Lippincott's Visual Encyclopedia of Clinical Skills


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Lippincott's Visual Encyclopedia of Clinical Skills is an innovative book that improves nursing skills through the use of close-up pictures. More than 700 detailed, full-color photographs, diagrams, step-by-step illustrations, and other graphics help nurses better understand the correct way to perform everyday clinical skills and procedures. More than 220 current nursing procedures are made instantly understandable through an innovative visual approach. The clear, succinct text for each skill includes step-by-step instructions and rationales for critical steps, explaining why that step is important. Recurring icons alert nurses to vital safety information and instances where the patient's age requires procedure modifications.




Lippincott's Primary Care Dermatology


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This book will help family practitioners, internists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants understand, diagnose, and treat dermatologic problems commonly seen in the primary care setting. Emphasis on day-to-day outpatient office practice distinguishes this from other dermatology textbooks. Coverage includes adult, geriatric, and ethnic skin. Each diagnosis begins with a realistic case and includes detailed discussions of pathogenesis, diagnostic methods, and therapy. An "at a glance" therapy section summarizes primary and secondary treatments to make treatment decisions easier. The book includes over 300 full-color images of skin lesions, numerous patient handouts, and a folded-in anatomical chart for the office.




Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts


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Help your LPN/LVN students develop the understanding and clinical skills necessary for effective practice in today’s challenging health care environments with this trusted authority. Timby’s Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts, Twelfth Edition continues a tradition of excellence in preparing LPN/LVN students for success throughout their nursing education and into clinical practice. This approachable resource gives students a solid foundation in theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications while encouraging them to apply philosophical concepts focusing on the human experience. Filled with engaging learning tools that promote critical thinking, this new edition has been fully updated to reflect current medical and nursing practice and features visually enticing photos and illustrations that bring the information to life to reinforce learning.




Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts


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Timby’s Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts, 13th Edition, is the foundational text and starting resource for novice nursing students, serving as a guide through basic nursing theory and clinical skills acquisition. Rooted in philosophical principles, each chapter provides insights that underscore the essence of nursing, fostering compassionate care and accountability. Updated to address the challenges of today’s healthcare landscape, this edition ensures relevance in and out of the classroom. Plus, it features updated nursing diagnoses, NCLEX® style review questions, and dynamic illustrations which will further aid students in mastering the art of nursing.




Lippincott NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions


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Lippincott NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions, 7th edition is designed to help anyone preparing to take the RN licensing examination. This updated 7th edition has everything needed for students to be fully prepared to answer every type of question found on the NCLEX. More than 600 questions include multiple-response, drag-and-drop, hotspot, audio, chart, graphic option, and fill-in-the blank questions. Also included are two comprehensive tests with 100 questions each. Rationales are clear and detailed and cover correct as well as incorrect answers. Test-taking strategies help students dissect each question to its core components and provide keys to choosing the right answer. The book reviews all the topics covered on the actual NCLEX-RN. Hundreds of questions at the application level or above prompt active learning and higher-order thinking. Questions are aligned with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) 2019 RN test plan and are written in the style used on the licensing examination. An accompanyingPassPoint trial provides an additional opportunity for students to practice for NCLEX while also giving a glimpse of the fullPassPointexperience.




Navigating the ICU


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Written in a straightforward, readable, and highly informative style, Navigating the ICU: A Guide for Patients and Families is a compact, affordable guide to today’s intensive care unit. This unique, patient-focused handbook is designed to help patients and their families navigate the complexities of the ICU—from the role of each member of staff, to common procedures, medications, and laboratory tests, to what to expect after the hospital stay. Author and ICU nurse Alex Gottsch concisely explains the ICU experience and provides accessible answers to common questions asked by patients and families.




Medical Terminology, Enhanced Edition


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Medical Terminology, Enhanced Second Edition uses a proven “work text” approach that helps students master the information they need to communicate successfully in the health care world.




Bates' Guide To Physical Examination and History Taking


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Selected as a Doody's Core Title for 2022! Confidently Perform Accurate, Efficient, and Effective Physical Examinations. Master the techniques for successful physical examinations with the #1 choice for complete, authoritative guidance. This highly regarded text includes fully-illustrated, step-by-step techniques that outline the correct performance of the physical examination and an easy-to-follow two-column format that correlates examination techniques on the left and abnormalities (clearly indicated in red) with differential diagnoses on the right.




Brunner and Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing


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Trusted by nursing fraternity for more than 50 years, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing layers essential patient care information, engaging critical thinking exercises and diverse features to help students learn critical content. The South Asian edition is comprehensively updated to customize and keep pace with South Asia's health care environment by including Indian/Asian epidemiologic data of common diseases and disorders, flowcharts of pathophysiologic processes of various diseases and disorders and psychosocial concepts, which is contemporary to South Asian scenario. Furthermore, essential medical-surgical nursing content and diseases/disorders, which are specific to South Asia, are added to make this textbook most suitable to South Asian learners.




Applied Therapeutics


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50th Anniversary Edition of the groundbreaking case-based pharmacotherapy text, now a convenient two-volume set. Celebrating 50 years of excellence, Applied Therapeutics, 12th Edition, features contributions from more than 200 experienced clinicians. This acclaimed case-based approach promotes mastery and application of the fundamentals of drug therapeutics, guiding users from General Principles to specific disease coverage with accompanying problem-solving techniques that help users devise effective evidence-based drug treatment plans. Now in full color, the 12th Edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to reflect the ever-changing spectrum of drug knowledge and therapeutic approaches. New chapters ensure contemporary relevance and up-to-date IPE case studies train users to think like clinicians and confidently prepare for practice.