Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing
by Gloria Leifer
from Saunders
Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this leading text provides a solid foundation in obstetrics and pediatric nursing. Its concise, logical organization by developmental stages, discussion of disorders by body system from simple-to-complex and health-to-illness, and a focus on health promotion and on the family make it a complete guide to caring for maternity and pediatric patients.
- Focuses on family-centered care, health promotion and illness prevention, women's health issues, and growth and development of the child and parent.
- Covers a wide range of maternal and pediatric care with 35 skills and provides expected outcomes, interventions, and rationales for nursing care 30 nursing care plans.
- Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each Nursing Care Plan challenge students to evaluate and apply the plan of care to specific clinical situations.
- Nursing Tips throughout the text provide pertinent information applicable in the clinical setting.
- Pictorial story of a vaginal birth includes photos through delivery.
- Cultural considerations as they relate to pregnancy and delivery, maternal/infant, and pediatric care in detailed tables help nurses develop cultural sensitivity when caring for diverse patient populations.
- Cultural Assessment Data Collection Tool checklist assists the nurse in developing an individualized plan of care.
- Health Promotion Considerations boxes focus on prenatal wellness, health during pregnancy, postnatal health, and more.
- Companion CD-ROM, bound with the book, includes videos of both a normal delivery and a cesarian birth, 70 neonatal and pediatric assessment video clips, 3-D animations, audio glossary, and Patient Teaching Plans in Spanish and English.
- Discusses CPR specifically for the pregnant patient.
- MyPyramid illustrates the 2005 revised nutrition guidelines from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
- Provides discussions of changes in clinical care recommendations, including use of Ipecac® for poisoning, vaginal birth after caesarian, and pain relief in newborns.
- Includes the latest content on infectious diseases acquired during pregnancy, sexual abuse, assault, rape in the pediatric population, and the adolescent as a parent.
- Includes an appendix of JCAHO Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.
Leading and Managing in Nursing
by Patricia S. Yoder-Wise
from Mosby
Elsevier's #1 nursing management text, Leading and Managing in Nursing, 4th Edition, offers an innovative approach by merging theory, research, and practical application in key leadership and management areas. It is organized around issues that are central to the success of professional nurses in today's constantly changing healthcare environment including consumer relationships, cultural diversity, and communication. This 4th edition is thoroughly updated and revised to better prepare students for the nursing leadership and management issues of today and tomorrow.
- Each chapter opens with The Challenge, a contemporary nurse's real-world concern related to the chapter's focus that encourages readers to think about what they would do in a similar situation. Possible answers are discussed in The Solution at the end of each chapter.
- Every chapter contains numbered exercises that provide experiential reinforcement of key leading and managing skills and challenge students to think critically about concepts in the text to apply them to real-life situations.
- Research and Literature Perspective boxes summarize articles of interest and point out their relevance and applicability to practice.
- Theory Boxes highlight and summarize pertinent theoretical concepts reinforcing key points of chapter content as a quick reference for students.
- Objectives articulate the chapter's learning goals, which are typically at the application level or higher.
- Questions to Consider stimulate learners to think about their personal viewpoint or experience with the topics and issues discussed in the chapter.
- The Application Activity section is a built-in, perforated tool to help students self-assess and evaluate their learning and understanding of the content in the text.
- The vivid full-color chapter opener photographs and other photographs throughout the text help convey each chapter's key message while providing a glimpse into the real world of nursing.
- New chapters on Translating Research into Practice and Thriving for the Future emphasize the importance of research in nursing, as well as the potential for growth into leadership roles as a nurse.
- The table of contents has been reorganized to consolidate core concepts, resources, change, and interpersonal and personal skills.
Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends & Management (Cherry, Contemporary Nursing)
by Barbara Cherry
from Mosby
Popular for its comprehensive but concise overview of the issues facing nurses today, this text is designed to help you prepare for the dynamic world of modern health care. This edition is fully revised and updated, giving you the most practical, balanced preparation for the issues, trends, and management topics you'll encounter in practice.
- Chapter features identify the most important concepts in each chapter and help you study more efficiently.
- Website references in every chapter direct you to online resources for additional learning.
- Critical Thinking Questions challenge your understanding and help you perfect your analytical skills.
- A NEW chapter on Budgeting Basics for Nurses prepares you for participation in the budgeting process, an increasingly common responsibility for nurses in the clinical setting.
- An expanded Workplace Advocacy chapter familiarizes you with the benefits and challenges of collective bargaining.
- New content helps you clearly identify compassion fatigue and presents strategies for prevention.
- Expanded coverage of nursing educational programs identifies new opportunities available to you for career growth and development.
- An updated chapter on the NCLEX-RNÂ¥ examination incorporates the 2007 NCLEX test plans to help you master the exam and become licensed.
- Increased emphasis on the uninsured population highlights changes to the U.S. healthcare delivery system affecting your responsibilities in professional nursing.
- Revised chapter organization makes content easier to grasp.
- Expanded Evolve resources reinforce what you¡¦ve learned with Student Learning Worksheets, answers to Critical Thinking Activities, Appendices, and links to additional sources.
Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty (Billings, Teaching in Nursing: A Guide for Faculty)
by Diane M. Billings
from Saunders
This complete faculty guide covers the four major components of the educator role teaching, curriculum, information technology, and evaluation of students and programs with comprehensive, contemporary guidelines to help you develop the educator competencies needed to ensure your success in todays complex health care and academic environments. This respected title is also one of the National League for Nursings recommended resources for nurses preparing to take the Certified Nurse Educator examination.
- Nationally recognized contributing authors share their expertise to bring you the best and most comprehensive information available.
- Presents innovative models of clinical teaching that show you how to effectively teach in an interdisciplinary setting, how to evaluate students in the clinical setting, and how to adapt your teaching for community-based practice.li>
- Strategies to promote critical thinking and active learning, including evaluation techniques, lesson planning, and constructing examinations, help you ensure students can apply and synthesize nursing content to make clinical decisions.li>
- Web links with numerous resources related to each chapter topic, available through the Evolve website, provide even more learning opportunities.
- Managing the Learning Environment chapter addresses classroom management and control, motivating and engaging students, and handling disruptive or problem students.
- Multicultural Education chapter provides strategies for effectively teaching and communicating with a culturally diverse student population.
- An entire chapter on simulations presents the development, implementation, and evaluation of simulations so you can successfully integrate this teaching method into your course.
- Reflecting on the Evidence feature at the end of each chapter provides questions that are perfect for classroom and online discussion.
Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (6th Edition) (EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT IN NURSING (SULL)
by Eleanor J. Sullivan
from Prentice Hall
Used worldwide, this award-winning book is now offered in an updated, revised edition to reflect the many changes in health care and nursing. Targeted to both practicing nurses and those in management, this book helps all nurses acquire the skills they need to be successful in today's dynamic health care environment. In the ever-changing health care environment, never nurses have needed this information more. Tools for using the skills presented in each chapter, case studies with a manager's checklist, critical thinking questions, key terms, an easy-to-read format, and a link to online instruction for students and faculty are among the updates to this widely-used book. Also new are sections on the retention of nurses and workplace violence prevention. Section on technology, especially networking among information systems and linking clinical data (eg, monitoring device records) with information systems have been expanded. Useful to Nurse Managers or Administrators.
Code Of Ethics For Nurses With Interpretive Statements (American Nurses Association)
by American Nurses Association
from American Nurses Association
Legal Aspects of Health Care Administration
by George D. Pozgar
from Jones & Bartlett Publishers
The Ninth Edition of this book continues to provide students with a strong foundation in health care law and an overview of practical ways to improve the quality and safe delivery of healthcare.
Managing and Coordinating Nursing Care
by Janice Rider Ellis
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing: Theory and Application
by Bessie L Marquis
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice, Commemorative Edition (Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice)
by Patricia Benner
from Prentice Hall
This coherent presentation of clinical judgement, caring practices and collaborative practice provides ideas and images that readers can draw upon in their interactions with others and in their interpretation of what nurses do. It includes many clear, colorful examples and describes the five stages of skill acquisition, the nature of clinical judgement and experiential learning and the seven major domains of nursing practice. The narrative method captures content and contextual issues that are often missed by formal models of nursing knowledge. The book uncovers the knowledge embedded in clinical nursing practice and provides the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition applied to nursing, an interpretive approach to identifying and describing clinical knowledge, nursing functions, effective management, research and clinical practice, career development and education, plus practical applications. For nurses and healthcare professionals.
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