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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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    • Bien débuter - Plaies, cicatrisation et pansements

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 23, 2023
      • Lucinda Brigas-Dos Santos + 3 more
      • French
      • Spiral-bound
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      • eBook
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      Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels infirmiers amenés àprendre en charge le patient porteur d’une plaie.Il s’organise en trois grandes parties :1 – Les prérequis fournissent les notions indispensables de physiologie desplaies et de classification des pansements pour aborder sereinement les situationscliniques prévalentes.2 – Les situations cliniques prévalentes permettent de se familiariser avec laprise en charge globale des patients et la pratique terrain.En partant d’un cas clinique, les liens entre la symptomatologie du patient et sa priseen charge sont expliqués. La conduite infirmière et/ou les conseils aux patientsainsi que le rôle propre et le rôle prescrit infirmiers sont clairement identifiés.3 – La boîte à outils présente les aspects légaux, les techniques détaillées despansements, les traitements et les outils de la pratique quotidienne, abordés dansles situations cliniques.La compréhension est facilitée par une présentation sous forme de fiches encouleurs et par de nombreux tableaux, photographies et illustrations.

    • Wound Care

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 16, 2023
      • Kerrie Coleman + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      The second edition of Wound Care: a practical guide for maintaining skin integrity offers students and nurses a highly practical approach to treating acute and chronic wounds.The book applies the latest evidence and theory to the real world, helping you develop skills and knowledge to manage wounds effectively. Each chapter provides an overview of specific wound types, followed by case studies to help you build your clinical reasoning skills, and related multiple choice questions to test your knowledge.Editors Kerrie Coleman and Glo Neilsen have worked with a skilled team of clinical experts to completely refresh and update this edition, incorporating latest developments, tips, strategies and wound care products.

    • Ethical & Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing

      • 5th Edition
      • August 25, 2023
      • Margaret Keatings + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Prepare for practice with this essential text dedicated to Canadian legal and ethical issues! Focused solely on the ever-changing, and often complex health care landscape in Canada, Ethical & Legal Issues in Canadian Nursing, 5th Edition expertly covers the often intertwined ethical and legal issues that health care professionals face today. This edition includes discussions of Indigenous legal and ethical perspectives, the legal and ethical challenges related to SARS-CoV-2, case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX®, and much more. Plus, the clear and straightforward writing style presents information just as you will encounter it in your day-to-day practice, ensuring you’re even more prepared to make an impact from the start!

    • Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing

      • 9th Edition
      • August 11, 2023
      • Marilyn J. Hockenberry + 2 more
      • English
      • Spiral-bound
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      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Child Health, 2024**Put pediatric nursing guidelines, procedures, and reference data at your fingertips! Wong's Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, 9th Edition is your "go-to" guide for the care of children and their families, whether in the hospital, clinic, community setting, or home. Reflecting the latest in research and evidence-based practice, the book provides assessment tools and new information on　pediatric pain assessment and management. Also new to this edition are case studies with questions for the Next Generation NCLEX® Examination. Written by pediatric expert Marilyn J. Hockenberry, Wong’s Clinical Manual includes an Evolve website with medication tables, photos, printable patient education sheets, and more.

    • Oncology: An Introduction for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

      • 1st Edition
      • April 3, 2023
      • David O'Halloran
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Oncology**This new book covers the basics of oncology for all practitioners who are likely to provide health care to cancer patients, especially those who do not have an oncology or medical background.Cancer educator David O’Halloran provides a unique insight by bridging the gap between normal anatomy and what happens when cancer develops. Information is provided using a layered approach, starting with simple concepts of general cancer biology and moving through to more complicated aspects of specific tumour sites and cancer treatment.Easy to read and follow, Oncology: An Introduction for Nurses & Healthcare Professionals is written in such a way that non-specialist readers will quickly understand complex terminology and concepts, making them relatable and understandable for experienced and junior nurses alike.

    • Women's Health in Primary Care

      • 1st Edition
      • April 29, 2023
      • Lisa Ferguson + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Adult Primary Care, 2023**Featuring a holistic, woman-centered focus and uniquely organized for consistency with the AWHONN/NPWH Guidelines for Practice and Education, this completely new textbook for primary care Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and other primary care practitioners responsible for women’s health provides a strong, evidence-based clinical foundation for primary care of women. Coverage includes foundational concepts in women’s health, well-woman care throughout the lifespan, and primary care management of common conditions affecting women.

    • Maternity and Women's Health Care

      • 13th Edition
      • March 9, 2023
      • Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Maternal/Child**This comprehensive maternity book is now even better! Maternity and Women's Health Care, 13th Edition provides evidence-based coverage of everything you need to know about caring for women of childbearing age. In addition to emphasizing childbearing concerns like newborn care, it also addresses wellness promotion and management of women's health problems. In describing the continuum of care, it integrates the importance of understanding family, culture, and community-based care. New guidelines are incorporated with updated content throughout, focusing on prioritization of care and interprofessional care.

    • The Health Care Professional's Guide to Cultural Competence

      • 2nd Edition
      • May 10, 2022
      • Rani Hajela Srivastava
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Build the skills you need to understand and care for a wide diversity of patients! The Health Care Professional’s Guide to Cultural Competence, 2nd Edition provides a guide to safe and effective cross-cultural care. Applying theory to practice, the book begins with an overview of clinical cultural competence. This guide shows how to apply cultural competence across diverse populations, and then discusses considerations in working with specific populations. Using this approach, you will develop a set of behaviours, attitudes, and policies that help you work effectively in many settings. From an expert team of authors led by Rani H. Srivastava, this guide will enhance your care of Indigenous, LGBTQ2, racialized persons, and immigrant and refugee populations.

    • Hygiene in Pflegeeinrichtungen

      • 2nd Edition
      • July 13, 2022
      • Jörg Vasentin-Lewedei + 1 more
      • German
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Ob Hygienebeauftragte, Entscheidungsträger oder in der Pflege Tätige – in Pflegeeinrichtungen kommt heute niemand mehr an Hygiene-Richtlinien vorbei. Denn das ist kein Expertenwissen mehr: Jeder kann – und muss – Bescheid wissen. „Hygiene in Pflegeeinrichtungen“ überzeugt durch biologisches Grundwissen, rechtliche Vorschriften und die richtige Herangehensweise in verschiedenen Arbeits- und Aufgabenbereichen speziell für die Bedürfnisse in Pflegeeinrichtungen: Ein ausführlicher Grundlagenteil mit rechtlichen Grundlagen und Regelwerken und Ausarbeitung unterschiedlicher Hygieneaspekte (z. B. Personalhygiene, Umgebungshygiene, Reinigung und Desinfektion, Entsorgung) führt Sie praxisnah ins Thema ein.Das Buch hilft Ihnen zudem bei der Erstellung von hauseigenen Checklisten und Hygieneplänen sowie mit praxisnahen Organisationsvorschl... und Interventionen.Autor... aus dem Niedersächsischen Landesgesundheitsamt sorgen dafür, dass auch ohne Vorkenntnisse das Buch als Lehrbuch, Nachschlagewerk und als Grundlage für die Schulung Ihrer Kolleg:innen dient.Ideal für Hygienebeauftragte und Entscheidungsträger in Pflegeeinrichtungen, aber auch Pflegefachpersonen und Auszubildende.

    • Sherpath eBook for Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing

      • 12th Edition
      • September 1, 2022
      • Mariann M. Harding + 3 more
      • English
      • LooseLeaf
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      Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in medical-surgical nursing with this leading textbook! Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition uses a conversational writing style, a focus on nursing concepts and clinical trends, evidence-based content, and basic pathophysiology review to provide the solid foundation needed in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. Comprehensive chapters cover topics including nursing management and collaboration, health promotion, acute interventions, and ambulatory care. Summary tables and boxes make it easy to find essential information, and a building-block approach makes even the most complex concepts simple to grasp. In addition to three new chapters, this edition includes a stronger focus on the nursing process, clinical judgment, and preparation for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination.

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Advanced practice nursing

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Community and home care

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Fundamentals and skills

Gerontology

Health promotion

Issues and trends

Learning disabilities

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Maternity and womens health

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