Download or read book Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource Retail Access Card written by Patricia A. Potter and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basic facts and figures, standard values, care guidelines and more provide the background frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice. At-a-glance content is provided in outline, list, and tabular formats for easy lookup and review. Detailed information on medications helps to prevent medication errors and ensure safe practice, with topics including dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, and administration. Vital Signs chapter contains everything you need to know to quickly and accurately obtain vital signs. Physical Assessment chapter provides a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment. Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation chapter explains the role of the nurse within the larger healthcare team. Pressure injury information includes prevention and care guidelines. Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology chapter acts as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand clinical terms as they are encountered. Concise, pocket-sized format ensures portability for use in the clinical setting. NEW! A Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process chapter is added to this edition.
Download or read book Developing Clinical Judgment written by Donna D. Ignatavicius and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2020-04-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approx.368 pages - This one-of-a-kind workbook dedicated to developing clinical judgment skills helps prepare you for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) through practical thinking exercises in which you will apply the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Model (CJM). - A comprehensive collection of carefully developed clinical reasoning exercises range from basic to more complex and address all specialty areas. - Answer key with robust rationales to remediate learning follows at the end of the book. - Six-part organization guides you through the entire NGN test plan. - Answer questions in the book itself or on a companion Evolve website for automated scoring and remediation.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Nursing E Book written by Patricia A. Potter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 1398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s your complete guide to nursing — from basic concepts to essential skills! Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, evidence-based practice, nursing theory, and safe clinical care in all settings. With illustrated, step-by-step guidelines, this book makes it easy to learn important skills and procedures. Care plans are presented within a nursing process framework, and case studies show how to apply concepts to nursing practice. From an expert author team led by Patricia Potter and Anne Griffin Perry, this bestselling nursing textbook helps you develop the understanding and clinical reasoning you need to provide excellent patient care. 51 skills demonstrations provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions for safe nursing care — and include rationales for each step. 29 procedural guidelines provide streamlined, step-by-step instructions for performing basic skills. UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Models in each clinical chapter show how to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to achieve successful clinical outcomes. Evidence-Based Practice chapter shows how nursing research helps in determining best practices. UNIQUE! Caring for the Cancer Survivor chapter prepares nurses to care for cancer patients who may still face physical and emotional issues. Case studies include unique clinical application questions and exercises, allowing you to practice using care plans and concept maps. The 5-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for care, and is demonstrated in more than 20 care plans. 15 review questions in every chapter test your retention of key concepts, with answers available in the book and on the Evolve companion website. Practical study tools on Evolve include video clips of skills, skills checklists, printable key points, a fluid & electrolytes tutorial, a concept map creator, an audio glossary, and more. UNIQUE! Clear, streamlined writing style makes complex material more approachable. More than 20 concept maps show care planning for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses. Key points and key terms in each chapter summarize important content for more efficient review and study. Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions for each skill alert you to potential problems and appropriate nursing actions. Delegation coverage clarifies which tasks can and cannot be delegated. A glossary provides quick access to definitions for all key terms.
Download or read book Mosby s Comprehensive Review for the Canadian PN Exam written by Karen Katsademas and published by Mosby Canada. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for the student who is preparing for the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination (CPNRE). Appendices include the CPNRE Competencies, Medical Terminology, Abbreviations, Common Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, and Mathematical Formulae.
Download or read book Concepts for Nursing Practice written by Jean Giddens and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This innovative interactive text explains 58 of the most common nursing concepts - including six all new concepts - that span the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Featured exemplars for each concept are also discussed to help you more easily understand the concepts and apply them to the clinical setting. In addition to more concepts and featured exemplar sections, this new second edition also boasts a more intuitive organization and review questions for both RN and LPN/LVN programs"--Publisher.
Download or read book Lewis s Medical Surgical Nursing written by Mariann M. Harding and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-09 with total page 1712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dale s Pharmacology Condensed E Book written by Clive P. Page and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-12-25 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the essential basic science and principles of pharmacology using concise text and diagrams, Dale's Pharmacology Condensed, 3rd Edition, presents the key facts and concepts that are key to understanding how drugs work and their underlying pathophysiological processes. Each of the 50 short chapters provides an organized, consistent approach to efficient learning and retention of complex information. This concise text is an ideal companion volume to Rang and Dale's Pharmacology, as well as a stand-alone condensed textbook or review book for exams. - All content has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new coverage of fast-moving therapeutic areas such as cancer treatments, dermatology and immune mediated diseases, and new developments in pharmacological principles such as biased agonism. - Each two-page (or less) chapter condenses key information from Rang and Dale's Pharmacology to provide the necessary core knowledge, as well as essential therapeutic information. - New editors are experienced teachers who provide a clear focus on what today's students need to know. - Ideal for exam preparation with explanatory diagrams throughout, important drugs identified with bold type, and 50 multiple choice questions for self-assessment and review.
Download or read book Heart Failure A Companion to Braunwald s Heart Disease E Book written by G. Michael Felker and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2019-02-06 with total page 937 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up-to-date, authoritative and comprehensive, Heart Failure, 4th Edition, provides the clinically relevant information you need to effectively manage and treat patients with this complex cardiovascular problem. This fully revised companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease helps you make the most of new drug therapies such as angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs), recently improved implantable devices, and innovative patient management strategies. Led by internationally recognized heart failure experts Dr. G. Michael Felker and Dr. Douglas Mann, this outstanding reference gives health care providers the knowledge to improve clinical outcomes in heart failure patients. - Focuses on a clinical approach to treating heart failure, resulting from a broad variety of cardiovascular problems. - Covers the most recent guidelines and protocols, including significant new updates to ACC, AHA, and HFSA guidelines. - Covers key topics such as biomarkers and precision medicine in heart failure and new data on angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitors (ARNIs). - Contains four new chapters: Natriuretic Peptides in Heart Failure; Amyloidosis as a Cause of Heart Failure; HIV and Heart Failure; and Neuromodulation in Heart Failure. - Covers the pathophysiological basis for the development and progression of heart failure. - Serves as a definitive resource to prepare for the ABIM's Heart Failure board exam. - 2016 British Medical Association Award: First Prize, Cardiology (3rd Edition).
Download or read book Varcarolis Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing written by Margaret Jordan Halter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014 with total page 739 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter. 6th ed. c2010.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Body CT written by Wayne Richard Webb and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the most recent advances in CT technique, including the use of multislice CT to diagnose chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal abnormalities, as well as the expanded role of 3D CT and CT angiography in clinical practice. Highlights the information essential for interpreting CTs and the salient points needed to make diagnoses, and reviews how the anatomy of every body area appears on a CT scan. Offers step-by-step instructions on how to perform all current CT techniques. Provides a survey of major CT findings for a variety of common diseases, with an emphasis on those findings that help to differentiate one condition from another.
Download or read book Valvular Heart Disease written by Andrew Wang and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-01-14 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges for the treatment of valvular heart disease include the growing need for effective yet less invasive interventions and therapies to treat these progressive conditions. With the development of potential new treatments, it is crucial for cardiac physicians to be well informed on the pathophysiology, assessment, treatment options and their outcomes of valvular diseases. Written by a highly experienced and internationally recognized group of cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and researchers, Valvular Heart Disease offers insights into the widely varying hemodynamic effects and clinical course of heart valve conditions, as well as the contemporary management of these conditions. Offering a broad perspective on these diseases, Valvular Heart Disease expands on the recent guidelines developed by the major heart societies in the United State and Europe.
Download or read book Respiratory Care Anatomy and Physiology written by Will Beachey, PhD, RRT, FAARC and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2012-10-22 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for both practicing therapists and students in respiratory therapy and associated professions, this well-organized text offers the most clinically relevant and up-to-date information on respiratory applied anatomy and physiology. Content spans the areas of basic anatomy and physiology of the pulmonary, cardiovascular, and renal systems, and details the physiological principles underlying common therapeutic, diagnostic, and monitoring therapies and procedures. Using a clear and easy-to-understand format, this text helps you take a more clinical perspective and learn to think more critically about the subject matter. Open-ended concept questions require reasoned responses based on thorough comprehension of the text, fostering critical thinking and discussion. Clinical Focus boxes throughout the text place key subject matter in a clinical context to connect theory with practice. Chapter outlines, chapter objectives, key terms, and a bulleted chapter summary highlight important concepts and make content more accessible. Appendixes contain helpful tables and definitions of terms and symbols. NEW! Chapter on the physiological basis for treating sleep-disordered breathing clarifies the physiological mechanisms of sleep-disordered breathing and the various techniques required to treat this type of disorder. NEW! Reorganization of content places the section on the renal system before the section on integrated responses in exercise and aging to create a more logical flow of content. NEW! More Clinical Focus scenarios and concept questions provide additional opportunities to build upon content previously learned and to apply new information in the text.
Download or read book Fundamentals of Nursing written by Patricia A. Potter and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 1440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Essentials of Pediatric Nursing written by Terri Kyle and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing is intended for Pediatric Nursing courses with an integrated pediatric curriculum. It provides a unique concept-based approach and nursing process focus, that helps students go from concept to application by building on previously mastered knowledge from other courses. Organized into four logical units, Kyle: Essentials of Pediatric Nursing covers a broad scope of topics with an emphasis on common issues and pediatric-specific information. In addition, it has a variety of learning features to ensure student retention, such as, Healthy People 2020 boxes, Threaded Case Studies and Comparison Charts highlighting common diseases; as well as twice as many NCLEX-Style Student Review questions (over800 questions!). New features include Evidence-based Practice boxes and Atraumatic Care boxes, as well as Concepts in Action Animations. Plus, it includes a companion website that provides numerous resources for both students and instructors, including video clips of each developmental stage and care of the hospitalized child. "
Download or read book Mosby s Textbook for Nursing Assistants Soft Cover Version written by Sheila A. Sorrentino and published by Mosby. This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With step-by-step instructions for over 100 nursing assistant procedures, "Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 8th Edition" makes it easy to master the skills you need to succeed as a nursing assistant. Known for its visual approach and comprehensive, easy-to-read coverage, this market-leading text emphasizes the importance of the patient or resident as a person, communication, safety, comfort, effective delegation, and teamwork and time management. This edition provides expanded content on the person's rights and pressure ulcers. The updated companion CD includes three new procedures, an updated audio glossary, and more. Written by respected educator Sheila Sorrentino and expert co-author Leighann Remmert, "Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants" makes nurse assisting easy to learn. Complete coverage includes the knowledge and skills needed by the nursing assistant; -- A clear, readable writing style is supplemented with hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations; -- Over 100 procedures are divided into pre-procedure, procedure, and post-procedure sections for easier learning; -- Skills on the NNAAP exam are highlighted throughout and have been updated to match the 2012 test plan; -- Delegation Guidelines identify your specific responsibilities in accepting commonly delegated tasks; -- Teamwork and Time Management boxes indicate ways you can efficiently work with and help nursing team members; -- Promoting Safety and Comfort boxes detail measures and cautions for providing safe, effective patient care; -- Caring About Culture boxes help you learn about the beliefs and customs of other cultures so you can provide appropriate care; -- Focus on Children and Older Persons boxes provide age-specific information about the special needs, considerations, and circumstances of children and older persons; -- Focus on Long-Term Care and Home Care boxes highlight information vital to providing competent care in these settings; -- Focus on Communication boxes provide guidelines for what to say and ask when communicating with residents, visitors, and the nursing team; -- Key abbreviations are included at the beginning of each chapter, with a comprehensive glossary at the back of the book; -- Key terms introduce chapter content with the important words and phrases; -- Chapter Review Questions are useful in guiding your study, reviewing what you have learned, and studying for a test or the competency evaluation; -- CD icons indicate skills included on the companion CD; -- Video clip icons indicate skills for which video clips are included on the free Evolve companion website; -- Video icons indicate skills included in the Mosby's Nursing Assistant Video Skills 3.0 DVDs (sold separately); -- The Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review corresponds to chapters in the text and encourages learning with a wide variety of exercises and activities that challenge you to remember what you've learned. It also includes over 100 checklists, one for each procedure in the textbook. NEW! The Person's Rights and Pressure Ulcers chapters provides expanded information on these key areas; -- NEW Focus on PRIDE boxes highlight personal and professional responsibility, rights and respect, independence and social interaction, delegation and teamwork, and ethics and laws to help you promote pride in the person, family, and yourself; -- Two laminated, pocket-sized cards include information on normal vital signs, common measurement conversions, positioning, the 24-hour clock, and abdominal and lateral regions; -- Updated companion CD contains interactive procedures, including three new procedures, learning exercises, an updated audio glossary, and a new Spanish audio glossary with phrases and terms. An updated A&P review, Body Spectrum, is available on the CD and on the Evolve companion website.
Download or read book Varcarolis Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning written by Margaret Jordan Halter and published by Saunders. This book was released on 2018-04-02 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thoughtful, portable clinical companion, Varcarolis' Manual of Psychiatric Nursing Care Planning: An Interprofessional Approach, 6th Edition, provides you with the latest diagnostic information available, including the DSM-5 and patient problems, for accurate assessment and diagnosis of patients. This clinically-based guide offers quick and easy access to the latest psychiatric nursing care planning guidelines for a range of settings including the inpatient unit, home care, or community mental health setting. Designed to accompany Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing, the refreshed and updated edition is a perfect reference for learning to create psychiatric nursing care plans. A thoroughly revised patient centered assessment, including the DSM-5, supplies you with the latest diagnostic information available for accurate assessment and diagnosis of patients. The latest patient problems, assessment and treatment strategies, and psychotropic drug information keep you up-to-date with the most current information. Care plans containing patient problems, etiology, assessment findings/diagnostic cues, outcome criteria, long- and short-term goals, and interventions and rationales offer plans of care for a wide range of psychiatric nursing diagnoses. Talk-based therapies covered and referred to in a dedicated chapter on psychotherapeutic models. Promising brain stimulation therapies are addressed in a separate chapter NEW! A separate sleep disorder chapter addresses alterations present in all psychiatric disorders. NEW! Updated medications equip you with the latest information on medications used with psychiatric patients. NEW! Updated, refreshed, and refined Manual improves overall design and reduces extraneous content to focus on essential clinical information.
Download or read book Medical Surgical Nursing written by Donna D. Ignatavicius and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2020-10 with total page 1776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the essential medical-surgical nursing content you''ll need for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) and safe clinical practice! Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 10th Edition uses a conceptual approach to provide adult health knowledge and help you develop the clinical nursing judgment skills that today''s medical-surgical nurses need to deliver safe, effective care. "Iggy" emphasizes three emerging trends in nursing - interprofessional collaborative care, concept-based learning, and clinical judgment and systems thinking - trends that will ground you in how to think like a nurse and how to apply your knowledge in the classroom, simulation laboratory, and clinical settings. A perennial bestseller, "Iggy" also features NCLEX Exam-style Challenge and Mastery questions to prepare you for success on the NGN! UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaborative approach to care views medical and nursing management through the lens of the nursing process and the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model and aligns with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. Consistent use of interprofessional terminology promotes interprofessional collaboration through the use of a common healthcare language, instead of using isolated nursing-specific diagnostic language. UNIQUE! Enhanced conceptual approach to learning integrates nursing concepts and exemplars, providing a foundation in professional nursing concepts and health and illness concepts and showing their application in each chapter. Unparalleled emphasis on clinical reasoning and clinical judgment helps you develop these vital skills when applying concepts to clinical situations. UNIQUE! Emphasis on Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) preparation includes chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions and new Mastery Questions, with an answer key in the back of the book and on the companion Evolve website. Emphasis on QSEN and patient safety focuses on safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes, including Drug Alert, Critical Rescue, and Action Alert boxes. Direct, easy-to-read writing style features concise sentences and straightforward vocabulary. Emphasis on health promotion and community-based care reflects the reality that most adult health care takes place in environments outside of high-acuity (hospital) settings. NEW! Strengthened conceptual approach with data-driven Concept and Exemplar selections adds the concepts of pain, inflammation, and infection, and presents Exemplar disorders with a nursing-process format and depth to help prepare you for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN). NEW and UNIQUE! Enhanced focus on clinical judgment and systems thinking ensures alignment with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Model and emphasizes the six cognitive skills you''ll need for effective clinical judgment, for the NGN, and for safe clinical practice. NEW! Emphasis on need-to-know content provides a solid foundation for beginning nurse generalists, including only the most important patient problems for each medical condition, with streamlined chapters and concise coverage of nursing skills for preoperative and postoperative care. NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the latest national and international evidence-based guidelines and protocols. NEW! Improved learning resources on the companion Evolve website are thoroughly updated and closely integrated with the textbook. NEW! Interprofessional Collaboration boxes highlight how the nurse collaborates with other members of the healthcare team. NEW! Ethical/Legal Considerations boxes address dilemmas that medical-surgical nurses face related to technological changes and socioeconomic disparities. NEW! Increased emphasis on home care, health promotion, and community-based care reflects the ongoing shift of care from hospitals to the home environment. NEW! Updated illustrations include new anatomy and physiology images, procedure images, and disorder photos. NEW! Updated drug tables are designed for quick reference and the use of drug trade names is eliminated for better alignment with the NGN. NEW! Coverage of opioid misuse is updated to reflect the opioid crisis in the U.S. NEW! Content on personal safety and preparedness for mass casualty events has been expanded to equip you for the realities of healthcare today. NEW! Key terms and definitions at the beginning of each chapter give you advance familiarity with essential terminology. NEW! Revised Key Points align closely with Learning Outcomes and each includes a QSEN or Clinical Nursing Concept "tag" to maximize your study efficiency. NEW! Simplified and streamlined chapters make the book easier to use and information easier to find.
