Specifically designed to match the content in Health Assessment in Nursing, Fourth Edition, this lab manual will help students practice and apply the information they learn in their physical assessment course.
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The 4th Edition of this groundbreaking textbook continues to teach the
“why” of medical-surgical nursing more effectively than any other
resource in the field. It presents complex issues in a clear and
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The 32nd edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses has been revised, updated, and completely redesigned—with generic drugs alphabetically arranged for even faster access to drug and patient care information! This reliable guide offers comprehensive information on more than 1,000 generic and 3,000 brand-name drugs, with special attention given to maintaining patient safety: readers will find tall-man lettering, prominent black box warnings and clinical alerts, overdose signs and symptoms, look alike-sound alike drugs, easy-to-spot drug action and I.V. administration information, a new chapter on safe drug administration, and three brand-new appendices covering best practices for avoiding common drug errors, pediatric drugs commonly involved in drug errors, and elder care medication tips. All drug entry names are highlighted for easy retrieval of information, with therapeutic and pharmacologic classes clearly identified.
Nursing 2012 Drug Handbook includes the ever-popular color photoguide (enhanced with even more drugs), A-to-Z tabs to quickly locate drug entries, detailed coverage of selected drug classifications, 17 appendices, and FREE online access to monthly drug updates and news, FDA warnings, patient teaching sheets, and a robust Toolkit packed with an array of indispendable tools—including drug safety guidelines and videos, pharmacology animations, pronunciation guides and translators, pediatric and geriatric tips/guidelines, dosage calculator, I.V. compatibility chart, and more.
Each book comes with FREE 12-month online/mobile access to every drug in the book with weekly updates through the new Lippincott’s Nursing Drug Advisor! Also includes a special pink ribbon bookmark, with a portion of the purchase price donated to breast cancer research.
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Acute Cardiac Care provides nurses with a comprehensive understanding of the current practice and principles underlying the care and management of acute cardiac conditions. It addresses the management of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) with an emphasis on evidence-based pharmacological management, cardiac emergencies (cardiac arrest, arrhythmia, acute pulmonary oedema, cardiogenic shock), current diagnostic and interventional modalities for the management of ACS, including risk stratification, and the ethical, political, social and economic factors that impact upon the provision of acute cardiac services in Australia and the UK.
Edited by renowned academics and clinicians in the field, this practical text will encourage nurses to think critically about evidence and management of acute coronary conditions, and provide a guide on how and where to look for up-to-date evidence and guidelines.
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A comprehensive and practical guide to the current practice and principles underlying the nursing care of acute cardiac conditions
Edited by leading authorities in the field with a wealth of experience in acute cardiac care and resuscitation
Has an emphasis on evidence-based practice, encouraging nurses to critically think about their practice
Contains learning objectives, key points and activities and further reading guidelines
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Coeliac Disease: Nursing Care and Management provides nurses with the knowledge and evidence base to understand the impact of the diagnosis of Coeliac disease, and examine the long term treatment and management of the condition. The authors take the reader
Oct 212008
The newly revised Fourth Edition of this popular and widely used reference is a start-to-finish guide for nearly 400 basic and advanced nursing procedures. It provides step-by-step instructions for each procedure, explains how to use and troubleshoot equipment, and presents key information on rationales, cautions, complications, patient teaching, and documentation. The user-friendly format includes checklists, quick-scanning tables, logos that flag essential information, and more than 700 illustrations and photographs of equipment and techniques. This edition features a brand-new chapter on psychiatric nursing procedures and new entries on prone positioning, surgical site verification, ST segment monitoring, swallowing and aspiration precautions, and bispectral index monitoring (BIS)
Completely updated for its Eighth Edition, this full-color classic reference is the one source every nurse needs for essential patient assessment and treatment guidelines. In an easy-to-read outline format, this clinically focused guide covers all disorders and patient problems in Medical-Surgical, Maternal-Neonatal, Pediatric, and Psychiatric nursing, and includes over 150 step-by-step procedures. Each Eighth Edition chapter incorporates and identifies official guidelines that shape clinical practice. New and expanded material includes several new orthopaedic, connective tissue, infectious, and dermatologic conditions, patient safety, personal safety, culturally sensitive care, HIPAA, palliative care, advocacy for the disabled, chest physical therapy, interventional cardiology, hyperbaric therapy, neurologic findings, intracranial monitoring systems, vertebral compression fracture, immunization information, emerging infections, biological weapons preparedness, pediatric asthma guidelines, substance-related disorders, and adolescent problems
Numerous updates and a state-of-the-art ancillary package make the Tenth Edition of this best-selling textbook the most up-to-date book of its kind. New chapters include: End-of-Life Care, Genetics Perspectives in Nursing Practice, and Management of Patients Affected by Terrorism, Mass Casualty, and Disaster. New features include: Concept Maps relating NANDA diagnoses with NIC and NOC classification systems; boxed charts alerting nurses to genetics perspectives in practice; and new, specialized content on elderly patients and those with disabilities. A free CD-ROM in the text includes over 3,500 general student-study questions, 500 unit review questions, 3-dimensional animations that illustrate disease processes, and interactive clinical simulations covering asthma and congestive heart failure. For more information
Oct 032008
The CliffsTestPrep series offers full-length practice exams that simulate the real tests; proven test-taking strategies to increase your chances at doing well; and thorough review exercises to help fill in any knowledge gaps.
CliffsTestPrep NCLEX-RN is a complete study guide to help you prepare for — and pass — the new NCLEX-RN (the National Council Licensure Examination that is required to obtain a license as a registered nurse). This book contains eight chapters; each chapter contains questions based on the newest version of the exam. Inside this test prep tool, you’ll find
- Three practice exams with answers and explanations
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- Guidance on how to focus your review of specific subjects to make the most of your study time
- Introduction to the format and scoring of the exam, overall strategies for answering multiple-choice questions, and questions commonly asked about the NCLEX
This book will help you understand the types of questions that will test your knowledge of several basic areas, such as basic patient care and comfort (hygiene, nutrition, mobility/immobility, and more). In addition, you’ll prepare to show what you know about
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- More than 3,200 questions with answers and detailed explanations
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From the author of market-leading Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, this unique review book gives you 5,000 additional NCLEX-RN® practice questions all organized according to the NCLEX-RN® test plan. Like all of Linda Silvestri’s review books, detailed rationales are provided for all answer choices, plus comprehensive test-taking strategies, and references to Elsevier nursing textbooks. This review also includes many critical thinking and alternate item formats, plus a comprehensive exam consisting of 300 questions.
Please check out these other great NCLEX-RN® review books from Linda Silvestri:
. Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination (9781416037088)
. Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-RN® Exam PDA Software Powered by Skyscape (9781416048510)
. Saunders Strategies for Success for the NCLEX-RN® Examination (9781416000952)
. Strategies for Alternate Item Formats for the NCLEX-RN® Exam (9781416038412)
. Saunders Q & A Review Cards for the NCLEX-RN® Exam (9781416047261)
- The text and accompanying CD-ROM provide a total of 5,010 practice questions, offering a thorough preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam.
- Alternate item format questions are included throughout the text and CD-ROM to help readers become accustomed to the new question styles.
- Every practice question provides a correct answer, rationales for all responses, test-taking strategy, level of cognitive ability, integrated concepts and processes category, client needs category, and a reference to a major Elsevier nursing textbook.
- Text presents introductory chapters on the NCLEX exam, the CAT exam, and test-taking skills.
- Text is uniquely organized, containing chapters that specifically address each category of client needs, along with the integrated concepts and process identified in the NCLEX-RN test plan.
- Practice questions help readers develop the reading, critical thinking, and analytic skills they need to succeed on the exam.
- Makes further study easier with specific references for every question.
- The text contains a comprehensive exam consisting of 300 questions representative of the percentages identified in the NCLEX-RN test plan.
- Features a new chapter addressing transitional needs of foreign-educated nurses.
- Includes over 5,000 questions, approximately 1,510 more than the 2nd edition. All of the questions in the book, plus additional questions, are included on the CD-ROM.
- New alternate item format questions include drag-n-drop, illustration questions, and multiple-response questions to prepare users for these questions on the NCLEX-RN examination
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Features:
*Two practice tests (one in the book and one on the CD-ROM)
*Detailed answer explanations
*In-depth analysis of NCLEX-RN exam question types
*Online question bank
*Most up-to-date info on based on 2007 test change