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Wicca: A Guide for the Solitary Practitioner is the essential primer from one of the best known authors on Wicca. Focusing on the importance of individualism in your spiritual path, Cunningham explains the very basics of Sabbats (holy days), ceremonies, altars, and other nuts and bolts of Wicca that a solitary practitioner may have trouble finding elsewhere. While Wicca shouldn't be your sole point of reference when considering Wicca as your way of life, it is one of the best starting points. --Brian Patterson.
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Redesigned and with additional chapters, this content review book will help your students hone their diagnostic and treatment-reasoning skills, and enable them to thoroughly prepare for the certification exam and clinical practice. This review book provides an in-depth discussion of disorders to enhance the reader's understanding of diagnostic and treatment reasoning rationales, plus case studies simulate what the NP will find in clinical practice..
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Anatomy of Hatha Yoga is the only modern authoritative source that correlates the study of hatha yoga with anatomy and physiology Hatha yoga is comprised of stretching, strengthening and breathing exercises in upright, lying down and inverted postures. Yoga teachers and students, personal trainers, medical therapists, or anyone who is curious or troubled about how the body responds to stretching and exercise will find in this book a cornucopia -- partly new and partly old -- of readable and reliable information. It was written and edited to meet the needs of a general audience largely unschooled in the biomechanical sciences, and yet to attract and challenge the interests of the medical profession. This book features 230 black and white photographs and more than 120 diagrams and anatomical illustrations.

Chapter 1 summarizes general principles of anatomy and physiology as applied to hatha yoga. Breathing is next in chapter 2 because yogic breathing expedites movement and posture. Breathing is followed by pelvic and abdominal exercises in chapter 3 because the pelvis and abdomen form the foundation of the body. Standing postures will then be covered in chapter 4 because these poses are so important for beginning students, and because they provide a preview of backbending, forward bending, and twisting postures, which are covered in detail in chapters 5, 6, and 7. The headstand and shoulderstand, including an introduction to cardiovascular function, are presented in chapters 8 and 9. Postures for relaxation and meditation are treated last in chapter 10.

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This guide is filled with essential nursing content, tips, strategies, and other indispensable information to help you prepare for the NCLEX-PN examination. It includes all-new information on the latest test plan, plus many questions in the new alternate item formats. The text provides rationales for correct and incorrect answers, as well as strategies for approaching similar questions.

Please check out these other great NCLEX-PN® review books from Linda Silvestri:

Saunders Q & A Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination (9781416029120)
Saunders Strategies for Success for the NCLEX-PN® Examination (9781416000945)
Saunders Q & A Review Cards for the NCLEX-PN® Exam (9780721603926)

• Pyramid Terms, key terms defined at the beginning of each chapter, give students a quick review of each content area.
  
• Pyramid Points, bulleted items located throughout the content outlines, identify content that typically appears on the NCLEX-PN exam.
  
• Pyramid to Success sections at the beginning of each chapter or major unit of the book provide an overview of the chapter, guidance and direction regarding the focus of review in the content area, and its relative importance to the current NCLEX-PN test plan.
  
• The text and accompanying CD-ROM provide thousands of practice questions. Every question in the book provides a correct answer, rationales for all responses, test-taking strategy, level of cognitive ability, integrated concepts and processes, category of client needs, and reference to an Elsevier nursing textbook.
  
• Text includes a comprehensive exam consisting of 300 questions related to all content areas in the book and representative of the percentages identified in the 2005 NCLEX-PN test plan.
  
• Alternate item format questions provide practice with mastering prioritizing, decision-making, and critical thinking skills, and help prepare users for this additional component of the NCLEX-PN exam.
  
• Text presents introductory chapters on the NCLEX exam, test-taking skills, and the NCLEX-PN from a student's perspective.

• Features a new chapter addressing transitional needs of foreign-educated nurses.
  
• The unit on Growth and Development Across the Lifespan has been completely updated.
  
• Includes 3,500 questions, approximately 500 more than the 2nd edition. All of the questions in the book, plus additional questions, are included on the CD-ROM.
  
• New alternate item format questions include drag-n-drop, illustration questions, and multiple response questions, to prepare readers for the addition of these questions to the NCLEX-PN examination.
  
• The CD-ROM allows readers to practice randomly selected alternate item format questions in study and quiz modes.

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Have you ever had trouble sticking to a diet? Regularly exercising? How about difficulty saving more money and spending less? These are exactly the kind of everyday problems that "The Sixty Second Motivator" is designed to tackle. Using a short story to demonstrate its research-tested principles, you will quickly discover the two secrets of building human motivation, and learn precisely how to apply them to your own particular problems. Written in simple language, "The Sixty Second Motivator" is a brief, easy-to-read book that rapidly gives you the tools you need to motivate yourself to do just about anything. And best of all, it's practical, it's based on research, and it works. Jim Johnson, P.T., is a physical therapist who has spent over fourteen years treating both inpatients and outpatients with a wide range of pain and mobility problems. He has written many books based completely on published research and controlled trials, including The Multifidus Back Pain Solution, Treat Your Own Knees, and The No-Beach, No Zone, No-Nonsense Weight Loss Plan: A Pocket Guide to What Works. His books have been translated into other languages and thousands of copies have been sold worldwide. Besides working full-time as a clinician in a large teaching hospital and writing books, Jim Johnson is a certified Clinical Instructor by the American Physical Therapy Association and enjoys teaching physical therapy students from all over the United States..
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The Vaccine Safety Manual is the world's most complete guide to immunization risks and protection It includes pertinent information on every major vaccine: polio, tetanus, MMR, hepatitis A, B, HPV (cervical cancer), Hib, Flu, chickenpox, shingles, rotavirus, pneumococcal, meningococcal, RSV, DTaP, anthrax, smallpox, TB, and more. All of the information, including detailed vaccine safety and efficacy data, is written in an easy-to-understand format, yet includes more than 1,000 scientific citations. More than 90 charts, graphs and illustrations supplement the text. This encyclopedic health manual is an important addition to every family's home library and will be referred to again and again..
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The long awaited 2nd edition of this bestselling pocket guide on Six Sigma contains a range of new tools and techniques including new Lean material and Improve tools. In addition it has been updated for Minitab 15 (whilst still compatible with versions 13 and 14). Cutting through Six Sigma s strange terminology and consultancy speak, this guide delivers Six Sigma in a down to earth, logical and user friendly format. Minitab: For each tool, this guide details how to enter the data into Minitab, interpret the results and avoid the common pitfalls. Interactive: All the data files and templates are available online. Routemaps: A logical flow is provided through each DMAIC phase. Who should use this book? Six Sigma Trainees: Both during and after training, this guide provides an invaluable reference text to those who are actually implementing Lean Six Sigma improvement projects. Six Sigma Project Sponsors and Managers: For those who are accountable for deploying Six Sigma or sponsoring Six Sigma projects, and who might not have been fully Six Sigma trained, this guide will provide an overview of the tools and techniques that your project teams are trained in..
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The expanded 3rd edition presents a comprehensive and scholarly presentation of the roles and issues related to advanced practice nursing. Specifically, it provides the practical strategies nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, case managers, and nurse anesthetists need in order to improve patient care and legitimize their roles in an ever-changing health care system. In fact, it's the only text available that provides conceptually consistent definitions and complete exploration of advanced practice nursing. And with expanded coverage that further synthesizes concepts and explores new issues, this edition contains the comprehensive coverage necessary to guide advanced practice nurses. Instructor resources available; contact your sales representative for details.

• Time-sensitive content available on the website for easy updates
• Discusses all the major competencies of advanced practice nursing: direct clinical practice, consultation, coaching/guidance, research, leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making
• Offers the most wide-ranging discussion of the various roles in advanced practice nursing
• All chapters on competencies include in-depth discussions on educational strategies to allow faculty and students to see how the competencies are developed as the nurse progresses in practice
• Provides a particularly unique and pragmatic model for understanding the research utilization, interpretation, and conduct competency of the advanced practice nurse
• Discussion of role development is thorough, current, and research-based, clearly explaining the career trajectory that advanced practice nurses can anticipate
• Conceptual framework places competencies, roles, and challenges posed by the turbulent health care environment in clear relationship to each other
• Provides strategies related to business management, contracting, and marketing

• Explores Evolving Roles and Innovative Opportunities for the advanced practice nurse
• Focus on Scope of Practice, Certification, and Legal Ramifications in clinical practice
• Contains sample collaborative agreements and contracts that provide illustrated examples for the advanced practice nursing student
• Increased emphasis on evidence-based practice to help improve patient care
• Community-focused content included in several chapters
• Expanded Instructor's Resource package facilitates the teaching experience

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Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Prep Exams are for family and adult NP students preparing for the AANP and ANCC certification exams. The Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Prep Exams book contains 1000 multiple choice review questions, including over 400 subject-specific questions plus four-150 question practice tests. Answers and rationales are included with each question and arranged in an easy to use format. Questions are written to give students an idea of the format and subject areas to expect on the exam and to help identify students' strengths and areas needing further attention.

The Certification Prep Exam lists and discusses successful study skills and offers proven test-taking strategies for the national certification exams..
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