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Saunders Nursing Survival Guide: Pharmacology, 2nd Edition is a study and review aid that provides students with additional information on this extensive and difficult subject area. It offers a visual, interactive approach that clearly explains topics such as drug pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and pharmacokinetics. Visual cues help the student retain the information by expressing the material in a fun, engaging manner with activities created to appeal to students with different learning styles. NCLEX® review questions are included at the end of each chapter review and test the students’ understanding of key topics.

• Take Home Points highlight the most important points to study or use in the clinical atmosphere.
• Caution Notes alert readers to urgent information about dangerous conditions and how to avoid them.
• Lifespan Notes point out age-related variations in signs and symptoms, nursing interventions, and patient teaching.
• Culture Notes highlight possible variations related to a patient’s cultural background.
• WebLinks direct readers to the Internet for additional resources.

• New introductory chapter highlights information on Drug Concepts pertinent to pharmacology.
• New chapter on drugs used to treat neuropsychiatic disorders covers the most important drugs, including anxiolytics/sedative-hypnotics, antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers.
• New information on anti-migraine medications gives students a better understanding of pain relief for patients.
• Revised cardiovascular section presents the material in a more streamlined approach.
• Revised NCLEX® review questions include new alternate item format questions, as well as 80 new questions.
• What You WILL LEARN familiarizes students with clear chapter objectives.
• Tell Us What YOU Think page directs students to the Saunders Nursing Survival Guide survey site where their feedback is gathered.

Saunders Nursing Survival Guide: Pharmacology

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Edmunds helps you understand how drugs and drug classes work, rather than simply memorizing information about individual drugs. This book emphasizes the principles of safe drug administration, including coverage of math review and drug dosage calculation. It also covers “must-know” drugs – the ones you’ll see most often in clinical practice. A Companion CD includes Animations, Video Clips, interactive Drug Dosage Calculators, an Audio Glossary, and an expanded collection of Review Questions for the NCLEX-PN® Examination.

• A focus on understanding drug classes rather than memorizing individual drugs helps you understand the actions and uses of drug classes and provides a framework for safe, effective practice as new drugs are introduced and as existing drugs are withdrawn from the market.
• Full-color design includes 195 drawings and photographs.
• Coverage of math review and medication administration includes three chapters on math review and drug dosage calculation, to promote safe drug administration.
• Consistent chapter format covers each drug class in a practical format including Action, Uses, Adverse Reactions, Drug and Food Interactions, and Nursing Implications and Patient Teaching sections.
• Application of the nursing process to each drug class includes Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation, and Patient and Family Teaching.
• Key content is highlighted, as in all of Elsevier’s LPN Threads textbooks, with features such as Memory Joggers, Clinical Goldmines, Clinical Landmines, Pediatric Considerations, and Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes.
• Case Studies in all drug chapters offer practice in applying information to realistic clinical situations and help you prepare for the NCLEX-PN Examination.
• Drug Calculation Review questions reinforce your drug calculation and math skills in the context of clinical practice.
• Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each chapter promote higher-level thinking skills while reinforcing key concepts.
• Glossary includes all of the book’s Key Terms plus additional terminology that will be helpful in clinical practice, with audio pronunciations on the Companion CD and Evolve website.

• Improved readability and clarity make the content easier than ever to learn.
• Unique! 30 “must-know” drugs – those most commonly prescribed – are highlighted with icons and listed inside the back cover for quick reference.
• Do-Not-Confuse Drug List, located inside the back cover for quick reference, helps you avoid drug errors with common look-alike/sound-alike drug names.
• Pharmacology and the Nursing Process in LPN/LVN Practice chapter focuses on today’s LPN/LVN practice environment, including the increased levels of responsibility, increasing resource constraints, and common cultural misunderstandings.
• Coverage of patient teaching and cultural awareness now emphasizes pharmacology rather than disease processes, relating patient teaching, health literacy, and lifespan and cultural considerations to drug administration.
• Updated diabetes coverage reflects the latest developments in drug therapy for patients with diabetes mellitus.
• Coverage of obesity management is expanded to reflect the national emphasis on reducing obesity in favor of healthy lifestyles that reduce the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and related “lifestyle diseases.”
• Expanded coverage of drug-resistant infections includes MRSA and other drug-resistant organisms.
• Integrated Video Clips and Animations on the Companion CD and Evolve website are now highlighted in the margins of the book.
• Geriatric Considerations boxes are expanded and updated to better identify special considerations in drug therapy for older adults.

Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology

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Integrate today’s best scientific knowledge into your clinical decision-making. Here’s the information you need to know to evaluate and apply nursing research and to understand its potential impact on the quality of your patient care. AJN Book of the Year2009

Reading, Understanding, and Applying Nursing Research

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Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice provides numerous student-friendly features to help you navigate through difficult concepts to gain understanding with ease. The text emphasizes a community focus while teaching growth & development and major body system alterations information needed by pediatric nurses.

• Student-friendly writing style makes material more accessible.
• Pathophysiology boxes illustrate how disease conditions develop to provide a scientific basis for understanding the nursing care of an illness.
• Clinical Reference sections review basic anatomy and physiology, discuss pediatric differences, describe common diagnostics tests, and list commonly prescribed medications.
• Want to Know boxes assist with instructing parents and children about self-care in the home and follow-up care in community-based health care settings.
• Photo Stories visually depict various nursing roles in diverse care settings.
• Communication Cues suggest effective ways for nurses to facilitate understanding and elicit necessary information in exchanges with the child and/or parent.
• Critical to Remember boxes identify practices required to deliver safe care.
• Critical Thinking Exercises apply learning to practice via case study scenarios.
• Drug Guides provide quick reference on the pediatric uses and nursing implications of specific drugs.
• Procedure boxes outline step-by-step instructions for common nursing tasks.
• Health Promotion boxes emphasize a wellness approach and pediatric health priorities based on AAP recommendations.

• Companion CD-ROM enclosed with the text provides an integrative, comprehensive approach to textbook principles through pediatric assessment video clips, animations, an audio glossary including Spanish pronunciations, and NCLEX”¥ review questions.
• Using Research to Improve Practice boxes help you understand how to research and determine proper care and procedures.
• Beautiful full-color illustrations provide realistic, visually appealing interpretations of pediatric nursing in action.

Nursing Care of Children: Principles and Practice

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Using straightforward, easy-to-understand language, this essential resource helps you understand how the heart functions and how to interpret ECGs – essential knowledge that will allow you to anticipate the appropriate treatment for each. It provides an overview of the normal conduction pathway of the heart, as well as comprehensive coverage of basic cardiac dysthythmias that highlights what happens in the heart’s electrical conduction system to cause the appearance of a dysrhythmia. Coverage of all topics reflects the 2005 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines. Case studies, flashcards, puzzles, and more than 325 practice strips are included to reinforce your understanding of key concepts and encourage you to apply your knowledge.

• A logical sequence of content with simple medical terms follows the normal conduction pathways of the heart from the atria to the ventricles.
• Coverage of basic anatomy, as well as components of monitoring and interpretation of rhythm strips, helps you better understand how the heart functions and how to interpret ECGs.
• Clear explanations of basic cardiac dysrhythmias provide an overview of what is happening in the heart’s electrical conduction system to cause the appearance of a dysrhythmia.
• Review questions and rhythm strips at the end of Chapters 1-7 allow you to assess your understanding before moving on to more complex information.
• Each chapter offers fun and engaging crossword and word-find puzzles to help you easily learn and remember new information.
• Chapter 8 provides a comprehensive review of 40 dysrhythmias with sample strips and criteria for identification.
• 200 practice rhythm strips in Chapter 10 offer additional opportunities to sharpen your interpretation skills.
• 22 detailed case studies allow you to apply your knowledge of dysrhythmias, rhythm interpretation, symptoms, and treatment to realistic clinical situations.
• Information on current cardiac adjunct therapies familiarizes you with pacemakers, automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (AICD), and automated external defibrillators (AED).
• 34 medication flashcards and 32 rhythm strip flashcards provide a fun and convenient way to study.
• Chapter objectives, outlines, and definitions help you study more effectively and quickly locate specific information.

• New full-color format makes it easier to locate key information. ECGs now in full color, too!
• A new companion CD contains 180 rhythm strips for additional practice and cardiac animations to bring anatomic and physiologic concepts to life.
• New heart rate ruler is a handy tool to help you determine heart rate while learning ECG recognition.
• Coverage of all topics reflects the 2005 emergency cardiovascular care guidelines to ensure the most accurate, relevant information.
• Expanded coverage of myocardial infarction includes the latest ECG monitoring and interpretation guidelines.
• Updated abbreviations reflect The Joint Commission’s recommendations to promote standardized usage of abbreviations.

Introduction to Basic Cardiac Dysrhythmias

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The first boxed set, Cherry Ames Boxed Set 1-4, introduces our beloved heroine in her four earliest adventures: Student Nurse, Senior Nurse, Army Nurse, and Chief Nurse!

Cherry Ames is back, just as you remember her! The books are just as you remember them, retaining the same look, feel, and sense of adventure and patriotism as when they were first published. With fully illustrated color covers and a soft-finished hardcover format just like the originals, these books will transport you back to the days when you were reading about this spunky young nurse. Series editor and registered nurse Harriet Forman was inspired by, and remains a devoted fan of, Cherry Ames: “…I was going to follow in her footsteps and become a nurse–nothing else would do.”

With a heart of pure gold and a true yearning to make a difference in the world, eighteen-year-old Cherry Ames leaves her hometown and enters nursing school, embarking on a lifetime of adventures. Follow Cherry through the introductory four-book set as she grows from student nurse to chief nurse, all the while making friends, pushing the limits of authority, leading her nursing colleagues, and sleuthing and solving mysteries. Smart, courageous, mischievous, quick-witted, and above all, devoted to nursing, Cherry Ames meets adventure head-on whereever she goes.

Springer Publishing Company is delighted to be bringing Helen Wells’s beloved heroine back into print for a new generation of younger readers (as well as a host of nostalgic older ones). The books are available as beautifully rendered facsimile hardcover editions and in boxed sets of four.

Cherry Ames Boxed Set Student Nurse, Senior Nurse, Army Nurse & Chief Nurse

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The first boxed set, Cherry Ames Boxed Set 1-4, introduces our beloved heroine in her four earliest adventures: Student Nurse, Senior Nurse, Army Nurse, and Chief Nurse!

Cherry Ames is back, just as you remember her! The books are just as you remember them, retaining the same look, feel, and sense of adventure and patriotism as when they were first published. With fully illustrated color covers and a soft-finished hardcover format just like the originals, these books will transport you back to the days when you were reading about this spunky young nurse. Series editor and registered nurse Harriet Forman was inspired by, and remains a devoted fan of, Cherry Ames: “…I was going to follow in her footsteps and become a nurse–nothing else would do.”

With a heart of pure gold and a true yearning to make a difference in the world, eighteen-year-old Cherry Ames leaves her hometown and enters nursing school, embarking on a lifetime of adventures. Follow Cherry through the introductory four-book set as she grows from student nurse to chief nurse, all the while making friends, pushing the limits of authority, leading her nursing colleagues, and sleuthing and solving mysteries. Smart, courageous, mischievous, quick-witted, and above all, devoted to nursing, Cherry Ames meets adventure head-on whereever she goes.

Springer Publishing Company is delighted to be bringing Helen Wells’s beloved heroine back into print for a new generation of younger readers (as well as a host of nostalgic older ones). The books are available as beautifully rendered facsimile hardcover editions and in boxed sets of four.

Cherry Ames Boxed Set Student Nurse, Senior Nurse, Army Nurse & Chief Nurse

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This comprehensive Study Guide provides a variety of chapter exercises for students to apply and test knowledge. It contains multiple choice, true or false, labeling, matching, and application questions, crossword puzzles, plus page number references in the answer section keyed to the appropriate text page.

Study Guide for Anatomy & Physiology

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The MUSCULAR SYSTEM flash paks illustrate every functional muscle in the human body from the shoulder girdle down; denoting the origin, insertion, action, innervation, and synergists for each muscle. This spiral-bound reference tool features two-color illustrations, terminology, and definitions contained in a 2 volume set, individually grouping the upper and lower extremitites.

The MUSCULAR SYSTEM flash paks are a proven study aid for both medical and massage therapy students as well as professionals. They are commonly used for such programs as Medical, Pre-Med, Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Kinesiology, Chiropractic, EMT, Mortuary Science, and Massage Therapy.

The Muscular System

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This comprehensive text provides management concepts and theories, giving professional administrators and students theoretical and practical knowledge. Management and Leadership for Nurse Administrators provides a foundation for nurse managers and nurse executives as well as students with major management and administrative content including planning, organizing, leadership, directing, and evaluating. The Fifth Edition has been completely revised and updated with additional content on complex adaptive symptoms, quality improvement and patient safety, and evidence-based practice. It also has new chapters on academic and clinical partnership, trends shaping nursing leadership, implications for education and practice, creating a culture of magnetism, information management and technology, risk management and legal issues, and building a portfolio for academic and clinical partnerships.

Management and Leadership for Nurse Administrators