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  • Cell Biology

    • 4th Edition
    • Thomas D. Pollard + 3 more
    • English
    Reader-friendly Cell Biology, 4th Edition, provides a concise but comprehensive foundation for students entering research or health care career paths. Award winning illustrations help readers quickly grasp general principles. The authors have thoroughly updated this popular text to provide readers with the current understanding of the principles of normal cellular function along with examples of how molecular defects predispose to human disease. Major new themes in the 4th edition include the roles of intrinsically disordered polypeptides and phase separation in cellular functions, the influence of new molecular structures on understanding mechanisms, and the impact of exciting new methods—from single cell RNA sequencing to second generation super resolution fluorescence microscopy—on advancing our understanding.

  • The Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills

    • 2nd Edition
    • Emily Hotton + 1 more
    • English
    The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.Designed for medical students, nurses, junior doctors and other healthcare professionals, The Unofficial Guide to Practical Skills contains step-by-step guidance to over 50 core practical procedures. Information is easy to follow and procedures are explained clearly – along with expert practical tips.This book covers the essential skills you’ll need throughout your course and for the OSCEs. It also provides a succinct, day-to-day reference for those in practice.

  • Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners

    • 6th Edition
    • Karen Fenstermacher + 1 more
    • English
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2023****American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Adult Primary Care, 2023**The latest evidence-based guidelines keep you up to date for FNP practice! With updated content and full-color illustrations, Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 6th Edition provides essential information on the most current national and international guidelines and evidence-based protocols for primary care patients of all ages. Key details are easy to find with the book’s full-color format, concise outline-style guidelines, and abundant summary tables and charts. In addition to coverage of the most common conditions seen in outpatient settings, this edition includes the latest information on topics such as COVID-19 and STDs. Plus, the popular Practice Pearls boxes have been expanded throughout the book.

  • Guide de la petite enfance

    Accompagner l'enfant de 0 à 6 ans
    • 4th Edition
    • Jérôme Valleteau de Moulliac + 4 more
    • French
    Ce Guide de la petite enfance a pour objectif de présenter toutes les connaissances nécessaires à la prise en charge du nouveau-né et de l’enfant jusqu’à 6 ans, au domicile ou en structure d’accueil.Composé de six grandes parties, l’ouvrage couvre les domaines suivants : ¦ l’accueil du nouveau-né, qui présente les besoins du nouveau-né et fait le point sur les différents types d’allaitement et le sommeil ; ¦ le développement de l’enfant de 0 à 6 ans, incluant la croissance, le développement psychomoteur et les étapes de socialisation et l’autonomie ; ¦ les activités d’éveil et de jeux, où sont abordées la place des jouets dans le développement de l’enfant et les différentes activités d’éveil et de jeux ; ¦ l’accompagnement de l’enfant au quotidien, qui comprend l’alimentation, l’hygiène de vie de l’enfant, la prévention des accidents, le concept de l’accompagnement à la parentalité et les différents modes d’accueil ; ¦ l’accompagnement et la prise en charge d’un enfant malade, en particulier les pathologies courantes, les affections chirurgicales, neurologiques et psychiatriques et enfin l’accompagnement d’un enfant handicapé ;¦ et en annexe, trois chapitres, qui présentent les aspects juridiques et administratifs à connaître, rappellent les règles d’ergonomie et replacent le professionnel dans son contexte de travail à travers des mises en situation de la vie courante. Clair, pédagogique et richement illustré, cet ouvrage s’adresse à tous les professionnels de la petite enfance (auxiliaires de puériculture, éducatrices de jeunes enfants, assistantes maternelles, auxiliaires de vie aux familles, auxiliaires de vie sociale...) qui trouveront dans cet ouvrage un véritable guide pratique et précis. Les chapitres sont clairement organisés, composés systématiquement d’une introduction, puis d’une situation mettant en scène le thème abordé et d’un condensé des « questions que l’on se pose » face à cette situation. Ils sont également ponctués d’exemples, d’encadrés « Mémo » (points importants à retenir) et « Rôle de la professionnelle » (conduites à tenir). Enfin, des fiches de synthèse détaillent certaines techniques de soins ou activités évoquées. Ce livre accompagnera également les parents tout au long des premières années de vie de leur(s) enfant(s). Le monde de l’enfance évoluant en permanence, cette nouvelle édition a été l’occasion d’actualiser et d’enrichir l’ensemble des informations délivrées, et plus spécifiquement, l’allaitement maternel, les conseils de prévention, le suivi médical de l’enfant et la place des écrans.

  • Pain

    A Textbook for Health Professionals
    • 3rd Edition
    • Hubert van Griensven + 1 more
    • English
    Pain: A textbook for health professionals provides a comprehensive guide to pain and pain management with a focus on interprofessional practice.Written by internationally acclaimed authors and fully updated to reflect latest evidence and understanding, this book bridges the gap between theoretical underpinning and practice for assessment and management of patients with persistent pain – all in clear and accessible language.Now in its third edition, the text emphasises personal aspects of pain and the therapeutic alliance, as well as social and cultural aspects of pain, pain education for patients, and multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary working. It will provide both students and clinicians with a new lens through which to understand a person’s pain experience, as well as tools for effective management.

  • Kinesiology

    The Skeletal System and Muscle Function
    • 4th Edition
    • Joseph E. Muscolino
    • English
    Gain the knowledge and skills you need to provide soft-tissue therapy! Kinesiology: The Skeletal System and Muscle Function, 4th Edition provides a complete guide to the art and science of musculoskeletal anatomy, movement, and dysfunction treatment. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, the book shows the body’s bones and joints, and how muscles function as movers, antagonists, and stabilizers. Part I covers the fundamentals of structure and motion. Part II covers the skeletal system, including skeletal and fascial tissues. Part III contains a detailed study of the joints of the body. And finally, Part IV examines how muscles function. Written by noted lecturer and educator Joseph Muscolino, this text includes access to an Evolve website with 150 video clips demonstrating major joint actions of the body as well as muscle palpation.

  • Atlas of Reconstructive Surgery: A Case-Based Approach

    A Case-Based Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Lee L.Q. Pu
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery**Written by the world’s leading authority in the field, Atlas of Reconstructive Surgery: A Case-Based Approach offers a case-based, highly illustrated approach to optimizing care for the reconstructive surgery patient. Dr. Lee L.Q. Pu invites you to learn from real cases that he has worked on throughout his years of surgical practice, providing detailed content on each case in an easy-to-follow, templated format. Superb illustrations, before and after case photos, and operative videos help you visualize exactly how Dr. Pu achieves improved outcomes for each patient.

  • Integrative Healthcare Remedies for Everyday Life

    • 1st Edition
    • Malinee Thambyayah
    • English
    A user-friendly guidebook for anyone interested in enhancing health and wellness, Integrative Healthcare Remedies for Everyday Life marries modern medical knowledge with a cross-cultural understanding of health and healing. The authors are a family of modern physicians who share a passion for the rapidly growing field of holistic and integrative health. Representing both Western diagnostics and complementary medicine, this reference offers practical guidance on incorporating simple remedies and therapies into everyday life.

  • Buck's The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing, 2023/2024 Edition

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier
    • English
    Master advanced coding skills! Buck’s The Next Step: Advanced Medical Coding and Auditing shows how to code for services such as medical visits, diagnostic testing and interpretation, treatments, surgeries, and anesthesia. Real-world cases (cleared of any patient identifiers) takes your coding proficiency a step further by providing hands-on practice with physician documentation. With this guide, you’ll learn to pull the right information from medical documents, select the right codes, determine the correct sequencing of those codes, and properly audit cases.

  • The Elements of Fracture Fixation

    • 5th Edition
    • Anand J. Thakur
    • English
    Orthopaedic community’s understanding of fracture healing process changes with newer methods of scientific investigations. The new knowledge when applied to clinical practice changes the way one uses an existing implant. The fifth edition incorporates these changes and presents a lucid and contemporary account of the biomechanical and clinical aspects of the elements of fracture fixation. In this silver jubilee edition, Dr Thakur has organized the basic principles and scientific rationales involved in fracture fixation. His easy-to-understand descriptions of screws, plates, nails, wires, cables and external fixators are good resource tools and provide a thorough review of basic biomechanics. The Elements of Fracture Fixation is an exquisite compendium of fracture fixation implants for residents, fellows and masters, written by an experienced surgeon. It explains the fundamentals of fracture fixation in a format that is concise, well organized, and easy to follow, and addresses the biomechanical principles and usage techniques of a wide range of modern orthopaedic trauma implants in use today. It is a well-illustrated, concise, clear and well-written book on the various implants and concepts of fracture fixation.

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