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  • Varcarolis Clinical Companion for Psychiatric Nursing

    An Interprofessional Approach
    • 8th Edition
    • Margaret Jordan Halter + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® in Psychiatric**Get quick access to psychiatric nursing care guidelines with this portable and concise clinical reference! Taking an interprofessional approach to care based on patient problems and the latest DSM-5 criteria, this essential resource helps you plan evidence-based, individualized nursing care for a range of healthcare settings. Clear, concise coverage focuses on the nursing process, summarizing topics from disorders and psychiatric crises to psychopharmacology. From noted educators Margaret Jordan Halter and Christina A. Fratena, this manual is a perfect clinical reference companion for creating psychiatric nursing care plans.

  • Darby’s Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene

    • 10th Edition
    • Christine M. Blue
    • English
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Dental Hygiene & Auxiliaries**The most comprehensive dental hygiene review book available, Darby’s Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene, 10th Edition, offers an all-inclusive review to help you successfully pass the National Board Dental Hygiene Examination (NBDHE) on the first try. Written by a team of experts in their fields, this affordable, all-in-one review text provides an outline-style review of all examination topics, along with 50 new review questions in each chapter and four computerized practice exams that simulate the NBDHE test-taking experience. New for the 10th edition is a simulated Dental Hygiene Licensure Objective Structured Clinical Exam (DHLOSCE™) to help you prepare for the national clinical licensing examination that was launched in 2025. This text is everything you need for success!

  • Nursing Today

    Transition and Trends
    • 12th Edition
    • JoAnn Zerwekh + 1 more
    • English
    Make a smooth transition from nursing school into the practice setting! Nursing Today: Transition and Trends, 12th Edition, gives you a solid understanding of the issues and trends that affect the nursing profession. Not only will you graduate with patient care skills, but you will advance your career with insights into writing a resume, interviewing, finding a job, and obtaining specialty certifications. This edition takes a deeper look into topics such as workplace bullying, conflict management, artificial intelligence and its impact on health care, social determinants of health, and new question types found on the Next Generation NCLEX® examination. Written by well-known nursing educators JoAnn Zerwekh and Ashley Zerwekh Garneau, this easy-to-read text prepares you for success on the NCLEX-RN® exam and in professional nursing practice.

  • Family-Centered Care in Critical Care, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 38-1
    • Danielle Leone-Sheehan
    • English
    In this issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics, guest editor Danielle Leone-Sheehan brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Family-Centered Care in Critical Care Nursing. A growing body of evidence supports that family-centered care results in shorter hospital stays, reduced complications, reduced anxiety, higher adherence rates, lower health care costs, and reduced nursing burnout. This issue explores the tenets of family-centered care so that the goals of improved patient outcomes, enhanced family satisfaction, reduction of patient and family anxiety, and promotion of continuity of care can be achieved.

  • Medical Informatics for the Internist and Hospitalist, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 110-2
    • Romil Chadha
    • English
    In this issue of Medical Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Romil Chadha brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Medical Informatics for the Internist and Hospitalist. Top experts cover the foundations of informatics for generalists, EHR optimization, clinical documentation technology, AI, digital communication and collaboration; ethical considerations; and more.

  • Neurologic Interventions for Physical Therapy

    • 5th Edition
    • Suzanne Tink Martin + 1 more
    • English
    Whether your goal is to be a physical therapist or a physical therapist assistant, this book’s comprehensive content will provide you with in-depth knowledge on the role of neurologic rehabilitation in treating adults and children with neuromuscular impairments. It also explores concepts in neuroanatomy, motor control, motor learning, and motor development. Neurologic Interventions for Physical Therapy, 5th Edition, offers a current, evidence-based framework for neurologic practice, focusing on the precise links between the pathophysiology of neurologic conditions and potential interventions to enhance functional outcomes. Helpful learning aids in each chapter include objectives and summaries, open-ended review questions, line drawings and photos, step-by-step illustrated intervention boxes, tables, and charts. New to this edition is an enhanced ebook included with print purchase.

  • Plunkett's Procedures for the Canadian Medical Administrative Assistant

    • 6th Edition
    • Heather D. Ramsay + 1 more
    • English
    Written in a clear, engaging style, Plunkett's Procedures for the Canadian Medical Administrative Assistant, 6th Edition, provides instruction for all the essential office procedures required by today's health services administrative assistants in Canada — whether working in a medical office, a complementary care office, or in a hospital setting. Chapters address the diverse skills and knowledge required by a medical office administrative assistant, such as good communication, privacy, customer service, stress management, medical transcription, filing, appointment booking, physical and virtual meetings, billing (ICD- 10-CA), and more. This new expanded edition includes in-depth coverage of topics including privacy and confidentiality, hospital procedures, cross-cultural communication, and more. Three new chapters explore health care's evolving landscape, therapeutic communication, and pharmacology, while a revised art program visually reinforces key concepts. Accompanied by a robust offering of invaluable learning resources on Evolve, this is the only text you'll need to prepare for your career in health care administration assistance.

  • Müller-Weiss Disease, An issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-1
    • John Wong Chung
    • English
    In this issue of Foot and Ankle Clinics, guest editor Dr. John Wong Chung brings his considerable expertise to the topic of Müller-Weiss Disease. Top experts outline the epidemiology, classification systems, and nonoperative and operative treatments (including minimally invasive surgery options) so that foot and ankle surgeons may better identify and treat patients with this complex disease.

  • Tout-en-un d'endocrinologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Claire Briet
    • French
    En format poche, la collection « Elsevier Tout-en-un » présente, pour unediscipline, l’ensemble des connaissances sur cette discipline, qui sontnécessaires au jeune praticien dans sa pratique clinique.Les pathologies endocriniennes se caractérisent par leur grande complexitéet leur diversité, liées au dysfonctionnement des glandes endocrines et à desanomalies de la sécrétion hormonale. Leurs manifestations cliniques, multiples etsouvent intriquées, rendent le diagnostic et la prise en charge particulièrementexig... Forts de leur expertise clinique et de leur engagement dans la recherche,les auteurs proposent dans cet ouvrage concis et complet les connaissancesessenti... destinées aux praticiens, qu’ils soient en formation ou en exercice,pour une prise en charge éclairée et efficace des affections endocriniennes.S’app... sur une présentation claire, pédagogique et récurrente pourtoutes les affections (définition, épidémiologie, physiopathologie, symptômes etsignes cliniques, examens complémentaires, traitement et messages clés sousforme d’encadrés), les chapitres présentent les données et les concepts qui fontconsensus et qui permettent de définir une conduite à tenir. Des encadrés, destableaux et des algorithmes, des points clés ainsi que l’iconographie facilitentl’utilisat... de l’ouvrage pour répondre aux besoins des cliniciens dans leurpratique quotidienne et améliorer la prise en charge des patientsPrésentant les pathologies selon le type de glande endocrine impliquée (pathologiethyroïdie... hypothalamo-hypophys... surrénalienne, parathyroïdienne, tumeursneuroendocrin... dysnatrémie, hypoglycémies, atteintes pluri-endocriniennes... gonadique-reproducti... l’ouvrage présente la physiopathologie desaffections, les explorations diagnostiques et la prise en charge, avec une attentionparticulièr... sur les traitements et posologies recommandés.Coordonn... par le Professeur Claire Briet et publié sous l’égide du Collègedes enseignants d’endocrinologie, diabète et maladies métaboliques(CEEDMM)... ce livre s’adresse aux endocrinologues, mais aussi aux internistes,aux gynécologues et aux pédiatres ainsi qu’à tous les spécialistes confrontés àdes désordres endocriniens.POINTS CLÉS Toute la physiologie et physiopathologie endocrinienne Des conduites à tenir diagnostiques et thérapeutiques Des outils pratiques pour aider les praticiens dans la prise en chargedes patientsClaire Briet est professeur des universités, praticien hospitalier, départementd’endocri... diabétologie et nutrition du CHU d’Angers.

  • Essentials of Nursing Communication

    • 1st Edition
    • Joy V. Goldsmith + 3 more
    • English
    Build your skills in communication with a scientific, competency-based approach! Essentials of Nursing Communication helps you gain communication knowledge and develop observable communication skills/behaviors in nursing. This text goes beyond an anecdotal, “soft skills” approach to communication. It integrates the COMFORT model with the concepts and domains of the 2021 AACN Essentials, covering key topics like professionalism, DEI, and person-centered care. Standards and learning objectives for undergraduate nurse communication training are scaffolded across chapters, implementing the gold-standard approach to competency-based learning to help you communicate effectively in today’s nursing practice.

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