Assessment category: 154 books
by Cynthia C. Chernecky, PhD, RN
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2012
Find complete answers to questions such as which laboratory tests to order or what the results might mean. Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 6th Edition covers more tests than any other reference of its kind, with over 900 lab tests and diagnostic procedures in all. In Part I, you'll find...
NOC and NIC Linkages to NANDA-I and Clinical Conditions - E-Book
Nursing Diagnosis, Outcomes, and Interventions
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
Based on ongoing research conducted by investigative teams at the University of Iowa, NOC and NIC Linkages to NANDA-I and Clinical Conditions: Supporting Critical Thinking and Quality Care, 3rd Edition is the only book on the market that provides linkages between the three standardized languages recognized...
Auscultation Skills
Breath & Heart Sounds
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Practitioners and students: see and hear breath and heart sounds with remarkable clarity while perfecting your auscultation technique. Auscultation Skills: Breath & Heart Sounds, Fifth Edition, pinpoints exactly how, where, and why breath and heart sounds occur and helps you to differentiate normal...
Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
A Resource for Advanced Practice Psychiatric and Primary Care Practitioners in Nursing
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2012
As an increasing number of children and adolescents with psychiatric symptoms go unrecognized in our current healthcare system, the ability to identify and treat these issues in multiple healthcare settings has become vitally important. With access to primary care providers increasing and a shortage...
Best Practices in Midwifery
Using the Evidence to Implement Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2012
Awarded second place in the 2013 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Maternal-Child Nursing/Childbirthing category
"This book is one of those turning points that will make an enormous difference."
Judith P. Rooks, CNM, MS, MPH
Author of Midwifery and Childbirth in America
"This...
Fast Facts About EKGs for Nurses
The Rules of Identifying EKGs in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2013
In an easy-to-use ìFast Factsî format, this pocket-sized reference provides clear and precise access to basic EKG information and EKG recognition guidelines that nurses use daily. The guide helps readers to accurately identify EKG rhythms and provides clear explanations of cardiac anatomy and electrical...
by Lippincott
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2016
Know the how and why of common conditions—and assess them accurately—with the newly updated Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Visual, 3rd Edition. Fully illustrated in the popular Made Incredibly Visual style, this essential guide offers easy-to-follow explanations for the causes and mechanisms...
by Nicholas Chrimes
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
This manual provides junior healthcare workers with a simple structured approach which can be used to assist them in the early recognition of the deteriorating patient. It also provides a format for approaching the unwell patient which prioritises identifying and correcting immediately life-threatening problems.
by Daniel Kollek
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
The text is geared towards health care workers such as adult and pediatric physicians and nurses, paramedics and health care facility administrators and will cover disaster preparedness for health care facilities such as hospitals and long-term care homes. The content of the book addresses preparedness...
An Error in Judgement
The Politics of Medical Care in an Indian/White Community
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
In 1979, a Native girl died of a ruptured appendix in an Alert Bay, B.C. hospital. Dara Culhane Speck uses interviews and public records to describe how this small, isolated community took on the local hospital, provincial and federal ministries of health, and national media, because the tragedy’s implications reached beyond one child, one physician, one town, even one century.
by Mari J. Wirfs, PhD, MN
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
This is a concise, easy-to-read prescribing reference for advanced health care providers involved in the primary care management of patients with acute, episodic, and chronic health problems. Organized alphabetically by diagnosis for quick access in all clinical settings, the guide encompasses CDC...
Prevent, Survive, Thrive
Every Woman's Guide to Optimal Breast Care
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Are you doing everything you can to make sure your breasts are healthy?If this question gives you pause, you’re not alone. Confusing media and conflicting advice surrounding breast health can make it challenging to know what’s best.In the United States this year, more than 40,000 women will die from...
Getting Risk Right
Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2016
Do cell phones cause brain cancer? Does BPA threaten our health? How safe are certain dietary supplements, especially those containing exotic herbs or small amounts of toxic substances? Is the HPV vaccine safe? We depend on science and medicine as never before, yet there is widespread misinformation...
Risky Medicine
Our Quest to Cure Fear and Uncertainty
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Will ever-more sensitive screening tests for cancer lead to longer, better lives? Will anticipating and trying to prevent the future complications of chronic disease lead to better health? Not always, says Robert Aronowitz in Risky Medicine. In fact, it often is hurting us.
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