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Books in Nursing and midwifery

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.

  • Calculate with Confidence

    • 9th Edition
    • Deborah C. Morris
    • English
    Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 9th Edition, makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, patient safety is prioritized, and an emphasis on clinical judgment helps you prevent medication errors. Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam–style case studies help you improve clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from trusted educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence and a high degree of patient safety!

  • Study Guide for Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

    • 12th Edition
    • Marilyn J. Hockenberry + 2 more
    • English
    Updated to correspond to the bestselling textbook, Study Guide for Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 12th Edition, features clinical judgment case studies and questions, key terms, and critical thinking exercises to help you learn difficult concepts. With practical activities and answers for review questions at the back of the guide, it enhances your comprehension — and encourages you to apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios.

  • Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals

    Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology
    • 3rd Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki
    • English
    Master the clinical and administrative competencies you need to succeed as a medical assistant! Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, covers the administrative and clinical knowledge, skills, and procedures that are essential to patient care. A reader-friendly approach and focus on foundational content — including medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, basic math calculations, and soft skills — give you a solid understanding of the key skills and procedures at the heart of medical assisting practice. An applied learning approach organizes content around realistic case scenarios. This edition addresses all revised CAAHEP/ABHES competencies, including intravenous procedures, catheterization, and limited-scope radiography to address competencies approved in many states. Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals offers an all-in-one solution with its expanded Evolve companion website that provides additional practice and reinforcement of key concepts. This practical text will prepare you to launch a successful medical assisting career!

  • Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy

    • 17th Edition
    • Staci Nix
    • English
    Stay up to date on the latest information in nutrition care with Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 17th Edition. This leading text provides concise, need-to-know coverage of hot topics, emerging trends, and cutting-edge research to ensure you are equipped to make informed decisions on patient nutrition in the clinical space. A conversational writing style, vivid illustrations, and wide array of reader-friendly features connect the fundamental concepts of nutrition to the application of those concepts in clinical practice. The text is logically broken out into four parts: Part 1 introduces basic principles of nutrition science, including coverage of health promotion, vitamins, minerals, and other key foundational topics; Part 2 discusses human growth and development needs in different parts of the life cycle; Part 3 provides a strong focus on community nutrition, along with emphasis on weight management and physical fitness; Part 4 consists of a series of clinical nutrition chapters that reflect the latest medical nutrition therapy and approaches to patient education and care management.

  • Fiches de soins infirmiers en cardiologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Véronique ALIBERT
    • French
    Guide indispensable pour la pratique infirmière auprès des patients atteints de pathologies cardiovasculaires, cet ouvrage permettra au lecteur d’acquérir, de développer et de perfectionner de nouvelles compétences. Il comprend 109 fiches synthétiques, abordant les pathologies, leurs causes et les mécanismes physiopathologiques, les signes cliniques, les traitements, les complications et le rôle infirmier.Il est composé de 10 grandes parties :- Prérequis en cardiologie- Santé publique- Pathologies cardiaques- Urgences cardiaques- Cardiologie pédiatrique- Examens non invasifs- Traitements non médicamenteux- Traitements médicamenteux- Examens biologiques- Techniques de soins infirmiersCe guide, complet et didactique, constitue un véritable outil de référence pour une pratique actuelle des soins infirmiers en cardiologie, et s’adresse autant aux étudiants qu’aux infirmiers expérimentés.Véroniq... Alibert est cadre de santé en cardiologie au CHU de Montpellier, membre de la Société Française de Cardiologie, ancienne présidente, de 2014 à 2018, du Collège des Paramédicaux de la Société Française de Cardiologie.Monique Lespes est infirmière en cardiologie interventionnelle, membre de la Société Française de Cardiologie, ancienne présidente du Collège des paramédicaux, gestionnaire et enseignante du DU de cardiologie interventionnelle pour paramédicaux de Créteil.

  • Nouvelles fiches pratiques aides-soignants

    Référentiel de compétences aides-soignantes
    • 6th Edition
    • Alain Ramé + 1 more
    • French
    Collaborateur indispensable de l’équipe paramédicale, l’aide-soignant, grâce aux compétences et spécificités acquises au cours de sa formation, joue un rôle fondamental dans l’accompagnement du patient.Conçu sous forme de fiches illustrées, cet ouvrage couvre l’intégralité des gestes techniques et soins du référentiel aide-soignant, en faisant un support essentiel dans la pratique quotidienne. L’ouvrage est découpé en plusieurs parties correspondant aux blocs de compétences de formation du DEAS.BLOC DE COMPETENCES 1 : Accompagnement et soins de la personne dans les activités de sa vie quotidienne et sa vie socialeBLOC DE COMPETENCES 2 : Evaluation de l’état clinique et mise en œuvre des soins adaptés en collaborationBLOC DE COMPETENCES 3 : Etablir une communication adaptée pour informer et accompagner la personne et son entourageBLOC DE COMPETENCES 4 : Entretien de l’environnement immédiat de la personne et des matériels liés aux activités en tenant compte du lieu et de la situationBLOC DE COMPETENCES 5 : Travail en équipe pluriprofessionnelle et traitement des informations liées aux activités de soins, à la qualité/gestion des risquesChaque fiche propose :les objectifs de la technique à acquérir,les indications ou contre-indications à respecter,la préparation du matériel,le déroulement du soin ou du geste technique,la technique en images,l’évaluation et la transmission.La 6e édition de cet ouvrage, grâce à une nouvelle maquette plus moderne et lisible, permet aux étudiants AS ainsi qu’aux professionnels d’accéder rapidement à une synthèse efficace des techniques à maîtriser.

  • Checklisten OP-Pflege OTA

    • 1st Edition
    • Dennis Müller
    • German
    Alles Wichtige auf einen BlickDie Checklisten OP-Pflege OTA bieten Ihnen eine übersichtliche Zusammenfassung der häufigsten Operationsverfahren in allen wichtigen Fachgebieten der Chirurgie. In alphabetischer Reihenfolge finden Sie auf einen Blick alle Informationen zu:DefinitionIndikat... AlternativtherapienO... Informationen/Kompli... zur AnästhesieDabei steht der Punkt „Operation“ im Mittelpunkt. Hier finden Sie kurz und prägnant alles Wichtige für Ihren beruflichen Alltag im Operationssaal:Vorbe... Instrumente und MaterialienSchnittfü... und NachbereitungDie Checklisten OP-Pflege OTA sind perfekt geeignet zum schnellen Nachschlagen in der Praxis und zur Wiederholung vor Prüfungen!

  • 55 Fälle Hebammenwissenschaft

    Schwangerschaft, Geburt, Wochenbett und Stillzeit
    • 1st Edition
    • Inga Petrovic + 2 more
    • German
    Dieses Buch für Studierende der Hebammenwissenschaft und examinierte Hebammen begleitet die Umsetzung von theoretischen Lehrinhalten in die Praxis. Fallorientiertes Lernen bereitet auf die Staatliche Prüfung nach §24 des Hebammengesetzes (HebG) wie auch auf den späteren Berufsstart vor. Bereits erlerntes Grundwissen wird durch didaktisch ausgewogene Fragen von neuen Blickwinkeln beleuchtet und damit nachhaltig vertieft.55 praxisorientierte Fälle zur:Übertragung von theoretischem Wissen in die tägliche PraxisBeispielhaften Darlegung von physiologischen Prozessen & Identifikation von Risiken und RegelwidrigkeitenRef... des eigenen Handels und dem Erwerb neuer wissenschaftsbasiert... KenntnisseMit dieser Sammlung der wichtigsten und typischsten Fälle aus den Bereichen Schwangerschaft, Geburtshilfe, Wochenbett und Stillzeit kann ein fall- und problemorientiertes Vorgehen trainiert werden. Ausführliche Lösungsvorschläge zu den einzelnen Fragen ergänzen das Angebot und ermöglichen einen fundierten Wissenserwerb.

  • Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing

    Active Learning for Collaborative Practice
    • 4th Edition
    • Barbara L. Yoost
    • English
    Make this clinical companion your best friend at the point of care! When you need hard-to-remember clinical information, rely on Yoost’s Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, for quick access to thousands of facts, lab values, assessment guidelines, abbreviations with definitions, and more. Bulleted lists and summary tables make it easy to look up the details essential to providing safe, patient-centered care. This handbook is more than just a condensed version of the text — it’s a portable tool that will enhance your clinical judgment. It’s an indispensable nursing reference for class, lab, and clinicals!

  • Burns and Grove's The Practice of Nursing Research

    Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence
    • 10th Edition
    • Jennifer R. Gray + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Research**2021 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year winner — 1st place in Nursing Research/Evidence-Ba... Practice! Burns & Grove’s The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence, 10th Edition, is the trusted resource for mastering the research methods that are foundational to evidence-based practice. This highly respected textbook covers how to appraise and apply existing research evidence, as well as how to participate in research and quality improvement projects. This edition has been extensively updated to reflect the most current research tools and techniques used in the digital era, and includes clear, step-by-step guidelines for all major quantitative and qualitative research approaches — including supporting examples from the latest high-quality literature.

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