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Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 4th Edition focuses on the issues and responsibilities of contemporary community/public health nursing. Its emphasis on working with populations combined with the unique “upstream” preventive approach prepares the reader to assume an active role in caring for the health of clients in community and public settings. Plus, the new full-color design highlights special features and enhances content.

• Features photo-novellas to engage students and demonstrate applications of important community health nursing concepts.
• Provides detailed case studies that emphasize community aspects of all steps of the nursing process to promote the community perspective in all health situations.
• Examines issues of social justice and discusses how to target inequalities in arenas such as education, jobs, and housing to prepare students to function in a community-focused health care system.
• Demonstrates the use of theoretical frameworks common to community and public health nursing showing how familiar and new theory bases can be used to solve problems and challenges in the community.
• Illustrates real-life situations with highlighted Clinical Examples depicting today’s community/public health care.
• Discussion of Levels of Prevention presented within the Case Studies address specific applications for each level.
• Provides Learning Activities at the end of each chapter to challenge students to apply chapter material outside the classroom.

• Includes a disaster management and preparedness chapter to examine this important new area of concern and responsibility in community health.
• Offers content on forensic nursing to explore this new subspecialty in community health.
• Summarizes research study findings pertinent to chapter topics in Research Highlights boxes.
• Highlights specific ethical issues in Ethical Insights boxes.
• Presents Healthy People 2010 objectives in feature boxes in appropriate chapters.
• Provides a Media Resources section at the front of each chapter that details the numerous Evolve components available to students.
• Chapter outline added to the front of chapters makes locating information in the chapter easier.

Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations

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Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations, 4th Edition focuses on the issues and responsibilities of contemporary community/public health nursing. Its emphasis on working with populations combined with the unique “upstream” preventive approach prepares the reader to assume an active role in caring for the health of clients in community and public settings. Plus, the new full-color design highlights special features and enhances content.

• Features photo-novellas to engage students and demonstrate applications of important community health nursing concepts.
• Provides detailed case studies that emphasize community aspects of all steps of the nursing process to promote the community perspective in all health situations.
• Examines issues of social justice and discusses how to target inequalities in arenas such as education, jobs, and housing to prepare students to function in a community-focused health care system.
• Demonstrates the use of theoretical frameworks common to community and public health nursing showing how familiar and new theory bases can be used to solve problems and challenges in the community.
• Illustrates real-life situations with highlighted Clinical Examples depicting today’s community/public health care.
• Discussion of Levels of Prevention presented within the Case Studies address specific applications for each level.
• Provides Learning Activities at the end of each chapter to challenge students to apply chapter material outside the classroom.

• Includes a disaster management and preparedness chapter to examine this important new area of concern and responsibility in community health.
• Offers content on forensic nursing to explore this new subspecialty in community health.
• Summarizes research study findings pertinent to chapter topics in Research Highlights boxes.
• Highlights specific ethical issues in Ethical Insights boxes.
• Presents Healthy People 2010 objectives in feature boxes in appropriate chapters.
• Provides a Media Resources section at the front of each chapter that details the numerous Evolve components available to students.
• Chapter outline added to the front of chapters makes locating information in the chapter easier.

Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of Populations

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With frequent examples from the best of the research literature, this authoritative textprovides you with a comprehensive foundation for appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence for clinical practice. This new edition features an enhanced focus on research as the foundation for evidence-based practice, along with improved readability and more background coverage of qualitative research. This textbook prepares you to understand and apply research, and to go on to conduct original research.

• Includes all the information needed to help both beginning nurses and beginning nurse-researchers understand and applying research findings to practice and conducting research.
• Includes frequent research examples from the best of the literature, strengthened with high-quality examples from the latest published studies, both qualitative and quantitative.
• Provides the most in-depth coverage of quantitative research methods of any nursing research text on the market.
• Comprehensive EVOLVE teaching/learning package includes an Instructor’s Resource Manual, an enriched Test Bank, a PowerPoint Collection, syllabi, Data Set Activities (qualitative and quantitative), and more.

• Enhanced emphasis on research appraisal and synthesis for evidence-based practice equips students not just to generate research evidence but also to appraise and synthesize existing evidence for application to practice.
• Carefully edited for a more student-friendly readability and active-voice writing style reduces barriers to learning the typically challenging research content.
• In order to focus the text on the more “need to know” content most important for the majority of students, more in-depth content on conceptual models for those planning to lead research studies has been moved from the book to the companion EVOLVE website.
• Fresh, new, full-color design provides a more “open” look that facilitates learning with Key Terms highlighted in color and color tabs for the Index and Glossary.
• Research examples have been updated throughout to reflect the most current research from the published literature, including excellent examples of qualitative studies.
• The coverage of qualitative research has been carefully revised to highlight examples of high-quality qualitative research and to present both qualitative and quantitative approaches as equally valuable.
• EVOLVE website provides examples of both qualitative and quantitative research proposals.
• Now focuses on the “how to’s” of seeking research funding and provides a practical tool to help new researchers move from research proposal to funded research project.
• UNIQUE! Authoritative coverage provides students the opportunity to learn first-hand from the leaders in the field.
• UNIQUE! Separate chapter on the cost-driven field of outcomes research helps nurses to demonstrate that what they do results in positive healthcare outcomes.
• UNIQUE! Provides a separate chapter on the emerging field of intervention research, which establishes “causal explanations” for nursing interventions in response to the growing difficulty of performing true experimental research on human participants.

The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence

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Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, … Williams & Wilkins Handbook Series)

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The new edition of this powerful review tool helps readers to assess and build their knowledge of the information covered in AWHONN, AACN, & NANN: Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, 3e. The review book is also authored by AACN (American Association of Critical-Care Nurses), AWHONN (Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses), and NANN (National Association of Neonatal Nurses) and is a companion to the Core Curriculum. The Core Review includes 600 multiple-choice study questions to challenge readers’ mastery of all the essential knowledge in the field. Written under the authority of the American Association for Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) and reviewed by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN), it is an ideal study tool to facilitate preparation for neonatal critical-care nursing certification.

• Endorsed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses; the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses; and the National Association of Neonatal Nurses
• Based on the Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, 3e
• Answers are provided for each question, accompanied by rationales and references, to assist readers in building their knowledge
• Questions mirror the certification exam content, multiple-choice question format, and content distribution, giving readers realistic practice for the exam
• Content on special needs patients
• Heavily illustrated to assist with learning

• New content questions for the following new chapters in the Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing, 3e:
• Fluid and Electrolyte Management
• Glucose Management
• Lab and Diagnostic Test Management Interpretation
• Family Centered Care
• Care of the Extremely Low Birth Weight Infant

Certification and Core Review for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing

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This market-leading textbook offers an engaging format and clear writing style that make it easy to master the basic nursing concepts and skills you need to practice in a variety of care settings. Its nursing process framework, health promotion focus, emphasis on critical thinking, and thorough coverage of communication and patient teaching provide a strong foundation for your nursing education. Full-color illustrations, critical thinking exercises, and practical examples help you strengthen and apply your knowledge of essential nursing concepts.

• More than 500 full-color illustrations – including 50 new to this edition – highlight and explain key concepts presented in the text.
• Concepts and skills are presented from simplest to most complex to help you gradually build your knowledge and learn more easily.
• A Companion CD-ROM includes audio clips, an audio glossary, video clips, 3-D animations, English-Spanish phrases, NCLEX®-PN Examination-style review questions, and more.
• Theory and Clinical Practice Objectives introduce you to the concepts you’ll learn in each chapter.
• Key Terms with phonetic pronunciations familiarize you with the language of nursing and health care.
• Overview of Structure and Function provides a brief review of essential anatomy and physiology related to specific body systems, with a special section on aging.
• The nursing process is emphasized throughout in Application of the Nursing Process sections and serves as the framework for Skills and Nursing Care Plans.
• Think Critically About. boxes encourage you to synthesize information and apply concepts beyond the scope of the chapter.
• Approximately 80 Skills provide illustrated step-by-step instructions for performing key nursing procedures, with clear actions and rationales and Critical Thinking Questions.
• Approximately 50 Steps present abbreviated versions of additional skills in a quick-reference action/rationale format.
• Approximately 20 Nursing Care Plans provide examples for planning care and encourage you to think critically and follow the nursing process.
• Critical Thinking Activities at the end of each chapter allow you to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to specific clinical scenarios.
• Elder Care Points introduce you to the unique care issues that affect older adults.
• Health Promotion Points address wellness and disease prevention, including diet, infection control, and more.
• Communication Cues feature sample dialogues and therapeutic communication techniques to help you build a positive rapport with patients.
• Concept Maps help you visualize how the multiple nursing diagnoses, treatments, and side effects for specific disorders relate to each other.
• Home Care boxes provide guidelines for adapting nursing skills and techniques for use in the home setting.
• Patient Teaching boxes offer step-by-step instructions for patients and their families regarding proper post-hospital care.
• NCLEX-PN® Exam Style Review Questions at the end of each chapter include alternate item-format questions to prepare you for the exam.
• Helpful appendixes offer quick access to essential facts and information in the clinical setting.

• Assignment Considerations boxes will cover situations in which the RN delegates to the LPN/LVN or when the LPN/LVN assigns tasks to nurse assistants, patient care techs, and other unlicensed assistive personnel
• Clinical Cues provide guidance and advice related to the nursing care under discussion
• Safety Alert boxes highlight specific danger or dangers to patients related to clinical care
• 50 new illustrations and photos have been added to this edition to aid visual learners
• 5 Skills have been added to this edition, giving deWit a total of 80 skills covered
• 5 Steps have been added to the 44 in the current edition

Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing

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This comprehensive workbook is keyed to the text and provides numerous exercises and questions to help students reinforce learning. Procedure checklists are included as well as questions for the Mosby’s Nurse Assisting Video Series. New to this edition is a Competency Review section that will help students prepare for the certification exam.

Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants

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The most comprehensive of its kind, this classic resource in the field of nursing theory provides an in-depth look at 49 theorists of historical, international, and significant importance. Each chapter features a clear, consistent presentation of a key nursing philosophy or theory. Case studies and critical thinking activities help bridge the gap between theory and application.

• A case study at the end of each theorist chapter puts the theory into a larger perspective, helping you understand how the information can be applied to practice.
• A Major Concepts & Definitions box in each theorist chapter outlines and summarizes the theory’s most significant ideas and clarifies content-specific vocabulary.
• Each theorist chapter concludes with an extensive bibliography outlining numerous primary and secondary sources of information ideal for research projects.
• Critical Thinking Activities at the end of each theorist chapter challenge you to process the theory presented and apply it to personal and hypothetical practice situations.
• Introductory chapters provide you with a strong foundation in the history and philosophy of science, logical reasoning, and the theory development process.
• Diagrams for theories help you visualize and better understand inherently abstract concepts.
• Each theorist chapter is written by a scholar specializing in that particular theorist’s work – often an individual who has worked closely with the theorist.
• Most chapters have been reviewed and edited by the theorist for currency and accuracy, further validating the accounts set forth in the text.
• Theorist birth (and if applicable, death) dates help you place each individual into a time context.

• A new chapter introduces the theorist Afaf Meleis and covers her Transition Theory that has helped shape the theoretical development of nursing.
• Points for further study at the end of each chapter direct you to assets available for additional information.
• Need to know information is highlighted in at-a-glance summary boxes throughout to help you quickly review key concepts.
• Personal quotes from the theorists help you gain insight and make each complex theory more memorable.
• Updated references include only published works to ensure accuracy and credibility.

Nursing Theorists and Their Work

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Thoroughly updated and revised throughout, the 2nd Edition of this popular, portable, tool continues to focus on need-to-know-rather than simply nice-to-know. Perfect for home care visits as well as hospital work!

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