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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Oklahoma

Spanish version also available, ISBN: 84-8086-160-6

Genitourinary Disorders

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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

This authoritative reference features comprehensive coverage of rehabilitation nursing, with a strong focus on rehabilitation in the community setting and on culturally competent care. Although the primary emphasis is on adults, several chapters also address special considerations for geriatric and pediatric populations. The first two sections cover general concepts and patient/family care in situations involving chronic and disabling conditions. The third section discusses nursing management of selected diagnostic populations such as patients with CVA, spinal cord trauma, burns, and cardiopulmonary problems. An examination of future trends rounds out the coverage. Emphasis throughout on culturally competentcare is useful in meeting the various needs of all clients. Chapter 8 introduces this information and it is also a prominent thread in all the chapters relating to rehabilitation of clients. Emphasis throughout on community-focused care. This information is helpful in todays early discharge patterns and found in all chapters relating to specific rehab clients. Chapter organizationhelps the reader locate information with ease. Full chapters devoted tomajor specific diagnostic populations (spinal cord injury, CVA, etc.) so reader does not have to go to several different parts of the book for related content. Comprehensive coverageof all areas relating to rehabilitation nursing is found throughout, making this a suitable text reference for students, educators and clinicians. Separate chapter on geriatric and pediatric populations.

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Nursing

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The newly revised Fourth Edition of this popular and widely used reference is a start-to-finish guide for nearly 400 basic and advanced nursing procedures. It provides step-by-step instructions for each procedure, explains how to use and troubleshoot equipment, and presents key information on rationales, cautions, complications, patient teaching, and documentation. The user-friendly format includes checklists, quick-scanning tables, logos that flag essential information, and more than 700 illustrations and photographs of equipment and techniques. This edition features a brand-new chapter on psychiatric nursing procedures and new entries on prone positioning, surgical site verification, ST segment monitoring, swallowing and aspiration precautions, and bispectral index monitoring (BIS).

Nursing Procedures

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Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Concepts and Practice

This text provides comprehensive, research-based information on nursing care of older adults. Starting with the basics, it uses a systems approach to describe the aging process across the health care continuum from wellness to illness. Physiological and psychosocial aspects of aging are described in detail. Plus, its many new assessment tools and greater use of the nursing process serves as a framework for providing care.The second edition presents research and theory-based coverage of aging, discussions of normal aging and the clinical problems associated with aging, chapters on pharmacology and nutrition, plus guidance on care in a variety of settings, including acute and long-term care, and in the community.

Gerontological Nursing

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GERONTOLOGIC NURSING provides comprehensive coverage of health promotion, gerontologic concepts and issues, and medical-surgical problems associated with the older adult. Divided into seven parts, each chapter follows a consistent organization including learning objectives, emergency boxes, client and family teaching boxes, research boxes, key points, special insights, and new health promotion and nutrition boxes. The second edition also includes a new chapter on health promotion, expanded chapters on nutrition and functional assessment, and a dedicated MERLIN which provides the student and instructor with additional up-to-date tools and resources to enhance and expand their content knowledge.

(Includes a FREE MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Lueckenotte/)

Gerontologic Nursing

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Essentials of Perioperative Nursing gives any new perioperative nurse a head start on achieving perioperative competency, as well as serving as an excellent refresher for the experienced nurse to test his or her knowledge of fundamental OR practice. Unique for its self-learning format, this text includes objectives, course outlines, testing tools, competency check-off lists. The tests at the end of each chapter identify additional learning needs. Essentials of Perioperative Nursing is user-friendly and allows the reader to progress at their own pace in order to function safely and appropriately during any procedure! Includes a free CD-ROM with over 125 test questions! A great evaluation tool for a variety of subjects!

Essentials of Perioperative Nursing

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Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

TOWARD HEALTHY AGING is based on Maslow's conceptual framework of human needs from the basic to the transcendental. With a focus on wellness and healthy aging, this fifth edition emphasizes the individuality of the aged and the humanistic and spiritual potential for further development in late life. Disease processes are discussed in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support and responsibilities. The text is organized from the basic to the complex in terms of understanding the aged and their needs. Extensive current references, nursing care plans, case studies, student activities, research questions, resources, and appendixes are included in each chapter.

* Focuses on health and wellness to establish a positive perspective to aging. * Discusses disease processes in the context of healthy adaptation, nursing support and responsibilities to help the reader gain an understanding of their client's experience. * Integrates considerations for age, cultural, and gender differences throughout to help the nurse understand these important aspects of caring for older adults. * Provides a consistent chapter organization including objectives, nursing care plans, research questions, and study questions/activities to make information easy to find and use. * Includes case studies at end of every chapter to expand student knowledge and understanding. * Features a separate chapter on laboratory values including comparisons and implications for the aged. * Integrates federal guidelines for Healthy People 2000 that reflect current practice about healthy aging considerations. * Includes appendices and resource lists to assist the student in further exploration of material.

Toward Healthy Aging

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Nursing Administration for the Future

Beyond Leading and Managing focuses on real life stories and anecdotes about the practice of nursing administration. It highlights key information such as advanced administrative theory, financial decisions, quality control, working with external groups and individuals, planning strategically, and creating new opportunities within the profession. Theory boxes, case studies, and current literature and research located both in the book and on the Evolve website help the reader grasp the key points, remember them and think about the practicality of the content in the real world of leading in healthcare organizations.
 * A brief overview of the chapter helps focus readers and the content builds the base of important information about the topic.
 * Literature boxes pull out and summarize key relevant theories in nursing administration.
 * Contemplations (questions to ponder about the topic) are included to help readers think about the practicality of the content.
 * Leadership Stories offer actual scenarios of practice from a professional view.
 * Administration certification is included as key content in the text.
 * Evolve website offers web links and current research/literature recommended by the authors.

Beyond Leading and Managing

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Named an Outstanding Academic Title for 2007 by Choice
Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award

The Encyclopedia of Nursing Research, now thoroughly updated in a second edition, presents key terms and concepts in nursing research and with over 30% of the entries new to this edition. Written by the world's leading authorities in nursing research, this comprehensive reference is a "one-stop" resource for everything you need to know about nursing research and its utilization.



   The 320 articles by 200 expert contributors include topics such as:
   
   
 * Nursing services
 * Electronic networks and technology
 * Nursing education
 * Nursing care
 * Specialties in nursing
 * Patients' reactions and adjustments
 * Historical, philosophical, and cultural issues
 * Nursing organizations and publications





   New entries include:
   
   
 * Boykin and Schoenhofer
 * Cancer Survivorship
 * Depression in Cardiac Disease
 * Disparities in Minority Mental Health
 * Endotrachial Suctioning
 * Formal Nursing Languages
 * Henderson's Model
 * HIV Risk Behavior
 * Middle Range Theories
 * Newman's Theory of Health
 * Peplau's Theoretical Model
 * Rogers Science of Unitary Persons
 * Taxonomy
 * Watson's Theory of Human Caring
 * And more



Extensive cross references help readers find information easily. Nursing researchers and graduate students in nursing will be the primary audience for this volume. As with the first edition, nurses in all phases of education, from basic to doctoral, from formal university and college-based programs to continuing education offerings, within all health systems, will find this an important introduction to current nursing research topics.

Encyclopedia of Nursing Research

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Nursing Care of the Older Adult

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Nebraska

Human Health and Function

Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function, 8th Edition , helps you efficiently foster the critical thinking and clinical communication skills students need to succeed throughout the nursing curriculum and today's challenging clinical settings. This big-picture approach immerses students in a proven nursing framework that clarifies key capabilities, with an emphasis on the growing importance of clinical safety and research-based practice that helps students ensure patient safety and effect the best possible clinical outcomes.

Highlights of the 8th Edition:


 * A timely new chapter --Chapter 4, The Nurse's Role in Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety--responds to multiple imperatives in today's health care, helping students understand systems that promote exceptional care in a complex environment.
 * Case scenarios that open each chapter show nurses thinking holistically and reflecting on critical thinking questions.
 * All-new, richly illustrated concept maps , ideal for visual learners, apply the nursing process and critical thinking to the chapter-opening case scenarios.
 * PICO (patient/problem, intervention, comparison, outcome) displays illustrate examples of a structured, evidence-based way to find answers to clinical questions related to the chapter-opening case scenarios.
 * Concept Mastery Alerts improve students' understanding of potentially confusing topics, as identified by Misconception Alerts in Lippincott's Adaptive Learning Powered by PrepU.
 * Apply Your Critical Thinking features guide students to explore concepts and situations more deeply. Answers in Appendix B allow students to check their thinking.
 * Patient Care Plans and Procedures sections (including some newly added procedures) help students transition from the classroom to nursing practice.
 * NCLEX-style Review Questions prepare students for success on the NCLEX exam.
 * A robust ancillary package is provided for instructors and students .

Fundamentals of Nursing

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Kiki Mosher

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

New Jersey

A brief biography of the woman whose concern for others led her to become a pioneer in the field of nursing.

Learning about Compassion from the Life of Florence Nightingale

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Oregon

Pharmacology and Drug Therapy in Nursing

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Springhouse Publishing Company Staff

Ex libris - book has library markings. The half-title page is partly torn off, but the title-page itself is fine along with the rest of the book.

Gathers information on nursing history, clinical skills, diagnostic tests, health disorders, treatments, drugs, patient management, pregnancy, young and elderly patients, education, job hunting, and malpractice insurance.

Nurse's Factfinder

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Barbara J. Stevens

The Nurse As an Executive

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The complete guide for streamlining and improving nursing documentation for virtually every system. Nurses will find instructions for virtually every common and not-so-common charting method. From progress notes to protocols, there is a wealth of easy-to-follow examples throughout the book. Includes JCAHO-approved nursing abbreviations, ANA standards of practive, and JCAHO and Medicare guidelines for nursing documentation.

Mastering Documentation

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Jean Robinson

Nursing Pediatric Patients

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Their Social, International, and Ethical relationships 

Trends in Nursing History

Denise F. Polit

Bernadette P. Hungler

Principles and Methods

The Sixth Edition of this classic text maintains its place as the "Gold Standard" of nursing research. Nationally and internationally known, respected and used, the text provides readers with the skills they need to design and implement a research investigation and critically evaluate published research reports. Now completely revised and updated to reflect the latest trends in quantitative and qualitative research, this essential guide offers a focused, "how-to" approach. New in this edition: expanded discussion of qualitative approaches; demonstration of qualitative and quantitative approaches working together; charts and tables offer description of qualitative approaches; stronger emphasis on the "hands-on, how-to" methodology; more in-depth examination of reasearch difference; research more powerful research utilization.

Nursing Research

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The Emergence of Modern Nursing 

Beverly J. Volicer

An in-depth guide to preparing accurate nursing budgets, this book will help you improve your financial skills and contribute to your organization's strategic planning. It discusses the different types of budgeting, the budgeting process, forecasting, variance analysis, and costing out nursing services. A variety of settings are included: hospitals, long-term care, home health, community health, managed care, and others. With this guide, you'll learn how to communicate effectively with financial managers, succeed in your role in the budgeting process, and assist in the delivery of high-quality patient care at the lowest possible cost.

Multivariate Statistics for Nursing Research

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J. Fiesta

A Guide for Nurses

This book is designed to provide nurses with an introduction to legal issues they are likely to encounter on the job. Using the case-study method, it outlines the legal principles surrounding a range of issues and provides case histories to illustrate how the law has been applied. The approach clarifies general legal principles while showing how specific facts involving each case determine their application.

Law and Liability

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Vern Bullough

Bonnie Bullough

The Emergence of Modern Nursing

The Care of the Sick

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The purpose of this text is to lead the nurse toward sources of spiritual strength, which will sustain him or her, as they prepare for and pursue an exacting and challenging career.

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Genitourinary Disorders

Jill B. Derstine

Comprehensive Rehabilitation Nursing

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Staff (Prepared for Publication by); Springhouse Publishing Company Staff

Nursing Procedures

Mary Ann Matteson; Eleanor S. McConnell; Adrianne Dill Linton; Ilze Rader (Editor)

Gerontological Nursing

Annette Lueckenotte

Gerontologic Nursing

Cynthia Spry

Essentials of Perioperative Nursing

Priscilla Ebersole; Patricia Hess

Toward Healthy Aging

Patricia S. Yoder-Wise; Karren E. Kowalski

Beyond Leading and Managing

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick (Editor); Meredith Wallace (Editor)

Encyclopedia of Nursing Research

Mildred O. Hogstel (Editor)

Nursing Care of the Older Adult

Ruth F. Craven; Constance J. Hirnle; Christine M. Henshaw

Fundamentals of Nursing

Kiki Mosher

Learning about Compassion from the Life of Florence Nightingale

Rodman & Smith

Pharmacology and Drug Therapy in Nursing

Springhouse Publishing Company Staff

Nurse's Factfinder

Barbara J. Stevens

The Nurse As an Executive

Springhouse Publishing Company Staff

Mastering Documentation

Jean Robinson

Nursing Pediatric Patients

Jamison, Elizabeth

Trends in Nursing History

Denise F. Polit; Bernadette P. Hungler

Nursing Research

Vern and Bonnie Bullough

The Emergence of Modern Nursing

Beverly J. Volicer

Multivariate Statistics for Nursing Research

J. Fiesta

Law and Liability

Vern Bullough; Bonnie Bullough

The Care of the Sick

Samuel Southard

Religion and Nursing