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Grant Writing Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals, Third Edition

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Apr 222018

This accessible, hands-on text, for new grant writers and seasoned health researchers, educators, and clinicians alike, illuminates the process of writing a persuasive request for funding from start to finish. Packed with practical tips for dealing with common pitfalls besieging grant seekers, the text progresses step by step from establishing the need for the grant through disseminating grant findings. This third edition is distinguished by key information about newer grant mechanisms and a fresh focus for foundation and corporate grants. It also includes updates on electronic submissions and web resources.

Useful supporting features include examples and underlying principles for each guideline, examples of grants and specific elements that lend themselves to the development of PowerPoint slides for traditional or online classroom use, real-life examples from actual grant applications, and links to online resources to support searches for grant funders and websites supporting grant applications. Armed with savvy tips and advice from the authors―an experienced grant writer, grant reviewer, and grant consultant―readers will be able to write a persuasive grant with ease.

NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:

Top-notch grant writing guidance for all health professionals
Information about newer grant mechanisms emphasizing community-based and patient-centered outcomes research grants
Foundation and corporate grants focusing on population health, personalized health, and interprofessional team grants that include community collaborations and corporate partnerships
Important information on the Patient-Centered Research Institute
Guidance on how to involve stakeholders and communities in study design and implementation
Updates on electronic submissions and web resources
New coauthor who is a successful PCORI awardee
Instructor’s PowerPoint slides
KEY FEATURES:

Describes the process of writing a persuasive request for funding from start to finish
Delivers practical tips from experienced authors for dealing with common pitfalls and difficulties
Includes examples and underlying principles for each guideline
Provides real-life examples from actual grant applications
Helps readers to apply principles for selling and justifying the grant to their own proposals

About the Author
Carole A. Kenner, PhD, NNP, RN, FAAN, is nationally and internationally renowned for her policy-setting work to establish rights of the neonate, standards for neonatal care, and the reduction of infant mortality worldwide. She is the College of New Jersey’s Carol Kuser Loser Dean of the School of Nursing, Health, and Exercise Science, and has held many titles, including Dean/Professor, School of Nursing, and Associate Dean, Bouve College of Health Sciences, at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and Adjunct Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. She also serves as President, Consultants with Confidence, Inc., West Roxbury, MA; Consultant, Excelsior University Online Program, Albany, NY; and Trainer, End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium in Pediatric Palliative Care (ELNEC), Washington, DC. She has published over 75 peer-reviewed journal articles, 30 books, and at least 80 book chapters. Dr. Kenner has participated as PI, Co-PI or Consultant on nearly 60 research grants. She is a member of four honorary organizations, including the AAN (elected 1994) and many others. Dr. Kenner is a member of numerous review panels, editorial boards, and consultant groups.

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New Horizons in Patient Safety

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Apr 222018

This case studies book is an indispensable resource for educators, students, and practitioners of nursing. It is innovative in its application of lessons from the communication sciences to common challenges in the delivery of safe patient care. The authors apply basic tenets of human communication to the context of nursing to provide a foundation for practices that can advance the safety and quality of care. The cases, which describe “”close calls”” and adverse events, are organized along the continuum of healthcare delivery, providing quick access to solutions in commonly encountered care situations. Each case is accompanied by a discussion of how skillful communication can be key to preventing and recovering from errors and adverse events. Thought-provoking discussion questions and references for further reading make this book a valuable reference for nursing educators, students, and practitioners across the world.

Review
This book provides essential insights and experiential learning for practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students of nursing. If adopted broadly in schools of nursing, it can make a huge impact on improving patient safety. –Patricia Benner, R.N., Ph.D., FAAN, Professor, Emerita, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco clinical practice

About the Author
Annegret F. Hannawa, Lugano, Switzerland Anne Wendt, River Forest, USA.

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Partial Breast Reconstruction

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Apr 222018

FOUR STARS from Doody’s Star Ratings™

…both an excellent primer for the uninitiated and a superb resource for providers…Superb photographs, color illustrations, key concepts, and didactic charts adorn the chapters. The videos, on an accompanying website, take readers into the operative theatre to view various partial breast reconstructive surgeries. The authors and contributors are to be commended.–Doody’s Reviews (Score: 94)

This second edition of Partial Breast Reconstruction: Techniques in Oncoplastic Surgery builds on and expands the authoritative procedures presented in the first edition, adding and updating the content with up-to-the-minute concepts, techniques, and innovations in oncoplastic breast surgery, all elucidated with hundreds of color images and illustrations.

This edition offers readers the following:

A breadth of topics presented by internationally recognized experts from a range of disciplines from the U.S., Europe, United Kingdom, and South America
A systematic chapter structure that provides patient presentation, workup, surgical techniques, and follow-up for each approach
Emphasis on the essential contributions of all members of the multidisciplinary team
Extensive coverage of oncologic principles, indications, psychological considerations/body image, the challenges of radiotherapy, and postoperative surveillance
Prevention and correction of BCT deformities
Exploration of the risks and benefits of delayed versus immediate reconstruction
Reduction and mastopexy techniques with parenchyma autoaugmentation, central defect reconstruction, fat grafting, and local and perforator flap reconstruction techniques
Outcomes presented as the ultimate proof of the validity of each technique, with long-term follow-up
Treatment of complications
Provided in both printed and e-book formats, with multiple videos of techniques

As the oncoplastic approach to partial breast reconstruction continues to grow exponentially in popularity as a reliable treatment option, the updated information provided in this comprehensive new edition is absolutely essential to every surgeon performing partial breast reconstruction for women with breast cancer.

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Update in Pediatrics

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Apr 212018

This concise and comprehensive volume updates health professionals on recent advances in the field of pediatrics. It includes chapters in every subspecialty of pediatrics, such as critical care, development emergency medicine and genetics. Ranging from traditional disciplines such as infectious disease and cardiology to more current disciplines such as adolescent medicine, metabolics and genetics this is an indispensable guide for the busy clinician who wishes to stay up-to date with latest advances in the field.
Through the use of summaries and bullet points, the book conciselly describes the latest recommendations and guidelines in pediatrics and provides a good overview of the available technology for each subspecialty.

The team of authors is made up of experienced clinicians and researchers in their respective fields. This book appeals to pediatricians, family doctors, nurses and nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, and health researchers.

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Chemistry and Physics for Nurse Anesthesia, Third Edition

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Apr 212018

With a focus on chemistry and physics content that is directly relevant to the practice of anesthesia, this text–written in an engaging, conversational style–supplies all the scientific information required for the combined chemistry and physics course for nurse anesthesia students. Now in its third edition, the text is updated and reorganized to facilitate a greater ease and depth of understanding. The addition of a third author–a practicing nurse anesthetist–enhances the clinical relevance of the scientific information. Clinical scenarios now begin every chapter, and a concluding chapter, new to this edition, provides detailed, step-by-step solutions to the book’s review questions. Also included is a comprehensive list of need-to-know equations.

The third edition retains the many outstanding learning features from earlier editions, including a special focus on gases, the use of illustrations to demonstrate how scientific concepts relate directly to their clinical application in anesthesia, and end-of-chapter summaries and review questions to facilitate self-assessment. Fifteen online videos enhance teaching and learning, and abundant clinical application scenarios help reinforce scientific principles and relate them to day-to-day anesthesia procedures. This clear, easy-to-read text will help even the most chemistry- and physics-phobic students to master the foundations of these sciences and competently apply them in a variety of clinical situations.

NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION:
Increased focus on clinical relevance
Revised and updated chapters foster ease of understanding
Clinical application scenarios open each chapter
A new chapter provides guidance about calculator use and a unique problem-solving method
Detailed step-by-step solutions clarify answers to end-of-chapter problems
Comprehensive list of all key equations with explanation of symbols

KEY FEATURES:
Written in an engaging, informal style for ease of understanding
Focuses solely on chemistry and physics principles relevant to nurse anesthetists
Provides end-of-chapter summaries and review questions
Fifteen online videos enhance teaching and learning
Includes abundant illustrations that apply theory to practice

About the Author
David Shubert, PhD, is a dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Newman University, Wichita, Kansas, where until recently he designed and cotaught the combined chemistry-physics for nurse anesthesia course with Dr. Leyba. He was inducted into the national Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Foundation prior to joining Newman University in 1987. Although his area of expertise lies in organometallic chemistry, Dr. Shubert has taught introductory, general, organic, analytical, and instrumental analytical chemistry, as well as biochemistry, earth and space science, general physical science, and chemistry/physics for nurse anesthesia. In 1995, Dr. Shubert was honored by his students and peers with the Teaching Excellence Award. He has worked as a chemical consultant with several local industries, including Vulcan Chemicals and BG Products. Working with colleagues from five independent colleges, and with financial support from the National Science Foundation, the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, and the A. V. Davis Foundation, Dr. Shubert has offered numerous workshops that provided training and access to modern instrumentation to high school chemistry teachers. Most recently, he was recognized by the “Wichita Business Journal” in 2014 as a Healthcare Hero. His research interests have evolved from organometallic chemistry to chemical education.

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2018 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook

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Apr 212018

Written especially for nurses caring for patients with cancer, the 2018 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook uniquely expresses drug therapy in terms of the nursing process: nursing diagnoses, etiologies of toxicities, and key points for nursing assessment, intervention, and evaluation. Updated annually, this essential reference provides valuable information on effective symptom management, patient education, and chemotherapy administration.

Completely revised and updated, the 2018 Oncology Nursing Drug Handbook includes separate chapters on molecular and immunologic/biologic targeted therapies. These chapters provide fundamental reviews to assist nurses in understanding the cellular communication pathways disrupted by cancer. It also offers simplified content, attention to understanding the immune checkpoint inhibitors, new information about immunotherapy, new drugs and their indications, and updated indications and side effects for recently FDA approved drugs.

New drugs include: avelumab (Bavencio), brigatinib (Alunbrig), durvalumab (Imfinzi), enasidenib (Idhifa), metronidazole hydrochloride (Flagyl), midostaurin (Rydapt), neratinib (Nerlynx), niraparib (Zejula), olaratumab (Lartruvo), ribociclib (Kisqali), rituximab and hyaluronidase human injection (Rituxan Hycela injection), rucaparib (Rubraca), telotristat ethyl (Xermelo), and tisagenlecleucel (Kymriah).

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Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutic Guidance

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Apr 212018

Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutic Guidance provides a concise, practical, and practice-based source of up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic information for the general radiologist. In the diagnostic phase of evaluating breast disorders, the overriding consideration in the examination and assessment is to reduce false diagnoses to the absolute minimum-a principle wholly in the interests of the patient. The particular diagnostic pathway chosen will depend on the highly variable individual presentations and the associated findings. A major focus of the book is the comparative value of the various diagnostic imaging modalities. As well as discussing conventional mammography and adjunct modalities such as breast ultrasound and galactography, the text also showcases the superior utility of contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in providing the highest rate of detection of cancers at any stage. As well as radiological diagnosis, sections written by top specialists cover the interventional procedures for obtaining biopsies and also the surgical and medical therapy of breast carcinoma.

Key Features:
Combined authors’ experience of more than 100 years provides this work with great depth and expertise.
Richly illustrated with almost 600 images, including full color histology, patient photographs, and hundreds of radiological studies.
BI-RADS classification for mammography, breast ultrasound, and breast MRI.
Adjunct topics covered include screening and staging; lymph nodes; breast reconstruction; chemotherapy, also with respect to endocrine-active tumors; radiation therapy; tumors of the male breast; logistics in the breast care center; and psychosocial care.

Breast Cancer: Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutic Guidance is certain to prove an invaluable tool for all general radiologists involved in the evaluation and treatment of patients with breast cancer

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Comprehensive Systematic Review for Advanced Practice Nursing, Second Edition

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Apr 212018

First Edition a 2013 Doody‚ Core Title and AJN Book of the Year Award Winner!

This text provides top-tier guidance for DNP students, graduate faculty, APRNs, and other health care providers on how to use available research for improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. It is the only resource written expressly to meet the objectives of DNP courses. This second edition is completely updated and features three new approaches umbrella reviews, mixed-method reviews, and other types of reviews for seeking, synthesizing, and interpreting available evidence to improve the delivery of patient care. The text also includes two new examples of completed systematic reviews and two completed proposals.

The book presents, clearly and comprehensively, the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct a foundational comprehensive systematic review (CSR). It encompasses the complexities of the entire process, from asking clinical questions to getting the evidence into practice. The text includes question-specific methods and analysis and compares CSR methods, literature reviews, integrated reviews, and meta-studies. It describes how to find and appraise relevant studies, including the non-published grey literature and criteria for selecting or excluding studies, and describes how to use the results in practice. Also examined are ways to disemminate findings to benefit clinical practice and support best practices, and how to write a CSR proposal, final report, and a policy brief based on systematic review findings. Plentiful examples, including two completed proposals and two completed systematic reviews, demonstrate every step of the process. An expanded resource chapter that can serve as a toolkit for conducting a systematic review is also provided. The text covers useful software and includes objectives, summary points, end-of-chapter exercises, suggested reading, and references.

NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION:
Three new chapters presenting new systematic review approaches: umbrella reviews, mixed-method reviews, and other types of reviews including rapid and scoping reviews and reviews of text and opinion
Two new examples of completed systematic reviews
Completely updated content throughout
Detailed information to foster systematic review research question development, efficient literature searches, and management of references

KEY FEATURES:
Delivers the knowledge and skills necessary to conduct a CSR from start to finish
Serves as the only CSR resource written expressly for the APRN
Describes useful software for conducting a systematic review
Provides rich examples including two completed CSRs
Includes objectives, summary points, end-of-chapter exercises, suggested reading, and references
Accompanied by a comprehensive toolkit of resources for completing a systematic review

About the Author
Cheryl Holly, EdD, RN, ANEF, FNAP, is professor, associate dean, and co-director of the Northeast Institute of Evidence Synthesis and Translation at Rutgers School of Nursing, a Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center of Excellence. She teaches DNP program courses in population health and implementation science, as well as works with DNP students in their capstone residency course and with BS honors students. Dr. Holly holds a BS in Nursing from Pace University, Leinhard School of Nursing, Pleasantville, New York; both an MEd in Adult Health and Physical Illness and an EdD in Research and Evaluation in Curriculum/Teaching from Columbia University. In addition, Dr. Holly has completed postgraduate work in Comprehensive Meta-Analysis and Advanced Meta-Analysis in the Statistics Institute. Among many other positions held, Dr. Holly previously was director of Nursing Research and Informatics at New York University Langone Medical Center in New York City, senior vice president of Quality Clinical Resource Management at the Westchester Medical Center, and associate dean, Columbia University School of Nursing. She is certified as a train-the-trainer in a comprehensive systematic review conducted by the JBI and has offered workshops on comprehensive systematic reviews across the United States. Dr. Holly is the coordinator of the Eastern Nursing Research Society’s Research Interest Group on Comprehensive Systematic Review and Knowledge Translation, and she is a member of the Committee of Directors of the JBI of Nursing and Midwifery, the Evidence Translation Group, the Cochrane Nursing Care Field, the Cochrane Injuries Group, and the JBI Scientific Methodology Group on Umbrella Reviews. She serves as manuscript reviewer for several journals, including Nursing Outlook, Nursing Education Perspectives, American Journal of Nursing, and The International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare. She is also a founding member of the Implementation Science and Synthesis Network of the United States. Dr. Holly has been principal or co-principal investigator or project director of 10 funded research projects. She has published extensively and presented both nationally and internationally in the areas of evidence-based practice (EBP), systematic review (SR), knowledge translation, and critical care nursing. She is a fellow in the Academy of Nursing Education.

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Examination Questions and Answers in Basic Anatomy and Physiology: 2400 Multiple Choice Questions, Second Edition

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Apr 182018

This second edition provides 2400 multiple choice questions on human anatomy and physiology, and some physical science, separated into 40 categories. The answer to each question is accompanied by an explanation. Each category has an introduction to set the scene for the questions to come. However, not all possible information is provided within these Introductions, so an Anatomy and Physiology textbook is an indispensable aid to understanding the answers. The questions have been used in end-of-semester examinations for undergraduate anatomy and physiology courses and as such reflect the focus of these particular courses and are pitched at this level to challenge students that are beginning their training in anatomy and physiology.
The question and answer combinations are intended for use by teachers, to select questions for their next examinations, and by students, when studying for an upcoming test. Students enrolled in the courses for which these questions were written include nursing, midwifery, paramedic, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nutrition and dietetics, health sciences, exercise science, and students taking an anatomy and physiology course as an elective.

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Atlas of Pediatric Dermatoscopy

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Apr 182018

This atlas, containing a wealth of clinical and dermoscopic images, describes and illustrates the applications of dermoscopy in a wide variety of skin disorders that may be encountered in the pediatric population. Key features and other salient aspects are highlighted with the aim of enabling the clinician to reach a fast and reliable diagnosis in all cases.
Dermoscopy is a non-invasive technique that allows rapid and magnified in vivo observation of the skin, with visualization of morphologic features imperceptible to the naked eye. Dermoscopy has revolutionized the approach to pigmented skin lesions, greatly improving diagnostic accuracy. Furthermore, over the past few years it has been demonstrated to be very useful in the diagnosis, follow-up, and therapeutic monitoring of a range of other skin disorders, including cutaneous/mucosal infections, ectoparasitoses, inflammatory diseases, and hair and nail abnormalities. Being non-invasive, dermoscopy is particularly suitable for use in the pediatric population, in which invasive diagnostic procedures may be problematic.

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