20 Common Problems: End-of-Life Care |
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Vitas Healthcare Corporation, Miami, FL. Clinician's guide to care for the dying. Offers the perspectives of families, patients, and other clinicians on the issue. Explains how to assess when quality of life is near its end, and suggests how to deal with the psychosocial aspects of this phase of life. Softcover. DNLM: Terminal Care--psychology.
20 Common Problems: End-of-Life Care
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Case Studies from Primary Health Care Settings |
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This text is organized using a lifespan approach in dealing with health promotion, disease prevention, and common primary care illnesses management, all of which are integral parts of the patient care given by nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Illustrations, line drawings, and halftones illustrate pathologies or normal physical variations that cannot be explicated with the text. Case studies are based on the 20 most common diagnoses seen in primary care settings as cited in the most recent National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, as well as other common problems that primary care providers manage. The case studies also represent a cross cultural array of patients in a wide variety of settings, including private practices, government clinics, HMOs, not-for-profit clinics, and other ambulatory care sites, all of which may exist in urban, suburban, or rural areas.
Case Studies from Primary Health Care Settings
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Community Health Nursing: An Alliance for Health |
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This first member of McGraw-Hill's Nursing Core Series was developed from the ground up to meet the study needs and time demands of today's nursing student or recertifying nurse. Margin notes highlight key learning points, case studies throughout enliven the material, key words and review questions conclude each chapter, annotated references critique the bibliographic material to assist the researching student. The authors' Alliance Model deftly describes the dynamic between the client, the nurse, and the available resources to achieve desired outcomes.
Community Health Nursing: An Alliance for Health
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Complementary & Alternative Therapies for Nursing Practice |
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For courses in alternative therapies as well as issues and trends courses, and continuing education courses for registered nurses. Providing a comprehensive overview of alternative health practices and complimentary therapies from a nursing perspective, this enlightening and informative text covers the principles, techniques, research, health promotion methods and healing practices for specific illnesses and symptoms. This second edition incorporates the latest research findings, expanded resource sections, additional photographs, and thoroughly updated material.
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Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness |
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The sixth edition of this best-selling resource continues to teach nursing, health professions, medical and social science readers the importance of cultural competence and cultural awareness in the health care industry. The new edition will include revised organization to create a better flow of content, new content on gererational differences, updated chapter on health care delivery system, updated illustrations and tables and MediaLink icons. For undergraduate and graduate courses in patient care and basic health related profession programs, as well as medical, social work, and other health disciplines.
Cultural Diversity in Health & Illness
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LPN/LVN Student Nurse Handbook: Core Concepts and Essential Skills |
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LPN/LVN Student Nurse Handbook Mapping Success: Core Concepts and Essential Skills Nancy Brown, Sandra M. Boyd, B. Gayle Twiname An essential guide throughout your nursing education and a practical resource as a practicing professional! A 'must-have' resource for professional practical or vocational nursing students, the LPN/LVN Student Nurse Handbook is the answer when it comes to nursing questions - such as ' What does this mean? Why do I have to know that?... '. An engaging, reader-friendly writing style simplifies difficult concepts, maps out core concepts and essential issues and presents them in a clear, concise manner. Features: FREE flash-card maker allows for quick, proven review FREE audio glossary hones pronunciation skills Comprehensive coverage of behavioral competencies, clinical competencies, contemporary issues and leadership and management skills Self-checks and case studies Companion Website with hyperlinks to keep you current
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Mental Health Nursing: Reviews & Rationales |
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Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst. Exam review covers core content and includes hundreds of practice questions and comprehensive rationales. Includes a CD-ROM and companion website. Outline format. Softcover.
Mental Health Nursing: Reviews & Rationales
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Pediatric Nursing Care Plans |
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Pediatric Care Plans is a comprehensive guide for preparing individualized care plans tailored to meet the special needs of the non-critical, hospitalized child. This book provides a quick reference for correlating pediatric medical diagnoses with nursing diagnoses, and will serve as a valuable reference tool in the clinical setting. A unique fourteen-part format provides care plans that are organized by medical diagnoses with six corresponding nursing diagnoses for each medical diagnosis. For registered nurses, practicing pediatric nurses, and nurse educators.
Pediatric Nursing Care Plans
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Prentice Hall Real Nursing Skills: Intermediate to Advanced Nursing Skills |
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For Fundamentals of Nursing Course, Medical-Surgical Nursing Course or Skills Laboratory Course or Practicum in undergraduate nursing programs. Prentice Hall's Real Nursing Skills series offers students the complete foundation for competency in performing clinical nursing skills. The volumes in this series consist of interactive CD-ROMs with comprehensive procedures and rationales demonstrated in hundreds of realistic video clips, animations, illustrations, and photographs. For each skill, students will review: Purpose * Equipment * Preparation * Procedure * Post-Procedure * Expected Outcomes * Documentation * and Variation (if applicable). This is the only skills series designed to help students visualize how to perform clinical nursing skills and understanding the concepts and rationales for each skill. Throughout the videos, students will experience the real-life aspects of: therapeutic communication between the nurse and the client, the client's reaction to invasi
Prentice Hall Real Nursing Skills: Intermediate to Advanced Nursing Skills
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Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives |
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This book provides knowledge of the historical, theoretical, ethical, and legal foundations of professional nursing. This resource explores the changing health care system especially related to health care economics, nursing in a culture of violence, and nursing in a culturally and spiritually diverse world. Also included is a chapter on returning to school after already practicing nursing in the field. The book serves as a refresher for topics and issues previously covered in nursing school, but also addresses issues that nurses will face in their new professional practice. An excellent resource for professionals in the nursing field. Specifically designed the transition from RN-to-BSN. These are professionals that have their RN, but are returning for their BSN to further advance their careers.
Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives
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