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The newly updated "Perinatal Nursing, 5th Edition" is your path to top-grade guidelines for perinatal care. Offering practical guidance on current perinatal best practices, this official publication of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) is comprehensive and authoritative, addressing the full range of perinatal care, from patient safety and physiologic changes to newborn physical assessment and nutrition. This...
82) The 36-hour day: a family guide to caring for people who have Alzheimer disease and other dementias
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"Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research...
83) What Rose forgot
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In New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr's gripping standalone, a grandmother in her sixties emerges from a mental fog to find she's trapped in her worst nightmare. Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown, her brain in a fog, only to discover that she's been committed to an Alzheimer's Unit in a nursing home. With no memory of how she ended up in this position, Rose is sure that something is very wrong. When she overhears one of the administrators...
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"This book teaches the reader not only how to conduct a first research project, but also how to construct an argument, a theory, and critically explore a belief. This Fast Facts book has been written with the novice researcher in mind. It presents an easy guide through the steps needed to be taken when embarking on a research project. It is not a research textbook that intends to cover all aspects of the research study, nor does it teach the reader...
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Learn the what, how, and why of pathophysiology! With easy-to-read, in-depth descriptions of disease, disease etiology, and disease processes, Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children, 8th Edition helps you understand the most important and most complex pathophysiology concepts. This updated text includes more than 1,300 full-color illustrations and photographs to make it easier to identify normal anatomy and physiology,...
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Learners are accessing and organizing information much differently than they did only a few years ago. Technology has changed the way students learn and educators teach. The updated Innovative Teaching Strategies in Nursing and Related Health Professions, Eighth Edition details the trends in teaching strategies and educational technology that promote effective learning for today's students. The Eigth Edition has been updated to provide the most current...
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"Nursing in Today's World, 11th Edition is a popular, upbeat, incredibly easy-to-read text that helps students understand their role as a nurse and prepares them for the realities of contemporary issues affecting the nursing profession and overall delivery of health care"--Provided by publisher.
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"I wrote this book to provide nurses from all practice settings and experience levels the knowledge and understanding of how to care for the LGBTQ population. The first of its kind, this book offers the nurse concise and pragmatic information to deliver culturally competent and inclusive care. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender minorities (LGBTQ) face unique challenges and barriers to accessing healthcare, resulting in poor...
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This portable clinical companion provides you with the latest diagnostic information based on DSM-5 criteria. The "Manual" begins with an overview of psychiatric nursing care, continues with clinical chapters and associated with nursing care, and concludes with an overview of medical treatment approaches. This thoroughly updated, refreshed, and refined "Manual" provides essential information for clinical care. -- From publisher's description.
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"No matter how much material you review throughout your preparation for the HESI A2, you need the experience of taking a full-length model exam prior to test day. Thid book provides 3 full-length practice tests modeled closely on the real exam. These tests will give you a clear idea of what to expect on test day."--
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Grounded in the concept of "symphonia"--The study of agreements between health care professionals and patients and the ethical implications of these agreements--this practical guide provides a systematic approach to bioethical decision-making that can help nurses engage with patients to make difficult ethical decisions in situations where "right" and "wrong" are not clearly defined.--From publisher description.
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With an understanding of healthcare issues, you can improve patient care and advance the nursing profession! Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 9th Edition ensures that you are prepared for the complex and rapidly changing world of today's nursing. Coverage of key topics includes nursing theories and evidence-based practice, social and ethical issues, the rising cost of health care, quality improvement and patient safety, palliative...
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"Provides instructors with a comprehensive, in-depth guide to creating effective classroom exams. Nurse educators will learn how to craft reliable and valid assessment materials ranging from multiple-choice exams and true-false tests to matching exercises and essay responses. Hundred of sample test questions, as well as detailed scoring rubrics, serve as invaluable resources for educators preparing their students for successful careers in nursing....