Download or read book Springhouse Nurse s Drug Guide written by Springhouse Publishing and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The alphabetical organization many nurses want plus easy-to-use interactive software. Entries cover 800 generic and 1,200 brand-name drugs. Software calculates dosages for virtually every drug form and poses 200 multiple-choice questions that test users on how much they have learned about pharmacology.
Download or read book Springhouse Nurse s Drug Guide 2007 written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Springhouse Nurse's Drug Guide 2007 provides comprehensive, student-friendly information on over 750 generic and over 3,500 trade-name drugs, including over 20 recently-approved drugs and dozens of recently-approved indications. This edition has more Alert logos to highlight potential drug errors; I.V. incompatibility information in every I.V. drug entry; new appendices on abbreviations to avoid and toxic drug interactions; and an expanded combination drugs appendix. Other features include a full-color photoguide to over 200 tablets and capsules; coverage of 40 pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications with prototype drugs highlighted; nursing process sections in every drug entry; and updates on eDrugInfo.com. A free bound-in CD-ROM contains an NCLEX�-style pharmacology self-test.
Download or read book Brunner Suddarth s Textbook of Medical surgical Nursing written by Suzanne C. O'Connell Smeltzer and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2010 with total page 2362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing students for successful NCLEX results and strong futures as nurses in today's world. Now in its 12th edition, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing is designed to assist nurses in preparing for their roles and responsibilities in the medical-surgical setting and for success on the NCLEX. In the latest edition, the resource suite is complete with a robust set of premium and included ancillaries such as simulation support, adaptive testing, and a variety of digital resources helping prepare today's students for success. This leading textbook focuses on physiological, pathophysiological, and psychosocial concepts as they relate to nursing care. Brunner is known for its strong Nursing Process focus and its readability. This edition retains these strengths and incorporates enhanced visual appeal and better portability for students. Online Tutoring powered by Smarthinking--Free online tutoring, powered by Smarthinking, gives students access to expert nursing and allied health science educators whose mission, like yours, is to achieve success. Students can access live tutoring support, critiques of written work, and other valuable tools.
Download or read book Straight A s in Nursing Pharmacology written by and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2007-10-08 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-read outline review follows the unique two-column Straight A's format that lets students choose how they study for NCLEX® and course exams. The interior column outlines key facts for in-depth review; the exterior column lists only the most crucial points for quickest review. Other features include pretest questions at the beginning of each chapter; end-of-chapter NCLEX®-style questions; lists of top items to study before a test; Time-Out for Teaching patient-teaching points; Go with the Flow algorithms; and alerts highlighted in a second color. A bound-in CD-ROM contains hundreds of NCLEX®-style questions—including alternate-format questions—with answers and rationales.
Download or read book Springhouse Nurse s Drug Guide 2006 and Stedman s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing written by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and published by Springhouse Corporation. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book EBOOK The Prescription Drug Guide for Nurses written by Sue Jordan and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2008-04-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book was written by a senior lecturer in health science with a great deal of input from nurses. It highlights the burden of treatment and is a resource for non-medical prescribers in identifying adverse drug reactions and for recognising definitions and classifications. ... The sections on ‘potential problems’ and ‘suggestions for prevention and management’ were particularly enlightening. The book provides ideas for better patient consultations through discussions about medications and their effects." Nursing Standard "This likeable little book is a definite contributionto the field and should find a home in every ward,unit and hospital library shelf." International Emergency Nursing "This book is exceedingly timely. I am certain it will be invaluable to both undergraduate and post graduate student nurses, and, also act as a continuing reference source. Thoroughly recommended." Molly Courtenay, Reading University, UK "Sue Jordan has combined her deep understanding of her own discipline with her long experience of teaching nurses, to produce just the right type and level of information that nurses need, in a format that they will find relevant to their practice and easy to use. This book will be an essential reference resource for every ward bookshelf." Professor Dame June Clark, Swansea University, UK This popular Nursing Standard prescription drug series is now available for the first time in book format! Organised by drug type and presented in an easy-to-use reference format, this book outlines the implications for practice of 20 drug groups: ACE inhibitors Antibacterial drugs Anti-coagulants Antidepressants Anti-emetics Anti-epileptic drugs Antipsychotics Beta blockers Bronchodilators Controlling gastric acidity Corticosteroids Cytotoxic drugs Diuretics Insulin Laxatives NSAIDs Opioids Oral anti-diabetic drugs Thyroid and anti-thyroid drugs Vasodilators (calcium channel blockers and nitrates) Each drug group is presented in handy quick check format, and covers: Drug actions Indications Administration Adverse effects Practice suggestions Cautions/contra-indications Interactions
Download or read book Pharmacology and Medicines Management for Nurses E Book written by George Downie and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2007-12-28 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. An understanding of medicines and their effects on patients remains a crucial area of nursing knowledge. This book provides a thorough foundation upon which nurses can build their clinical experience to achieve competence. It not only provides information on the actions of drugs on the body but also gives clear guidance on the practical aspects of medicines management in both hospital and community. Organisation of the text broadly follows the British National Formulary for ease of use. - Management of medicines linked to their therapeutic use - Medicine administration linked with relevant care of patients where possible - Basic principles of clinical pharmacology underpin the therapeutic chapters - A chapter on the role of patients and carers is included•All content revised in the light of changes in drug therapy, clinical practice and medicines management including nurse prescribing•Key objectives for each chapter •Self-assessment exercises with answers •More detail relating to palliative care; nurse prescribing•A new section on Intensive Therapy •Totally redesigned in two colours with improved design and page layout, and better illustrations.
Download or read book Oxygenation written by Lisa Kennedy Sheldon and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2008 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] assists nurses and nursing students in the development of individualized nursing care plans that incorporate the facts surrounding the concept of oxygenation. Pullouts of key terms and facts reinforce the important aspects of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems. Topics covered throughout this text include anatomy, physiology, assessment and management of the respiratory system and cardiovascular system, common interventions to improve oxygenation, and the role of the hematological system in oxygen transport. Arising from real-life patients, the text features case studies as an opportunity for students and health professionals to incorporate the important facts and concepts when thinking about individual patients." -- Book Jacket.
Download or read book Lippincott s Content Review for NCLEX RN written by Diane M. Billings and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2008-11-01 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lippincott's Content Review for NCLEX-RN® provides comprehensive content and Q&A review for effective, efficient NCLEX-RN preparation. Written by Diane Billings, Ed.D, RN, FAAN, a nationally recognized test-item writer whose NCLEX preparation books have helped thousands of students pass the exam, it is a perfect companion to the best-selling Lippincott's Q&A Review for NCLEX-RN®, 10th edition and the new Lippincott’s NCLEX-RN 10,000 - Powered by PrepU online adaptive quizzing resource for a complete approach to NCLEX study. Organized both by Nursing Topic and Client Needs categories and offering in-depth coverage of nursing topics often tested on the exam, this comprehensive resource offers: · An NCLEX overview plus thorough content review in outline format · Test-taking strategies to help you better prepare for the exam · Three 100-question post-tests to help you gauge your understanding of important nursing topics · More than 3,000 high-level practice questions, including alternate-format questions, with a detailed rationale for all correct and incorrect responses. · A free back-of-book CD-ROM contains additional review questions to complement the text questions · Student resources - study tips, an NCLEX tutorial and much more are available on thePoint.com
Download or read book Advanced Critical Care Nursing E Book written by Vicki S. Good and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2017-01-22 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded third place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Critical Care- Emergency Nursing category. Learn to effectively address life-threatening and potentially life-threatening patient conditions, with Advanced Critical Care Nursing, 2nd Edition. Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), this comprehensive, nursing-focused text centers on the clinical reasoning process as it helps you comprehend, analyse, synthesize, and apply advanced critical care knowledge and concepts. The book is organized within the structure of body systems along with synthesis chapters that address patient conditions involving multiple body systems. Numerous illustrations and graphs plus unfolding case studies further aid your understanding and help you apply text content. In all, Advanced Critical Care Nursing is the must-have resource dedicated to helping you oversee or care for critical care patients in any practice setting. - Body systems organization emphasizes core systems and advanced concepts. - Consistent chapter format features numerous illustrations, charts, and graphs in each chapter to enhance understanding. - Synthesis chapters address patient conditions that involve multiple body systems — a common occurrence in critical care nursing. - Unfolding case studies with decision point questions are included at the end of all disorders chapters, providing opportunities to apply advanced critical care content to actual scenarios. - Medication tables incorporate common classifications of critical care drugs for specific disorders, including drugs, actions, and special considerations. - NEW! Updated information throughout reflects the latest evidence-based content as well as national and international treatment guidelines. - NEW! Streamlined content places a greater focus on the need-to-know information for today's high acuity, progressive, and critical care settings. - NEW! Expanded coverage of emerging and infectious diseases and multidrug-resistant infections keep readers up to date with the most topical diseases, such as the Zika virus. - NEW! Additional content on alternative settings for critical care now includes the eICU and remote monitoring. - NEW! Full-color design clarifies important concepts and improve the book's usability.
Download or read book Client Teaching Guides for Home Health Care written by Linda H. Gorman and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2008 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated Third Edition includes all the new information on medications, nutrition, and NANDA nursing diagnosis. This book is in a quick reference, easy-to-read format makes this a great guide for nursing students to become familiar with the more common conditions and issues they will face with patients on a daily basis.
Download or read book Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy written by Springhouse and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this book presents everything the nurse and nursing student needs to know about how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease. The book focuses on mechanisms of drug action; details specific drugs by pharmacologic class; reviews the nursing process related to each drug category for all body systems, plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs, and cancer drugs; and highlights potentially dangerous interactions, including drug-herb interactions. This thoroughly updated Second edition includes the most current NANDA diagnoses. New chapters cover genitourinary drugs and drugs to treat fluid and electrolyte imbalances. Obesity drugs have been added to the gastrointestinal drugs chapter.
Download or read book Nuclear Medicine Technology Procedures and Quick Reference written by Pete Shackett and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2019-08-14 with total page 1034 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated with the latest advances in imaging technology, this quick-reference manual is the only procedures guide specifically geared to nuclear medicine technologists. A concise, easy-to-read bulleted outline format provides clear, step-by-step instructions for 61 scan procedures, including listings of possible artifacts and problems that may arise during each scan. Detailed anatomic illustrations clarify anatomy and body systems, and Patient History sections enhance students’ patient communication and education capabilities.
Download or read book Manual of Critical Care Nursing E Book written by Marianne Saunorus Baird and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 1009 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised format mirrors a practicing nurse’s approach to patient care, making it easier to find information. Newly formatted care plans incorporate diagnoses, interventions, and desired outcomes in a consistent, logical organization. Patient safety alerts and high alerts call attention to issues important to a patient’s safety. Unique! Diagnostic Tests tables highlight the definition, purpose, and abnormal findings for each test. Unique! Collaborative Management tables concisely summarize key points while incorporating nationally recognized guidelines. Colored tabs mark the location of each body system, making topics easier to find. Smaller trim size increases portability for use in the unit or bedside, while enhancing readability.
Download or read book Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists E Book written by Jaime C. Paz and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Familiarize yourself with the acute care environment and confidently develop patient rehabilitation plans with this essential guide to physical therapy practice in a clinical setting. Acute Care Handbook for Physical Therapists, Third Edition helps you understand and interpret hospital protocol, medical terminology, and the medical–surgical aspects of acute care. Each chapter focuses on a body system and includes a review of basic structure and function, an overview of a medical–surgical workup, a review of pathophysiology, information on pharmacology, and guidelines for physical therapy intervention. This edition features a larger, slimmer design that highlights clinical tips, decision-making aids, and practice patterns throughout the text so that you can easily locate these tools and apply them to your practice. If you are unfamiliar with the complex acute care environment, this comprehensive resource is just what you need to become more comfortable and better able to manage the specific needs of your patients. Review of body system basics and disease processes in each chapter provides concise information to help you better manage patients in a hospital setting. Familiarizes you with the acute care environment by explaining medical terminology, hospital protocol, and surgical workups Includes updated information on medications, laboratory and diagnostic tests, and surgical and invasive procedures pertinent to physical therapy practice Clinical tips throughout the text show you how to maximize safety, quality, and efficiency of care. Over 350 illustrations, tables, and boxed text highlight essential concepts and procedures for quick reference. Uses terminology consistent with the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition Focuses on evidence-based practice to help you determine the best interventions including recent literature regarding rehabilitation in the critical care setting. NEW! Pertinent practice patterns from the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition are included in each chapter. NEW! Additional illustrations to improve comprehension of the material NEW! More pharmacologic implications for physical therapists, specifically concerning side effects and use of combination drugs. NEW! Additional decision-making algorithms facilitate critical thinking in the clinical setting. NEW! Updated surgical and invasive procedures include minimally invasive orthopedic surgery, bariatric procedures, and complete insight into circulatory assist devices. NEW! Expanded neurological chapter including vestibular dysfunction tests and measures, a discussion of dementia, and the latest in stroke evaluation and management. NEW! Revised appendices discuss the latest concepts in documentation standards, palliative care, and patient safety. NEW! Slimmer, larger format allows the book to lie open for easier reading. NEW! Improved design highlighting clinical tips and other key features lets you locate important information quickly in a busy clinical setting.
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Download or read book Drug Facts Made Incredibly Quick written by and published by Springhouse Publishing Company. This book was released on 2005-08-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2006 Drug Facts Made Incredibly Quick! provides instant access to drug information that every nurse needs quickly every day. The book fits comfortably into a pocket and the wipeable page surface allows nurses to make notes and remove them easily. 175 commonly prescribed drugs are covered in alphabetical order in an easy-to-follow format that includes pregnancy risk category, indications, dosages, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations. Also included are scores of quick-reference guides including safe drug administration, therapeutic monitoring levels, dosage calculation formulas, conversions, herb-drug interactions, infusion rates for high-risk medications, ACLS algorithms, and antidotes. Tabs or distinctive colors identify each section.
