Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice (Nursing Research (Polit))

Thoroughly updated and revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice, this Eighth Edition of a classic textbook presents state-of-the-art methods for conducting high-quality studies. New chapters offer guidance on developing self-report scales, conducting systematic reviews, and enhancing the integrity of qualitative studies. The ancillary Resource Manual includes application exercises, models of comprehensive research critiques, a full NINR grant application, and a "must-have" Toolkit on a CD-ROM, containing a treasure-trove of exemplary research tools (e.g., consent forms, a demographic questionnaire, statistical table templates)--all in easily-adapted Word documents to meet individual research needs. A watershed edition!

Student Resource Manual with Toolkit, ISBN: 978-0-7817-7052-1.

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All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans (All-In-One Care Planning Resource: Med-Surg, Peds, Maternity, & Psychiatric Nursing)

Unlike any other care plan book on the market, this resource contains selected care plans for pediatric, maternity, and psychiatric nursing in addition to medical-surgical nursing care plans for adult care. This is the only care planning resource that allows you to use one book throughout your nursing curriculum. Color-coded medical-surgical, maternity, pediatric, and psychiatric sections help you quickly find each content area while giving the book a full-color look and feel.

• Clinical experts update each subject area to ensure the most current, accurate, and clinically relevant content available.
• Each care plan employs a consistent format of Overview/Pathophysiology, Health Care Setting, Assessment, Diagnostic Tests, Nursing Diagnoses, Desired Outcomes, Interventions with Rationales, and Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning.
• An open and attractive two-color design facilitates quick and easy retrieval of information.
• Nursing interventions and rationales are listed in a clear two-column format to make the information more accessible.
• Related NIC intervention and NOC outcome labels are listed for each nursing diagnosis.
• The Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning section highlights key patient education topics and list resources for further information.
• Health Care Setting is specified for each care plan, since different conditions are treated in various settings such as hospital, primary care, long-term care facility, community, and home care.
• Outcome criteria with specific timelines enable nurses to set realistic goals for nursing outcomes and provide quality, cost-effective care.
• Detailed rationales for each nursing intervention help you to apply concepts to clinical practice.
• Includes the most recent NANDA Taxonomy II nursing diagnoses.
• Separate care plans on Pain and Palliative and End-of-Life Care focus on palliative care for patients with terminal illnesses, as well as relief of acute and chronic pain.

• A new "Overview/Pathophysiology" heading helps you easily locate this key content.
• Nursing diagnoses listed in order of importance/physiologic need helps you learn about prioritization.
• All content has been thoroughly updated to cover the latest clinical developments, including the most recent JNC7 hypertension guidelines, the latest breast cancer screening and treatment information, revised cholesterol parameters, new drug therapies, and much more.
• Patient teaching content and abbreviations have been thoroughly revised to reflect the latest JCAHO guidelines.
• Expanded and clarified rationales help you understand each intervention more clearly.

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Essentials of Nursing Research: Appraising Evidence for Nursing Practice (Essentials of Nursing Research (Polit))

Essentials of Nursing Research is designed to teach students how to read, understand, analyze, and evaluate research reports in nursing practice. The Seventh Edition has been updated with stronger coverage of evidence-based practice, including content on how to read, interpret, and critique systematic reviews, which are considered by many to be a cornerstone of evidence-based practice. Also included in the Seventh Edition: a more balanced presentation of medical and social science methods and nomenclature; enhanced coverage of qualitative research; and more!

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Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice

Expanded and completely updated for its Ninth Edition, this full-color classic reference is the one source every nurse needs for essential information on patient care. In an easy-to-read outline format, this clinically focused guide covers all disorders and patient problems in medical-surgical, maternal-neonatal, pediatric, and psychiatric nursing, and includes over 150 step-by-step procedures.

Each chapter incorporates official guidelines that shape clinical practice, including those from the National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Nurses Association, Joint Commission, AWHONN, and others. Highlights of this Ninth Edition include updated photos and illustrations, updated references at the end of each chapter, a new Drug Therapy icon to spotlight nursing interventions related to drug therapy, expanded coverage of leadership and management, an expanded psychiatric care chapter, and expanded coverage of documentation, especially ensuring security in electronic medical records.

A companion Website includes medication tips, a dosage calculator, videos and animations on medication administration and safety, drug-related NCLEX®-style questions, FDA updates, and new clinical studies.

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Informatics and Nursing: Competencies and Applications

Thoroughly updated to reflect current technologies, the Third Edition of this comprehensive text reviews the concepts and applications of nursing informatics. Starting with an introduction to nursing informatics, the contents proceed from Unit One which covers computer basics to Unit Five which examines skills and techniques for using the end product of informatics: data. Other units review the effects that the Internet is having on healthcare, the ins and outs of using personal productivity software, and informatics in the clinical area.

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Kaplan Nursing School Entrance Exams: Your Complete Guide to Getting Into Nursing School

Features:

• 2 complete practice tests with detailed answer explanations
• Diagnostic Exam
• Detailed answer explanaions
• Lessons, review, and practice for math, reading comprehension, and science
• Kaplan's proven test-taking strategies
• Admissions information and resources

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