Nursing category: 4606 books
by Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, RN
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
Named a 2013 Doody's Essential Purchase!
Named a "Choice Outstanding Academic Title" for 2007 and an "AJN Book of the Year"
The award-winning Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, now in its third edition, is the comprehensive resource for tracking developments in the...
by Joyce Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
From pre- to post-birth, here’s everything you need to know about the nursing care of mother, child, and family Maternity Nursing Demystified delivers a detailed, easy-to-follow overview of the essential concepts involved in providing nursing care to the mother and child before, during, and...
by Sharon L. Lewis, RN, PhD
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Disorders section covers commonly encountered medical-surgical conditions in a consistent, clinically relevant presentation that includes:
Definition/Description
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Complications
Diagnostic Studies
Collaborative Care...
Obstetric and Newborn Care Volume 2 of 2 (Nursing
Includes Complications of Pregnancy, Stages of Labor, Nursing Care, First, Second (Delivery), Third (Placental), Fourth (Recovery) Stage of Labour, Emergency Delivery, Discomfort, Newborn, Premature Infant, Nutrition, and the Sick Neonate
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Obstetric and Newborn Care Volume 2 of 2Obstetric and Newborn Care Volume 2 of 2, is a continuation from course Obstetric and Newborn Care Volume 1 of 2. This course will further explain the many physiological and psychological changes that a woman may experience throughout her pregnancy, during labor...
Compassion, Caring and Communication
Skills for Nursing Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Compassion and caring are at the very heart of nursing – possibly that’s why you were attracted to the nursing profession in the first place. But what does compassionate caring really mean in nursing practice?
Compassion, Caring and Communication: Skills for Nursing Practice is a practical...
by Peggy L. Chinn, PhD, RN
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2013
Practical and unique, Chinn and Kramer's Integrated Theory and Knowledge Development in Nursing, 8th Edition helps you understand how nursing theory and patterns of knowing complement each other to assist any nurse in making choices in research and practice. It examines various concepts of knowledge...
by JoAnn Grif Alspach, AACN
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
From the experts at the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), comes the definitive resource on administering quality nursing care to critically ill patients. The 6th edition has been updated to reflect the current state of critical care nursing practice and includes new content on the...
by Madeline O'Carroll, MSc, PGDip(HE)
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2007
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book will help to identify the skills and resources that students already have and show how these can be developed into the essential skills needed for nursing in the mental health practice environment....
Fast Facts for the School Nurse, Second Edition
School Nursing in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
“Fast Facts for the School Nurse, Second Edition, will direct school nurses to the answers for many questions and to wiser counsel when a dilemma seems unsolvable. It is…authored by a school nurse of publicly acclaimed distinction who brings a lifetime of experience to these pages.”
—Lucille...
by Dena Bain Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
Nursing and midwifery students are required to communicate in writing in a variety of forms, for a variety of potential audiences including their colleagues, allied health professionals, administrators and, most importantly, their patients and the public.
Dena Bain Taylor is an experienced...
On the Politics of Ignorance in Nursing and Health Care
Knowing Ignorance
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Ignorance is mostly framed as a void, a gap to be filled with appropriate knowledge. In nursing and health care, concerns about ignorance fuel searches for knowledge expected to bring certainty to care provision, preventing risk, accidents, or mistakes. This unique volume turns the focus on ignorance...
The Rural Nurse
Transition to Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
"Transitioning to rural practice can be daunting for both experienced nurses and new graduates who have an urban orientation and are accustomed to specialized practice with abundant health care resources. Since most nursing education programs and practicing nurses are located in urban settings,...
Living with Illness
Psychosocial Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2011
Living with Illness: Psychosocial Challenges focuses on developing and strengthening understanding of the illness experience. It encourages students to critically appraise conventional approaches to understanding and caring for those who are ill, to empower readers to off true holistic care and to,...
Home Health Nursing
Scope and Standards of Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Home health is one of the fastest-growing industries, expected to add well over 1 million new jobs throughout the next decade. As a nurse practicing in this area, you are going to be called upon to coordinate and deliver care like never before. Americans ages 65 and older will be nearly 20 percent...