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

      • 2nd Edition
      • August 17, 2022
      • Kimberly Townsend Little
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 3 1 2 8 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 3 1 2 9 1
      Use this workbook to review and practice the skills performed by patient care technicians! The essential companion to Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician, 2nd Edition, this study guide uses a variety of exercises, activities, and review questions to help you get the most out of your textbook. Procedure checklists help you practice and gain confidence with the skills in the text, and critical thinking activities let you apply content to practice. It’s the study tool you need to prepare for Patient Care Technician or Nursing Assistant Certification exams!

    • PflegeWissen und Wissensentwicklung

      • 10th Edition
      • April 1, 2022
      • Peggy L. Chinn + 1 more
      • Michael Bossle + 1 more
      • German
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 2 7 2 5 1 6
      • eBook
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 0 6 0 7 6 2
      Der Klassiker der US-Pflegewissenschaf... Chinn und Kramer in deutscher Übersetzung! Wie wird Pflegewissen generiert und wie kann es in der Praxis angewendet werden? Mit diesem Grundlagenwerk verstehen Sie, wie Pflegetheorie und Pflegewissen zusammenhängen. Entscheidungen in der Pflegepraxis und -forschung werden aktiv begründet, unterstützt und nachvollziehbar gemacht. Das Lehrbuch vermittelt verschiedene Konzepte der Wissensentwicklung mit ihren Unterschieden und Gemeinsamkeiten. Chinn und Kramer entwerfen mit PflegeWissen und Pflegewissensentwick... eine kritisch-emanzipator... Sichtweise auf eine moderne, umfassende und theoriegestützte Pflegepraxis.Praxis- und Transferaufgaben sowie Reflexionsanregungen liefern einen starken Bezug zur Praxis Mit einem Vorwort von Michael Bossle und Elisabeth Linseisen.

    • Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing

      • 9th Edition
      • February 25, 2022
      • Debbie Steele
      • English
      • LooseLeaf
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 2 9 7 9 3
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 7 9 1 9 6 0
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 7 9 1 9 7 7
      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Psychiatric**Gain the skills you need to provide safe and effective psychiatric nursing care! Keltner’s Psychiatric Nursing, 9th Edition provides a solid foundation in the knowledge required to manage and care for patients with psychiatric disorders. It features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management emphasizing the nurse’s three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the therapeutic environment. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® exam-style case studies to help you learn clinical judgment and prepare for success on the NCLEX. Known for its clear and friendly writing style, this text covers psychiatric nursing like no other book on the market.

    • Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

      • 8th Edition
      • October 6, 2022
      • Sharon Smith Murray + 4 more
      • English
      • LooseLeaf
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 1 1 5 9 4
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 2 7 3 8 6
      Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show you how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making.　Questions for the Next Generation NCLEX© in the text help you prepare for the exam.

    • Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician

      • 2nd Edition
      • June 19, 2022
      • Kimberly Townsend Little
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 7 9 4 8 5 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 3 1 2 4 6
      Master the skills you need to succeed as a patient care technician! Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician, 2nd Edition provides a solid foundation in healthcare principles and in the procedures performed by PCTs and other health professionals. Coverage of skills includes patient hygiene, infection control, taking vital signs, moving and positioning of patients, blood and specimen collecting and testing, ECG placement and monitoring, care of the surgical patient, care of older adults, and more. Clear, step-by-step instructions help you learn each procedure, and may also be used as skills checklists. Written by nursing educator Kimberly Townsend Little, this text prepares students for success on Patient Care Technician or Nursing Assistant Certification exams.

    • Psychiatric Drugs Explained

      • 7th Edition
      • April 13, 2022
      • David Healy
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 8 3 9 0 7
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 7 0 2 0 8 3 9 1 4
      Psychiatric Drugs Explained offers a wealth of evidence-based information on psychiatric drugs in an easy-to-use format that can be quickly referenced in the clinical setting. Written by internationally recognised author Dr David Healy, the book provides a comprehensive review of drug effects, action and side-effects. There is an emphasis on the lived experience of patients, providing the reader with a sense of what the adverse effects of drugs might feel like to those who use them. A reader-friendly approach and clear layout, with information organised by disorder, make this popular title accessible and useful not only to nursing staff, but to all members of the multidisciplinary team.

    • Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing

      • 8th Edition
      • May 5, 2022
      • Adrianne Dill Linton + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 2 6 7 2 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 2 8 9 3 2
      Use this study guide to review and apply medical-surgical nursing concepts! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Linton & Matteson’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition, this workbook provides a variety of questions and exercises to help you master the LPN/LVN’s role in medical-surgical care. Questions include matching, multiple-choice, labeling, case studies, diagram reading, fill-in-the-blank, ordering, and prioritizing challenges. Next-Generation NCLEX®-format questions help you get ready for the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® examination — and for success in nursing practice!

    • Interpersonal Relationships

      • 9th Edition
      • April 24, 2022
      • Kathleen Underman Boggs
      • Sarah Vora
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 5 1 3 3 5
      • LooseLeaf
        9 7 8 0 4 4 3 1 1 1 5 2 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 7 1 4 1 9
      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Patient Education**Master the skills you need to communicate effectively in the health care setting! Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 9th Edition shows how you can interact with patients, families, and the health care team in ways that are professional, honest, empathetic, and knowledgeable. A clear guide to essential competencies, this book covers relationship skills, health promotion, patients with special communication needs, and interprofessional communication. Case examples make it easier to apply communication theories to real-life practice. New to this edition are Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style case studies and a new chapter on managing personal stress. Written by noted educator Kathleen Underman Boggs, this reference is a two-time winner of the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award.

    • Pflege konkret Chirurgie Orthopädie Urologie

      • 6th Edition
      • May 11, 2022
      • Meike von zur Mühlen + 1 more
      • German
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 2 5 7 3 1 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 3 4 3 7 0 6 3 9 6 1
      Pflege konkret – Pflegefachwissen für die Ausbildung und danach! Mit der Reihe Pflege konkret sind Sie für die Ausbildung zur Pflegefachperson und die Zeit danach bestens gerüstet: Das Autorenteam aus Pflege und Medizin vernetzt Inhalte aus Pflegepraxis, Pflegewissenschaft, Krankheitslehre und Pharmakologie und vermittelt wichtige Kompetenzen, um in Pflegesituationen fallorientiert und pflegewissenschaftli... fundiert handeln zu können. Sie erfahren alles über Pflege, Diagnostik und Therapie der wichtigsten Erkrankungen. Die Pflege deckt dabei ihre verschiedenen Dimensionen ab: präventiv – kurativ – rehabilitativ – palliativ. Chirurgie Orthopädie Urologie beschreibt prägnant die gesamte Fülle der pflegerischen und therapeutischen Maßnahmen in den operativen Fächern und gibt anhand zahlreicher farbiger Fotos und Bildserien konkrete Anleitungen für die tägliche Praxis. Hier finden Sie aktuelles Fachwissen aus Pflege und Medizin, ein ausführliches Kapitel zum Wundmanagement, sowie Hinweise zu Kinderchirurgie als Extra-Kästen. Zusätzlich unterstützen Sie Transferaufgaben (Fallbeispiel mit anschließenden Fragen) am Ende eines jeden Kapitels – zum Überprüfen Ihres Wissens und zum Training für die tägliche Pflegepraxis. Das übersichtliche Farbleitsystem sowie Definitions-, Vorsicht- und Merkkästen erleichtern das schnelle Auffinden von Informationen.Das ideale Lehr- und Nachschlagewerk! Neu in der 6. Auflage: Medical adhesive-related skin injuries Alle Kapitel überarbeitet und aktualisiert, v.a Wundversorgung und prä- und postoperative Pflege

    • HESI Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

      • 7th Edition
      • September 29, 2022
      • HESI
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 3 1 9 3 2
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 3 4 9 3 3
      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.

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