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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.

Conceptual Nursing Care Planning

  • 2nd Edition
  • September 17, 2024
  • Mariann M. Harding + 1 more
  • English
Plan effective patient care using standardized interprofessional clinical problems and a concept-based approach! Conceptual Nursing Care Planning, 2nd Edition, shows you how to identify clinical problems, determine expected outcomes, and choose interventions — all grounded in a logical, concept-based framework. The focus on concepts gives you the big picture, helping you recognize similarities in nursing care based on physiologic concepts, as well as differences based on the needs of individuals. Written by noted nursing educators Mariann Harding and Debra Hagler, this unique book demonstrates how the use of a concept-based approach and standardized clinical problems language makes it easier to plan effective care and communicate with other members of the interprofessional team.

Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

  • 2nd Edition
  • September 12, 2024
  • Mary Jo Vetter + 1 more
  • English
Develop your skills to expertly conduct evidence-based practice (EBP) or quality improvement (QI) projects! Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare, 2nd Edition, is a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating EBP and QI projects to improve healthcare quality and outcomes. Building on the legacy built by Geri LoBiondo-Wood and Judi Haber, this edition is newly tailored to meet the goals and strategic priorities of a variety of healthcare settings, with the tenets of ANCC Magnet designation, JCAHO accreditation, and other current regulatory and quality standards integrated throughout. This edition features a new focus on both academic and practice settings, including content informed by recent guidance documents such as The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021), Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing (AACN, 2016), and the principles of Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (NASEM, 2021). Also new to this edition are 10 new chapters (including topics related to the impact of academic practice partners; nurse wellness; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; population health and innovation; new models of evidence-based practice; and more!) and an entirely new unit on Evidence-Based Practice Innovation in Healthcare.

A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies

  • 4th Edition
  • September 10, 2024
  • Richard Harrison + 1 more
  • English
A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies is a primer in acute emergency care aimed at nursing staff, senior medical students, Foundation Year doctors and physician assistants. This textbook outlines the observations, clinical management and interventions in the critical first 24 hours of admission, based on an understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms. The new edition has been updated to cover the management of COVID, the most recent advances in the care of common medical emergencies and the latest iteration of the NEWS Guidance.With a unique focus on the overlap between medical and nursing management in the Acute Medical Unit, this book is an ideal source for the entire acute medical team.

Sociological Approaches to Health, Healthcare and Nursing

  • 1st Edition
  • September 9, 2024
  • Hannah Cooke
  • English
An understanding of the sociology of health and illness is central to effective health and social care practice. Sociological Approaches to Health, Healthcare and Nursing is a new book for pre- and post-registration nurses and allied health professionals that brings into focus the social context of their work and its social and cultural foundations. The book introduces key social theories and concepts in an accessible way. It covers a range of contemporary post-COVID issues in health and healthcare. A central focus is the social determinants of health: the book discusses these in relation to inequality and discrimination related to social class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and disability. It examines contemporary cultural understandings of health, illness and the body while linking these to social changes and the growth of digital technologies and social media. Aligned with the requirements of the updated NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nurses, this book will support the reader in considering modern healthcare systems and institutions, and their role in either reproducing or challenging inequalities of health. It encourages the reader to critically reflect on their own role within them and how they themselves can help to effect positive change.

Applying Pathophysiological Concepts for the NCLEX-RN®: Through an Inclusive Lens

  • 1st Edition
  • September 4, 2024
  • Kaveri Roy
  • English
Develop clinical judgment, understand the role of social determinants of health in patient care, and build pathophysiological connections to decision-making! An inclusive guide, Applying Pathophysiological Concepts for the NCLEX-RN® helps you understand pathophysiology principles, how they relate to the social determinants of health, and how they relate to improving patient care. Coverage of diseases and disorders is organized by body system, with each chapter including an overview of the topic, a guide to study along with study tips, realistic case studies, and challenge questions asking you to apply your knowledge to clinical situations. Written by noted nurse educator Kaveri Roy, this text features a strong focus on clinical judgment that makes it a perfect study and review tool for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN®.

Taschenwissen OP-Pflege OTA

  • 1st Edition
  • September 4, 2024
  • Dennis Müller
  • German
Mini Karten – Maxi Wissen: Ihr unverzichtbarer Begleiter im OP - Optimal für OTA-Auszubildende und FachkräfteUnsere Mini Karten bieten Ihnen kompaktes und sofort verfügbares Wissen für den OP-Bereich. Sie sind perfekt für OTA-Auszubildende während der gesamten drei Ausbildungsjahre und bieten auch für bereits examinierte OTAs und Pflegefachpersonen im OP wertvolle Unterstützung – sei es zu Beginn der Berufstätigkeit, beim Wiedereinstieg nach einer Elternzeit oder beim Wechsel des Einsatzortes. Auch für aus dem Ausland rekrutierte Fachpersonen mit sprachlichen Herausforderungen sind die Mini-Karten eine hervorragende Hilfe.Ihre Vorteile auf einen Blick:Basiswissen schnell zur Hand: Alle wichtigen Informationen sind sofort griffbereit.Passt in die Kitteltasche: Das Kitteltaschen-Format und die Spiralbindung ermöglichen es, die Karten jederzeit griffbereit zu haben und sie bequem aufgeschlagen liegen zu lassenKurz, knapp und kompakt: Die Inhalte sind auf das Wesentliche reduziert und leicht verständlich aufbereitet. Abbildungen, Tabellen und Schemata veranschaulichen die Inhalte und machen das Lernen und Nachschlagen effizienter.Jede Karte liefert punktgenau das benötigte Wissen zu über 30 Themen, von Akutes Abdomen, über MRSA und Strahlenschutz bis zu Wärmemanagement.Das Buch eignet sich für:Auszubildende OTA, Auszubildende Pflegefachperson bei Einsatz im OP, Pflegefachpersonen im OP und OTAs.

Social Prescribing

  • 1st Edition
  • August 27, 2024
  • Heather Henry
  • English
Social prescribing – the connection of people to communities, services and activities to meet their practical, social and emotional needs – has become an increasingly important element of healthcare policy. As debate intensifies over an appropriate national model, this new book provides the first comprehensive overview of the entire concept of social prescribing.Social Prescribing pulls together arguments, evidence and resources to define social prescribing and analyze how it can change lives. It considers a range of paradigms for improving health and wellbeing through social approaches, and provides real-life examples of where the theory has been realized in practice.The book is well-balanced and easy to understand, making it ideal for healthcare practitioners, researchers and policy makers who are interested in exploring the potential of social prescribing for improving health and wellbeing.Editor Heather Henry is former chair of New NHS Alliance (now The Health Creation Alliance CIC), which influences national health strategy and policy on health inequalities and wellbeing. Her NHS career in primary care as both a practising Queen's Nurse and NHS director, combined with her experience of the voluntary community and social enterprise sector, ideally qualifies her to curate and interpret a wide range of contributions from household names to seldom-heard voices.

Flashcards IFSI. Toute l'UE 2 du semestre 5

  • 1st Edition
  • August 27, 2024
  • Julie Violet
  • French
Avec le format des flashcards, optimisez vos révisions aux examens IFSI. Colorées, synthétiques et pratiques,ces fiches vous permettront un travail de mémorisation simple et efficace des savoirs attendus.Cet ouvrage vous propose 249 flashcards de l’UE 2 du semestre 5 autour des trois thèmes :UE 2.6 : Processus psychopathologiquesUE 2.9 : Processus tumorauxUE 2.11 : Pharmacologie et thérapeutiquesLe format recto-verso des flashcards est optimal pour des révisions seul ou en groupe afin de solidifier etd’automatiser vos connaissances en vue de l’examen. L’autrice elle-même diplômée et aujourd’hui experte destechniques de révision a condensé les savoirs les plus essentiels de la manière la plus efficace.À destination des étudiants en IFSI de troisième année, cet ouvrage innovant, complet et pratique est l’outil idéalde vos révisions pour réussir le semestre 5 des études infirmières.Julie Violet est infirmière anesthésiste (IADE) et créatrice du site internet fiches-ide.fr ainsi que du profil Instagram@julie_ficheside.

Tratado de enfermería gerontogeriátrica

  • 1st Edition
  • August 26, 2024
  • Almudena Avendaño Céspedes + 2 more
  • Spanish
Presenta los fundamentos y la historia de la Enfermería gerontogeriátrica. Aborda los problemas prevalentes en las personas mayores y la provisión de cuidados. Recoge experiencias e iniciativas innovadoras en la atención de salud a las personas mayores. Incluye una galería de vídeos que compilan los conocimientos y las habilidades necesarios para la atención sanitaria a los mayores.

Test para la preparación del EIR en Geriatría

  • 1st Edition
  • August 22, 2024
  • Almudena Avendaño Céspedes + 2 more
  • Spanish
La obra resultará de utilidad tanto a estudiantes del grado de Enfermería y enfermeras que quieran especializarse, como a las enfermeras geriátricas a la hora de presentarse a ofertas de empleo con oposición, pública o privada. Los comentarios y explicaciones de cada respuesta correcta han sido redactados por expertos en los distintos ámbitos, y permiten poner en práctica los conocimientos y el pensamiento crítico.