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  • Dentisterie esthétique : traitements mini-invasifs

    • 1st Edition
    • French
    La dentisterie esthétique, secteur en pleine évolution, constitue une source de défis considérables pour le clinicien. Avijit Banerjee expose dans cet ouvrage les techniques de dentisterie mini-invasive. L’objectif de mutilation minimale s’inscrit dans une réflexion large autour des pratiques éthiques et responsables dans le domaine dentaire. Richement illustré, cet ouvrage tout en couleurs guide le praticien à travers les questions clés de la préservation de la structure dentaire au moyen de techniques mini-invasives. L’ouvrage aborde également des questions spécifiques comme le blanchiment dentaire, l’usage de résines composites adhésives, ainsi que les techniques mini-invasives pour remplacer des dents manquantes, de manière directe et indirecte. Tout au long de ce livre, l’accent est mis sur le respect de la structure dentaire naturelle et la conservation de la pulpe dentaire. La communication entre le patient, le praticien et l’équipe soignante est particulièrement mise en avant afin de garantir que les attentes du patient soient correctement évaluées, prises en considération et satisfaites. Que vous soyez nouvellement qualifié ou un praticien expérimenté, cet ouvrage est l’outil idéal pour vous perfectionner dans des techniques mini-invasives reconnues dans le monde entier. Adaptation française par G. Lévy, Doyen honoraire.

  • Fundamental Concepts and Skills for the Patient Care Technician

    • 1st Edition
    • Kimberly Townsend Little
    • English
    Learn to master the wide range of information and skills needed by today’s health care workers with Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Patient Care Technicians. While its comprehensive coverage of patient care is appropriate for all types of health care workers, this all-new text is specifically designed to prepare students and professionals for the topics they will face on the Patient Care Technician or the Nursing Assistant certification exams. Coverage includes working within the healthcare team, ethics, laws, communication, understanding patients, culture, patient rights, body structure and function, and growth and development. Procedure units cover safety, infection control, moving and transfers, vital signs, patient assessment, care, comfort, hygiene, and grooming, nutrition and fluids, elimination and respiration skills, and care of the surgical patient. Plus, advanced skills for Patient Care Technicians such as specimen collection, phlebotomy procedures and ECG procedures are also included.

  • Introduction to Health Services Administration

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    Learn how to effectively manage both people and a practice as a health care administrator with Elsevier’s Introduction to Health Services Administration. This comprehensive and easy-to-understand text includes an overview of health care delivery in the United States along with an exploration of each role and function of a health services administrator in an ambulatory care facility. From scheduling patients to managing the revenue cycle, you will learn about every aspect of workflow in addition to relevant issues that heavily influence health care practices today, like HIPPA, regulatory compliance, civil and criminal law, and more. This text also provides a wonderful overview of necessary skills such as how to use an electronic health record system and practice management software, how to budget for staff and equipment, how to manage inventory, how to manage risk, how to improve quality and performance in the practice, and how to best market the practice. If you’re looking to become a successful health services administrator, this text is the critical first step.

  • Pierson and Fairchild's Principles & Techniques of Patient Care

    • 6th Edition
    • Sheryl L. Fairchild + 2 more
    • English
    Master the basics of rehab patient care with Pierson and Fairchild’s Principles & Techniques of Patient Care, 6th Edition. This proven text not only provides clear "how-to" information on everything from positioning and draping to patient transfers and ambulation activities, but it also includes easy-to-understand rationales explaining the "why" behind these proven techniques. This new edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most current accepted patient care standards, principles, and techniques. Plus, additional video clips and expanded learning resources will help ensure you have a solid mastery of patient care in the rehabilitation setting.

  • Study Guide for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing

    • 8th Edition
    • Kim Cooper + 1 more
    • English
    Corresponding to the chapters in Cooper and Gosnell’s Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 8th Edition, this study guide helps you learn, understand, and apply the concepts of LPN/LVN nursing. Hundreds of labeling, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions are included. It also includes critical thinking questions based on clinical scenarios, and multiple-choice and alternate-format questions to help you review for the NCLEX-PN® examination. From anatomy and physiology to nursing interventions and maternity, neonatal, pediatric, adult, geriatric, mental health, and community health care, this guide covers the skills essential to clinical practice.

  • Study Guide for Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • Sharon Smith Murray + 1 more
    • English
    Learn to master maternal-newborn and women’s health nursing. Designed to accompany Murray's Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition, this workbook study guide gives you an in-depth understanding of the material from each chapter in the text. Learning activities and case studies encourage critical thought, and simulated patient situations give you practice applying what you’ve learned to the NCLEX® exam and clinical practice.

  • Physical Diagnosis Secrets

    • 3rd Edition
    • Salvatore Mangione + 2 more
    • English
    For more than 30 years, the highly regarded Secrets Series® has provided students and practitioners in all areas of health care with concise, focused, and engaging resources for quick reference and exam review. Physical Diagnosis Secrets, 3rd Edition, offers practical, up-to-date coverage of the full range of essential topics in physical diagnosis and health assessment. This highly regarded resource features the Secrets’ popular question-and-answer format that also includes lists, tables, pearls, memory aids, and an easy-to-read style – making inquiry, reference, and review quick, easy, and enjoyable.

  • Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement

    • 1st Edition
    • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 more
    • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Quality Improvement**2019 AJN Book of the Year Award Recipient in the Advanced Practice Nursing category. Equip yourself to expertly conduct EBP or quality improvement projects. Written by renowned EBP experts LoBiondo-Wood, Haber, & Titler, Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement provides a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to planning and conducting EBP and quality improvement projects This brand-new, full-color, richly illustrated textbook begins with foundational content and then works through the processes of developing and exploring clinical questions, implementing results, and disseminating information. The book’s content and approach have been developed specifically with the adult learner in mind, with multiple full-text appendix articles referenced throughout as examples, along with unique pedagogical aids including EBP Tips and EBP Key Points to ground concepts in a "real-life" context.

  • Assistive Technologies

    Principles and Practice
    • 5th Edition
    • Albert M. Cook + 2 more
    • English
    Master the assistive strategies you need to make confident clinical decisions and help improve the quality of life for people with disabilities. Based on the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model developed by Al Cook, Sue Hussey and Jan Polgar, Assistive Technologies: Principles & Practice, 5th Edition, provides detailed coverage of the broad range of devices, services, and practices that comprise assistive technology. This new text offers a systematic process for ensuring the effective application of assistive technologies — and focuses on the relationship between the human user and the assisted activity within specific contexts. It features over 30 new photos and illustrations, as well as, updated chapters and case studies that reflect current technology.

  • Mosby's Veterinary PDQ

    Veterinary Facts at Hand
    • 3rd Edition
    • Margi Sirois
    • English
    Enter every examining room with confidence! Mosby’s Veterinary PDQ, 3rd Edition is the pocket-sized reference that provides you with quick access to hundreds of veterinary medicine facts, formulas, lab values, and procedures. Ideal for the clinical setting, coverage includes key topics such as pharmacology, math, animal care, common diseases, diagnostic procedures, imaging techniques, parasite identification, urinalysis, blood tests, and other lab work. This full-color new edition is divided into 10 easy-to-use sections, to help you quickly find what you need to deliver safe and efficient veterinary care.

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