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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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    • Community/Public Health Nursing

      • 8th Edition
      • October 1, 2022
      • Mary A. Nies + 1 more
      • English
      • LooseLeaf
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      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Community/Home Health Care, 2023**Master the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in community health nursing! Community/Public Health Nursing, 8th Edition discusses the nurse’s role in population health promotion with a unique "upstream" preventive focus and a strong social justice approach, all in a concise, easy-to-read text. It shows how nurses can take an active role in social action and health policy — especially in caring for diverse and vulnerable population groups. This edition integrates the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to help you prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX®. Clinical examples and photo novellas show how nursing concepts apply to the real world.

    • HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

      • 7th Edition
      • September 29, 2022
      • HESI
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 7th Edition provides a complete, all-in-one review of the information that you need to know. Written in an easy-to-read outline format, this study guide reviews content by concepts and clinical areas. Along the way, valuable tips from HESI® help you apply principles of clinical decision-making and clinical judgment. With more than 1,000 practice questions in both study and exam formats, the companion Evolve website enables you to practice test-taking in the same electronic format you will experience on nursing school exit exams and on the NCLEX-RN exam.

    • Surgical Instrumentation

      • 4th Edition
      • September 27, 2022
      • Renee Nemitz
      • English
      • Spiral-bound
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      • eBook
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      Written for surgical technologists, surgical first assistants, registered nurses, physicians, physician assistants, central service technicians, and surgical sales representatives, Surgical Instrumentation: An Interactive Approach, 4th Edition offers a level of visual clarity and realism unmatched by any other surgical instrument book. Many photos include close-up views of the instrument tip, so you can quickly discern differences between instruments. Interactive resources on the Evolve companion website allow you to view 360-degree rotations of more than 100 instruments. Also included are flash cards, timed memory exercises, Mayo stands, quizzes, and instrument sets for common procedures in various surgical specialties.

    • deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing -Second South Asia Edition

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 26, 2022
      • Ambika Ravindran + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition prepares students to learn the basic concepts and fundamental skills that LPNs/LVNs need to practice in a number of care settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical offices, clinics, surgery centres, and home care agencies. This second South Asia Edition of DeWit’s Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing is a uniquely featured textbook, designed to make a worthy impact on its readers. The book is customised as per the revised B.Sc. Nursing curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) to meet the learning requirements of undergraduate students. Nursing professionals aspiring for higher education or career progression will also find this book useful for reference. The full-colour text contains theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications to build a strong foundation in the patient care experience. The underlying framework of all the chapters pivots around the nursing process, and also portrays the concepts like psycho-social aspects, critical thinking, communication skills, inter- professional collaborations, patient-family education and cultural integrity.

    • Quick Review Series: BSc Nursing, 4th Year

      • 1st Edition
      • September 22, 2022
      • Annu Kaushik
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Quick Review Series (QRS) for BSc Nursing 4th Year is an extremely exam-oriented book. The content has been developed and arranged in a manner so the entire INC syllabus has been covered. The subject content has been divided unit wise and according to the weightage of marks in each unit. It is well-illustrated with simple reproducible diagrams and flowcharts. To aid in quick learning before examinations, memory aides have also been added.The book will serve the requirements of BSc Nursing 4th year students to prepare for their examinations.This book covers questions from all major universities across the country.

    • Lernkarten Altenpflege

      • 2nd Edition
      • September 20, 2022
      • Susanne Lunk + 1 more
      • German
      • eBook
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      Das Wichtigste für die Altenpflegeprüfung - so kommen Sie sicher durch die Prüfung! Der komplette Prüfungsstoff der Ausbildungs- und Prüfungsverordnung von 2003 in einem Lernkarten-Set macht Sie garantiert fit für die schriftliche und mündliche Prüfung. Der wichtigste Stoff aller prüfungsrelevanten Lernfelder kompakt zusammengefasst, Anatomie und Krankheitslehre inklusive. Beschreibbar und mitnehmbar: der ideale Begleiter, um auch unterwegs oder in der Gruppe zu lernen. Unterschiedliche Fragentypen, Lückentexte und Beschriften von Abbildungen machen das Lernen abwechslungsreich. Optimale Orientierung und gezieltes Lernen der Lernfelder dank farbiger und mit der jeweiligen Lernfeldnummer beschrifteter Griffmarken auf den jeweiligen Lernkarten. Exemplarische Fälle wie im Prüfungsformat, mit denen Sie Ihr Wissen prüfen können. Neu in der 2. Auflage: Zusätzliche Karten zu Prophylaxen (Harninkontinenz und Zystitis, Kachexie, Malnutrition, Deprivation, Verwirrtheit, Infektion) Fallbeispiele für das mündliche und schriftliche Examen

    • Modelos y teorías en enfermería

      • 10th Edition
      • September 15, 2022
      • Martha Raile Alligood
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      En su décima edición, este libro sigue siendo un homenaje a las teóricas de la enfermería y es un clásico en la literatura sobre teorías enfermeras. Presenta a las principales pensadoras teóricas de la enfermería, revisa las ideas más importantes que han dado lugar a la creación de conocimientos, enumera sus publicaciones e indica a los lectores quiénes utilizan las obras y escriben sobre ellas en sus propias publicaciones teóricas. Se recogen los trabajos de teóricas de la enfermería de todo el mundo, incluidas las obras de teóricas internacionales. Los trabajos de las teóricas presentados en este texto han estimulado un crecimiento extraordinario de la literatura de enfermería y han enriquecido la vida profesional de las enfermeras de todo el mundo al guiar la investigación, la formación, la administración y la práctica de la enfermería. De interés para enfermeras y estudiantes de todas las etapas de formación y de la carrera profesional. Aquellos que acaban de empezar su formación en enfermería encontrarán interesante la vida de las teóricas, su enfoque conceptual, sus definiciones y sus afirmaciones teóricas. Los estudiantes de posgrado, a nivel de máster y doctorado, se sentirán más atraídos por el planteamiento lógico, la aceptación por parte de la comunidad de enfermería, las fuentes teóricas para el desarrollo de la teoría, el uso de datos empíricos y los análisis de cada trabajo. La bibliografía y las lecturas recomendadas son especialmente útiles para los estudiantes de posgrado, ya que les indican las fuentes primarias y secundarias que amplían el conocimiento específico de cada teórica.

    • La ética del cuidado en salud mental

      • 1st Edition
      • September 15, 2022
      • Francisco Megías-Lizancos + 1 more
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Este manual recoge los aspectos de la ética aplicada a la práctica de la Enfermería de Salud Mental, apoyándose en perspectivas teóricas que reconocen, en los pacientes y sus familias, principios fundamentales de los derechos humanos: autonomía, respeto a la diversidad, atención expresa a las demandas y aportaciones de la familia, aplicación de códigos éticos profesionales, y competencias y estándares de la práctica clínica. Promueve el desarrollo de conciencia y sensibilidad hacia los problemas éticos y las posibles preocupaciones éticas en la práctica de la Enfermería de Salud Mental. Examina distintos principios, conceptos y teorías éticas, así como modelos de toma de decisiones. Desarrolla estrategias para la toma de decisiones éticas y morales y aplica el razonamiento ético y moral, y la toma de decisiones a problemas éticos en Enfermería Psiquiátrica.

    • FACHPFLEGE Intensivpflege

      • 3rd Edition
      • September 14, 2022
      • Anke Kany + 1 more
      • German
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Intensivpflege und Medizin – für Anfänger und Neueinsteiger! Frisch examiniert? Neu auf der Intensivstation oder einer Intermediate Care Station? Dann ist die Fachpflege Intensivpflege genau das Richtige für Sie. Hier finden Sie neben der allgemeinen und speziellen Intensivpflege auch die Grundlagen zu Hygiene, Pharmakologie sowie zu Organsystemen und ihrer wichtigsten Erkrankungen sowie deren Therapie: Aufnahme, Übergabe, Zimmercheck, Transport Schmerztherapie, Prophylaxen, Kommunikation, Positionierung, Körperpflege, Ernährung und Verdauung und natürlich Wundversorgung Beatmungsformen und Weaning Akutes Lungenversagen Sepsis, Polytrauma und Schock Neben Grundlagen der Anästhesie und der Arbeit im Aufwachraum wird auch der Reanimation ein eigenes Kapitel gewidmet.Alle Themen sind auf die Intensivpflege fokussiert, ohne die Medizin außen vor zu lassen. Dafür stehen die Herausgeberinnen und die Autoren, Pflegende und Ärzte, die allesamt aus der Praxis für die Praxis schreiben.Ideal für Praktiker (neue Mitarbeiter auf der Intensivstation oder Intermediate Care Station) sowie Fachweiterbildungste... (Fachweiterbildung Intensiv- und Anästhesiepflege) Neu in der 3. Auflage: Sepis komplett neu Säure-Basen-Haushalt komplett neu vollständig überarbeitet und aktualisiert

    • Leading and Managing in Nursing

      • 8th Edition
      • September 9, 2022
      • Patricia S. Yoder-Wise + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      • eBook
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      Gain a solid foundation in nursing leadership and management skills! Using real-world examples, Leading and Managing in Nursing, 8th Edition helps you learn to provide caring, compassionate, and professional nursing leadership. Topics range from core concepts to knowing yourself, knowing the organization, communication and conflict, managing stress, delegating, staffing and scheduling, and managing costs and budgets. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® exam-style case studies, three new chapters, and updated guidelines to evidence-based practice. Written by a team of nursing educators and practitioners led by Patricia S. Yoder-Wise and Susan Sportsman, this book combines theory, research, and practical application to help you succeed in an ever-changing healthcare environment.

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