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Thelan's Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis and Management (Thelans Critical Care Nursing Diagnosis)
This classic resource for critical care nursing is now a full-color text that provides a thorough examination of all the important aspects of critical care nursing with more appealing illustrations and design elements. Organized in ten units around alterations in body systems, this text's depth and scope will appeal to both novice and expert, while instructors praise its comprehensiveness and depend on its clinical relevance to inform their teaching and practice. - Special Feature list located in the inside front and back covers provide a quick reference for finding this information.
- Clinical Applications promote student learning and critical thinking by illustrating the clinical course of a patient experiencing the history, clinical manifestations, treatment, and outcomes discussed.
- Data Collection feature incorporates information that should be included as part of the patient's history.
- Nursing Diagnoses feature fosters critical thinking and decision making in a boxed "menu" of nursing diagnoses, complete with specific etiologic or related factors.
- Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) feature lists the important nursing actions for a variety of nursing interventions that would be commonly incorporated in the management of a critically ill patient requiring a specific therapeutic management.
- Patient Education feature list the special topics that should be taught to the patient and family to prepare them for discharge.
- Pharmacologic Management Tables outline the common medications, along with any special considerations, used in treatment of the different disorders presented in the text.
- Full-color design and illustrations visually enhance the text.
- Evidence-Based Collaborative Practice feature highlights important research based articles on important topics like diabetic ketoacidosis, coronary artery disease and stable angina, and severe sepsis to help students understand the clinical significance of the problem.
- Patient Safety Alert feature highlights any safety issue for the learner that is specific and related to the chapter discussion as well as prepares the learner for important clinical situations.
- Collaborative Management boxes focus on the aspects of multidisciplinary care in the management of patients in the critical care setting. These are found in the nursing management sections, where appropriate, and are a numbered box.
- Pulmonary Disorders chapter now covers SARS.
- Neurologic Alterations chapters are restructured to three chapters in the unit.
- Organ Donation and Transplantation chapter now has important information on organ donation and procurement process.
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Price: $66.49
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Nursing Care Plans: Guidelines for Individualizing Client Care Across the Life Span
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Puentes: Spanish for Intensive and High-Beginner Courses (with Audio CD)
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ECG Workout: Exercises in Arrhythmia Interpretation (Huff, ECG Workout)
Now in its Fifth Edition, this text and workbook is an excellent aid for students, practicing nurses, and allied health professionals learning ECG interpretation The book presents a step-by-step guide to rhythm strip analysis and contains over 500 actual (not computer-generated) ECG strips to enhance the skills needed for accurate, confident ECG interpretation. Two post-tests and an answer key appear at the back of the book. The latest ACLS guidelines are also included. .
Price: $29.65
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Pass CCRN®!
2007 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner Pass CCRN®! is the ultimate resource for nurses preparing to take the Critical Care Nursing Certification Examination This book contains a review of critical care nursing and practice questions and answers designed to prepare nurses to earn AACN certification (or renew AACN certification) by passing the required exam. Utilizing an outline format and the revised blueprint, published in 2004, for the certification examination, it's the easy to follow, comprehensive and portable, quick-study tool that nurses can take anywhere. - Easy-to-follow outline format quickly and clearly delineates the essential content nurses must know to pass the CCRN exam.
- Appendixes on normal laboratory values and frequently used formulae are invaluable for review and reference.
- Follows the 2006 AACN exam blueprint with a guide to the new exam printed inside the front cover of the book for quick reference.
- Offers significantly updated content throughout, including new information on abdominal surgery, anemias, beating-heart surgery, enteral feeding, pain management, spiritual aspects of care, and more.
- The completely restructured bound-in CD offers endless practice exams from a bank of over 1,000 questions, self-assessment quizzes by body system or chapter, customizable quizzes with instant feedback on answers with detailed rationales and test-taking strategies.
- A new chapter on Critical Care Pharmacology provides review of the most common medications.
- Features new illustrations in every chapter to bring the information to life.
- Includes new information on critical care patients with special needs, to help readers care for bariatric and geriatric patients, high-risk obstetric patients, and others.
- Offers updated case studies to illustrate clinical reasoning and decision-making in realistic situations.
- Offers new Learning Activities in each chapter, including all-new crossword puzzles and many exercises revised to reflect the updated content.
- Includes an in-book study guide to assist with preparing for the PCCN exam.
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Price: $49.95
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Introduction to Critical Care Nursing
The 4th edition provides a solid foundation in the concepts, assessment, and technical skills of critical care nursing It includes an entire section focusing on skills that every critical care nurse needs to use, such as ventilatory assistance and hemodynamic monitoring. The text also provides real-life case studies to help readers understand how concepts apply to critical care practice. New chapters on the hot areas of Nutrition and Comfort and Sedation reflect the real-world challenges of the critical care nurse. Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 4th Edition also comes with a companion website with self-study exercises. Ideal for students as well as experienced nurses new to critical care. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details. - Clinical Alerts emphasize the procedures and issues encountered in the clinical setting.
- Laboratory Alerts detail both common and cutting-edge tests and procedures.
- Research Analysis with references incorporate studies on cultural diversity and complementary therapies.
- Nursing Care Plans provide examples of nursing care for specific disorders; they include nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, nursing interventions, and rationales.
- Case Studies present actual cases highlighting the major discussions in each chapter with accompanying questions to help readers better understand how concepts apply to real life.
- Pathophysiology Flow Charts provide outcomes of particular injuries, disorders, and complex diseases.
- Geriatric Assessments alert the reader to the special critical care needs of the older patient.
- Drug Tables reflect the most current and most commonly used critical care drugs.
- Critical Thinking Questions challenge students' comprehension of the content.
- 2 NEW chapters on Nutritional Support and Comfort and Sedation cover hot topics in critical care nursing today.
- NEW! Two-color design and 85 new two-color line drawings enhance reader understanding.
- NEW! Evolve companion website supplements the text with numerous resources for instructors and learning tools for students, such as open-book quizzes for self-study and review.
- A NEW column of Rationales is included in Nursing Care Plans.
- Expansion of Gerontology content throughout the text increases the focus on this special population.
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Price: $56.79
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Anesthesiologist's Manual of Surgical Procedures
Completely updated for its Third Edition, this practical reference is a comprehensive guide to the anesthetic and perioperative management of patients during all procedures performed by general and subspecialist surgeons. The book explains each procedure from both the surgeon's and the anesthesiologist's perspective, presents details on anesthetic technique, and guides the anesthesiologist and surgeon through the decisions that must be made before, during, and after surgery. Emphasis is on factors that impact the anesthesiologist, including patient positioning, duration of surgery, and complications. The Third Edition covers 40 new and variant surgical procedures. New chapters include office-based surgery and invasive procedures in anesthesia. .
Price: $109.99
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