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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.

  • Transcultural Nursing

    Assessment and Intervention
    • 8th Edition
    • Joyce Newman Giger + 1 more
    • English
    Provide quality care for clients from culturally diverse backgrounds! Transcultural Nursing, 8th Edition shows you how to apply assessment and intervention strategies to individuals from a variety of different cultures. Based on Giger and Davidhizer’s unique transcultural model, this text helps you design culturally sensitive care with use of the six key aspects of cultural assessment: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biologic variations. Written by nursing educators Joyce Newman Giger and Linda G. Haddad, Transcultural Nursing shows how an understanding of cultural variations and individual patient needs will help you provide safe and effective care.

  • Sherpath for Issues and Trends in Contemporary Nursing (Zerwekh Version)

    • 10th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    For today’s healthcare students, Sherpath is the learning tool that takes primary course content and gives you what you need to know now, in the time you have available, to achieve success tomorrow. It then adapts based on your personal interactions and responds by building on the topics and concepts where you need help. Sherpath brings content to life by integrating the core content to a digital environment and complementing it with videos, images, case studies, and micro simulations on a single platform. This version of Sherpath fully incorporates ebook content.

  • Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants

    • 10th Edition
    • Sheila A. Sorrentino + 1 more
    • English
    It’s an essential workbook and exam review all in one! Corresponding to the chapters in Sorrentino and Remmert’s comprehensive text, the Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 10th Edition reinforces your understanding with numerous exercises and review questions — including matching, multiple-choice, labeling, crosswords, and mini case studies. Checklists for each of the 100+ procedures in the text help you study key skills. The　Competency Evaluation Review　section prepares you for the CNA exam with a review of content, a skills evaluation review, and two practice exams.

  • Clinical Calculations

    With Applications to General and Specialty Areas
    • 9th Edition
    • Joyce LeFever Kee + 3 more
    • English
    Learn to calculate drug dosages safely, accurately, and easily with Kee’s Clinical Calculations, 9th Edition! This market-leading text covers all four major drug calculation methods, including ratio & proportion, formula, fractional equation, and dimensional analysis. It also includes practice problems for both general care as well as specialty areas such as pediatrics, labor and delivery, critical care, and community nursing. With its market-leading, comprehensive coverage; strong emphasis on patient safety; and the incorporation of the latest information on antidiabetic agents, anticoagulant agents, drug administration techniques, and devices; Kee remains the winning choice for easy drug calculation mastery.

  • Study Guide for Today's Medical Assistant

    Clinical & Administrative Procedures
    • 4th Edition
    • Kathy Bonewit-West + 1 more
    • English
    Get unrivaled practice mastering all the concepts and skills necessary for success in today’s fast-paced medical office with the Study Guide for Today’s Medical Assistant. Filled with assignment sheets, pre- and post-tests, vocabulary practice, short-answer review questions, critical thinking activities, competency practice, and evaluations for each chapter, this comprehensive study guide is the perfect hands-on resource to jump-start your medical assisting expertise. The 4th Edition features enhanced coverage of healthcare law, certification, electronic health records, motivational interviewing, office management, and more, as well as additional procedures to address behavior-based competencies and more EHR practice.

  • Shah's Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada

    • 6th Edition
    • Bonnie Fournier + 1 more
    • English
    Work more effectively with a complete understanding of Canadian public health! Shah’s Public Health and Preventive Health Care in Canada, Sixth Edition examines health care policy in Canada and the issues and trends faced by today’s health care professionals. It puts health promotion and prevention models into a historical perspective, with discussions including the evolution of national health insurance, determinants of health and disease, and approaches to achieving health for all. Written by educators Bonnie Fournier and Fareen Karachiwalla, and based on the work of noted author Dr. Chandrakant Shah, O.C., O.Ont. this text provides an excellent foundation in Canadian public health for nurses and other health care professionals.

  • Concept-Based Clinical Nursing Skills

    Fundamental to Advanced
    • 1st Edition
    • Loren Nell Melton Stein + 1 more
    • English
    Are you looking for a new way of learning skills? Do you want to learn how to problem solve and think conceptually?　Stein and Hollen’s Concept-Based Clinical Nursing Skills: Fundamental to Advanced covers over 250 nursing skills in an innovative　concept-b... format with excellent illustrations, concise rationales, and current evidence. Unlike any other text, Stein and Hollen incorporate an overarching framework of seven critical concepts — accuracy, client-centered care, infection control, safety, communication, evaluation, and health maintenance — to drive home the importance of these key themes in performing nursing skills. Each section balances need-to-know narrative with step-by-step skills, and every chapter includes a detailed case study with a concept map to help you apply knowledge and use clinical judgement in clinical situations involving nursing skills.

  • Manual Mosby de cuidados básicos de Enfermería

    • 6th Edition
    • Sheila A. Sorrentino + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Nueva edición que cambia de título para representar mejor su contenido y proporciona información actual, para la docencia y el aprendizaje de una asistencia segura y eficaz, adaptada a la asistencia sanitaria. La obra tiene por objetivo preparar a los estudiantes de Cuidados Auxiliares de Enfermería para trabajar en centros asistenciales y hospitales, y ayudar a los docentes a cumplir sus objetivos educativos. Incorpora importantes novedades, como los nuevos capítulos "Ética y leyes", "Movilización de personas", "Traslado de personas", "Sondas urinarias", "Necesidades de líquidos" y "Problemas de audición, habla y visión"; dos nuevos procedimientos, "Traslado de una persona mediante el uso de una grúa mecánica de pie" y "Cuidado de las gafas!; los cuadros "Importancia de las matemáticas" y numerosas figuras. Cuenta con diversas herramientas didácticas como los cuadros que acompañan el texto, iconos en epígrafes que avisan de cuadros de procedimientos asociados e, inversamente, iconos en cuadros de procedimiento que alertan de contenido asociado en el texto. Así mismo, todos los capítulos comienzan con una serie de objetivos, palabras clave y abreviaturas clave.

  • Enfermería médico-quirúrgica basada en planes de cuidado

    • 5th Edition
    • Pamela L. Swearingen + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Esta nueva obra, que sigue la tradición del conocido Manual de Enfermería Médico-quirúrgica de Swearingen, cubre toda la información necesaria sobre las condiciones médico-quirúrgicas más frecuentes y explica cómo manejar con efectividad la atención al paciente y mayor prevención de complicaciones. Presenta multitud de planes de cuidado, organizados alfabéticamente por sistemas corporales, que ayudan a atender a pacientes en cualquier entorno. Los nuevos planes reflejan las últimas pautas de tratamiento basadas en la evidencia para la práctica clínica. Ofrece siempre el mismo formato para cada trastorno, abordando por completo la información clave que los profesionales de enfermería deben conocer. Con su enfoque, claro, formato fácil de usar y razonamientos directos, enseña a los estudiantes cómo hablar a los pacientes sin utilizar un lenguaje específico de enfermería que no comprendan.

  • Myles Midwifery Anatomy & Physiology Workbook

    • 2nd Edition
    • Jean Rankin
    • English
    The latest edition of this popular volume offers a wide selection of appealing, interactive and engaging exercises specifically tailored for different learning styles.Fully updated in response to student feedback, Myles Midwifery Anatomy and Physiology Workbook, Second Edition presents a wide variety of activities ranging from colouring and labelling exercises and ‘match and connect’ to ‘true false’ and ‘identify the correct response’. Perfect for readers who find A&P challenging, or for anyone who just needs to recap and consolidate, the book also offers:An engaging approach to afford a stimulating way to learn A&PStraightforwa... language and a user-friendly style to help simplify challenging areas of studyInformation based on the latest RCOG and NICE GuidelinesContent that is suitable for use internationally, for example, by including different approaches to manoeuvres or named movements used in obstetric emergenciesIdeal for all students of midwifery, Myles Midwifery Anatomy and Physiology Workbook is perfect for preregistration readers and anyone on ‘return to practice’ programs. Although designed for use with Myles Textbook for Midwives and Physiology in Childbearing with Anatomy and Related Biosciences, this resource is suitable for use with any midwifery textbook.

  • Psychiatrie für Pflege-, Sozial- und Heilberufe

    • 6th Edition
    • Holger Thiel + 2 more
    • German
    Psychiatrie im Handbuchformat – ein tolles Einstiegswerk! Dieses Buch bietet einen gelungenen aktuellen und handlungsorientierte... Überblick über das Thema Psychiatrie. Ideal nicht nur zum Lernen sondern auch als Hilfestellung im Beruf. Gespickt mit vielen Fallbeispielen finden Sie: Praktische Verhaltensmöglichkei... und rechtliche Grundlagen für eine professionelle Vorgehensweise mit psychiatrisch erkrankten Menschen Kapitel zu einzelnen Störungsbildern und Fachbereichen innerhalb der Psychiatrie Hinweise zur Versorgung im Krankenhaus, aber auch im wachsenden ambulanten Bereich Für Auszubildende, Studierende und Erfahrene aus den Bereichen Pflege, Sozialpädagogik, Sozialarbeit, Ergotherapie, Physiotherapie und Kunsttherapie. Neu in der 6. Auflage: Vollständig aktualisiert und überarbeitet Inkl. Medikamentennennung und Literaturverzeichnis...

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Kinn's The Medical Assistant

    • 14th Edition
    • Deborah B. Proctor + 2 more
    • English
    Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) is the fun and engaging way to focus your study time and effectively prepare for class, course exams, and summative exams. EAQ is comprised of a bank of high-quality practice questions that allows you to advance at your own pace — based on your performance — through multiple mastery levels for each chapter. A comprehensive dashboard allows you to view your progress and stay motivated.

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Understanding Pathophysiology

    • 7th Edition
    • Sue E. Huether + 1 more
    • English
    Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) is the fun and engaging way to focus your study time and effectively prepare for class, course exams, and summative exams. EAQ is comprised of a bank of high-quality practice questions that allows you to advance at your own pace — based on your performance — through multiple mastery levels for each chapter. A comprehensive dashboard allows you to view your progress and stay motivated.

  • Merenstein & Gardner's Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care

    An Interprofessional Approach
    • 9th Edition
    • Sandra Lee Gardner + 3 more
    • English
    Co-authored by an interprofessional collaborative team of physicians and nurses, Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care, 9th Edition is the leading resource for interprofessional, collaborative care of critically ill newborns. It offers comprehensive coverage with a unique interprofessional collaborative approach and a real-world perspective that make it a practical guide for both nurses and physicians. The new ninth edition features a wealth of expanded content on delivery-room care; new evidence-based care "bundles"; palliative care in the NICU; interprofessional collaborative care of parents with depression, grief, and complicated grief; and new pain assessment tools. Updated high-quality references have also been reintegrated into the book, making it easier for clinicians to locate research evidence and standards of care with minimal effort. These additions, along with updates throughout, ensure that clinicians are equipped with the very latest clinical care guidelines and practice recommendations — all in a practical quick-reference format for easy retrieval and review.

  • Building Innovative Nurse Leaders at the Point of Care, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 55-1
    • Kelly A. Wolgast
    • English
    Together with Consulting Editor Dr. Stephen Krau, Dr. Kelly Wolgast has put together a unique issue that discusses nursing leadership. Expert authors have contributed clinical review articles on the following topics: Sustainability Strategies and Nursing; Building Skills in Policy, Advocacy, and Media to Promote Population Health; Integrating Technology Innovation Into Practice; Leading Change in Nurse Bedside Shift Reporting; Decision-making at the Bedside; Making Good Use of Your Limited Time; Nursing Model of Care in Behavioral Health; Mentor Relationships to Build Individual Leader Skills; Sepsis Management in the ED; Importance of GIS Mapping and Disaster Preparedness; Nurse Characteristics and Effects on Quality; Interprofessional Models of Care; Magnet and the Direct Care Nurse; and Home Health Nursing Satisfaction and Retention. Readers will come away with the information they need to create a successful environment for nurses that ultimately results in improving patient outcomes.

  • Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care

    • 8th Edition
    • Diana J. Mason + 3 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Health Policy/Reform**Learn how to influence policy and become a leader in today's changing health care environment. Featuring analysis of cutting-edge healthcare issues and first-person insights, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, 8th Edition continues to be the leading text on nursing action and activism. Approximately 150 expert contributors present a wide range of topics in policies and politics, providing a more complete background than can be found in any other policy textbook on the market. This expanded 8th edition helps you develop a global understanding of nursing leadership and political activism, as well as the complex business and financial issues that drive many actions in the health system. Discussions include the latest updates on conflict management, health economics, lobbying, the use of media, and working with communities for change. With these innovative insights and strategies, you will be prepared to play a leadership role in the four spheres in which nurses are politically active: the workplace, government, professional organizations, and the community.

  • Basale Stimulation

    Neue Wege in der Pflege Schwerstkranker
    • 7th Edition
    • Peter Nydahl + 1 more
    • German
    Der Klassiker zum Thema Basale Stimulation! Basale Stimulation ist mittlerweile eine der etabliertesten Pflegetechniken überhaupt. Mittels besonderer Angebote und Techniken können Menschen mit Wahrnehmungsstörunge... erreicht werden z.B. über Initialberührungen, spezieller Ganzkörperwaschungen... Gerüchen als Erinnerungsträgern, Lunchpaketen der besonderen Art, Geschichten, Musik und atemstimulierenden Einreibungen. Die renommierten Herausgeber erleichtern Ihnen durch zahlreiche Beispiele, Erfahrungsberichte und viele Fotos den Einstieg in das Konzept, egal, ob Sie es für die Fortbildung kursbegleitend benötigen oder ob Sie sich das Thema selbstständig aneignen wollen. Der Klassiker für alle Pflegende, die schwerstkranke erwachsene Menschen oder Kinder in der Intensivpflege versorgen. Berücksichtigt die Vorgaben des Vereins für Basale Stimulation. Neu in der 7. Auflage: Alle Inhalte sind auf den neuesten wissenschaftlichen Stand gebracht besonders im Bereich Nachweisbarkeit, Umgang mit schwerstmehrfachbehi... Menschen und der Wahrnehmung in Koma oder unter Narkose.

  • Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants

    • 2nd Edition
    • Laura D. Rosenthal + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Pharmacology**Lehne'... Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, 2nd Edition builds on the same foundation of clearly explained, up-to-date, and clinically current content as the trusted Lehne undergraduate text, while focusing on the information that advanced practice nurses and Physician Assistants specifically need for safe and effective prescribing. Three introductory chapters provide foundational content for new prescribers in the areas of prescriptive authority, rational drug selection, prescription writing, and promoting positive outcomes of drug therapy. Core drug chapters are focused on the drugs that prescribers will most commonly see in clinical practice. A sharp focus is also placed on pharmacotherapeutic decision-making, with Black Box Warnings and new bulleted Key Prescribing Considerations features. The second edition features completely new chapters on Genetic and Genomic Considerations, Muscarinic Antagonists and Immunomodulators, and updated content throughout. It’s everything advanced practice nursing and Physician Assistant students need to be safe and effective prescribers!

  • Sherpath for Maternal Newborn (Lowdermilk Version)

    • 12th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    For today’s healthcare students, Sherpath is the learning tool that takes primary course content and gives you what you need to know now, in the time you have available, to achieve success tomorrow. It then adapts based on your personal interactions and responds by building on the topics and concepts where you need help. Sherpath brings content to life by integrating the core content to a digital environment and complementing it with videos, images, case studies, and micro simulations on a single platform. This version of Sherpath fully incorporates ebook content.

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Maternity and Women's Health Care

    • 12th Edition
    • Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk + 4 more
    • English
    Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) is the fun and engaging way to focus your study time and effectively prepare for class, course exams, and summative exams. EAQ is comprised of a bank of high-quality practice questions that allows you to advance at your own pace — based on your performance — through multiple mastery levels for each chapter. A comprehensive dashboard allows you to view your progress and stay motivated.

  • Leading with Mastery and Heart

    The Coaching Companion for Thriving Nurse Leaders
    • 1st Edition
    • Catherine Robinson-Walker
    • English
    Leading with Mastery and Heart: The Coaching Companion for Thriving Nurse Leaders provides expert, on-the-spot coaching for nurses who lead. Content centers on topic-specific columns that feature an easy-to-read, personable writing style not found in any other leadership title. Just a few of the hot topics covered in this collection are: how to stay centered and positive in the midst of highly stressful situations; how to manage resistance and negativity; how to provide inspiration along with direction; and how to combat limiting circumstances and beliefs. With its wealth of proven, real-world advice, Leading with Mastery and Heart: The Coaching Companion for Thriving Nurse Leaders is perfect for any current or aspiring nurse manager or executive looking to quickly and effectively hone their leadership skills.

  • Bien débuter - Neurologie-Neurochirurgie

    • 1st Edition
    • Blandine Chauvière + 1 more
    • French
    Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels infirmiers amenés à prendre en charge le patient atteint de pathologies neurologiques. En trois grandes parties : 1 – Les prérequis fournissent les notions indispensables pour aborder sereinement les situations cliniques prévalentes. 2 – Les situations cliniques prévalentes permettent de se familiariser avec la prise en charge globale des patients et la pratique terrain. En partant d’un cas clinique, les liens entre la symptomatologie du patient et sa prise en charge sont expliqués. La conduite infirmière et/ou conseils aux patients ainsi que le rôle propre et le rôle prescrit infirmiers sont clairement identifiés. 3 – La boîte à outils détaille les aspects légaux, les outils d’évaluation, les gestes techniques, les prises en charge spécifiques, les traitements et les examens complémentaires abordés dans les situations cliniques. La compréhension est facilitée par une présentation sous forme de fiches en couleurs et par de nombreux tableaux, photographies et illustrations.

  • Guide pratique infirmier

    • 6th Edition
    • Gabriel Perlemuter + 1 more
    • French
    Cette 6e édition du guide, qui a connu un grand succès, met en lien les informations médicales et pharmacologiques dont l’infirmier(e) a besoin en pratique quotidienne dans le cadre de son rôle propre comme de son rôle sur prescription : pathologie, médicaments, surveillance.Les auteurs ont procédé à l’actualisation de l’ensemble des fiches maladie, technique, infirmière et pharmacologie.Vérita... livre-outil, il offre un classement par spécialités et propose pour chaque pathologie :• Une fiche maladie avec les informations nécessaires sur la maladie et le patient, le bilan (examens biologiques, d’imagerie, etc.), un rappel sur le traitement (chirurgical et médicamenteux) et le pronostic.• Une fiche infirmière avec la conduite à tenir face au patient, en particulier face à son traitement : surveillance du traitement, de sonefficacité et des effets secondaires, éducation-conseils au malade.• Une fiche technique détaillant, quand nécessaire, les gestes indispensables correspondant à l’activité de l’infirmier(e).• Une fiche pharmacologie reprenant sous forme de tableau : la classe, la DCI, le nom commercial, le mode de prescription, le prix parconditionnement et par unité, le taux de remboursement.Pour chaque classe, les propriétés, les indications et les contre-indications, les précautions d’emploi et les effets indésirables sont indiqués.Véritable « tout en un » et très pratique grâce à son format poche, cet ouvrage s’avère un guide indispensable au quotidien : en cours, en stage, en ville, en clinique ou à l’hôpital.

  • Portfolios for Nursing, Midwifery and other Health Professions

    • 4th Edition
    • Lynette Cusack + 1 more
    • English
    Portfolios for Nursing, Midwifery and other Health Professions is a practical guide providing detailed strategies for developing a quality portfolio that will assist you to review your professional practice, assess your learning and career planning, direct your continuing professional development and effectively communicate your professional achievements. Written by Lynette Cusack and Morgan Smith, this fourth edition will help you understand the drivers and benefits of portfolios and how to design and evaluate a quality portfolio in order to meet the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) annual registration requirements.

  • Today's Medical Assistant

    Clinical & Administrative Procedures
    • 4th Edition
    • Kathy Bonewit-West + 1 more
    • English
    Bringing together comprehensive, easy-to-read coverage of medical assisting competencies and a solid foundation of anatomy and physiology, Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical & Administrative Procedures, 4th Edition provides everything you need to successfully begin a career as a medical assistant. This hands-on guide uses easy-to-follow language and detailed visuals to walk you through all the medical knowledge, procedures, and skills you need for success in today's fast-paced medical office. Cutting-edge content is organized around medical assisting standards and competencies, supplemented throughout with a wide assortment of engaging learning tools and activities that help you to fully understand and demonstrate those competencies. The 4th Edition features enhanced coverage of healthcare law, certification, electronic health records, motivational interviewing, office management, and more, as well as additional procedures to address behavior-based competencies and expanded sample certification exams online. For tomorrow’s professional landscape, look no further than Today’s Medical Assistant!

  • Plunkett's Procedures for the Medical Administrative Assistant

    • 5th Edition
    • Heather D. Ramsay + 1 more
    • English
    Written in a clear, engaging style, Plunkett’s Procedures for the Medical Administrative Assistant, 5th Edition provides instruction for all the essential office procedures required by today's medical office administrative assistants in Canada — whether they work in a medical office, a complementary care office, or in a hospital setting. It contains the most current information available in the field, and specifically reflects health care in Canada. 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 edition covers Electronic Medical Records (EMR), and features an eye-catching new four colour design and a new Evolve companion site with invaluable instructor and student resources.

  • Trounce's Clinical Pharmacology for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

    • 19th Edition
    • Clive P. Page + 2 more
    • English
    Since it was first published in 1958, Trounce’s Clinical Pharmacology has been the go-to resource for health professionals who prescribe as well as administer medications. Now in its nineteenth edition, the text has been fully updated to reflect the breadth and complexity of modern practice.The book provides everything the reader needs to know when becoming a prescriber. The text is organised by body system, making it easy to follow, and covers considerations for different patient categories as well as the management of pain, cancer and infection, substance abuse and complementary and alternative medicines.With a strong clinical orientation and written by practising clinicians, essential information is delivered in an engaging and friendly style that will ensure this book’s continued popularity with nurses and allied health professionals for many years to come.

  • Ethics & Issues In Contemporary Nursing

    • 1st Edition
    • Margaret A Burkhardt + 1 more
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Legal/Ethical**Learn how to think beyond the theoretical in any environment. Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 1st Edition examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to help you learn how to make ethically sound decisions in complex and often controversial situations. Written from a global perspective, examples throughout the text reflect current national and international issues inviting you to explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics. Historical examples demonstrate how to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards, as well as the law. Key topics throughout explore advocacy and rights, diversity, nurse burnout, mass casualty events, social media, violence in the workplace, medication error prevention, opioid and other substance use, HIPAA, and healthcare reform. In addition, this new title contains supplemental case studies and review questions to further challenge and prepare you to make morally sound decisions in any healthcare setting.

  • Concepts for Nursing Practice (with Access on VitalSource)

    • 3rd Edition
    • Jean Foret Giddens
    • English
    Learn the core concepts of nursing care and apply them to the clinical setting! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 3rd Edition uses a simplified, intuitive approach to describe 57 important concepts relating to all areas of nursing practice. For easier understanding, this book also makes connections among related concepts and links you to other nursing textbooks. Exemplars for each concept provide useful examples and models, showing how concepts are successfully applied to practice. New to this edition are updated research evidence and a new Population Health concept. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this text will help you build clinical reasoning skills and prepare confidently for almost any clinical nursing situation.

  • The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy

    • 1st Edition
    • Melissa Stewart
    • English
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Patient Education**Most healthcare providers know that health literacy is a major barrier to positive health outcomes, but regardless of good intentions they continue to simply present health information rather than promote deep patient learning. With Dr. Melissa N. Stewart’s unique, research-driven approach, The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy helps you make the shift from simply presenting health information to activating deep patient learning. Revised and thoroughly updated from Dr. Stewart’s Practical Patient Literacy: The MEDAGOGY Model, The Art and Science of Patient Education for Health Literacy equips both students and healthcare providers with the skills needed to engage patients' brains in order to help them understand their conditions and promote long-lasting behavior change. Based on the neuroscience of learning, this groundbreaking book is packed with abundant tools to teach students and practitioners how to negotiate effectively with patients about what they will and won't do to maintain and improve their health. Equipped with enhanced levels of health literacy, your patients will better understand their illnesses and become their own best healthcare advocates.

  • Cuidados materno-infantiles en Emergencias

    Guías de enfermería obstétrica y materno-infantil
    • 1st Edition
    • Helen Baston + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Estas monografías constituyen una práctica fuente de información, y están completamente actualizadas para reflejar la praxis diaria basada en la evidencia. Con un diseño mejorado, que facilita aún más el aprendizaje, cada volumen de la colección destaca la importancia de la comunicación y la atención centrada en la mujer y presenta situaciones útiles para fomentar el debate y la reflexión. Enfoque en forma de "rompecabezas", que permite a los lectores analizar temas específicos desde diversas perspectivas como, por ejemplo, la comunicación eficaz, el trabajo en equipo y la promoción de la salud. Colección ideal para todas las matronas -tanto para las ya diplomadas como para las que aún están en formación- y también resultará útil para el resto del personal de enfermería y para los asistentes de salud que trabajen en el ámbito de la maternidad.

  • Burns' Pediatric Primary Care

    • 7th Edition
    • Dawn Lee Garzon + 5 more
    • English
    Get a comprehensive foundation in children’s primary care! Burns' Pediatric Primary Care, 7th Edition covers the full spectrum of health conditions seen in primary care pediatrics, emphasizing both prevention and management. This in-depth, evidence-based textbook is the only one on the market written from the unique perspective of the Nurse Practitioner. It easily guides you through assessing, managing, and preventing health problems in children from infancy through adolescence. Key topics include developmental theory, issues of daily living, the health status of children today, and diversity and cultural considerations. Updated content throughout reflects the latest research evidence, national and international protocols and standardized guidelines. Additionally, this 7th edition been reorganized to better reflect contemporary clinical practice and includes　nine new chapters, revised units on health promotion, health protection, disease management, and much, much more!

  • Primary Care

    A Collaborative Practice
    • 6th Edition
    • Terry Mahan Buttaro + 3 more
    • English
    Prepare for success in today's fast-paced, collaborative healthcare environment! Offering expert perspectives from a variety of primary care and nurse practitioners, Primary Care: A Collaborative Practice, 6th Edition helps you diagnose, treat, and manage hundreds of adult disorders. Care recommendations indicate when to consult with physicians or specialists, and when to refer patients to an emergency facility. This edition includes six new chapters, a fresh new design, the latest evidence-based guidelines, and a new emphasis on clinical reasoning. Combining academic and clinical expertise, an author team led by Terry Mahan Buttaro shows NPs how to provide effective, truly interdisciplinary health care.

  • Sherpath for Gerontologic Nursing (Touhy THA Version)

    • 10th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    For today’s healthcare students, Sherpath is the learning tool that takes primary course content and gives you what you need to know now, in the time you have available, to achieve success tomorrow. It then adapts based on your personal interactions and responds by building on the topics and concepts where you need help. Sherpath brings content to life by integrating the core content to a digital environment and complementing it with videos, images, case studies, and micro simulations on a single platform. This version of Sherpath fully incorporates ebook content.

  • Psychologic Issues in the ICU, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-4
    • Deborah W Chapa
    • English
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    • 1st Edition
    • Farid Toumi + 1 more
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    Alliant la théorie de l’enseignement à la pratique centrée sur la prise en charge globale des patients, les cahiers infirmiers sont pensés pour faciliter l’acquisition des connaissances indispensables à l’exercice du métier au quotidien. La collection est découpée en spécialités et chaque ouvrage est structuré selon un plan identique :- Partie I - Les bases en anatomie et physiologie,- Partie II - Les explorations, examens cliniques et principaux examens complémentaires,- Partie III - Les principaux syndromes,- Partie IV - Les pathologies.La compréhension et l’acquisition des connaissances sont facilitées par une présentation tout en couleurs, de nombreux tableaux, illustrations, photographies et une série d’encadrés :- Protocole de soin,- Protocole d’examen,- Démarche clinique infirmière,- Raisonnement clinique partagé,- Pour la pratique, on retiendra, la pharmacologie avec les modalités d’administration des médicaments et de surveillance.Des exemples de cibles prévalentes en lien avec chaque pathologie sont proposés afin d’initier le futur professionnel aux transmissions ciblées et des situations cliniques mettent en valeur l’aspect pratique de la collection.

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    An Applied Learning Approach
    • 14th Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki + 2 more
    • English
    Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, 14th Edition, this study guide is the essential review and practice companion to reinforce key concepts, encourage critical thinking, and ensure that you learn to master and apply key medical assisting content. This robust companion guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of common administrative and clinical skills — including new certification preparation questions that offer additional practice for certification exams, a review of medical terminology and anatomy, and need-to-know workplace applications. Trusted for more than 60 years as a key part of the student journey from classroom to career, it also features competency checklists to clearly assess your performance and progression from day one until you land your first job as a Medical Assistant.

  • Study Guide for Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant

    An Applied Learning Approach
    • 14th Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki + 2 more
    • English
    Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Administrative Medical Assistant, 14th Edition, this study guide and procedure checklist manual is the essential review and practice companion to reinforce key concepts, encourage critical thinking, and ensure you master and apply administrative medical assisting content. This robust companion guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of common administrative skills — including new certification preparation questions that offer additional practice for certification exams, a review of medical terminology and anatomy, and need-to-know workplace applications. Trusted for more than 60 years as a key part of the student journey from classroom to career, it also features competency checklists to clearly assess your performance and progression from day one until you land your first job as a Medical Assistant.

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    An Applied Learning Approach
    • 14th Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki + 1 more
    • English
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  • An Introduction to Writing for Health Professionals: The SMART Way

    The SMART Way
    • 4th Edition
    • Glennis Zilm + 1 more
    • English
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    • 9th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
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    • 9th Edition
    • Julia Balzer Riley
    • English
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    • 6th Edition
    • Oncology Nursing Society
    • Jeannine M. Brant
    • English
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    Guidelines for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 6th Edition
    • Sarah Renton + 2 more
    • English
    The new edition of Clinical Nursing Practices reflects the many changes in nurse education and practice. A team of clinical and education experts has updated the core practices contained within this text, while to ensure continuity the previous editors have acted as consultants in the development of this edition.To reflect the continuing evolution of nursing and nursing practice, this new 6th edition emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practice, values-based care, person centred care, health and social care integration and interprofessional education.To encourage reflective practice, self-assessment questions remain at the end of each chapter for some of the practices. Where appropriate, certain practices are evidenced mainly by National Guidelines and Standards such as Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation, Infection Control and Blood Transfusion; consequently, the presentation of the skill or procedure reflects this.The updated text addresses the wider issues which impact on everyday nursing and healthcare practice and is specially written to meet the needs of nurses today. The core philosophy of book, however, remains the same: to encourage its readers to deliver the highest quality care to each individual patient, safely and effectively.

  • Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant

    An Applied Learning Approach
    • 14th Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki + 2 more
    • English
    More than any other product on the market, the most successful Medical Assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Trusted for more than 60 years, Kinn's The Administrative Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 14th Edition teaches you real-world administrative skills essential for a career in the modern medical office – always with a focus on application through unfolding case scenarios, critical thinking questions, procedure videos, and interactive exercises. The reorganized 14th edition includes expanded content on topics from professionalism and interpersonal skills to billing and coding, electronic health records, and practice management as well as a new chapter reviewing medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology. With an easy-to-read style and practical focus, paired with a full complement of separately sold adaptive solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment — you’ll learn the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing Medical Assisting profession.

  • Kinn's The Clinical Medical Assistant

    An Applied Learning Approach
    • 14th Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki + 1 more
    • English
    More than any other product on the market, the most successful Medical Assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Trusted for more than 60 years, Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 14th Edition teaches you real-world clinical skills essential for a career in the modern medical office- always with a focus on application through unfolding case scenarios, critical thinking questions, procedure videos, and interactive exercises. The reorganized 14th edition features new authors and a chapter reviewing medical terminology and anatomy. With an easy-to-read format and full continuum of separately sold adaptive solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment — you’ll learn the leading skills of modern medical assisting to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing Medical Assisting profession.

  • Study Guide for the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing

    • 6th Edition
    • Oncology Nursing Society
    • Suzanne M. Mahon + 1 more
    • English
    Prepare for your OCN® Exam with the only study guide endorsed by ONS! Based on the latest test blueprint for the OCN Exam, this is the only question-and-answer review developed in collaboration with the Oncology Nursing Society. Practice questions match the format and makeup of the OCN Exam and reflect important changes in cancer treatment and nursing care. A companion to Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing, 6th Edition, this definitive resource maximizes your study and review for OCN certification.

  • Sherpath for Issues and Trends in Contemporary Nursing (Friberg Version)

    • 7th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    For today’s healthcare students, Sherpath is the learning tool that takes primary course content and gives you what you need to know now, in the time you have available, to achieve success tomorrow. It then adapts based on your personal interactions and responds by building on the topics and concepts where you need help. Sherpath brings content to life by integrating the core content to a digital environment and complementing it with videos, images, case studies, and micro simulations on a single platform. This version of Sherpath fully incorporates ebook content.

  • Kinn's The Medical Assistant

    An Applied Learning Approach
    • 14th Edition
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki + 2 more
    • English
    More than any other product on the market, the most successful Medical Assistants begin their careers with Kinn. Trusted for more than 60 years, Kinn's The Medical Assistant: An Applied Learning Approach, 14th Edition, teaches you real-world administrative and clinical skills essential for a career in the modern medical office – always with a focus on application through unfolding case scenarios, critical thinking questions, procedure videos, and interactive exercises. The reorganized 14th edition includes expanded content on medical office accounts, collections, banking, and practice management as well as a new chapter reviewing medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and pathology. With an easy-to-read format and a full continuum of separately sold adaptive learning solutions, real-world simulations, EHR documentation experience, and HESI remediation and assessment — you’ll learn the leading skills to prepare for certification and a successful career in the dynamic and growing Medical Assisting profession!

  • Statistics for Nursing Research

    A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 3rd Edition
    • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
    • English
    Learn how to expand your interpretation and application of statistical methods used in nursing and health sciences research articles with Statistics for Nursing Research: A Workbook for Evidence-Based Practice, 3rd Edition. Perfect for those seeking to more effectively build an evidence-based practice, this collection of practical exercises guides you in how to critically appraise sampling and measurement techniques, evaluate results, and conduct a power analysis for a study. Written by nursing research and statistics experts Drs. Susan K. Grove and Daisha Cipher, this is the only statistics workbook for nurses to include research examples from both nursing and the broader health sciences literature. This new third edition features new research article excerpts and examples, an enhanced focused on statistical methods commonly used in DNP projects, new examples from quality improvement projects, new content on paired samples analysis, expanded coverage of calculating descriptive statistics, an online Research Article Library, and more! Whether used in undergraduate, master’s, or doctoral education or in clinical practice, this workbook is an indispensable resource for any nursing student or practicing nurse needing to interpret or apply statistical data.

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