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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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    • Practice Management: Successfully Guiding Your Group into the Future, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-2
      • May 11, 2018
      • Amr Abouleish + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 8 3 9 0 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 8 3 9 1 6
      This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics focuses on Practice Management, with topics including: Measuring Clinical Productivity; OR Throughput and Efficiency; Measuring Quality of Individual Anesthesia Clinicians; Challenges in outcome reporting; Reporting Quality; Quality and The Health System; Value Proposition and Anesthesiology; Bundled Payments and the Hidden Costs; Pre-Anesthesia Assessment and Pre-Facilitation Process; Perioperative Surgical Home and the Role of Pain Medicine; Anesthesiology’s future with Population Health; Successful Negotiations; and Challenges of merging academic and private-practice cultures.

    • Regional Anesthesia, An Issue of Anesthesiology Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 36-3
      • September 14, 2018
      • Nabil Elkassabany + 1 more
      • English
      • Hardback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 6 1 3 7 2 9
      This issue of Anesthesiology Clinics, edited by Dr. Nabil Elkassabany and Dr. Edward Mariano, focuses on Regional Anesthesia, with topics including: Current evidence related to regional analgesia and hip surgery; Updates on billing and coding and establishing an acute pain service in private practice; Establishing a home catheter program for orthopedic surgery in pediatric patients or more broadly: updates on regional anesthesia for pediatric orthopedic surgery; Enhanced recovery after shoulder arthroplasty; Perioperative management of patient on opioid agonist antagonist therapy; Outcome metrics to be considered for regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine; Updates on multimodal analgesia (intransal ketorolac, IV acetmenophen, newer NSAIDS) for orthopedic surgery; Updates in enhanced recovery pathway for knee replacement versus updates outpatient knee replacement; Updates on new technology for regional anesthesia (peripheral nerve stimulators and cryotherapy); and Regional anesthesia and analgesia for the poly trauma patients.

    • Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives

      • 5th Edition
      • January 29, 2018
      • Cheryl Jones + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 8 3 4 0 4
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 4 1 5 1 6 3
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 4 1 5 1 1 8
      Learn how financial management fits into the healthcare organization. Financial Management for Nurse Managers and Executives, 5th Edition covers the latest accounting and financial management practices distinctly from the nurse manager’s point of view. Topics include how financial management fits into the health care organization, financial accounting, cost analysis, planning and control management of the organization’s financial resources, various management tools, and the future of financial management with respect to healthcare reform and international accounting standards. This new edition includes updated information on the Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations, Value Based Payment, and Team and Population Based Care.

    • Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning

      • 6th Edition
      • February 20, 2018
      • Margaret Jordan Halter
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 5 0 2 5 3
      A thoughtful, portable clinical companion, Varcarolis’ Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning: An Interprofessional Approach, 6th Edition, provides you with the latest diagnostic information available, including the DSM-5 and patient problems, for accurate assessment and diagnosis of patients. This clinically-based guide offers quick and easy access to the latest psychiatric nursing care planning guidelines for a range of settings including the inpatient unit, home care, or community mental health setting. Designed to accompany Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, the refreshed and updated edition is a perfect reference for learning to create psychiatric nursing care plans.

    • Understanding Nursing Research

      • 7th Edition
      • July 15, 2018
      • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 4 6 5 1 5
      Edition after edition, Burns & Grove’s Understanding Nursing Research: Building an Evidence-Based Practice has been known as a leading textbook of nursing research for evidence-based practice (EBP). Now under the authorship of Drs. Grove and Gray, this streamlined and enhanced 7th edition gives you even sharper insights into understanding, appraising, and applying published research for evidence-based nursing practice. Known for its authoritative content, time-tested systematic approach, and unique research example format — the new edition of this bestselling textbook includes an enhanced EBP focus, new content on the emerging trend of mixed-methods research, and a spotlight on need-to-know information to equip you to apply the latest evidence to your clinical practice.

    • PASS CCRN®!

      • 5th Edition
      • July 10, 2018
      • Robin Donohoe Dennison
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 9 5 3 1 5
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 9 6 8 1 7
      Fully updated to mirror the test plan for the latest CCRN®-Adult certification exam, Dennison’s widely acclaimed PASS CCRN®! is known for its targeted yet comprehensive content review, innovative learning strategies, and meticulous accuracy. This new fifth edition addresses each section of the most current CCRN® exam in detail, with review content presented in a quick-reference outline format and supported by a wealth of illustrations, tables, and algorithms. Learning activities for each chapter, as well as more than 1,000 review questions on the companion Evolve website, offer valuable practice and test-taking experience to prepare you for success on the CCRN®-Adult exam.

    • Foundations and Adult Health Nursing

      • 8th Edition
      • October 31, 2018
      • Kim Cooper + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 5 0 3 0 7
      Learn the skills essential to clinical practice with Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 8th Edition! This all-inclusive guide to fundamentals and medical-surgical nursing for the LPN/LVN covers everything from anatomy and physiology to nursing interventions and maternity, neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, and community health care. Guidelines for patient care are presented within the framework of the nursing process; Nursing Care Plans are described within a case-study format to help you develop skills in clinical decision-making. In addition, the accessible, friendly overall style and clearly written review questions helps you to prepare for the NCLEX-PN® examination.

    • Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice

      • 9th Edition
      • March 1, 2018
      • Patricia A. Potter + 4 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 3 0 3 4
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 3 0 5 8
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 3 0 4 1
      Corresponding to the chapters in Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice reinforces your understanding of key nursing ideas. Each chapter includes a Preliminary Reading, Case Study questions, a Chapter Review, Study Group Questions, and directions to help you create your own personalized Study Chart for the chapter. In addition, each Chapter Review includes many different kinds of questions to keep learning the material interactive and fun!

    • Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in Health Care

      • 1st Edition
      • July 11, 2018
      • Margaret Slusser + 3 more
      • English
      • Paperback
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 4 6 2 4 1 9
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 4 6 2 4 2 6
      Health care is a team effort, so why keep training for solo sprints? Introducing Foundations of Interprofessional Collaborative Practice in Health Care - a unique new textbook that will equip you to become an effective member of interprofessional healthcare teams. This completely new textbook is the first on the market to introduce the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC, 2011, 2016) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and to provide practice in applying these competencies to everyday practice. Expertly written by an interprofessional team for a wide variety of health professions students, this textbook provides a solid foundation in the four Core Competencies: Values and Ethics for Interprofessional Practice, Roles and Responsibilities, Interprofessional Communication, and Teams and Teamwork. It then elaborates each Core Competency by defining and describing each Sub-Competency. With a variety of interactive Case Studies, Caselets, and Exemplar Case Studies, it then illustrates the contributions and interconnectedness of each provider’s role to demonstrate how Core Competencies would be applied and put into action for improved patient outcomes.

    • All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource

      • 5th Edition
      • November 30, 2018
      • Pamela L. Swearingen + 1 more
      • English
      • eBook
        9 7 8 0 3 2 3 5 3 2 6 7 9
      Introducing a plan for success with the only nursing care planning reference book for all core clinical areas! Swearingen's All-In-One Nursing Care Planning Resource, 5th Edition, features over 100 care plans including medical-surgical, maternity/OB, pediatrics, and psychiatric‒mental health to help you care for patients in any setting. This new edition is the first in the market to include a unique, interprofessional, "patient problem" focus　that teaches students how to speak to patients in conversational terms rather than in nursing-specific language. New non–medical-surgical care plans and updated content throughout reflect the latest evidence-based treatment guidelines for national and international clinical practice. Plus, with its clear approach, easy-to-use format, and straightforward rationales, you can use this one book throughout their entire nursing curriculum!

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