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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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    • Study Guide for Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing

      • 12th Edition
      • July 20, 2022
      • Mariann M. Harding + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Get a leg up in your medical-surgical nursing class and on the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Examination! With chapters corresponding to those in the Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 12th Edition textbook, this study guide provides the review and practice you need to master the nurse’s role in medical-surgical care. Questions reflect the most current NCLEX Exam test plan and include multiple-choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, prioritization, delegation, and alternate item formats, along with new NGN-style case studies and questions. To reinforce your understanding, answers to all questions are included in the back of the book.

    • Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

      • 9th Edition
      • June 25, 2022
      • Linda Anne Silvestri + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Prepare for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam with this complete review! Often called the best NCLEX® exam review book ever, Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination reviews all nursing content areas related to the current test plan. This new edition includes 5,700 NCLEX exam-style questions in the book and online, including alternate items formats and Next Generation NCLEX questions. Don't make the mistake of assuming the quality of the questions is the same in all NCLEX exam review books, because only this book includes the kinds of questions that consistently test the clinical judgment skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted names in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Elizabeth Silvestri, this is THE book of choice for NCLEX preparation. But don’t just take our word for it — read any customer review or ask your classmates to see why there's nothing else like it!

    • Maternal Child Nursing Care

      • 7th Edition
      • March 5, 2022
      • Shannon E. Perry + 5 more
      • English
      • LooseLeaf
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      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Master the essentials of maternity and pediatric nursing with this comprehensive, all-in-one text! Maternal Child Nursing Care, 7th Edition covers the issues and concerns of women during their childbearing years and children during their developing years. It uses a family-centered, problem-solving approach to patient care, with guidelines supported by evidence-based practice. New to this edition is an emphasis on clinical judgment skills and a new chapter on children with integumentary dysfunction. Written by a team of experts led by Shannon E. Perry and Marilyn J. Hockenberry, this book provides the accurate information you need to succeed in the classroom, the clinical setting, and on the Next Generation NCLEX-RN® examination.

    • Study Guide for Understanding Nursing Research

      • 8th Edition
      • July 23, 2022
      • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Use this practical study guide to get more out of Grove & Gray’s Understanding Nursing Research, 8th Edition! With chapters corresponding to the textbook, this workbook provides exercises that build your knowledge and boost your critical appraisal skills. It offers hands-on practice in applying nursing research to evidence-based practice while reinforcing the steps of the research process. Like the textbook, this edition includes a stronger emphasis on critical appraisal — with an appendix of three published research studies referenced in exercises throughout the book.

    • Bioethics

      • 8th Edition
      • September 7, 2022
      • Megan-Jane Johnstone
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Now in its eighth edition, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective provides practical guidance on the ethical issues you might come across in nursing practice, with real-world examples that help to bring this important subject to life. Author Dr Megan-Jane Johnstone AO, Australia's foremost nursing ethics scholar, provides a comprehensive framework for negotiating the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities you might face. The text is engaging and easy to follow, and has been fully updated to reflect current issues in health care such as nurse practitioner assisted dying, pandemic ethics, and the moral costs of misinformation and medical conspiracy theories. . This book is a suitable companion to the law and ethics components of both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing studies, and is relevant for all nurses who encounter ethical problems in their everyday practice.

    • Basic Geriatric Nursing

      • 8th Edition
      • June 8, 2022
      • Patricia A. Williams
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • LooseLeaf
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      • eBook
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      **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Geriatrics**Provide compassionate, professional nursing care for older adults! Designed for LPN/LVNs, Basic Geriatric Nursing, 8th Edition offers a practical introduction to concepts of aging and the physiologic and psychosocial changes that affect the elderly adult. Clear guidelines help you master basic skills such as health assessment, nursing diagnosis, therapeutic communication, medication administration, and nursing interventions in a variety of health care settings. New Next-Generation NCLEX® examination-style case studies help you develop clinical judgment, and nursing care plans show how to apply theory to practice. Written by experienced nursing educator Patricia Williams, this book provides the knowledge and skills you need to care for an aging population.

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

      • 8th Edition
      • November 22, 2022
      • Sharon Smith Murray + 1 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 8 2 7 3 9 3
      Learn to master maternal-newborn and women’s health nursing. Designed to accompany Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 8th Edition, this study guide gives you an in-depth understanding of the material from each chapter in the text. Learning activities and case studies encourage critical thought, and simulated patient situations give you practice applying what you’ve learned to the NCLEX® exam and clinical practice.

    • Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners

      • 6th Edition
      • December 12, 2022
      • Karen Fenstermacher + 1 more
      • English
      • Spiral-bound
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      • eBook
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      **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2023****American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Adult Primary Care, 2023**The latest evidence-based guidelines keep you up to date for FNP practice! With updated content and full-color illustrations, Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 6th Edition provides essential information on the most current national and international guidelines and evidence-based protocols for primary care patients of all ages. Key details are easy to find with the book’s full-color format, concise outline-style guidelines, and abundant summary tables and charts. In addition to coverage of the most common conditions seen in outpatient settings, this edition includes the latest information on topics such as COVID-19 and STDs. Plus, the popular Practice Pearls boxes have been expanded throughout the book.

    • L'essentiel des PATHO

      • 3rd Edition
      • November 25, 2022
      • Laurence Rousseau-Pitard + 2 more
      • French
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      Cet ouvrage offre aux étudiants en soins infirmiers et jeunes professionnels de santé les éléments incontournables pour comprendre les pathologies relevant de toutes les spécialités.Plus de 200 tableaux, à la fois exhaustifs et synthétiques, facilitent l’apprentissage et la mémorisation rapide des notions essentielles. Ainsi, chaque pathologie est abordée au travers d’une présentation méthodique :¦ pathologie ; ¦ étiologie ¦ diagnostic ; ¦ complications ; ¦ physiopathologie ; ¦ signes cliniques ; ¦ examens complémentaires ; ¦ traitement et conduite à tenir. Cette approche originale permet d’avoir sur quelques pages toutes les caractéristiques pour comprendre les pathologies et leur prise en charge indispensable pour l’exercice de la profession infirmière.L’ouvrage comprend également : • au début de chaque spécialité, un sommaire permettant d’identifier rapidement les pathologies ; • une liste des abréviations facilitant la lecture des tableaux et l’intégration de leur sens ; • un index détaillé pour optimiser la recherche d’une maladie ou d’un élément précis.Cette 3e édition est le fruit d’un travail d’actualisation conséquent de l’ensemble des pathologies, et notamment des rubriques les plus évolutives que sont les traitements et les examens complémentaires.

    • Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider

      • 5th Edition
      • April 26, 2022
      • Constance G. Visovsky + 2 more
      • English
      • Paperback
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      • eBook
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      • eBook
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      Master the pharmacologic principles and drug information you need to safely and effectively prescribe drugs for primary care! Edmunds' Pharmacology for the Primary Care Provider, 5th Edition is written for Nurse Practitioners, other Advanced Practice Nursing prescribers, and Physician Assistants. Unlike other pharmacotherapeutics textbooks, it focuses on the drugs most commonly used in primary care settings. A new chapter format and body-system approach make learning easier, and standardized clinical guidelines ensure best practices in pharmacotherapeutics... Updated and impeccably accurate drug content includes the latest drug classes, specific drugs, and therapeutic uses in primary care. Continuing to emphasize health promotion strategies, this new edition includes new chapters on pharmacogenetics, drugs for ADHD, nutritional supplements, and more.

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