Showing posts with label Nursing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nursing. Show all posts

Nov 25, 2010

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

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.

Price: $84.95


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Nov 24, 2010

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)

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.

Price: $54.95


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Nov 23, 2010

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

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!

Price: $73.95


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Nov 22, 2010

Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice

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.

Price: $92.95


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Informatics and Nursing: Competencies and Applications

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.

Price: $52.95


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Nov 21, 2010

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

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

  • 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

Price: $20.00


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Nov 20, 2010

Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence

Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating EvidenceIntended to help the undergraduate student learn to read and use research as a basis for nursing practice, this new nursing research textbook puts research into the context of evidence-based practice, helping students gain knowledge of research concepts while learning to apply them. The conversational style of the text minimizes the intimidating aspects of research to maximize understanding.

Price: $72.95


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Nov 19, 2010

Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual

Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual

Sparks and Taylor's Nursing Diagnosis Reference Manual, Eighth Edition provides clearly written, authoritative care plan guidelines for all 2009-2011 NANDA International (NANDA-I) approved nursing diagnoses. The book is newly designed with bright colors, and organized by life-stages and type of care. Each Part opens with a new feature, Applying Evidence-Based Practice, which responds directly to the content. Each NANDA diagnosis includes associated Nursing Interventions Classifications (NIC) and Nursing Outcomes Classifications (NOC), and the nursing process is integrated throughout. This book is the ideal resource for any clinical setting.

Price: $49.95


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Nov 18, 2010

Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing (Clinical Companion (Elsevier))

Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing (Clinical Companion (Elsevier))Putting essential information at your fingertips, this handy guide describes 200 commonly encountered medical-surgical disorders and procedures. Numerous illustrations and summary tables are used to clarify key information. It focuses on the information you need to know, emphasizing the procedures and treatments in which the nurse plays a major role.

  • Part 1: Disorders includes the following information for each profile:
    • Definition/Description
    • Pathophysiology
    • Clinical Manifestations
    • Complications
    • Diagnostic Studies
    • Collaborative Care (including drug therapy)
    • Nursing Management
      • Goals
      • Nursing Diagnoses (using current NANDA terminology)
      • Nursing Interventions
      • Patient Teaching
  • Part 2: Treatments and Procedures includes information you need to know about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as CPR, tube feeding, and artificial airway management.
  • Part 3: Reference Appendix features key reference information commonly used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, and Spanish translations of key phrases.
  • Patient teaching content is highlighted with a special icon, identifying information that patients and families need to know about the care of various conditions.
  • A portable format makes this book easy to carry in the clinical setting.
  • Cross-references to Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition make it easy to find background information.

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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing: In Two Volumes (Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing)

Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing: In Two Volumes (Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing)

Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, Eleventh Edition has now been enhanced by new, state-of-the-art ancillaries. With purchase of this new book, you will gain access to the following assets at thePoint:

  • Online searchable text
  • Concepts-in-Action animations
  • Watch and Learn video clips
  • Journal articles for each chapter
  • Clinical simulations
  • Case studies for each chapter
  • Heart and breath sounds
  • LiveAdvise student tutorial

Plus, on a new bound-in CD-ROM:

  • 300 bonus NCLEX®-style questions related to medical-surgical nursing
  • 3,500 NCLEX®-style questions spanning the curriculum

Price: $119.95


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Nov 17, 2010

Nursing Care Plans: Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention

Nursing Care Plans: Nursing Diagnosis and InterventionNursing Care Plans, 6th Edition is the most comprehensive nursing care planning book on the market, with 183 care plans covering the most common nursing diagnoses and clinical problems in medical-surgical nursing. It reflects the most current clinical practice and professional standards in nursing and presents the content in an easy-to-use, reader-friendly format. The book functions as two books in one, with one section including a collection of nursing diagnosis care plans and the other providing a library of disease/disorder care plans that serve as models of care planning for the most common medical diagnoses, medical procedures, and psychosocial conditions seen in nursing practice.

  • Includes the most extensive array of care plans found in any nursing care planning book, with 62 nursing diagnosis care plans and 121 disease/disorder/procedure care plans, for a total of 183.
  • The nursing diagnosis care plan format includes a NANDA definition, a brief explanation of the diagnosis, related NOC outcomes and NIC interventions, related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions.
  • The disorders care plan format includes synonyms for the disorder (for ease in cross referencing), a clear and succinct definition of the disorder, related factors, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, NIC interventions and NOC outcomes, ongoing assessment, and therapeutic interventions for each relevant nursing diagnosis.
  • Eye-catching icons distinguish collaborative from independent interventions.
  • Covers adult lifespan issues and issues related to various healthcare settings to equip nurses for a broad range of practice settings, from hospital to home.
  • Provides an alphabetical list of NANDA diagnoses inside the front cover.


  • Includes new disease/disorder care plans for SARS, Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and obstructive sleep apnea.
  • Includes new nursing diagnosis care plans for risk for falls, latex allergy response, nausea, and impaired memory.
  • A revised care plan format makes this user-friendly reference even easier to use.
  • Updated and expanded rationales throughout reflect the latest clinical evidence and clinical practice guidelines.
  • Incorporates the 2005-2006 NANDA nursing diagnoses throughout.
  • NIC and NOC classifications reflect the latest editions of Nursing Interventions Classification and Nursing Outcomes Classification.
  • Sample care plan clips in Chapter 1 help orient the user to the rest of the book.
  • The expanded index includes entries for all nursing diagnoses, medical diagnoses, and synonyms for the medical diagnoses.
  • An expanded Evolve website now features 18 Bonus Care Plans.
  • The revised Online Care Plan Constructor includes the four new nursing diagnosis care plans and offers enhanced functionality, allowing users to save created care plans and export them to their word processing program.

Price: $58.95


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Nov 16, 2010

Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented Practice

Foundations of Nursing in the Community: Community-Oriented Practice

With concise, focused coverage of nursing in the community, this easy-to-read textbook provides the essential information you need to know for clinical practice - from nursing roles and care settings to vulnerable population groups. It features a practical, community-oriented approach, with an emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention.




  • Separate chapters on the various roles and settings for community health nursing, including faith community nurse, home health nurse, school nurse, occupational health nurse, and governmental public health roles, provides a comprehensive perspective on these fields.


  • A detailed discussion of vulnerable populations presents theoretical, assessment, and intervention concepts to help you understand the unique issues of this group.



  • Coverage of specific vulnerable populations includes clients in rural settings, migrant workers, pregnant teens, the homeless, those with substance abuse problems, and clients with mental illness.



  • What Would You Do? activities strengthen your problem-solving skills and challenge you to apply chapter material outside the classroom.



  • Case studies illustrate how key textbook concepts can be applied to real-world community nursing situations.



  • Level of Prevention boxes identify specific interventions for primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention and emphasize the importance of a preventive approach in community-oriented nursing.



  • Evidence-Based Practice boxes focus on recent research findings and how they can be applied to community nursing practice.



  • Healthy People 2010 boxes discuss how national public health efforts impact community health practice.



  • Practice Applications present real-life community client situations followed by questions and answers.




  • A new chapter on surveillance and outbreak investigation explores the importance of collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data to maintain public health and resolve problems in communicable/infectious diseases, chronic diseases, and terroristic events.


  • A combined health education and group practice chapter discusses community- and population-level education within the context of families, groups, and communities.



  • Enhanced coverage of the Minnesota Intervention Wheel introduces you to this public health nursing model and further explains the wheel and its components.

Price: $89.95


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Nov 15, 2010

Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis

Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis

This pocket-sized reference is ideal for use in clinicals, in class, and at the bedside! A condensed version of the Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 9th Edition, Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis uses a quick-access format to help students make nursing diagnoses and write care plans with confidence and ease. It includes the most recent NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, suggested nursing diagnoses for over 1,300 client symptoms, and a guide to creating care plans including desired outcomes, interventions, and patient teaching.




  • Unique! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.

  • Allows quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses with alphabetical thumb tabs.

  • Includes pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, and home care interventions as necessary for plans of care, with home care and client/family teaching guidelines for each condition.

  • A pocket size makes this book easy to carry and use in clinicals, in class, or at the bedside.



  • Unique! Includes the new 2009-2011 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses including 21 new and 9 revised diagnoses.

Price: $39.95


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Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales: Medical-Surgical Nursing (2nd Edition)

Prentice Hall Nursing Reviews & Rationales: Medical-Surgical Nursing (2nd Edition)Essential for NCLEX, course and competencey review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of medical-surgical nursing. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering nursing care for respiratory, cardiac, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, and other health problems, emergency and critical care, and much more.  

Price: $36.00


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Nov 14, 2010

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning CareThis bestselling reference helps users make nursing diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence. It helps nurses correlate nursing diagnoses with known information about clients on the basis of assessment findings, established medical or psychiatric diagnoses, and the current treatment plan. This extensively revised and updated edition presents the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses. You'll also appreciate the handbook's integration of both the NIC and NOC taxonomies; evidence-based nursing interventions; home care; client/family teaching; and multicultural, geriatric, and pediatric considerations. Instructor resources are available; contact your sales representative for details.

  • Helps users understand how to make a nursing diagnosis and plan care using the nursing process and evidence-based nursing research.
  • The practical, step-by-step format helps users make diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence.
  • Integrates both NIC and NOC interventions and outcomes in each care plan.
  • Features essential home care, client/family teaching, multicultural, pediatric, and geriatric considerations relevant to today's nursing students.
  • Helps users easily create customized plans of care using the Ackley, Ladwig Care Plan Constructor on the Evolve website.


  • This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include the most up-to-date information on all 2005-2006 NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses.
  • The new alphabetical thumb tabs offer easy access to specific nursing diagnosis care plans.
  • Features a helpful explanation of how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections.
  • Features many enhancements to the accompanying Evolve website (see Ancillaries for details).
  • Includes more detailed information about NOC and its use in nursing care planning.
  • Guide to Nursing Diagnoses section features more emotional/spiritual elements and now includes coverage of Mad Cow, E. Coli, West Nile, Foodborne Illnesses, and Pesticide Contamination.
  • Guide to Planning Care section now offers updated and expanded multicultural, pediatric, and evidence-based interventions/rationales.
  • An appendix now includes Gordon's Functional Health Patterns, as adapted by the authors.

Price: $39.95


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Nov 13, 2010

The Nursing Mother's Companion, 6th Edition: 25th Anniversary Edition

The Nursing Mother's Companion, 6th Edition: 25th Anniversary EditionThis accessible and authoritative guide to breastfeeding has been trusted by new parents and recommended by professionals for more than two decades. Kathleen Huggins has extensively revised and updated this 25th anniversary edition to equip nursing mothers with all the information they need to overcome difficulties and nurse their babies successfully from the first week all the way to the toddler years, or somewhere in between. Now more than ever, The Nursing Mother's Companion is an indispensable handbook for every new mother.

Price: $14.95


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Nov 12, 2010

Nursing and Physical Assessment Study Guide. Detailed coverage of physical exam, assessment techniques, assessment scales, blood tests, and more (Mobi Medical)

Nursing and Physical Assessment Study Guide. Detailed coverage of physical exam, assessment techniques, assessment scales, blood tests, and more  (Mobi Medical)

Boost Your grades with this fully illustrated study guide. Detailed coverage of physical exam, assessment techniques, assessment scales, blood tests, and more. FREE Vital Signs and Basic Biometrics in the trial

Audience

Intended for nursing, medical, and dental students and residents.

Features

  • Fully illustrated.
  • Detailed coverage of nursing duties including analysis and assessment techniques.
  • Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases
  • Add Bookmarks
  • Text annotation and mark-up
  • Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway.
  • Use your down time to prepare for an exam.
  • Always have the guide available for a quick reference.

Table of Contents

Vital Signs: Temperature | Blood Pressure | Pulse | Respiratory rate

Basic Biometrics: Height | Weight | BMI | Pain scale | PQRST Method for Symptom Assessment

Primary Assessment Techniques: Inspection | Palpation | Percussion | Auscultation: Heart Sounds | Heart Murmurs | Lung Sounds | Bowel Sounds

Physical Examination: General appearance | Organ systems | Medical history | Differential diagnosis | Cancer Signs | Edema | Universal precautions

Blood Tests Reference Ranges:
Clinical biochemistry: Electrolytes and Metabolites | Liver function tests | Other enzymes and proteins | Other ions and trace metals | Lipids | Tumor markers | Hormones
Hematology: Red blood cells | White blood cells | Coagulation
Immunology: Acute phase protein markers of Inflammation | Autoantibodies
Other: Serology | Arterial blood gas

Serum Electrolytes:
Sodium: Hypernatremia | Hyponatremia
Potassium: Hyperkalemia | Hypokalemia
Calcium: Hypercalcaemia | Hypocalcaemia
Magnesium: Hypermagnesemia | Hypomagnesemia
Chloride: Hyperchloremia | Hypochloremia
Phosphate: Hyperphosphatemia | Hypophosphatemia
Bicarbonate: Hyperbicarbonatemia | Alkalosis | Hypercapnia || Hypobicarbonatemia | Acidosis | Hypocapnia

Other Standard Tests and Scales: EKG | Oxygen saturation | Ulcer assessment | Glasgow coma scale | Pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale | Muscle strength | Bristol Stool Scale | Tanner stage | Odor Intensity | X-Ray

Injection: Subcutaneous | Intramuscular | Depot | Intravenous | Insulin Types

Medical Abbreviations: 0–9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W-Z | Latin abbreviations

Abbreviations for medical organizations and personnel: A-B | C-N | O-Z

Measurement Units: Metric system (SI) | SI writing style | Powers of 10 prefixes | US units and conversion to SI

Anatomical Terms: Position | Direction | Motion

Cranial nerves: I olfactory | II optic | III oculomotor | IV trochlear | V trigeminal | V1 ophthalmic | V2 maxillary | V3 mandibular | VI abducens | VII facial | VIII vestibulocochlear (cochlear, vestibular) | IX glossopharyngeal | X vagus | XI accessory | XII hypoglossal

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Nov 11, 2010

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care

Use this convenient resource to formulate nursing diagnoses and create individualized care plans! Updated with the most recent NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses, Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 9th Edition shows you how to build customized care plans using a three-step process: assess, diagnose, and plan care. It includes suggested nursing diagnoses for over 1,300 client symptoms, medical and psychiatric diagnoses, diagnostic procedures, surgical interventions, and clinical states. Authors Elizabeth Ackley and Gail Ladwig use Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) and Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) information to guide you in creating care plans that include desired outcomes, interventions, patient teaching, and evidence-based rationales.




  • Promotes evidence-based interventions and rationales by including recent or classic research that supports the use of each intervention.

  • Unique! Provides care plans for every NANDA-I approved nursing diagnosis.

  • Includes step-by-step instructions on how to use the Guide to Nursing Diagnoses and Guide to Planning Care sections to create a unique, individualized plan of care.

  • Includes pediatric, geriatric, multicultural, and home care interventions as necessary for plans of care.

  • Includes examples of and suggested NIC interventions and NOC outcomes in each care plan.

  • Allows quick access to specific symptoms and nursing diagnoses with alphabetical thumb tabs.

  • Unique! Includes a Care Plan Constructor on the companion Evolve website for hands-on practice in creating customized plans of care.




  • Includes the new 2009-2011 NANDA-I approved nursing diagnoses including 21 new and 8 revised diagnoses.

  • Illustrates the Problem-Etiology-Symptom format with an easy-to-follow, colored-coded box to help you in formulating diagnostic statements.

  • Explains the difference between the three types of nursing diagnoses.

  • Expands information explaining the difference between actual and potential problems in performing an assessment.

  • Adds detailed information on the multidisciplinary and collaborative aspect of nursing and how it affects care planning.

  • Shows how care planning is used in everyday nursing practice to provide effective nursing care.

Price: $54.95


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Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Textbook and Workbook Package

Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants - Textbook and Workbook PackageThis convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students! It includes Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 7th edition and Workbook for Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants.

Price: $77.95


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Nov 10, 2010

Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach

Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach

The 6th edition of this market-leading textbook offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric mental health nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style help you quickly master key concepts. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application with a wealth of real-world examples to prepare you for practice.




  • UNIQUE! A conversational, user-friendly writing style helps you quickly grasp complex psychiatric mental health nursing concepts.


  • Clinical chapters are logically and consistently organized with sections on the clinical picture, epidemiology, comorbidity, etiology, and application of the nursing process.



  • Clinical chapters follow the nursing process, providing you with consistent guidelines for comprehensive assessment and intervention.



  • Vignettes prepare you for real-world practice with personal, descriptive characterizations of patients with specific psychiatric disorders.



  • Coverage of psychopharmacology in clinical chapters familiarizes you with specific drug treatment options, including the most commonly used drugs and important nursing considerations for their use.



  • Assessment Guidelines boxes list essential guidelines for comprehensive patient assessment.



  • Case Studies with Nursing Care Plans present individualized histories of patients with specific psychiatric disorders and include interventions with rationales and evaluation statements for each patient goal.



  • A separate chapter on cultural implications, as well as Considering Culture boxes throughout the text, provides essential information on culture, worldviews, and techniques for providing culturally competent care.



  • Coverage of treatment and recovery in the community addresses the need for successful ongoing psychiatric mental health nursing care in the community setting.


  • A chapter on end-of-life care examines the psychological impact of terminal illness and death on patients, families, and nurses.



  • Updated nursing process and clinical chapters keep you current with the latest ANA Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice.


  • An increased focus on health promotion and recovery reflects federal, state, and local initiatives to improve screening methods, patient and family teaching, rehabilitation, and community treatment options for people who have mental illnesses.



  • Enhanced Evidence-Based Practice boxes emphasize the profound impact of research-and your potential role in that process-on the advancement of psychiatric treatment options.



  • A new chapter on sleep disorders covers the most common sleep disturbances and their relationships to psychiatric illness, as well as the nurse's role in their assessment and management.



  • A new chapter on sexual dysfunction and sexual disorders examines the complex issue of sexual behavior and provides the information you need to conduct a sexual assessment, identify sexual dysfunctions and disorders, recognize nursing implications, and formulate interventions.

Price: $86.95


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