quatre niveaux d’entraînement : questions-réponses, mini cas concrets et cas cliniques vous replaçant en situation professionnelle réelle ; - un chapitre sur les évaluations de l’UE 4.4. Thérapeutiques et contribution au diagnostic médical (semestre 2) et de l’UE 2.11. Pharmacologie et thérapeutiques (semestre 5) ; - un nouveau chapitre sur les calculs de dose en SSPI, réanimation, USI et USC ; - des fiches de révision rappelant les bases mathématiques indispensables.

  • Transplantation, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 35-3
    • Aman Mahajan + 1 more
    • English
    This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics focuses on Transplantation. Editors Aman Mahajan and Christopher Wray have assembled an expert team of authors on topics such as: Immunology and Pharmacology of Transplantation; Infectious Diseases and Malignancies in Transplantation; Anesthesia Management of the Organ Donor; Transfusion Medicine and Coagulation Management in Organ Transplantation; Pediatric Transplantation; Anesthesia for Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation; Anesthesia for Heart Transplantation; Anesthesia for Lung Transplantation; Anesthesia for Liver Transplantation; Anesthesia for Small Bowel and Multivisceral Transplantation; Anesthesia for hand and face transplantation; Anesthesia considerations in Transplant recipients for Non-transplant surgery.

  • Geriatric Syndromes, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 52-3
    • Jennifer Kim + 1 more
    • English
    Top experts from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing have put together an excellent issue devoted to Geriatric Syndromes that will prepare the reader for treatment and patient care of geriatric patients. Top authors have written reviews in the following areas: Cognitive Issues; GI Disturbances; Urinary Incontinence; Frailty; Impaired Mobility and Functional Decline; Risk for Injury (Falls); Nutritional Risks; Pain Management; Polypharmacy Management; Impairments in Skin Integrity; and Sleep Disorders. Nurses will come away with a current view of the clinical management for these clinical issues in geriatric population.

  • L'indispensable en stage de Neurologie

    • 3rd Edition
    • Kiyoka KINUGAWA-BOURRON + 1 more
    • French
    Ce Mémo stage propose : - une partie « Connaître votre lieu de stage » : Quelle famille de stage ? Comment est organisé un service hospitalier de neurologie ? Comment orienter sa recherche de stage ? Quels patients et quelles situations cliniques vais-je rencontrer ? - une partie « Compétences infirmières » en lien avec les situations cliniques récurrentes et les prises en charge thérapeutiques. - une partie « Prérequis » avec les notions d'anatomie et de physiologie du système nerveux central et périphérique. - les pathologies en neurologie sous forme de fiches, avec : . la définition, . l'épidémiologie, . l'étiologie, . le diagnostic : examen clinique, examens complémentaires, . le traitement : règles de prescription ; - une rubrique « Conduite à tenir IDE » qui clôt chaque fiche de pathologie, et expose la prise en charge infirmière (accueil du patient, bilans, surveillance, gestes techniques spécifiques) en mettant en lien la compétence mobilisée ; - des fiches présentant les investigations les plus courantes en service de neurologie ; - des fiches récapitulant tous les médicaments abordés dans l'ouvrage. Ce Mémo Stage accompagne efficacement les étudiants infirmiers tout au long de leur stage en service de neurologie.

  • Humanisme soignant et soins infirmiers

    Un art du singulier
    • 1st Edition
    • Walter Hesbeen
    • French
    L’humanisme soignant se présente comme un courant de pensée amorcé dès 1995 à l’initiative entre autres de Walter Hesbeen. Ce courant œuvre pour accorder plus d’importance à la singularité des personnes présentes dans les structures et organisations d’aide et de soins en vue de laisser émerger chez l’autre son humanité quels que soient l’état et la situation dans laquelle il se trouve. La préoccupation centrale de ce courant est la relation de soin dont la finalité est d’aider une personne et ses proches à vivre ce qu’ils ont à vivre dans la situation qu’ils partagent. Une telle finalité nécessite de se rappeler en permanence que le malade n’est pas la maladie qu’il a. En tant que finalité commune à tous les intervenants, la relation de soin fait appel à des moyens au rang desquels se situent les soins infirmiers, et donc la pratique des infirmières et infirmiers autant que celle des aides-soignantes et aides-soignants. Rappelant ce qu’est le fondement même des soins infirmiers, Walter Hesbeen met en exergue le professionnalisme subtil que nécessitent tant la pratique infirmière que la pratique aide-soignante dès lors que ces pratiques se veulent soucieuses du sujet et se préoccupent de ne pas heurter, de ne pas blesser sa dignité. De telles pratiques procèdent d’un véritable art soignant du singulier car elles se veulent soucieuses de l’être qu’est cet autre en la singularité de son existence avec l’intériorité à nulle autre pareille qui est la sienne. C’est parce qu’il aborde de manière approfondie la relation de soin que ce livre s’adresse à chacun des acteurs de celle-ci et des étudiants qui s’y destinent. C’est parce qu’il clarifie ce que sont les soins infirmiers et qu’il les situe au sein même de la relation de soin que cet ouvrage se présente comme une référence pour tous les professionnels et étudiants infirmiers et aides-soignants.

  • Promoting Health

    The Primary Health Care Approach
    • 6th Edition
    • Lyn Talbot + 1 more
    • English
    Promoting Health examines the social, environmental, cultural and psychological determinants of health and illness and the role that primary health care has in addressing health inequalities and the broad range of skills that health practitioners need to address this issue. In this new edition, the authors have uniquely utilised two fundamental tenets central to all health promotion practice and developed key features from both the World Health Organization’s Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and the International Union for Health Promotion and Education’s Core Competencies for Health Promotion. Drawing on internationally recognised health promotion frameworks, this text provides an essential toolkit for health promotion theory and practice for students across a broad range of disciplines.

  • Patient & Person

    Interpersonal Skills in Nursing
    • 6th Edition
    • Jane Stein-Parbury
    • English
    Effective communication is vital for nurses to provide quality care for patients and their families.Patient & Person provides students with an essential framework to establish and build effective interpersonal skills in nursing practice.Incorporati... a person-centred approach, Patient & Person focuses on the importance of relating and interacting with patients as people - a concept central in providing quality nursing care and developing a therapeutic relationship in practice.

  • Promoting Health: A Practical Guide

    A Practical Guide
    • 7th Edition
    • Angela Scriven
    • English
    Leading the field in public health for over 30 years, Ewles & Simnett’s seminal text is now in its seventh edition. This new edition, the second to be revised by Angela Scriven, has been thoroughly updated and aligned with national standards to provide an accessible, current, practical guide for all those involved in the what, why, who and how of health promotion and public health practice.

  • Mémo-guide infirmier - UE 2.1 à 2.11

    Sciences biologiques et médicales
    • 3rd Edition
    • Pascal Hallouët
    • French
    Cette nouvelle édition du Mémo-guide infirmier traite sous forme de fiches, l’ensemble des connaissances du domaine 2 (UE 2.1 à 2.11) du référentiel de formation. Réparties en sept grands chapitres, les 86 fiches essentielles présentent : • UE 2.1 : la biologie fondamentale (notions essentielles sur les molécules, la cellule, les nutriments, l’homéostasie, etc.) ; • UE 2.2 : la biologie intégrative (système endocrinien, système sanguin, système nerveux) et les grandes fonctions (respiratoire, digestive, etc.) ; • UE 2.3 : les concepts de santé, handicap, accidents de la vie, douleur ; • UE 2.4 à 2.9 : les pathologies prévalentes dans les processus pathologiques avec pour chacune : l’épidémiologie, la physiopathologie, les circonstances d’apparition, la recherche diagnostique, les traitements, le pronostic et les complications, ainsi que le rôle infirmier ; • UE 2.10 : l’infectiologie et l’hygiène (bactériologie, système de défense immunitaire, etc.) ; • UE 2.11 : les données principales en pharmacologie et thérapeutiques regroupées par classes de médicaments : propriétés, indications, contre-indications, effets secondaires, surveillance ; • En complément, un dernier chapitre présente 375 QCM corrigés afin de s’autoévaluer sur l’ensemble des connaissances essentielles en sciences biologiques et médicales. Clair, synthétique et illustré de nombreux schémas et dessins en couleurs, cet « aide-mémoire » de poche sera le compagnon indispensable de tous les étudiants en IFSI.

  • Living with Chronic Illness and Disability

    Principles for nursing practice
    • 3rd Edition
    • Esther Chang + 1 more
    • English
    With a complex range of chronic illnesses identified as national health priorities in Australia and New Zealand, nurses and health professionals are increasingly caring for people with chronic disease and disability across a variety of care settings. Acquiring the relevant knowledge and skills to work with people who have a chronic illness and/or disability is vital to providing quality, competent care. Living with Chronic Illness and Disability: principles for nursing practice, 3rd edition has been fully revised to reflect the most current local and international research, focusing on a range of common chronic illnesses and disabilities, including: stroke, cancer, heart disease, mental illness, dementia, diabetes, asthma and obesity. The third edition provides a holistic framework and models of care that are essential for caring for individuals and families living the lif ealtering journey of chronic illness and disability.

  • Mayes' Midwifery

    • 15th Edition
    • Sue Macdonald + 1 more
    • English
    A new edition of a classic textbook fully updated to meet the needs of today’s midwifery student. Now available for the first time in full color, the 15th edition of Mayes Midwifery has an enhanced artwork program and comes with an extensive website which provides 600 MCQs and wide selection of case studies and reflective activities; a downloadable image bank assists with essay and assignment preparation.

  • Fluids and Electrolytes, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 52-2
    • Joshua Squiers
    • English
    Dr. Squiers has assembled the leading nurses in the country on the management of fluids and electrolytes to write state-of-the-art reviews on this important topic. Readers will come away with current knowledge and management strategies to improve patient outcomes in the following areas: Colloids vs crystalloids in trauma resuscitation; Colloids vs crystalloids in post cardiopulmonary bypass patients; Potassium and magnesium serum levels in Aifb prophalxysis; Review of outcomes in hypernatremia in ICP management; Does evidence drive fluid volume restriction in chronic HF; Assessment of volume status in patients with mechanical cardiac support devices; Assessment of volume status utilizing ultrasounds examination; Managing electrolyte disturbances in tumor lysis syndrome; Post-cystectomy electrolyte issues with neobladder hypophosphatemia effects on weaning mechanical ventilation; and Does fluid resuscitation affect long-term cognitive function in sepsis?

  • Top 60 signs for Nurses

    Quick reference guide for best practice care
    • 1st Edition
    • Mark Dennis + 2 more
    • English
    Presented in a useful handbook style, Top 60 Signs for Nurses: Quick reference guide for best practice care outlines the evidence base and clinical value of each clinical sign to assist with interpretation. Each of the signs is related back to the mechanism of action along with clearly documented research to demonstrate the evidence base associated with this sign.

  • Animer en Humanitude

    L'animation dans les établissements d'accueil des personnes fragilisées
    • 1st Edition
    • Philippe Crône
    • French
    Dans les établissements d’accueil des personnes fragilisées, on compte de nombreux soignants pour un ou deux animateurs, la prise en soin étant devenue la priorité au détriment de la dimension sociale et humaine. Or si on limite l’animation à une activité de loisir ou à un « passe-temps », on ne donne pas à l’animateur la place qui lui est due. Son rôle est bien plus ambitieux : créer un lien social et placer la dignité humaine au centre des soins, tout en s’adaptant aux besoins de l’établissement et des résidents. Car, quelle est la valeur de la prise en soin, si elle ne va pas de pair avec une démarche humaine et sociale ? Ce livre développe le projet d’animation en trois points, autour de la philosophie de l’humanitude, afin d’aider les animateurs et les structures à mettre en place une dynamique pluridisciplinaire et promouvoir le vivre ensemble. 1. L’animation solidaire. Elle a pour but de faire de l’établissement un lieu où il fait bon vivre et de développer une dynamique sociale porteuse d’envies et de projets vers un vivre ensemble loin de toute ségrégation. 2. Le projet d’accompagnement social personnalisé. Les animateurs apportent leurs compétences spécifiques et leur légitimité au service du projet de chaque résident. Ce livre décrit et propose des outils de traçabilité, de stratégie sociale et d’évaluation en fonction du public accueilli. 3.La communication. L’animateur doit assurer une médiation à deux niveaux. C’est d’abord la relation avec l’extérieur en relayant des valeurs positives de la structure, comme les évènements festifs. Il doit aussi communiquer à l’intérieur de la structure de façon à mettre en relation les professionnels avec les résidents. Ce livre, qui s’adresse à tous les animateurs et les soignants, propose une réflexion, une démarche et des outils pour mettre en place une animation professionnelle. Au-delà de l’activité ludique, la citoyenneté est au centre de ce projet pour les établissements d’accueil, afin que les résidents puissent y vivre le mieux possible, quels que soient leurs problèmes ou leur pathologie.

  • Pediatric Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-2
    • Jerithea Tidwell + 1 more
    • English
    The Guest Editors have assembled expert authors to contribute current reviews devoted to critical care in pediatrics. The articles are devoted to Simulation and Impact on Code Sepsis; Cardiac Rapid Response Team/Modified Cardiac PEWS Development; Impact on Cardiopulmonary Arrest Events on Inpatient Cardiac Unit; Promoting Safety in Post-Tracheostomy Placement Patients in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Through Protocol; Innovation in Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers Prevention in Neonatal Post-Cardiac Surgery Patients; Utilizing an Interactive Patient Care System in an Acute Care Pediatric Hospital Setting to Improve Patient Outcomes; Advances in Pediatric Pulmonary Artery Hypertension; and Creating a Safety Program in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or Assessing Pain in the Pediatric Intensive Care Patients to name a few. Readers will come away with information that is actionable in the pediatric ICU.

  • Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives

    • 1st Edition
    • Cathy Ashwin + 1 more
    • English
    Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives is a brand new resource that offers readers a ready source of up-to-date information at the fingertips! Well illustrated with over 100 figures, tables and pull-out boxes, this slim pocket guide includes a wealth of information ranging from physical examination to drug calculations, antenatal investigations, screening, infant feeding, medical complications of pregnancy, and birth emergencies. Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives will be ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training.

  • L'indispensable en stage de Pédiatrie - Pédopsychiatrie

    • 3rd Edition
    • Manuel Schiff + 1 more
    • French
    Ce Mémo stage propose : - une partie « Connaître votre lieu de stage » qui détaille les services de pédiatrie et de pédopsychiatrie afin de se familiariser avec leurs spécificités ; - une partie sur les compétences infirmières qui met en lien les situations cliniques spécifiques et récurrentes de ces services avec les compétences infirmières requises ; - une partie « Prérequis » avec les rappels des connaissances nécessaires avant d’aborder les pathologies ; - deux parties consacrées aux pathologies, l’une exclusivement consacrée à la pédiatrie, l’autre à la pédopsychiatrie. Elles sont développées sous forme de fiches avec : . définition et causes, . signes cliniques, . diagnostic, . traitement, . conduite à tenir IDE exposant la prise en charge infirmière (soin, technique, mesures préventives, surveillance). - une partie consacrée aux médicaments utilisés dans ces services. Ce mémo accompagnera efficacement les étudiants infirmiers tout au long de leur stage en service de pédiatrie et de pédopsychiatrie.

  • The Practitioner as Teacher - Updated Edition

    • 4th Edition
    • Brian Dolan + 1 more
    • English
    Mentors for student nurses and newly registered nurses will welcome the revised fourth edition of this trusted handbook on how to teach others: peers, students, patients and relatives. It is written in a user-friendly style, ‘talking through’ strategies with the reader. This is a practical ‘How to’ guide, rather than an academic treatise, with particular emphasis on the use of competencies.

  • Midwifery Essentials: Basics

    Volume 1
    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 1
    • Helen Baston + 1 more
    • English
    New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

  • Midwifery Essentials: Labour

    Volume 3
    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 3
    • Helen Baston + 1 more
    • English
    New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

  • Midwifery Essentials: Postnatal

    Volume 4
    • 2nd Edition
    • Volume 4
    • Helen Baston + 1 more
    • English
    New edition of a title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

  • Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary

    • 13th Edition
    • Denise Tiran
    • English
    Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary remains the dictionary of choice for midwives throughout the world! The 13th edition of this established and well-respected pocket dictionary has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of midwives in a variety of clinical settings throughout the world. Woman friendly in approach with a variety of helpful illustrations, the dictionary also contains helpful appendices - post-partum haemorrhage, maternal basic life support, neonatal resuscitation, management of shoulder dystocia, and cord prolapse - together with a useful glossary.

  • Midwifery Essentials: Infant feeding

    Volume 5
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 5
    • Joyce Marshall + 2 more
    • English
    New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

  • Anatomie de l'appareil locomoteur - Tome 3

    Tête et tronc
    • 3rd Edition
    • Michel Dufour
    • French
    Ce manuel original met d’emblée l’accent sur la compréhension et la finalité du savoir. Il est à l’heure actuelle une référence en matière de pédagogie anatomique car sa conception facilite l’acquisition des connaissances. L’auteur a conçu près de 500 figures en couleurs, toujours placées en regard du texte selon une approche originale où fonctionnalité et intelligibilité de l’information priment. La structure des chapitres – textes aux plans simples et systématiques, tableaux synthétiques – favorise la mémorisation logique. Pour chaque structure anatomique, des indications palpatoires et patho-mécaniques permettent d’affermir les connaissances en soulignant les intérêts pratiques. Cet ouvrage offre une lecture complète de la tête et du tronc : Ostéologie ; Arthrologie ; Myologie ; Appareil fibreux ; Neurologie; Angiologie; Morpho-topographie. Il offre également une auto-évaluation par QROC et chrono-QROC, des clichés de dissection originaux et des planches régionales issues du célèbre Atlas d'anatomie humaine de Franck Netter. Premier ouvrage tenant compte de l’ensemble du programme d’anatomie des études de kinésithérapie, il s’adresse avant tout aux étudiants de cette discipline mais également à tous les étudiants concernés par l’anatomie de l’appareil locomoteur, ainsi qu’aux professionnels, kinésithérapeutes ou médecins, qui trouveront là un document facile à consulter. Cette nouvelle édition a été entièrement actualisée pour offrir au lecteur une information toujours plus précise et pertinente et une adéquation optimale entre le texte et les figures. La partie auto-évaluation s’est enrichie de chrono-QROC, élaboration originale et unique de réponses organisées en fonction du temps.

  • Myles Survival Guide to Midwifery

    • 3rd Edition
    • Maureen D. Raynor + 1 more
    • English
    New edition of the hugely popular Survival Guide to Midwifery, originally created in response to student requests for quality-assured, ‘dip into’ information designed for use in the clinical environment. The latest edition is fully updated throughout and has new authorship from the UK and Australia.

  • Fetal Monitoring in Practice

    • 4th Edition
    • Donald Gibb + 1 more
    • English
    Prepared by editors of international renown, the latest edition of Fetal Monitoring in Practice has been fully updated throughout and now presents the latest information in colour! Retaining the features that characterised the success of previous editions – an accessible writing style, basic CTG interpretation, use of correct terminology, common pitfalls associated with equipment usage, underlying pathophysiology, clinical trial data and relevant clinical scenarios – new features include an expanded author team to provide an international perspective, the latest guidelines from NICE and FIGO, new and expanded information on clinical assessment and medical litigation, and a new chapter on competency testing in CTG interpretation prior to practice.

  • Saunders Guide to Success in Nursing School, 2017-2018

    A Student Planner
    • 13th Edition
    • Holly K. Stromberg
    • English
    The popular Saunders Guide to Success in Nursing School is a versatile organizational tool, a practical nursing orientation handbook, a clinical quick reference, and a resource directory all in one. This compact and affordable guide helps busy nursing students manage their time and perform to their fullest potential inside the classroom and during clincial rotations. The Guide not only provides time management and stress-reduction strategies, advise on study skills, and yearly, monthly, and weekly planners, but also comes equipped with a variety of helpful clincial tools like pain and neurological assessment scales, Joint Commission safety guidelines, information on common drug and lab values, and NCLEX preparation tips.

  • Physiology in Childbearing

    with Anatomy and Related Biosciences
    • 4th Edition
    • Jean Rankin
    • English
    The new edition of Physiology in Childbearing with Anatomy and Related Biosciences continues to offer readers with a sound introduction to human biology as it relates to pregnancy and childbirth. The new edition retains the online question bank with downloadable image collection and is suitable for midwives – whether qualified or in training – throughout the world.

  • Infection in the Intensive Care Unit, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 29-1
    • Todd Tartavoulle + 1 more
    • English
    Critical care units are high-risk areas which contribute to increased health care costs and increased patient morbidity and mortality. Patients in critical care units are commonly confronted with existing and the potential to develop infections. Critical care practitioners play a crucial role as initial providers to critically ill patients with infections through the delivery of timely and appropriate therapies aimed to prevent and treat patient infections. The responsibility of critical care practitioners include prudent delivery of care to treat current infections as well as ensuring the delivery of care does not increase the development of new infections. Aggressive infection control measures are needed to reduce infections in critical care settings. Dissemination of scholarly work on the topic of infection in critically ill patients can play a role in improving patient outcomes. The information provided on infections in this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics promotes the dissemination of current literature on a series of timely and relevant infection topics in critical care environments.

  • Guide pratique infirmier

    • 5th Edition
    • Gabriel Perlemuter + 1 more
    • French
    Cette 5e 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. Les auteurs ont procédé à l’actualisation de l’ensemble des fiches maladie, techniques, infirmières et 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 indésirables sont indiqués. Véritable « tout en un » et très pratique grâce à son format poche, cet ouvrage s’avère un guide indispensable au quotidien : en cours, en stage, en ville, en clinique ou à l’hôpital.

  • Guide de l'Assistant de soins en gérontologie

    ASG : le tout-en-un de la formation
    • 2nd Edition
    • Fondation Médéric - Alzheimer + 4 more
    • French
    L’assistant de soins en gérontologie (ASG) intervient auprès des personnes âgées dépendantes atteintes de la maladie d’Alzheimer ou d’une maladie apparentée. Cette prise en charge nécessite une formation spécifique de 140 heures accessible aux seuls aides-soignants et accompagnants éducatifs et sociaux. La prise en charge quotidienne des personnes atteintes de maladies neurodégénératives nécessite une solide connaissance de ces maladies et une bonne capacité à évaluer les compétences des personnes dépendantes. Il devient alors possible de mieux organiser la réalisation des actes de la vie quotidienne, de prévenir les situations de crise et d’établir une communication appropriée afin de contribuer à la qualité de vie de la personne malade et de son entourage. L’ASG exerce soit en équipes spécialisées au sein d’un service de soins infirmiers à domicile (SSIAD), soit dans un établissement d’hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes (Ehpad), soit à l’hôpital, dans les services de soins de suite et réadaptation (SSR) cognitivo-comporteme... ou les unités de soins de longue durée (USLD). Cet ouvrage collectif – conçu et rédigé par des spécialistes – propose l’ensemble des connaissances fondamentales et pratiques du référentiel officiel de formation à travers un cours clair et pédagogique, émaillé de fiches pratiques détaillées, d’analyses de situations et de conseils aux professionnels. Entièrement actualisée et enrichie, cette nouvelle édition est conforme au « Plan maladies neuro-dégénératives 2014-2019 » et à la loi de janvier 2016 sur « l’adaptation de la société au vieillissement ». Elle s’adresse aux aides-soignants et accompagnants éducatifs et sociaux en formation, aux formateurs ASG et à tous les professionnels s’occupant au quotidien de personnes atteintes de maladies neurodégénératives.

  • Guide infirmier des examens de laboratoire

    • 2nd Edition
    • René Caquet
    • French
    Cette 2e édition entièrement actualisée, couvre en 128 fiches les examens de laboratoire les plus courants à l’hôpital. Les examens sont classés par ordre alphabétique. Sur chaque fiche : • Les objectifs de l’examen. • Les techniques de prélèvement (choix du matériel, déroulement de l’examen, précautions à prendre). • Les valeurs usuelles de référence (valeurs dites « normales »). • L’interprétation des résultats du point de vue de l’infirmier(e) en donnant une place particulière aux situations d’urgence et à celles où l’examen de laboratoire prend une place importante dans le diagnostic infirmier. Les techniques les plus récentes, notamment celles de biologie moléculaire automatisée (PCR, RT-PCR), sont développées soulignant leur importance chaque jour plus grande dans la pratique infirmière et médicale. L’index, considérablement enrichi, permet de consulter l’ouvrage de façon plus rapide et plus efficace. Un rabat détachable propose un tableau des valeurs normales des principaux examens.

  • PASS CEN!

    • 2nd Edition
    • Robin Donohoe Dennison + 1 more
    • English
    Make sure you’re prepared for the Certification for Emergency Nurses examination with Pass CEN!, 2nd Edition. This comprehensive reference covers all of the content areas in the current exam, and includes fun, challenging learning activities and realistic practice questions. Every chapter features a full range of activities including matching, fill-in-the blank, comparisons, and crossword puzzles – all designed to improve your recall and comprehension skills. A clear, concise outline format and numerous illustrations make the material easy to read, understand, and remember. In addition, the accompanying Evolve website, includes scrambled questions which simulate the experience of taking the actual exam.

  • Nursing Key Topics Review: Mental Health

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    There’s no better way to study for nursing exams and the NCLEX®! Nursing Key Topics Review: Mental Health provides a quick review of the psychiatric nursing information you need to know. More concise and less overwhelming than a textbook, this review simplifies essential concepts with bulleted lists, summary tables, and clear illustrations. So that you can check your understanding, review questions follow important topics — and always include correct answers and rationales. Audio summaries on a mobile web app let you study while on the go!

  • Study Guide for Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants

    • 10th Edition
    • Kathy Bonewit-West
    • English
    Learn how to think critically and perform competently in the clinical setting! Correlating to chapters in Clinical Procedures for the Medical Assistant, 10th Edition, this study guide provides additional activities, review questions, and exercises designed to prepare you to work as a clinical medical assistant. New, is the addition of SimChart® for the Medical Office activities that tie into appropriate chapters of the text. In addition, video evaluation activities on the companion Evolve site track your progress and understanding of each procedure.

  • Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants

    • 10th Edition
    • Kathy Bonewit-West
    • English
    Learn the foundational concepts and skills necessary to become a successful clinical medical assistant! Written using clear and accessible language, Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants, 10th Edition guides you through common office procedures such as taking vital signs, collecting and processing lab specimens, preparing patients for examinations, and assisting with office surgeries. This new edition is thoroughly updated throughout and includes content on elephant system for ear irrigation, influenza test, h. pylori test, digital scale for measuring weight, administration of rotavirus vaccine, along with new chapters on nutrition, emergency preparedness, and the medical record. Plus, with the addition of soft skills, and critical thinking exercises, this comprehensive text introduces you the skills you need to succeed in today’s fast-paced medical office.

  • Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician

    • 1st Edition
    • Kimberly Townsend Little
    • English
    Learn to master the wide range of information and skills needed by today’s health care workers with Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Patient Care Technicians. While its comprehensive coverage of patient care is appropriate for all types of health care workers, this all-new text is specifically designed to prepare students and professionals for the topics they will face on the Patient Care Technician or the Nursing Assistant certification exams. Coverage includes working within the healthcare team, ethics, laws, communication, understanding patients, culture, patient rights, body structure and function, and growth and development. Procedure units cover safety, infection control, moving and transfers, vital signs, patient assessment, care, comfort, hygiene, and grooming, nutrition and fluids, elimination and respiration skills, and care of the surgical patient. Plus, advanced skills for Patient Care Technicians such as specimen collection, phlebotomy procedures and ECG procedures are also included.

  • Nursing Key Topics Review: Pharmacology

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    Study efficiently with Nursing Key Topics Review: Pharmacology. This quick review and accompanying mobile web app focus on the most critical, practical, and relevant pharmacology information to prepare you for success on course exams. Concise coverage includes chapters on respiratory drugs, central nervous system depressants, endocrine medications, women’s and men’s health drugs, and much more! Summary tables and quick, bulleted lists make it easier to glance through and remember concepts. Mobile web app audio summaries reinforce content when you are on the go. Best of all, it’s easy to assess your understanding as you go along — because key topics are always immediately followed by review questions with correct answers and rationales.

  • Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology

    A Clinical Perspective
    • 5th Edition
    • Susan Blackburn
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Perinatal**Awarded first place in the 2018 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child Health/Prenatal Nursing/ Childbirth category! Learn to provide the best prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal care possible. Maternal, Fetal, & Neonatal Physiology: A Clinical Perspective, 5th Edition includes expert insight and clinically relevant coverage of the physiologic changes that occur throughout all major periods of the perinatal experience. This classic reference gives you a solid foundation for assessment and therapeutic interventions, featuring an emphasis on the evolving interrelationships between mother, fetus, and neonate and adaptations of preterm and term infants to the extrauterine environment.

  • Hamric and Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing

    An Integrative Approach
    • 6th Edition
    • Mary Fran Tracy + 1 more
    • English
    Edited and written by a Who’s Who of internationally known advanced practice nursing experts, Hamric and Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 6th Edition helps you develop an understanding of the various advanced practice registered nursing (APRN) roles. This bestselling textbook provides a clear, comprehensive, and contemporary introduction to advanced practice nursing today, addressing all major APRN competencies, roles, and issues. It covers topics ranging from the evolution of advanced practice nursing to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy. New to this edition is expanded coverage of interprofessional collaborative practice, updated coverage of APRN roles related to implementation of healthcare reform in the U.S., updated and expanded coverage of IOM and QSEN, a global focus on international advanced practice nursing, and much more!

  • Navigating Healthcare Reform

    An Insider's Guide for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals
    • 1st Edition
    • Peter Edelstein
    • English
    Suddenly, dramatically, and seemingly overnight, U.S. healthcare has morphed into something virtually unrecognizable. There are a slew of new requirements, regulations, goals, buzzwords, and acronyms. It is a revolution in how we view the role and responsibilities not only of the physician and patient, but also of the nurse, the nurse practitioner, physical therapist, nutritionist, medical assistant, pharmacy technician, social worker, and other healthcare professionals. But you don’t just have to cope in this new world of healthcare. Now you can learn how to thrive amid all these changes and challenges. Written by the Chief Medical Officer of one of the world's leading global healthcare data and analytics companies, Navigating Healthcare Reform: An Insider’s Guide for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals is a compelling and easy-to-follow guide to understanding our unfolding healthcare reform — including its biobehavioral and psychosocial aspects — and learning how to take advantage of the opportunities it presents.

  • Study Guide for Nursing Research

    Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 9th Edition
    • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 more
    • English
    This essential study guide is thoroughly updated to reflect the refocused content of Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 9th Edition. This chapter-by-chapter review offers a variety of innovative learning activities and multiple-choice questions to help strengthen your research application skills and prepare you for questions you will face on the NCLEX® Exam.

  • Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing

    • 3rd Edition
    • ASPMN
    • English
    Learn how to successfully work with patients in pain with The Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing, 3rd Edition. Written by the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (the primary nursing organization in pain management), this easy-to-read text covers the entire scope of pain management in a very user-friendly outline format. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest standards and scope of practice put forth by the ASPMN. Yet, it still retains its strong nursing focus as it explores the nurse’s role as a patient advocate in pain management and how that role changes from a Registered Nurse to a Clinical Nurse Specialist to a Nurse Practitioner. Both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic methods of pain management are discussed, as is a wide variety of patient subsets beyond the traditional pediatric, adult, and geriatric patient. If you’re looking to pass the ASPMN credentialing exam and work successfully with all types of patients in pain, then this is the perfect text for you!

  • Study Guide for Maternal-Child Nursing

    • 5th Edition
    • Emily Slone McKinney + 1 more
    • English
    Learn to apply the knowledge you gain from Maternal-Child Nursing, 5th Edition to real-world scenarios with this user-friendly study guide. Specifically designed to parallel the material in the McKinney text, it’s full of hands-on learning exercises, practical activities, and valuable review of essential concepts and skills to help cement your understanding of maternity and pediatric nursing care and apply that knowledge to the clinical world.

  • Workbook for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician

    • 1st Edition
    • Kimberly Townsend Little
    • English
    This workbook reinforces students' understanding of textbook content with numerous exercises, activities, and practice questions. Multiple-choice questions help reinforce content from each chapter. Ordered response questions emphasize proper procedure steps. Critical thinking exercises present a case study to help students apply concepts to practice. The practice exam helps students prepare for certification examination. Over 75 checklists - one for every procedure in the text - assist in mastering the skills necessary for safe patient care.

  • AACN Core Curriculum for High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • AACN
    • English
    From the experts at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) comes the definitive resource for critical care certification and clinical practice. This new seventh edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current state of high acuity, progressive, and critical care nursing practice and includes expanded coverage of pain management, palliative care, and end-of-life care; transplantation; and key AACN initiatives. It also reflects the most current literature, national and international guidelines, clinical studies, and of course, the newest content on the CCRN® exam.

  • Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Critical Thinking

    A Clinical Reasoning Workbook for Nurses
    • 6th Edition
    • Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo
    • English
    Develop the clinical nursing judgment you need to become a safe, competent clinician! Strategies, Techniques, & Approaches to Critical Thinking: A Clinical Reasoning Workbook for Nurses, 6th Edition uses a case-based, workbook format to help you build clinical reasoning skills. The clear, step-by-step approach helps you learn and apply essential knowledge, guiding you through increasingly sophisticated levels of critical thinking, priority-setting, and decision-making. More than 100 realistic case studies reflect the scenarios commonly encountered in clinical practice. Written by noted nursing educator Sandra Luz Martinez de Castillo, this edition adds coverage of emerging topics such as QSEN, interprofessional collaboration, and nursing leadership and delegation.

  • Nurse Anesthesia

    • 6th Edition
    • Sass Elisha + 1 more
    • English
    Gain a thorough understanding of nursing anesthesia with the most comprehensive text on the market. Written by leading expert, John Nagelhout, CRNA, PhD, FAAN, and new contributing author Sass Elisha, EdD, CRNA, Nurse Anesthesia, 6th Edition features both scientific principles and evidence-based material. Inside you’ll find a solid introduction to the history, education, and legal issues of nurse anesthetist, its scientific foundations, equipment and monitoring, and preoperative evaluation and preparation of the patient. This new edition includes chapters on patient centered care and cultural competence, additional drugs of interest, blood and blood component therapy, anesthesia management for patients with cardiac devices, anesthesia for robotic surgery, anesthesia for transplant surgery and organ procurement, and physiology and management of acute and chronic pain. Not only a key reference for practicing nurse anesthetists, this bestseller prepares you for certification and today's clinical anesthesia practice.

  • Patient Transport

    Principles and Practice
    • 5th Edition
    • Air & Surface Transport Nurses Associati
    • English
    Whether you’re caring for patients on the ground or in the air, Patient Transport: Principles & Practice, 5th Edition is an essential tool for your success in transport nursing. Developed by ASTNA, this trusted, one-of-a-kind resource has been extensively revised to keep you up-to-date with the latest technological advances, and help you meet the ever-changing needs of this critical nursing field. Comprehensive overviews familiarize you with the most common conditions and injuries encountered in practice, accompanied by important management considerations to help you ensure the most effective communication and the safest patient care in all transport settings. In addition, expanded content on bariatrics are featured throughout the book, along with 350 online questions and answers mapped to the CRFN/CTRN® exams.

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