More than 2,265 classroom-tested, NCLEX -style questions. (Alternate-item format, too!) Test-taking hints and rationales for correct and incorrect answers. TWO BOOKS IN ONE! Course review now. NCLEX -prep later. Assure your mastery of medical surgical nursing knowledge while honing your critical thinking and test-taking skills. The 2nd Edition of this popular resource features 2,000 questions that reflect the latest advances in medical-surgical nursing and the new, 2010 NCLEX-RN test plan. The seemingly huge volume of information you must master has been organized into manageable sections divided by body systems and specific diseases. Each chapter is a self-contained unit. For each practice question, you ll find the answer, rationales for correct and incorrect responses, and a test-taking tip. The comprehensive exam at the end of each chapter assesses your strengths and weaknesses, identifying areas for further study. The bonus CD-ROM, featuring 265 questions, offers an interactive approach to course review and exam preparation. Click Here for a Special Mail-In Rebate Offer

    It features a concise outline format that's perfect for studying, as well as 2,020 review questions to test your knowledge and help you prepare for the exam. Colorful illustrations and mnemonic cartoons clarify essential nursing concepts and offer a visual way for you to remember key facts for the NCLEX exam. Answers and rationales are provided for every practice question.

    Obviously there have been those who have sought to proclaim the life-transforming message of the Gospel while ignoring the suffering and physical needs of their listeners. Likewise, there have been those who confined their witness to the good works they might do while never offering the recipients spiritual hope. Doctoring and church planting - Jesus practiced both. Preach and Heal explores the ideology and practical ways for balanced ministry so that you can effectively reach the lost.

    The book provides comprehensive coverage of the theoretical foundations of nursing, the nursing process, basic nursing skills, physiologic patient care (oxygenation, self-care and hygiene, mobility and exercise, comfort from pain, rest and sleep, skin integrity, nutrition, and urinary and bowel elimination), and the latest nursing concepts, including evidence-based practice and critical thinking.The book includes abundant illustrations, cartoons, memory joggers, and end-of-chapter quizzes. Logos highlight age-related considerations, risks and complications, documentation tips, and patient-teaching hints.

    NASN has over 12,000 members and 51 Affiliate School Nurse Organizations. Experts in the field describe evidence-based, best practices for the care of children while in school, and the role of the school nurse as a vital link in the clinical management of child healthcare. Their common sense, practical approach can be applied to a diversity of school situations across the country.The National Association of School Nurses' core purpose is to advance the delivery of professional school health services to promote optimal health and learning in students. NASN has over 12,000 members and 51 Affiliate School Nurse Organizations. School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text is the only text that is endorsed by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), the recognized authority on school-age children and school health issues. Please visit their website to learn more about this fantastic organization... http: //www.nasn.org/

    Readers will also learn to develop nursing care plans and patient teaching plans and explore nursing care priorities for clinical and community settings.

    Immediate and total blindness. An innocent young life shattered at the hands of a drunk driver. This is an unforgettable account of turning tragedy into triumph. With heart wrenching honesty, humor and insight, Marcus Engel guides us on a path to self-discovery. This coming-of-age story will cause you to view obstacles as opportunities and discover that choices, not circumstances, determine ultimate happiness.

    The 2nd edition has been updated to reflect the current state of pediatric critical care nursing practice and explores the anatomic, physiologic, and cognitive/psychosocial changes that occur across the lifespan of a child and identifies the ways in which these changes are affected by specific health problems. Using a systems-based approach for quick and easy reference, this authoritative resource covers developmental anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and defining characteristics of common pediatric disorders, clinical assessment, relevant pharmacology, monitoring and diagnostic testing, and therapeutic procedures. Disease coverage includes essential pathophysiology, etiology and risk factors, signs and symptoms, nursing and collaborative management, and complications. Also serves as an effective study guide for the pediatric CCRN certification examination.This is the only certification review resource for pediatric critical care. Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), the largest nursing specialty association in the world.Case studies provide further review of selected patient problems.Provides thorough coverage of multisystem problems, such as multiple trauma, toxicology, septic shock, and burns.Disease discussions include essential pathophysiology, etiology and risk factors, signs and symptoms, nursing and collaborative management, and complications.Content is divided by body systems for quick reference and investigates developmental anatomy and physiology, clinical assessment, pharmacology, diagnostic tests, and therapeutic procedures.Includes information on the evolution of the AACN's synergy model. A new section on Bioterrorism and other terror threats.A new section on Stabilization of the Critically Ill Neonate and Child for Transport.A new section on infectious diseases and appropriate antibiotic treatment provides content on resistant infections such as MRSA and VRE, as well as their potential for sepsis and prevalence in the PICU.A new section on monitoring equipment and principles includes information on proper setup and use of monitoring equipment, and limitations of equipment.Incorporates the latest pediatric drug information.Covers conscious/deep IV sedation in the PICU.Includes HIPPA regulations for bedside nursing care.Updated case studies in the Appendix section feature accompanying questions and answers for review.

    This fun, colorful, and insightful approach makes these cards a valuable learning and review tool throughout nursing school, as well as a great resource for preparing for the NCLEX(R) examination.UNIQUE! 64 full-color, cartoon mnemonics cover key fluids and electrolytes and acid-base concepts.UNIQUE! Colored highlights draw attention to four central topics: Serious Life Threatening Implications in pink; Common Clinical Findings in blue; Important Nursing Implications in yellow; and Patient Teaching information in green.Concise What You Need to Know information on the back of each image highlights key information and specific nursing implications.Spiral-bound pages made of thick, substantial card stock are durable and portable.Color-coded thumb tabs feature a different color for each section for easy referral. 15 new cartoons help you master the latest information on fluids and electrolytes.New topics include: Homeostasis: A Question of Balance and The Body's Water: Keeping It Where You Need It.

    It details typical drug dosing (both FDA approved and off-label uses), available trade and generic formulations, metabolism, safety in pregnancy and lactation, relative drug pricing information, Canadian trade names, and an Herbal & Alternative Therapies section. Multiple invaluable tables supplement the drug content, including opioid equivalency, emergency drug infusions, cardiac dysrhythmiaprotocols, pediatric drug dosing, and much more.

    They are being pushed out of jobs and turned away from unfilled positions, all because they have disabilities. Eleven nurses who defied disability tell their personal stories of courage and determination in the face of stigma and discrimination, proving that nurses with disabilities have the ability to successfully fill the jobs that so desperately need filling.A car accident. A fall. A stroke. Depression. Disability can happen to anyone and at any time. By knowing the ins and outs of disability laws as they relate to those in the nursing profession and taking the measures outlined in this book, you can ensure that you will be prepared should disability ever happen to you.This book serves as both an inspiration and as a practical guide for nurses living and working with disabilities and for students with disabilities pursuing careers in nursing. Nursing with a disability is a challenge, but with proper planning, the right knowledge and perseverance, it is not impossible. The nurses who share their stories here are living proof of that.For hospital administrators, human resource personnel and nursing educators, this book demonstrates that shutting nurses and nursing students with disabilities out of the profession only does the profession and the patients who need them a disservice.Let's try not to leave any nurse who can work and wants to work behind. The cost to society of underutilizing the hearts and minds of these professionals is staggering.

    Constantly changing policies. Increasing bureaucratic regulations. These are just a few of the challenges health care providers face every day; challenges that limit the ability to provide excellent patient care. Marcus' insights will give health care providers new and essential strategies to rediscover the magic and compassion between caregiver and patient.

    Not often learned in the context of adult assessment, these skills help in easily and effectively examining children from childbirth through young adulthood. System chapters begin with the development of the fetus and take the reader through the key developmental stages of childhood. For infants and young children, this guide uses the "quiet-to-active" approach, popular among pediatric experts and more effective than the traditional head-to-toe approach.

    Is it primarily a science of brain functioning or primarily an art of understanding the human mind in its social and cultural context? Competing conceptions of mental illness as amenable to scientific explanation or as deeply complex and beyond the reach of empirical study have left the field conceptually divided between science and humanism. In Healing Psychiatry David Brendel takes a novel approach to this stubborn problem. Drawing on the classical American pragmatism of Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, and John Dewey, as well as contemporary work of pragmatic bioethicists, Brendel proposes a clinical pragmatism that synthesizes scientific and humanistic approaches to mental health care. Psychiatry, he argues, must integrate scientific and humanistic models by emphasizing the practical, pluralistic, participatory, and provisional aspects of clinical diagnosis and treatment. Psychiatrists need to have the skill and flexibility to use scientific and humanistic approaches in a collaborative, open-ended clinical process; they must recognize the complexity of human suffering even as they strive for scientific rigor. This is the only way, he writes, that psychiatry can heal its conceptual rift and the emotional wounds of its patients.Healing Psychiatry explores these issues from both clinical and theoretical standpoints and uses case histories to support its basic argument. Brendel calls for an open-minded and flexible yet scientifically informed approach to understanding, diagnosing, and treating mental disorders. And he considers the future of psychiatry, applying the principles of clinical pragmatism to a broad range of ethical concerns in psychiatric training and research.

    Designed to aid in reviewing and studying throughout nursing school and for the NCLEX(R) examination, Mosby's Assessment Memory NoteCards encourage retention and understanding of assessment skills and tips by using a variety of proven learning techniques.Includes 79 full color illustrated mnemonics covering key assessment procedures and tips.Separate sections on Health Information, Physical Assessment, Recording the Exam, Lifespan, and Health Promotion allow for quick reference.Thick, durable paper and spiral bound top make the book durable and portable to allow studying wherever and whenever.Perforated pages allow the user to change the book into flashcards and rearrange the order of the units for a customized studying experience.Color-coded tabs for each section make it easy to find the information the reader needs for quick reference.Assessment at a Glance information on the back of each image highlights key information about the topic the student is studying.Highlighted information within Assessment at a Glance identifies Serious Life Threatening Implications, Common Clinical Findings, Important Nursing Implications, and Patient Teaching.

    This learner manual serves as a student handbook for either self-study or instructor-led presentations. It includes more than 220 pages, illustrated in full color.

    But in the last few years nurses have found their voices and are making important contributions to the field of biomedical and nursing humanities. These men and women professionals see different things and experience patients and health care issues in different contexts.Judy Schaefer has compiled this anthology of contemporary nurse-poets' work, which is accompanied by their commentaries about their poetry, their work, and their lives. She has gathered contributions from some of the best-known nurse-poets as well as from those who deserve to be. The Poetry of Nursing will add significantly to the ever-growing body of literature that connects medicine, nursing, and the humanities.

    Coverage begins with skin anatomy and physiology, wound progression and healing, and factors that can delay or complicate healing. Subsequent chapters cover wound assessment and monitoring and wound care planning, procedures, and products. The book includes eight pages of full-color illustrations, intervention algorithms for diabetic, arterial, and venous ulcers, and eye-catching logos that emphasize key points.This new edition includes coverage of malignant wounds and palliative care. A new logo highlights considerations for special populations, including pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric patients.

    HealThy Nurse takes readers through one nurse's journey from burnout and despair to healing, happiness, and freedom. This two part transformational system offers real-life solutions for today's overworked, over-stressed nurse. The strategies listed in this book will inspire and empower readers to eliminate burnout forever, reclaim respect and power in their careers, and simplify their lives without sacrificing what they love.

    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the core nursing content you need to master including cardiovascular, endocrine, fluid and electrolytes, gastrointestinal, integumentary, lymph/immune/infectious disease, musculoskeletal, neurosensory, pharmacology, reproductive, respiratory and urinary.

    Dillion Delivers! Patricia M. Dillon's new 2nd edition of Nursing Health Assessment: A Critical Thinking, Case Studies Approach delivers what you've been asking for - an alternative to books that present health assessment as a collection of techniques with no integrated focus. Dillon delivers an innovative approach that engages students in the assessment process through three important retention-developing features: Body Systems Integration - outlined clearly in illustrations. Teaches your students to see the relationships among the various body systems. Case Studies - woven through the chapters. Gives meaning to the assessment and essentially states, "You are assessing this patient!" to your students. Critical Thinking - introduced up front and integrated throughout all the chapters. Asks your students to think as they learn the assessment process and to apply what they've learned. Dillon delivers in her updated 2nd edition with the key features (see below) that you wanted - features designed to make your students think, learn and do!

    All questions are coded to reflect the current test plan breakdown of client need, nursing process, cognitive level and subject area. A special emphasis is placed on the areas of delegation, prioritization, and critical thinking, which are essential for success on the NCLEX-RN. Your preparation for the licensure examination is just not "complete" without this essential study tool.

    This book focuses on the origin and nature of the mutual violence and negativity (horizontal hostility) we have exhibited with each other and upon our colleagues for so long. It suggests ways to deal with it and move toward more healthy styles of relationship and interaction. I simply cannot imagine a nurse (or anyone for that matter) who cannot benefit from using this resource. If you haven't obtained it yet, get it now; you will find here something that will truly add value to your personal and professional development." —Tim Porter-O'Grady, EdD, APRN, FAAN, nationally respected expert Begin your intervention with Ending Nurse-to-Nurse Hostility: Why Nurses Eat Their Young and Each Other. Researchers report that verbal abuse contributes to up to 24% of staff turnover and 42% of nurse administrator turnover. To make matters worse, studies indicate that approximately 60% of newly registered nurses leave their first position within six months because of some form of horizontal hostility. With the nursing shortage and high turnover rates affecting nearly every facility, it is imperative that nurse leaders determine, assess, and eliminate the factors that influence and perpetuate the problems facing the nursing profession today. TO-THE-POINT DISCUSSION, POWERFUL ADVICE, PRACTICAL STRATEGIES! Through captivating anecdotal scenarios, Ending Nurse-to-Nurse Hostility examines the many facets of horizontal hostility and offers strategies to make your workplace more peaceful and attractive to current staff and future employees. Whether you're a nurse manager looking to end the cycle of nurse-to-nurse hostility or a staff member who feels you are or have been a victim of such behavior, this book will help you: • Understand horizontal hostility and why it occurs (includes a sample employee questionnaire to assess whether horizontal hostility is an issue in your facility) • Recognize the ramifications of allowing horizontal hostility to occur and persist (e.g., nurses quit, patient care suffers, facility loses nursing designation) • Identify methods to prevent horizontal hostility • Implement best-practice strategies to deter horizontal hostility from re-occurring (includes steps staff and managers can take to remedy the situation) • Improve the nursing culture at your facility Faculty Disclosure Statement HCPro Inc. has confirmed that none of the faculty/presenters, planners, contributors, or their partners/spouses have any relevant financial relationships to disclose related to the content of this educational activity. Earn 4 continuing education credits HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nursing Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation. This educational activity for 4 nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc.