It provides in-depth information on all of the drug classes used to treat heart disease, and covers drug use, new drug classes, drug use for single and multiple problem management, and more. A user-friendly organization speed readers to the information they need, and dynamic new full-color drawings illustrate key pharmacological and physiological actions. The new edition includes access to the companion website, which offers bi-annual content updates to keep you current with new drugs, indications and leading trials. The website also has the feature of fully searchable text to access book content via drug, disease or drug action.Features a final chapter, Which Drugs for Which Disease that provides a disease-based approach to drugs, complete with rationales and clinical data. Includes clinical trial data for each drug class and type.Discusses and evaluates new advances in drugs such as super statins as well as combination therapies.Provides an increased emphasis on the practical use of drugs for busy clinicians.Features a bold new full-color format, with enhanced illustrations that depict pharmacologic and physiologic actions.Delivers information on new drug classes, including practical descriptions and guidance on the use of new drug agents.

    BED NUMBER TEN reads like a compelling novel, but is entirely factual.You will meet:The ICU staff who learned to communicate with the paralyzed woman - and those who did not bother.The physicians whose visits left her baffled about her own case.The staff and physicians who spoke to her and others who did not recognize her presence.The nurse who tucked Sue tightly under the covers, unaware that she was soaking with perspiration.The nurse who took the time to feed her drop by drop, as she slowly learned how to swallow again.The physical therapist who could read her eyes and spurred her on to move again as if the battle were his own.In these pages, which reveal the caring, the heroism, and the insensitivity sometimes found in the health care fields, you may even meet people you know.

    Heavily illustrated, each skill follows the nursing process framework and is presented in an easy-to-follow, two-column format with rationales for each step. This edition retains such popular features as guidelines at the beginning of each chapter, delegation principles for each skill, special considerations for various age groups and care settings, and unexpected outcomes with related nursing interventions. Plus, expanded coverage of cultural and pediatric considerations, new skills, and new features make this edition better than ever!Comprehensive coverage of over 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills.Nursing process framework provides a logical, consistent presentation.Over 1,100 vivid, full-color photographs and drawings aid understanding.Rationales for each step in the skill explain why steps are performed in a specific way.Delegation Principles for each skill discuss the nurse's responsibilities when assigning tasks to assistive personnel.UNIQUE! Critical Decision Points address key information to consider when performing skills to ensure effective outcomes and promote safety.Skill Performance Guidelines at the beginning of each chapter provide guidelines applicable to all skills in the chapter.Expected outcomes identify the anticipated client response to the procedure.Reporting and recording guidelines in each skill include what to document and examples of how to word it.Considerations for client teaching, pediatric, geriatric, long-term care, and home care address specific needs.Critical thinking exercises at the end of each chapter promote development of decision-making abilities.New skills and procedural guidelines include: communicating with the depressed client; fire, electrical, and radiation safety; local analgesic infusion pump; supporting clients and families in grief; symptom management in palliative care; care of clients with immobilization devices; selection of support surface/mattress (Procedural Guideline); eye irrigation; noninvasive automatic BP; wound vacuum assisted closure; measuring occult blood in gastric secretions; and use of the automatic external defibrillator (AED).A new Disaster Preparedness chapter and added coverage of code management address current practice issues.Pediatric variations and considerations covered in greater depth.Cultural Implications sections focus on providing culturally-sensitive care.Evidence-Based Practice Trends at the beginning of each chapter provide an overview of recent research findings and implications for skills included in the chapter.Focus on Clinical Practice at the end of each chapter presents case scenarios and critical thinking questions that address issues involving topics that include unexpected outcomes and cultural considerations.Two-column format for Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions presents information in an easy-to-follow format.

    This book is an inspiration to those seeking a full experience of personal health.

    Illustrated with examples from advertising, film and television.

    Describes the physical characteristics and functions of the various parts of the body.