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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.

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing

    • 8th Edition
    • Kim Cooper + 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.

  • Teaching in Nursing

    A Guide for Faculty
    • 6th Edition
    • Diane M. Billings + 1 more
    • English
    The perfect all-in-one guide for future nurse educators! The award-winning Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty, 6th Edition prepares you for the day-to-day challenges of teaching future nurses for practice in today's rapidly evolving healthcare system. This comprehensive resource is the only one of its kind to cover all four components of nursing education: teaching and learning, curriculum, evaluation, and technology-empowered learning. You’ll benefit from the expert guidance on such key issues as curriculum and test development, diverse learning styles, the redesign of healthcare systems, and advances in technology and information. Plus, the 6th edition includes a unique new chapter on Global Health and Curricular Experiences along with updated information on technology-empowered learning, the flipped classroom, interprofessional education, interprofessional collaborative practice, and much more.

  • Hépato-gastro-entérologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Gabriel Perlemuter + 1 more
    • French
    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 afi n d’initier le futur professionnel aux transmissions.

  • Gérontologie-Gérontopsychiatrie

    • 1st Edition
    • Christiane Verny
    • French
    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 afi n d’initier le futur professionnel aux transmissions.

  • Sherpath for Nutrition (Grodner 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.

  • PFLEGEN - 1000 Fragen, 1000 Antworten

    Für Ausbildung und Prüfung
    • 1st Edition
    • Katharina Everts + 1 more
    • German
    Antworten auf Fragen, die die Schüler wirklich beschäftigen und die man sonst nirgends findet! „PFLEGEN 1000 Fragen, 1000 Antworten" beantwortet drängende Fragen von Auszubildenden in den Pflegeberufen aus den Bereichen Anatomie und Physiologie Rechtswissenschaft Pflege Krankheitslehre und ganz speziell: zu wichtigen Rahmenbedingungen der Ausbildung, z.B. zur Ausbildungsstruktur, zur Probezeit und zu den Regeln der Prüfungen praxisnah und verständlich in kurzen präzisen Texten. Auch als Lernhilfe und Wegweiser für die Ausbildung kann dieses Buch eingesetzt werden. Dabei nimmt „PFLEGEN 1000 Fragen, 1000 Antworten" die Struktur der generalistischen Ausbildung auf und lehnt sich im Aufbau an die Buchreihe PFLEGEN des Elsevier Verlags an. Somit ist eine gute Übersicht gewährleistet und Sie können Themen buchübergreifend bearbeiten und wiederholen.

  • Anatomy, Imaging and Surgery of the Intracranial Dural Venous Sinuses

    • 1st Edition
    • R. Shane Tubbs
    • English
    This first-of-its-kind volume focuses on the anatomy, imaging, and surgery of the dural venous sinuses and the particular relevance to neurosurgery and trauma surgery. Knowledge of the fine clinical anatomy involved in neurosurgery and skull base surgery has progressed greatly in recent years, and this title reflects new information of particular importance to neurosurgeons, trauma surgeons, neurologists, interventional radiologists, and others who need a complete, up-to-date understanding of this complex anatomical area.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Critical Care - Updated Edition

    • 1st Edition
    • Sharon L. Edwards + 1 more
    • English
    Are you a starting work in critical care? Are you an experienced nurse but need to check guidelines and best practices? This is the indispensable guide to daily procedures and problems faced by nurses working in this specialty.This book will help you toOrganise your job and yourselfAssess patients and communicate with themGet clinical information on a wide range of conditionsWhat to do in emergencyThis UPDATED edition:Completely updated and revised content written by authors with extensive nursing experience in the fieldPhysiological, psychological and social areas, as well as legal issues, ethical and moral dilemmas that critical care nurses and health care practitioners may face on a daily basisBoxes, tips and diagrams to help bridge the theory-practice gap while embarking on your critical care career.Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series

  • Yoost - Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Fundamentals of Nursing

    Active Learning for Collaborative Practice
    • 2nd Edition
    • Barbara L. Yoost + 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.

  • Myles Professional Studies for Midwifery Education and Practice

    Concepts and Challenges
    • 1st Edition
    • Jayne E. Marshall
    • English
    Myles Professional Studies for Midwifery Education and Practice Concepts and Challenges explores the non-clinical areas of the midwifery curriculum (e.g. law, ethics, leadership, employer-led supervision and professional development) in a helpful, user-friendly format brought to readers by a team of experts under the guidance of Jayne Marshall, editor of Myles Textbook for Midwives. The volume will be suitable for all student midwives, whether undertaking pre-registration education programmes or post-graduate studies, as well as practising midwives preparing for revalidation and/or undertaking CPD. Whilst prepared predominantly by contributors from the UK, Myles Professional Studies for Midwifery Education and Practice Concepts and Challenges will be suitable for an international readership.

  • Moderne Wundversorgung

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    • 9th Edition
    • Kerstin Protz + 1 more
    • German
    Moderne Wundversorgung – praxisnah und anschaulich Alles rund um chronische Wunden, bekannt, bewährt und hoch aktuell: Auch in der 9. Auflage behandelt Wundexpertin Kerstin Protz die moderne Wundversorgung in deren gesamter Komplexität Sie wollen Menschen mit Wunden professionell pflegen und suchen einen Überblick über angepasste Vorgehensweisen und Versorgungsformen? Sie kennen ein gutes Produkt zur Wundversorgung, sind aber in der Anwendung unsicher? Dann ist „Moderne Wundversorgung" genau das Richtige für Sie. Kompetent und verständlich führt das bewährte Standardwerk durch das Dickicht des modernen Wundmanagements. Nach einer anschaulichen Einführung in Aufbau und Funktion der Haut, sowie mögliche Wundarten, erfahren Sie alles Wichtige über phasengerechte Wundversorgung, Verbandwechsel und Hygiene. Eigene Kapitel widmen sich der Versorgung von chronischen Wunden wie dem Diabetischen Fußsyndrom, Dekubitus oder Ulcus cruris. Auch die Themen Ernährung und Wunden sowie Schmerz und Schmerzeinteilung werden ausführlich behandelt. Egal ob erfahrener Wundtherapeut oder Neueinsteiger – dieses Buch bietet Ihnen wertvolle und praxisnahe Informationen, erweitert Ihr Wissen und unterstützt Sie so bei der Behandlung der Patienten. Das erwartet Sie in „Moderne Wundversorgung": Standards der modernen Wundversorgung Viele praktische Tipps mit anschaulichem Bildmaterial Optimal auf die Anforderungen des Expertenstandards abgestimmt CD und online* als Plus im Web mit aktuellen Standards, Wunddokumentationsfo... angepasst an die Kriterien des DNQP-Expertenstandar... „Pflege von Menschen mit chronischen Wunden"; Assessmentinstrument... Patienten- und Angehörigenbroschüre... *Online Angebot freibleibend

  • PART - Sherpath for Fundamentals (Yoost Version)

    • 2nd Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English

  • Bioethics

    A Nursing Perspective
    • 7th Edition
    • Megan-Jane Johnstone
    • English
    Written by Australia’s foremost nursing ethics scholar, Bioethics: A Nursing Perspective comprehensibly addresses the ethical challenges, obligations and responsibilities nurses will encounter in practice. With a strong emphasis on the principles and standards of human rights and social justice, the 7th edition examines the spectrum of bioethical issues in health care with a focus on patients’ rights, cross-cultural ethics, vulnerability ethics, mental health ethics, professional conduct, patient safety and end-of-life ethics.

  • Objective-Organized: Sherpath for Health Assessment (Jarvis Version)

    • 8th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    For today’s nursing students, Sherpath is a teaching and learning technology that takes the 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. Sherpath provides a single, seamless, and supportive environment with dashboard and assignment insights to drive meaningful outcomes. This version of Sherpath fully incorporates the ebook content from the Jarvis: Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8th Edition text.

  • Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners

    • 5th Edition
    • Karen Fenstermacher + 1 more
    • English
    The latest evidence-based guidelines to prepare you for FNP practice! Practice Guidelines for Family Nurse Practitioners, 5th Edition provides essential, information on the latest 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 concise, outline-style guidelines and abundant summary tables and charts. Content highlights now include the use of bold type for "not-to-be-missed" content, bold italic type for non-urgent/non-emerg... interprofessional referrals, and bold italic type plus an eye-catching icon for urgent/emergent interprofessional referrals. In addition to coverage of the most common conditions seen in outpatient settings, this edition includes the latest information on topics such as jaundice, fever of unknown origin, and unexpected weight loss. Plus, the popular Practice Pearls boxes have been expanded throughout the book.

  • Bailliere's Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers

    • 27th Edition
    • Jayne Taylor
    • English
    Baillière's Dictionary for Nurses and Health Care Workers remains the nursing dictionary of choice throughout the world!The latest edition of this authoritative paperback has been thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of nurses and health care workers in a variety of clinical settings.Published for the first time in full colour, the comprehensive dictionary entries are supplemented by common abbreviations, prefixes, suffixes and roots, together with units of measurement and tables of normal values. Other helpful appendices include nutrition, resuscitation, first aid, medicines control, the legal and professional framework of nursing, professional standards of practice and behaviour, immunization and vaccinations, prevention and control of infection, revalidation, and clinical supervision.

  • Cuidados prenatales

    Guías de enfermería obstétrica y materno-infantil
    • 2nd Edition
    • Helen Baston + 1 more
    • Spanish
    Escritas por destacadas académicas de la enfermería obstétrica, 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. Este volumen, con un enfoque en forma de "rompecabezas", aborda cuestiones profesionales y legales relacionadas con la práctica actual. Asimismo, los capítulos han sido ideados para ser leídos por separado o como una secuencia. Además, hace referencia a las últimas directrices internacionales y adopta los principios del informe Better Births. Colección ideal para todas las matronas, tanto diplomadas como para las que estan 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.

  • Applying the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model in Practice

    • 3rd Edition
    • Karen Holland + 1 more
    • English
    New edition of a successful textbook which demonstrates the theory and practice of one of the most popular models of nursing. Karen Holland, Jane Jenkins and their colleagues carefully explain and explore how the Roper-Logan-Tierney Model can help today’s student learn how to care for patients in a variety of health care contexts and use it as a framework for their nursing practice. Rich with ‘real-life’ case studies and thought provoking exercises, this book has a helpful problem solving approach which strongly encourages further learning and reflection.

  • Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia

    A Question and Answer Approach
    • 1st Edition
    • Michael Kost
    • English
    Introducing the definitive resource designed for practitioners working in the rapidly expanding area of moderate procedural sedation and analgesia clinical practice. Moderate Procedural Sedation and Analgesia: A Question and Answer Approach focuses on the preprocedural, procedural, and postprocedural care of the moderately sedated patient in a variety of settings. This comprehensive text is designed to provide all the content and tools nurses and other clinicians need to demonstrate competency in moderate sedation and analgesia. Additionally, this user-friendly text is written by well-known sedation/analgesia expert, Michael Kost and recommended by standards of practice from the ANA, AORN, and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

  • Concise Text Book for Pediatric Nursing

    • 2nd Edition
    • Assuma Beevi
    • English
    Concise Textbook of Pediatric Nursing is a revised and thoroughly updated edition of Elsevier’s previous offering, Textbook of Pediatric Nursing. The book, written in accordance with the INC syllabus, is targeted at undergraduates and is designed to help students develop an understanding of the modern approach to childcare, identification, prevention and nursing management of common health problems of neonates and children. The book is aimed to enhance the capabilities of a nurse in nurturing a child. Not only that, the study questions given at the end of each chapter will allow the student to self-evaluate their understanding of the topic.

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Jarvis Physical Examination and Health Assessment

    • 8th Edition
    • Carolyn Jarvis + 1 more
    • English
    Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to Jarvis Physical Examination and Health Assessment, 8th Edition, 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.

  • Nursing Skills Online Version 4.0 for Fundamentals of Nursing

    • 2nd Edition
    • Barbara L. Yoost + 1 more
    • English
    Learn to master important nursing skills for the clinical setting with Nursing Skills Online 4.0 (NSO) for Yoost Fundamentals of Nursing 2nd Edition. This interactive learning system offers 19 modules which include 4 to 8 lessons each, enhanced by 900 interactive activities, 130 video clips, 95 animations and slide shows, 1100 images, 855 assessment items, and 1020 glossary terms. Each module mirrors the text, using a structured pace to strategically guide you through chunks of information which you can apply to critical thinking tasks or case studies. In addition, lesson quizzes allow you to evaluate your mastery of the content.

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Leading and Managing in Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • Patricia S. Yoder-Wise
    • 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.

  • Fundamentals of Midwifery and Obstetrical Nursing

    • 1st Edition
    • Lily Podder
    • English
    Meant for undergraduate nursing students, this book is designed to reorient and widen the students’ knowledge and skills in rendering nursing care to normal and high-risk pregnant women in hospitals and community settings. The book is in concise format, and it will be of immense help to the students in their preparation for university examinations.

  • Midwifery Continuity of Care

    • 2nd Edition
    • Caroline Homer + 3 more
    • English
    Endorsed by the Australian College of Midwives and The Royal College of Midwives Midwifery Continuity of Care is a robust ‘how to’ guide to establishing midwifery continuity of care. Written by a team of international experts in their field, this book highlights lessons learned to help develop new ways of planning, implementing, evaluating and sustaining midwifery continuity of care for the benefit of women, babies and communities.

  • Understanding Nursing Research: First South Asia Edition

    Building an Evidence-Based Practice
    • 1st Edition
    • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
    • English

  • Medical-Surgical Nursing

    • 7th Edition
    • Adrianne Dill Linton + 1 more
    • English
    Gain the knowledge and skills you need to effectively care for adult patients. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition covers both medical-surgical and psychiatric mental health conditions and disorders while building on the fundamentals of nursing. This essential text focuses on nursing roles, settings, trends, body systems and their disorders, and emergency and disaster management. Unique to this edition is the gerontologic nursing unit which addresses physiologic and psychosocial changes in the older adult, along with related disorders common to the elder patient - the primary patient group population you’ll encounter in practice. It also emphasizes culturally competent care and holistic nursing, while thoroughly covering all relevant NCLEX-PN® test plan content. With updated guidelines on diabetes, heart failure, asthma, COPD, and cancer treatment protocols, no other resource offers the breadth of topics at a level that is so perfectly tailored to the LPN/LVN student.

  • Quality Improvement, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 54-1
    • Treasa "Susie" Leming-Lee + 1 more
    • English
    With collaboration of Dr. Steve Krau, Consulting Editor, Drs. Leming-Lee and Watters have created an issue that provides state-of-the-art content on quality improvement. Top authors have contributed clinical reviews on the following topics: Quality improvement: Application of evidence-based practice; The application of the Virginia Mason production system to improve large scale quality outcomes in an acute care hospital; The application of the Toyota production system Lean 5S methodology in the operating room setting; Chart it to stop it: A quality improvement project to increase the reporting of workplace aggression; Reducing pressure injuries in the pediatric intensive care unit; Improving stress-induced hyperglycemic management in the ICU setting; Evaluation of telemetry utilization on medical-surgical floors; Implementation of a nurse-driven CAUTI prevention protocol; A quality improvement project to test the effectiveness of a patient-centered pathway and discharge tool on heart failure patient engagement; Diabetes self-management education provision by an interprofessional collaborative team: A quality improvement project; Increasing effective patient-triage nurse communication using a targeted history question; and Barriers to the implementation of pediatric overweight and obesity guidelines in a school-based health center. Nurses will come away with the current information they need to improve patient outcomes.

  • Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 31-1
    • Leanne H Fowler + 1 more
    • English
    With collaboration of Dr. Jan Foster, Consulting Editor, Drs. Landry and Fowler has created a current clinical look at nursing interventions for cardiovascular disease. They have invited authors from top institutions to contribute reviews on the following topics: Evidence-Based Strategies for Late Stages of Heart Failure; Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: A Pharmacotherapeutic Update for Antiplatelet Medications; Comprehensive Nursing Management for Cardiac Valvular Dysfunction; Recovery Management After Cardiothoracic Surgery: Nursing Priorities; Cardiovascular Disease Management in Minority Women: Special Considerations; STEMI and NSTEMI: Medical and Surgical Interventions; Nursing Management for Patients Post-Operative Cardiac Device Insertion & Minimally Invasive Procedures; Acute and Chronic Nursing Management of Atrial Fibrillation; Hospital Discharge Teaching for Patients with Peripheral  Vascular Disease; Acute and Chronic Hypertension: Advanced Nursing Management; and Culinary Medicine: Patient Education for Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes. Readers will come away with the clinical updates they need to improve outcomes in cardiovascular patients.

  • Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

    • 5th Edition
    • Linda Anne Silvestri + 1 more
    • English
    The best way to prepare for the NCLEX-PN Exam is practice, practice, practice! And with over 5,000 NCLEX-style review questions reflecting the most current clinical updates and test plan, Saunders Q&A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 5th Edition delivers all the practice you need to pass this all-important exam and so much more! Review questions in the physical book or go online and utilize the quiz mode or exam mode for an even more realistic review experience. There are ample alternate item question types in both the physical book and online. All questions are cross-categorized by level of cognitive ability, client needs area, integrated process, and 21 different clinical content areas — giving you the ability to really focus your study efforts where you need it most. All questions also include rationales for correct and incorrect options; as well as helpful test-taking strategies. This proven study resource has already helped thousands of students pass the NCLEX-PN Exam the first time. Don’t miss your chance!

  • Bien débuter - Orthopédie-traumatologie

    • 1st Edition
    • Nadia Bengas + 1 more
    • French
    Comment s’y prendre dans une situation donnée ?Quelles compétences pour prendre en charge le patient ?Cet ouvrage est destiné aux étudiants et aux professionnels infirmiers amenés à prendre en charge le patient dans un service d'Orthopédie-Traumat... En trois grandes parties :1 – Les prérequis fournissent les notions indispensables de physiologie des plaies et de classification des pansements 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 la conduite infirmière adaptée aux différentes immobilisations et au matériel d’ostéosynthèse, aux traitements et aux pansements spécifiques à l’orthopédie, ainsi qu’au suivi des patients dans le cadre de leurs investigations radiologiques. La compréhension est facilitée par une présentation sous forme de fiches en couleurs, et par de nombreux tableaux, photographies et illustrations.Enfin une collection centrée sur le rôle infirmier !

  • Interpersonal Relationships

    Professional Communication Skills for Nurses
    • 8th Edition
    • Elizabeth C. Arnold + 1 more
    • English
    Now more than ever, effective communication skills are key for successful patient care and positive outcomes. Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 8th Edition helps you to develop skills in communicating effectively with clients, families, and colleagues in order to achieve treatment goals in health care. Using clear, practical guidelines, it shows how to enhance the nurse-client relationship through proven communication strategies as well as principles drawn from nursing, psychology, and related theoretical frameworks. The 8th edition includes engaging new content relating to current issues, while also emphasizing interdisciplinary communication and QSEN competencies. You will learn how to apply theory to real-life practice through case studies, interactive exercises, and evidence-based practice studies.

  • Mastering Concept-Based Teaching

    A Guide for Nurse Educators
    • 2nd Edition
    • Jean Foret Giddens + 2 more
    • English
    Get all the strategies and guidance you need successfully implement conceptual learning with Mastering Concept-Based Teaching, 2nd Edition. Written specifically for nursing faculty, renowned educators Dr. Jean Foret Giddens, Dr. Linda Caputi, and Dr. Beth Rodgers walk you through the background and benefits of using a concept-based learning approach; how to plan, develop, and deliver an effective concept-based course; and how to improve and evaluate student learning with concepts. This new second edition also features two new chapters — one on how to conduct concept-based clinical experiences and another chapter on the future of concept-based interprofessional learning. You’ll also find updated content, more of the highly helpful Misconceptions and Clarifications boxes, and a more streamlined design with added color and larger type. So whether you’re teaching in an LPN, ADN, BSN, or MSN program, this insightful book is here to ensure a smooth execution concept-based teaching.

  • Nursing Key Topics Review: Fluids & Electrolytes

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
    Looking for a way to master fluids and electrolytes in the most time-efficient way possible? Instead of relying on overwhelming textbooks, turn to the focused review option that was designed for the specific study needs of today’s nursing students. Nursing Key Topics Review: Fluids & Electrolytes covers only the most important and relevant information on fluids and electrolytes and organizes it into bulleted summary lists, illustrations, and tables to make the information easier to digest and remember. NCLEX-style review questions are also interspersed throughout the material to further focus your attention on the most important concepts and test your mastery. It’s everything about fluids and electrolytes you need to know. And nothing you don’t!

  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Community/Public Health Nursing

    Promoting the Health of Populations
    • 7th Edition
    • Mary A. Nies + 1 more
    • English
    Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th Edition, 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

  • Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination & Health Assessment

    • 8th Edition
    • Carolyn Jarvis
    • English
    Both a comprehensive lab manual and a practical workbook, the Study Guide and Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8th Edition, gives you the tools you need to master physical examination and health assessment skills. Corresponding to the best-selling Jarvis textbook, this guide features reading assignments, terminology reviews, application activities, review questions, clinical learning objectives, regional write-up sheets, and narrative summary forms, with answers at the back to facilitate both learning and review. The 8th Edition has been thoroughly updated throughout with a fresh focus on interprofessional collaboration to prepare you for the skills laboratory and interprofessional collaborative practice.

  • Sherpath for Gerontologic Nursing (Meiner Version)

    • 6th 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, Sherpath AI, and more — all on a single platform. This version of Sherpath fully includes the ebook content.

  • Learning to Care

    The Nursing Associate
    • 1st Edition
    • Ian Peate
    • English
    Edited by a world-renowned authority, Learning to Care: The Nursing Associate has been prepared by a team of experienced nurse educationalists and practitioners to meet the learning needs of the new Nursing Associate. Richly illustrated throughout, this exciting resource is designed to fully equip trainee nursing associates for their future role as professional healthcare providers with chapters ranging from ‘how to learn’ and essay writing to communication skills, reflective practice, and the role of evidence-based clinical decision making.Complete with a full exploration of basic anatomy and physiology, together with the care and treatment of common disorders, Learning to Care: The Nursing Associate also comes with a wide range of helpful learning features such as ‘Hot Spots’ and the ‘Medicine Trolley’, all designed to aid learning and help foster safe clinical practice. The volume comes complete with a downloadable image bank to assist with assignments.Learning to Care: The Nursing Associate will be ideal for all Trainee Nursing Associates and Health Care Assistants wishing to enhance their knowledge-base as well as those on Enrolled Nurse programs overseas.

  • Priorities in Critical Care Nursing

    • 8th Edition
    • Linda D. Urden + 2 more
    • English
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    • Anne G. Perry + 2 more
    • English
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    • 8th Edition
    • Carolyn Jarvis
    • English
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    • 11th Edition
    • Elsevier Inc
    • English
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    A Work Text
    • 11th Edition
    • Sheila J. Ogden + 1 more
    • English
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  • Pocket Companion for Physical Examination and Health Assessment

    • 8th Edition
    • Carolyn Jarvis
    • English
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    • 6th Edition
    • Joyce E. Dains + 2 more
    • English
    Awarded second place in the 2019 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Adult Primary Care category. Learn to accurately diagnose the majority of patients seen in today’s primary care settings! Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care, 6th Edition goes beyond basic history and physical examination skills to help you learn the diagnostic reasoning process. You will develop this key skill by following assessment guidelines that focus on a specific complaint rather than beginning with a previously established diagnosis or disease entity. Written by advanced practitioners, this edition includes a new chapter on The Transgender Patient that gives you the knowledge you need to properly assess and care for this underserved patient population. It also features expanded coverage of geriatrics, highly infectious diseases, coordination with the interprofessional healthcare team, genetics/genomics in lab testing and family history, updates on psychiatric-mental health problems, and more!

  • Nursing Essentials: Drugs

    • 1st Edition
    • Catrin Page
    • English
    Are you a nurse dealing with drug administration? Do you prescribe drugs? Whether you are a newly qualified nurse or a student on placement, this book makes understanding drugs simple. Reduced to the essentials, clearly arranged with tables and schematics, each page concisely provides the required knowledge. Key Features: Pocket sized and portable – perfect for taking with you on placements, on to the ward, or in your bag for a quick refresher whilst at work Spiral bound for ease of use and clearly laid out tables Indications, contra-indications and side effects of the frequently used drugs within the UK Organised by body system, and then by symptom for easy navigation

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    • 3rd Edition
    • Jennie Wilson
    • English
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  • Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Understanding Nursing Research

    Building an Evidence-Based Practice
    • 7th Edition
    • Susan K. Grove + 1 more
    • English
    Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to Understanding Nursing Research, 7th Edition, 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.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward

    • 3rd Edition
    • Brian Dolan + 1 more
    • English
    When you become a ward or unit manager, sister or charge nurse, your responsibilities change and you need a very different set of skills compared to your previous roles. You are now required to manage a team of staff with a set budget and are responsible for maintaining an environment in which people can work well.A Nurse's Survival Guide to Leadership and Management on the Ward, Third Edition will help you to:Identify your responsibilities and best approaches as a manager to provide patients with a high standard of care through your staff;Read through examples, suggestions and tips following a highly practical approach;Manage your staff, time and budget;Create a positive work environment;Part of the A Nurse’s Survival Guide series.

  • Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine

    An Illustrated Colour Text
    • 4th Edition
    • Edwin Roland van Teijlingen + 1 more
    • English
    Now in its fourth edition, this definitive and popular introduction to human behaviour in the context of health and illness includes three new chapters, many new contributors and a new co-editor.It is arranged in nine sections to cover the core concepts of psychology and sociology as they apply to medicine.1. The life cycle2. Development of the person3. Society and health4. Preventing illness and promoting health5. Illness, behaviour and the doctor-patient encounter6. Illness and disability7. Coping with illness and disability8. Hoe do health services work9. How do you fit into all this?

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