Davi-Ellen Chabner

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Science

Learn the basics of medical terminology with Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 8th Edition! Based on Davi-Ellen Chabner's proven learning method, this streamlined text omits time-consuming, nonessential information and helps you quickly build a working medical vocabulary of the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology so you understand exact meaning, and case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrate how they're used in practice. With writing and interacting with medical terminology on almost every page, you'll learn the content by doing the work. In addition, an Evolve companion website reinforces understanding with medical animations, word games, and flash cards.

 * Easy to read and understandable language allows you, regardless of medical background, to quickly grasp and retain medical terminology.
 * Self-teaching text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with labeling diagrams, pronunciation tests, and review sheets throughout the book.
 * First Person narratives help you to understand diseases and conditions from the patient's perspective.
 * Picture Show activities, practical case studies, and vignettes demonstrate real-life applications of medical terms in describing describe pathology and procedures.
 * Principal Diagnosis feature shows how medical terms are used in clinical practice by asking you to read physician notes about a case and determine the patient's principal diagnosis.
 * Medical Terminology Check Up at the end of each chapter reinforces your understanding of key concepts.
 * Spotlight feature identifies and clarifies potentially confusing terminology.
 * Full-color images illustrate anatomical and pathological terms.
 * Evolve student resourcesoptimized for tablet use, and mobile-optimized versions of the flash cards and quick quizzes make it easier for on-the-go study and review.
 * UNIQUE! Accompanying online course (MTO) provides interactive resources not possible in the print text.

 * NEW! Body Systems Challenge self-test reinforces content understanding at your own pace.

Medical Terminology: a Short Course

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Gloria Leifer

Get a solid foundation in maternity and pediatric nursing! Written in a clear, concise, friendly style, Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, 8th Edition is the complete guide to caring for maternity and pediatric patients. This best-selling text is organized by developmental stages, discussions of pediatric disorders by body system from simple-to-complex and health-to-illness, and includes a focus on family health. This edition also contains newly updated NCLEX® style review questions, new case studies, new content on zika virus, QSEN and safety, and expanded phases of pregnancy. Evidence-based maternal-child content prepares you for the LVN/LPN to achieve higher levels of learning, a goal expressed by the IOM Committee on the Future of Nursing. Over 42 detailed, updated nursing skills introduce you to skills unique to maternity and pediatric care. Over 25 nursing care plans feature seven different formats/themes/styles, including unfolding case studies. The beginning concepts of critical thinking introduces you to this idea as a basis for clinical nursing care. Updated content on the influence of microbiomes on non-invasive pregnancy and newborn nursing care addresses its impact on the adult health of the newborn. Step-by-step application of the nursing process covers the hospital, home, community and use in improving global health. Expanded cultural practices as they relate to pregnancy, delivery and pediatric care in the community. Coverage of the use of expanding new technologies and computerized medication administration reinforce the nursing process and strengthen problem-solving skills as applied to maternity nursing. NEW! Discussion of new health threats include in-depth coverage of the Zika virus and Influenza NEW! Updated guidelines for hypertension and immunizations for infants and children. NEW! Updated QSEN goals and nursing responsibilities reflect the most recent changes. NEW! Expanded phases of pregnancy includes preconceptual, prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum and interconceptual care and nursing responsibilities. NEW! Updated nursing responsibilities related to global health reflect the "Baby Friendly Hospital" WHO initiative and interprofessional nursing communication related to nursing "hand-off care" and shift change reports. NEW! Updated NCLEX® exam-style review questions have been revised with alternate item formats at the end of each chapter. NEW! Expanded nursing and safety tips throughout include evidence-based online resources which provide pertinent information applicable in the clinical setting that reinforces what you have just learned while building on previously learned information. NEW! Expanded coverage of bioterrorism better reflects trauma related to pregnancy and pediatric care.

Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing

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Patricia A. Williams

Nursing 

Prepare for a successful career in caring for geriatric populations! Williams' Basic Geriatric Nursing, 7th edition is an easy-to-read text which presents the theories and concepts of aging along with appropriate nursing interventions. This comprehensive book helps you understand the unique physiologic and psychosocial changes that affect the elderly adult. Threaded throughout this new edition are practical QSEN boxes and Nurse Alert features, which highlight safety, cultural considerations, health promotion, coordinated care, and home care specific to elderly patients. In addition, an online Study Guide, NCLEX®-PN review questions, and real-world clinical situation boxes help you to study for exams and apply concepts to practice.

 * Coordinated Care boxes address such topics as restraints, elder abuse, and end-of-life care as related to responsibilities of nursing assistants and other health care workers who are supervised by LPN/LVNs.
 * Clinical Situation boxes present patient scenarios with lessons for appropriate nursing care and patient sensitivity.
 * UNIQUE! A FREE Study Guide, presented in a comprehensive PDF format on Evolve, reinforces your understanding.
 * 10th grade reading level makes learning easier for you.
 * Nursing Care Plans include Critical Thinking boxes to help you to assimilate and synthesize information.
 * Nursing Process sections provide a framework for the discussion of the nursing care of the elderly patient as related to specific disorders.
 * Cultural Considerations throughout text cover biocultural variations as well as health promotion for specific ethnic groups so you can provide culturally competent care.
 * Health Promotion and Patient Teaching boxes highlight health promotion, disease prevention, and age-specific interventions.
 * Home Health Considerations boxes provide information on home health care for the older adult.

 * NEW! QSEN boxes provide you with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of care of the older adult.
 * NEW! Nurse Alert feature emphasizes important safety and health promotion content specific to the elderly patient.
 * NEW! Updated and expanded art program makes learning the material easier through clear and timely photographs and illustrations.

Basic Geriatric Nursing

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Linda Anne Silvestri

Angela Elizabeth Silvestri

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Review for the NCLEX-PN® exam with leading NCLEX® experts Linda Anne Silvestri and Angela Silvestri! Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 7th Edition provides everything you need to prepare for the NCLEX-PN exam - a review of essential nursing content, more than 4,500 NCLEX exam-style questions, detailed rationales, and test-taking tips and strategies. Based on Silvestri's proven Pyramid to Success, the book includes many questions that test the critical thinking skills you need to pass the NCLEX. An Evolve companion website adds a pre-test that generates a study calendar, study questions with immediate feedback for both correct and incorrect answers, and practice exams with immediate scoring. Updated to reflect the latest NCLEX-PN test plan, this complete review is a perennial favorite of students preparing for the NCLEX.

 * More than 4,500 practice questions are included in the book and the Evolve companion website.
 * Detailed rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect answer options. 
 * Alternate item format questions include multiple response, prioritizing, fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration, chart/exhibit, graphic option, and audio/video clips, as the NCLEX-PN exam is no longer limited to multiple-choice questions.
 * UNIQUE! A 75-question pre-test on Evolve provides feedback on your strengths and weaknesses, and the results generate an individualized study calendar.
 * An 85-question comprehensive exam in the book matches the client needs percentages identified in the NCLEX-PN test plan.
 * Pyramid to Success sections at the beginning of each unit provide an overview of content, guidance for your review, and the subject's relative importance in the NCLEX-PN text plan.
 * Pyramid Points and Pyramid Alert boxes identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam.
 * What Should You Do? boxes in each chapter help you develop critical thinking skills, with answers at the end of the chapter.

 * NEW! Current NCLEX-PN test plan is incorporated into this review, including the exam's newly added content.
 * UPDATED test-taking strategies are included in a separate chapter and for each question to give clues for finding the correct answers. 
 * UPDATED Priority Nursing Action boxes help you to effectively prioritize nursing care, and include detailed rationales and textbook references.
 * NEW! Learning objectives tied to client needs are provided for each unit in the book.

Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

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Social Studies

Get everything you need to review for the NCLEX-PN® exam from one trusted source! With over 4,500 high-quality review questions, this unique, bestselling review and preparation guide offers the perfect combination of core content review, comprehensive rationales, and detailed test-taking strategies from the NCLEX expert herself: Linda Silvestri. Updated to reflect the latest NCLEX-PN test plan, this new edition and companion Evolve website help you hone your understanding of all the important NCLEX-PN content areas.

 * Full-color design makes for a more visually engaging learning experience.
 * 12 pharmacology chapters address the emphasis on pharmacology questions on the NCLEX-PN exam.
 * Priority Nursing Actions boxes outline and explain clinical emergent situations requiring immediate action, including detailed rationales and textbook references to help you strengthen prioritizing skills in clinical and testing situations.
 * Pyramid Alert boxes reinforce learning of essential content frequently tested on the NCLEX-PN exam.
 * Reference to a Mosby or Saunders textbook gives you resources for further study and self-remediation.
 * Question codes categorize each question by cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, clinical content area, and priority concepts to allow you multiple study and exam selections on the companion Evolve site.
 * Inclusion of all alternate item formats (multiple response, ordered response, fill-in-the-blank, figure, chart/exhibit, audio, and video questions) offers practice with mastering prioritizing, decision-making, and critical thinking skills, and help prepare you for this additional component of the new test plan for NCLEX-PN.
 * Pyramid to Success sections supply an overview of the chapter, guidance and direction regarding the focus of review in the content area, and its relative importance to the most recent NCLEX-PN text plan.
 * Pyramid Points identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam.
 * Pyramid Terms give you a quick review of each content area.
 * Introductory chapters on preparation guidance for the NCLEX-PN, nonacademic preparation, test-taking strategies, the CAT format, and the NCLEX-PN are presented from a new graduate''s perspective.
 * Companion Evolve site allows for automatic software updates to allow you to check for changes and updates to content or functionality throughout the life of the edition.

 * NEW! 4,500 test questions on the book and Evolve site.
 * NEW! Incorporates the new NCLEX-PN test plan to familiarize you with newly added content you may encounter on the exam.
 * A detailed test-taking strategy for each question gives you clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option. Rationales are provided for both correct and incorrect options. Special text highlights specific test-taking strategies, and specific content areas in the practice questions provide you with guidance on what topics to review for further remediation in Saunders Strategies for Test Success: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam and Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Exam.
 * Comprehensive exam consists of 85 questions related to all content areas in the book to represent the percentages identified in the NCLEX-PN test plan.
 * NEW! Critical thinking What Would You Do? boxes keep you thinking as you review content. Answers at the end of the chapter reference an Elsevier book for further remediation.
 * NEW! Testlet questions familiarize you with a new alternative item format question type expected to appear on future NCLEX test plans.
 * NEW! Priority concept codes added to each question reinforce the concept-based teaching method.

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Assessment Technologies Institute

RN Pharmacology for Nursing Edition 7. 0

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