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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.

  • Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-3
    • Bryan Boling
    • English
    In consultation with Consulting Editor, Dr. Jan Foster, Dr. Brian Boling has put together a state-of the-art issue of the Critical Care Nursing Clinics devoted to Cardiothoracic Surgical Critical Care. Clinical review articles are specifically devoted to the following: Fast Track Cardiac Surgery; Options for Minimally Invasive Valvular Surgery; Surgical Interventions for the Treatment of Advanced Heart Failure; Lung Transplantation; Surgical Treatment of Lung Cancer; Post-Operative Management of Tetralogy of Fallot; Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Vasoactive Infusions in Cardiothoracic Surgery; Common Post Cardiothoracic Surgery Arrhythmias; Pain Control in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Patient; Renal Complications of Cardiothoracic Surgery; The Role of ECMO in Post Cardiotomy Shock; Resuscitation of Patients Who Arrest After Cardiac Surgery; and End of Life Care in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Readers will come away with the latest information they need to improve improves of cardiothoracic surgical patients.

  • Clinical Companion to Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing

    Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
    • 11th Edition
    • Debra Hagler + 4 more
    • English
    Designed for portability, this clinical companion provides at-a-glance access to the information you need for more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the new 11th edition of Lewis’s main text: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. This clinical companion is organized alphabetically for quick reference and includes a variety of full-color illustrations, summary tables, and a handy reference appendix full of laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice.

  • Pass CNOR®!

    • 1st Edition
    • Nancymarie Phillips + 1 more
    • English
    Master the CNOR® certification exam with this robust resource! Modeled after Elsevier’s popular Pass! series of certification review books, PASS CNOR®!, 1st Edition delivers the best practice results with innovative learning strategies, targeted, comprehensive coverage, and meticulous accuracy. This invaluable resource presents content in a logical outline format accompanied by helpful illustrations and tables. Fun, engaging learning activities are featured throughout the book, and a companion website features a 325-question practice exam offering you a variety of opportunities to gain valuable test-taking practice! CNOR® is a registered certification mark of the Competency & Credentialing Institute ("CCI"), and CNOR® certification is offered exclusively by CCI. This publication is prepared by Elsevier, Inc., and neither this publication nor Elsevier Inc. is in any way affiliated with or endorsed by CCI.

  • Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals

    • 1st Edition
    • Patricia Barkway + 1 more
    • English
    Psychology: An Introduction for Health Professionals will appeal to the undergraduate nursing and health science student seeking to understand patient responses and behaviours to various diagnoses, interventions and health outcomes. Written by Patricia Barkway and Deb O'Kane, the text is divided into two sections. The first introduces essential concepts and theories of psychology in the context of human development across the lifespan. The second focuses on applying these concepts and theories to healthcare issues and practice.

  • Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment

    A Practical Approach
    • 7th Edition
    • Rosalinda Alfaro-Lefevre
    • English
    Develop the critical thinking and reasoning skills you need to make sound clinical judgments! Alfaro-LeFevre's Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment: A Practical Approach, 7th Edition brings these concepts to life through engaging text, diverse learning activities, and real-life examples. Easy-to-understand language and a "how-to" approach equip you to become a sensible, resilient critical thinker with the clinical reasoning skills you need to think think through complex issues and make sound clinical decisions. This edition emphasizes readiness for clinical practice and the Next Generation NCLEX exam, with a focus on systems thinking, interprofessional practice, nursing skills for the 21st century, and Quality and Safety for Nursing Education (QSEN) competencies.

  • Bien débuter - Pneumologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Clémence Beydon + 2 more
    • French
    Comment s’y prendre dans une situation donnée ?Quelles compétences pour prendre en charge le patient ?Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels infirmiers amenés à prendre en charge le patient atteint de pathologies pulmonaires et/ou des voies respiratoires.En trois grandes parties :1 – Les prérequis fournissent les notions indispensables de la pneumologie pour aborder sereinement les situations cliniques prévalentes.2 – Les situations cliniques prévalentes permettent de se familiariser avec la prise en charge globale des patients et la pratique terrain. En partant d’un cas clinique, les liens entre la symptomatologie du patient et sa prise en charge sont expliqués. La conduite infirmière et/ou conseils aux patients, ainsi que le rôle propre et le rôle prescrit infirmiers, sont clairement identifiés.3 – La boîte à outils détaille les aspects légaux, les gestes techniques, les traitements et les examens complémentaires abordés dans les situations cliniques.La compréhension est facilitée par une présentation sous forme de fiches en couleurs, et par de nombreux tableaux, photographies et illustrations.Enfin une collection centrée sur le rôle infirmier !

  • Investigación en enfermería

    Desarrollo de la práctica enfermera basada en la evidencia
    • 7th Edition
    • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Texto consolidado tras siete ediciones que ofrece una visión única, útil y crítica de la investigación publicada para la práctica basada en la evidencia. Escrita por las expertas en el área de la investigación en enfermería Susan y Jennifer R. Gray, esta obra ofrece las claves para comprender y evaluar la investigación publicada, y aplicarla a la práctica asistencial. Presenta un equilibrio entre las metodologías de investigación cualitativa y cuantitativa e incluye una introducción a la investigación de métodos mixtos y de resultados. Su redacción es clara y concisa a lo largo de los capítulos para facilitar el aprendizaje a los estudiantes e incorpora referencias bibliográficas electrónicas y sitios web que dirigen a una extensa información sobre lectura, valoración crítica y uso de conocimientos de investigación en la práctica.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Children's Nursing - Updated Edition

    • 1st Edition
    • Sharon L. Edwards + 1 more
    • English
    Are you working as a children’s nurse or doing a placement on a children’s ward? Are you studying to become a great professional involved in nursing children and young people? This user friendly, easy to carry textbook is a practical and evidence-based guide which provides those in the early stages of their careers with clinical information and insights. This book will help you to: Gather all the information you need to work with patients, in a concise and structure way; Obtain the knowledge required and clinical skills needed on a wide range of conditions; Have an excellent starting point and great revision aid to refer to when in doubt; What will you find in this UPDATED edition: Answers to some of your questions about embarking on your career into children’s nursing; How to satisfy children’s requirements and needs in the ward according to their age and stage of their development; Examples on legal, health and safety issues; Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the field. Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series

  • L'intégrale. Diplôme IFSI

    en 6 semestres
    • 3rd Edition
    • Pascal Hallouët + 2 more
    • French
    POUR RÉUSSIR VOTRE DIPLÔME IFSI TOUTES LES UE DU PROGRAMME Plus de 230 fiches de révision, organisées selon la chronologie des études, proposent : les notions et concepts spécifiques à retenir ; le rôle de l’IDE et des conseils pratiques ; des cas cliniques favorisant l’intégration des savoirs ; des schémas et illustrations en couleurs, des encadrés, tableaux, exemples pour faciliter la mémorisation. Conforme au programme, cet ouvrage est rédigé par des enseignants en IFSI et des professionnels de santé expérimentés. Tous les enseignements abordés au cours des trois années d’études IFSI regroupés en un seul volume !

  • L'indispensable en stage de Gynécologie-Obstétrique

    • 3rd Edition
    • Samuel Salama
    • French
    Cet ouvrage consacré à la gynécologie et à l'obstétrique propose :• de vous familiariser avec les particularités de ce service grâce à la partie introductive Connaître votre lieu de stage ;• un point sur les compétences infirmières en lien avec les situations cliniques récurrentes et les prises en charge thérapeutiques ;• un rappel des notions d'anatomie et de physiologie de l'appareil génital féminin ;• l'ensemble des pathologies en gynécologie médicale et chez la femme enceinte sous forme de fiches avec :➜ la définition,➜ l'épidémiologie,➜ l'étiologie,➜ le diagnostic : examen clinique, examens complémentaires,➜ le traitement : règles de prescription,➜ une rubrique « Conduite à tenir IDE » qui expose la prise en charge infirmière (accueil du patient, bilans, surveillance, gestes techniques spécifiques) en mettant en lien la compétence mobilisée ;• des fiches présentant les investigations et gestes techniques les plus courants en service de gynécologie ou en maternité ;• une série de fiches récapitulant tous les médicaments abordés dans l'ouvrage.Ce Mémo accompagnera efficacement les étudiants infirmiers tout au long de leur stage en service de gynécologie ou en maternité. La collection MÉMO STAGE INFIRMIER propose aux étudiants en IFSI des ouvrages synthétiques et pratiques sous la forme de fiches claires et concises.Conformes au programme, ces Mémos abordent l’ensemble des connaissances indispensables pour les stages en services de soins, intègrent les compétences évaluées ainsi que les protocoles à respecter en fonction de chaque situation.

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