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    • Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment

      • 11th Edition
      • September 16, 2021
      • J. M. Cairo
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Master the equipment, devices, and techniques used in respiratory therapy! Mosby's Respiratory Care Equipment, 11th Edition provides a comprehensive guide to treating patients with cardiopulmonary dysfunction. Using a how-to approach, this text helps you learn to identify and select equipment, understand its operation, and apply your knowledge to clinical practice. It also discusses assessment, testing, protocols, and troubleshooting of the devices used in airway management. Written by noted educator J. M. Cairo and a team of expert contributors, this leading text provides the skills that will help you breathe easier as you prepare for NBRC examinations.

    • Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards

      • 6th Edition
      • December 14, 2021
      • John T. Hansen
      • English
      • eBook
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      Learn, review, and self-test with these bestselling flash cards! Fun, fast, and in full color, Netter's Anatomy Flash Cards are a portable study tool for a solid foundation in the anatomy you need to know for coursework and exams. Each card presents art by Dr. Frank H. Netter (with several paintings by Dr. Carlos Machado), numbered labels with hidden answers for self-quizzing, and concise comments and clinical notes.

    • Clinical Skills

      • 1st Edition
      • January 1, 2021
      • Robin Schwarz
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Clinical Skills: A Nurse’s Pocket Guide is a new easy reference intended to be carried by nurses into the clinical environment for quick access during their practice. This helpful resource provides quick references for a range of core as well as more complex clinical skills, including neurological assessment, ECG recording, chest auscultation, resuscitation guidelines, recognition and management of sepsis, and pain relief. It also considers fluid and electrolyte balance, wound care and key aspects of nutrition. Written by experienced nurse practitioner Rob Schwarz, the easy to navigate text closes the gap between theory and practice, supporting nurses to build understanding and acquire new skills. It will be a much-used resource by training and qualified nurses alike.

    • Havard's Nursing Guide to Drugs

      • 11th Edition
      • October 18, 2021
      • Adriana Tiziani
      • English
      • Paperback
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      Trusted by nursing and midwifery students and clinicians in Australia since 1983, the 11th edition of Havard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs is an indispensable tool for reliable, accurate and up-to-date drug information. The guide is easy to access and user-friendly. It provides all the medication information you need to know, with drugs classified by both therapeutic class and body system, and referred to by both trade and generic name. The book includes best practice in drug administration as well as patient teaching information to improve care. This edition has been comprehensively reviewed and updated to ensure that usage, dose, side effects, contraindications and precautions are consistent with current Australian pharmaceutical guidelines.

    • Reconstruction of Facial Skin Defects, An Issue of Atlas of the Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 28-1
      • February 4, 2020
      • Anthony M Bunnell
      • English
      • Hardback
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      • eBook
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      This issue of the Atlas of the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America focuses on Reconstruction of Facial Skin Defects, and is edited by Dr. Anthony Bunnell. Articles will include: Defect Evaluation; Nasolabial Flap; Cervicofacial Flap; Rhomboid Flap; Paramedian Flap; Keystone Flap; Glabellar Flap; Bilobe Flap; and more!

    • Cirugía refractiva

      • 3rd Edition
      • June 15, 2020
      • Dimitri T. Azar
      • Damien Gatinel + 1 more
      • Spanish
      • Hardback
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    • Autism Spectrum Disorder Across the Lifespan Part II, An Issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

      • 1st Edition
      • Volume 29-3
      • June 4, 2020
      • Robert w Wisner Carlson + 3 more
      • English
      • Hardback
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      This issue of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, guest edited by Drs. Robert Wisner-Carlson, Thomas Flis, Scott Pekrul and Robert Schloesser, will cover key topics of importance surrounding Autism Spectrum Disorders Across the Lifespan. This issue is Part II of II and one of four selected each year by our series Consulting Editor, Dr. Todd Peters. Topics discussed in this issue include but are not limited to: Evaluation of Psychiatric and Behavioral Problems, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Psychosis and Catatonia, ETC in Autism Spectrum Disorders, and many other topics.

    • Sheehy. Enfermería de Urgencias

      • 7th Edition
      • September 15, 2020
      • Spanish
      • Paperback
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      Obra, con un planteamiento global y basado en la evidencia, que cubre todos los temas y las técnicas específicas del servicio de enfermería de urgencias. Esta séptima edición tiene por objetivo perfeccionar la práctica de la enfermería de urgencias. Sintetiza la práctica clínica, la evidencia científica y las directrices clínicas más actuales, proporcionando un recurso que refleja el ejercicio óptimo de la enfermería de urgencias. Incorpora nuevos capítulos dedicados a consideraciones éticas, violencia en el lugar de trabajo, y urgencias y traumatismos en geriatría. Se han actualizado los capítulos sobre práctica de la enfermería de urgencias, enfermedades contagiosas, urgencias relacionadas con el balance hidroelectrolítico, traumatismos obstétricos, y malos tratos y abandono, y se han introducido importantes mejoras en el resto centradas en los retos y prácticas específicos de la especialidad. Los autores de todas las áreas de la enfermería de urgencias, comparten sus conocimientos para mejorar los resultados clinicos de la atención al paciente, apoyándose además en valiosas ilustraciones, muchas de ellas incluidas en una nueva sección de imágenes en color.

    • Accompagner au quotidien la personne à mobilité réduite

      • 1st Edition
      • October 7, 2020
      • Alain Jouve + 1 more
      • French
      • Paperback
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      L’aide au quotidien de la personne en situation de dépendance motrice entraîne une charge physique, directement liée au degré de dépendance de cette personne et à sa morphologie. Cette charge physique n’est pas sans conséquence sur l’intégrité corporelle des professionnels ou des aidants assurant cette assistance.• Cet ouvrage s’adresse aux aidants familiaux et aux professionnels et leur apporte des éléments concrets à intégrer dans leurs gestes au quotidien.• Les techniques décrites sont précises et abordent à peu près toutes les situations de transfert que l’on peut rencontrer en établissement ou à domicile. Elles sont déclinées en fonction des capacités du sujet.• Le parti pris des auteurs est d’amener la personne à être actrice de ses transferts, dans le respect des limites imposées par ses déficiences, tout en préservant sa sécurité et celle des aidants. Les aspects techniques viennent donc s’inscrire dans un prendre soin du sujet.

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