Diane S. Aschenbrenner

Samantha J. Venable

Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Mississippi

Science

This text presents a complete nursing-focused framework for teaching and learning nursing pharmacology, and "places the patient" at the center of all drug and drug administration decisions and considerations. The book presents core drug knowledge using prototypes of different drug classes and emphasizes core patient variables that influence the patient's response to therapy. Features include abundant review questions, concept maps, drug summary tables, drug interaction tables, and critical thinking scenarios that teach students how to apply pharmacology knowledge to patient care. Lippincott's Photo Atlas of Medication Administration comes with this book. Photo Atlas uses the nursing process format to provide step-by-step nursing skills (with rationales). In addition to being completely illustrated, the Photo Atlas also contains documentation guidelines and samples, and Unexpected Situations, which explain how to respond to unanticipated outcomes. Topics include removing medication from an ampule, removing medication from a vial, mixing medications from two vials in one syringe, administering an intradermal injection, and more.

Drug Therapy in Nursing

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Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Written by the authors of the textbook, this is the perfect study companion toDrug Therapy in Nursing, Fourth Edition. Students will find invaluable guidance to help them build essential knowledge and develop practice skills. Features include Top Ten Things to Know to prioritize essentials of nursing drug therapy and new NCLEX questions for every chapter.

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Michael Adams

Norman Holland

Carol Urban

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Pathophysiologic Approach

Pharmacology for Nurses

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Student Workbook and Resource Guide for Pharmacology for Nurses

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Meg Gulanick

Judith L. Myers

Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes

Learn to think like a nurse with the bestselling nursing care planning book on the market! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems seen in adults, Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 9th Edition contains 217 care plans, each reflecting the latest best practice guidelines. This new edition specifically features three new care plans, two expanded care plans, updated content and language reflecting the most current clinical practice and professional standards, enhanced QSEN integration, a new emphasis on interprofessional collaborative practice, an improved page design, and more. It's everything you need to create and customize effective nursing care plans!

Nursing Care Plans

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Betty J. Ackley

Gail B. Ladwig

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.

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook

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Kathleen Deska Pagana

Timothy J. Pagana

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Widely used in both academic and clinical settings, this comprehensive resource provides clear, concise coverage of more than 700 of the most commonly performed diagnostic and laboratory tests - including 30 new to this edition. Chapters are organized by test type and begin with a list of the tests covered, followed by a test type overview with specimen collection techniques. Tests are presented in a consistent format with normal findings, indications, test explanation, procedure and patient care, and test results and clinical significance, as well as any applicable contraindications, potential complications, interfering factors, and related tests.

 * UNIQUE! Coverage of the clinical significance of test results explains why a given test result indicates specific diseases.
 * Full-color design clarifies key concepts, procedures, and testing techniques.
 * Related Tests sections list tests that provide similar information or are used to evaluate the same body system, disease process, or symptom.

 * NEW! Unique front section on coding for diagnostic and laboratory tests (ICD-10) provides explanations of the coding requirements and challenges for diagnostic testing along with codes for all tests in the manual.
 * NEW! 39 of the most current laboratory and diagnostic tests have been added to this new edition to reflect current best practices.
 * NEW! Updated photographs and illustrations reflect the latest changes in testing equipment.

Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests

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Linda Anne Silvestri

Angela Silvestri

"A comprehensive review of all nursing content areas specifically related to the new 2019 test plan for the NCLEX-RN examination"--Page xiv.

Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

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Carol R. Taylor

Pamela B. Lynn

Jennifer L. Bartlett

Mammoth Hardcover (8 to 10 lbs)

The Art and Science of Person-Centered Care

Proven, approachable, and part of a complete nursing fundamentals solution, Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Patient-Centered Care, 9th Edition , instills an exceptional foundation for clinical confidence and effective patient-centered care.



This bestselling fundamentals solution is easy to read and rich with student-friendly features that help students develop the knowledge and clinical skills to succeed in their nursing education. Trusted content not only details the basics of nursing--health promotion, the use of scientific rationales, and the approved nursing process--but also builds essential patient safety, communication, and critical thinking capabilities.



This edition adds new features that encourage reflection, highlight QSEN-related content, and familiarize students with emerging technology they will likely encounter in practice. A new informatics chapter prepares students for their important role working with emerging health information technology and managing patient data. Case-based clinical scenarios put chapter concepts in a realistic context, and content throughout integrates seamlessly with a suite of teaching and learning tools to bring the entire nursing continuum to life and equip students to excel throughout their nursing careers.

Features


 * New! Reflective Practice Leading to Personal Learning callouts cultivate a person-centered approach to nursing care.
 * New! Clinical vignettes personalize the clinical application of concepts and integrate with vSim for Nursing for patient-specific reinforcement of commonly encountered scenarios and conditions.
 * New! Technology Alerts familiarize students with emerging devices and software they'll likely encounter in the clinical setting.
 * New! Informatics chapter reflects the increasingly important role of data and information technology in patient care.
 * New! QSEN boxes in every chapter help students ensure compliance with Quality and Safety Education for Nurses competencies.
 * NEW! Legal Alerts help students ensure compliance with important laws and considerations related to clinical practice.
 * New! Watch & Learn Videos clarify key concepts and procedures in engaging detail.
 * Revised! Illustrated Concept Maps engage visual learners, simplify complex topics, and strengthen students' clinical reasoning skills.
 * Case scenarios in each chapter encourage holistic patient care and reflection on critical thinking questions.
 * PICO (patient/problem, intervention, comparison, outcome) displays guide students through a structured, evidence-based approach to answering clinical questions.
 * Concept Mastery Alerts improve students' understanding of potentially confusing topics.
 * Apply Your Critical Thinking features challenge students to think deeply on key concepts.
 * Patient Care Plans and Skills sections outline streamline students' transition from the classroom to clinical practice.
 * NCLEX-style Review Questions ready students for the NCLEX exam experience.

Fundamentals of Nursing

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Audrey Berman

Shirlee Snyder

Geralyn Frandsen

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

For fundamentals of nursing courses in the nursing curriculum

Help each student think like a nurse using a clear, consistent approach
Consistency and accessibility are essential to student success in the Fundamentals of Nursing course. With its clear, approachable, writing style, Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing sets the foundation for nursing excellence. Coverage of the key concepts of contemporary nursing, as well as the latest nursing evidence, standards, and competencies, helps prepare readers to become effective nurses. To help students develop their clinical-reasoning abilities, new QSEN features draw connections to actual nursing practice. All basic and fundamental skills for the registered nurse are described within the nursing process. Students will learn to think like nurses as they see how the material they are reading is applied in nursing practice.

Also available with MyNursingLab®
This title is also available with MyNursingLab--an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students in the Fundamentals of Nursing course and improve results. Its guided learning path is proven to help students think like a nurse as they move beyond memorization to true understanding through application.

NOTE: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyNursingLab does not come packaged with this content. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyNursingLab, search the Pearson website.

MyNursingLab should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyNursingLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Offer a consistent, seamless skills component
Because the Berman textbook and Skills books are written by the same author team, fundamentals students experience a seamless presentation, style, and experience throughout. Contact your Pearson representative [http://www.pearsonhighered.com/replocator/] to package Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, Tenth Edition with the authors' Skills in Clinical Nursing, Eighth Edition ISBN: 013399743X.

Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing

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Donna D. Ignatavicius

M. Linda Workman

Cherie R. Rebar

Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, Single Volume

Healthcare is evolving at an incredible pace and with it, the roles and responsibilities of the medical-surgical nurse. Ensure you are fully equipped to thrive and adapt in this ever-changing nursing environment with Ignatavicius, Workman, and Rebar's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 9th Edition. This trendsetting text not only covers all essential adult health knowledge, but also reinforces the application, conceptual thinking, and clinical judgment skills that today's nurses need to stay one step ahead in delivering exceptional patient care, no matter the environment. As with previous "Iggy" editions, you'll find a unique collaborative care approach to adult health nursing, a thorough integration of QSEN competencies, extensive NCLEX� Exam preparation, and a direct, reader-friendly tone throughout the text. This ninth edition incorporates two emerging and complementary trends - the Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and a more conceptual approach teaching and learning - areas that will ground you in how to think like a nurse and how to apply the knowledge you gain from the text to clinical practice. There are a lot of med-surg nursing texts out there, but there's only one that combines all the information, concepts, and on-the-job realities in a way that makes perfect sense: "Iggy!" Trendsetting QSEN integration emphasizes patient safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes, including Drug Alerts, Critical Rescues, and Action Alerts. UNIQUE! Emphasis on clinical judgment helps you develop skills in clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making when applying concepts to clinical situations. Strong emphasis on NCLEX Exam preparation includes chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections organized by NCLEX Client Needs Categories, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions, with an answer key in the back of the book and on the Evolve companion website. Exceptionally readable content features shorter sentences, straightforward vocabulary, and a direct, reader-friendly writing style. NEW! Enhanced emphasis on conceptual teaching and learning features a strong integration of nursing concepts and exemplars throughout the book via new concept overview chapters, chapter-opening concept lists, and a focus on concept exemplars within disorders chapters. NEW! Integration of interprofessional collaborative practice takes the book's hallmark collaborative management approach to the next level via new collaboration-focused Clinical Judgment Challenges, integration of a new Teamwork & Interprofessional Collaboration concept, and in-depth integration within TEACH lesson plans. NEW! Deeper integration of Tanner's model of clinical nursing judgment utilizes Tanner's terminology within nursing process headings, NCLEX Examination Challenge questions, and Key Points. NEW! Stronger emphasis on health promotion and community-based care includes revised and updated content throughout the text to reflect the reality that most adult health care no longer takes place as long-term stays in high-acuity settings. NEW! More consistent, interprofessional terminology for patient problems promotes interprofessional collaboration through the promotion of a common healthcare language. NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the most recent changes in practice and the latest evidence-based guidelines, particularly national and international treatment guidelines and protocols. NEW! More consistent learning outcomes now incorporate QSEN and nursing concepts in a more consistent and intentional manner from chapter to chapter.

Medical-Surgical Nursing

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Assessment Technologies Institute

RN Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Edition 10. 0

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Jeff Housman

Mary Odum

Essential Concepts for Healthy Living, Eighth Edition urges students to think critically about their health and overall wellness and empowers them, with clearly identified tools, to help them reach this goal.

Alters and Schiff Essential Concepts for Healthy Living

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Sharon Smith Murray

Emily Slone McKinney

Make sure you fully understand how to care for women and newborns! Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing, 7th Edition integrates essential maternity information into the overall continuum of nursing care to show how to provide safe care in the clinical setting. With easy-to-understand language, this updated text uses evidence-based guidelines and step-by-step instructions for assessments and interventions to help you quickly master key skills and techniques. Also emphasized is the importance of understanding family, communication, culture, patient teaching, and clinical decision making.?This edition reflects the latest QSEN competencies, and the accompanying Evolve website includes review questions to prepare students for the NCLEX� exam! Safety checks integrated into the content help you develop competencies related to safe nursing practice. Unfolding case studies help you apply what you've learned to practice. UPDATED Evidence-Based Practice boxes highlight the latest research and the most current QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) practice guidelines for quality care. Patient teaching boxes provide teaching guidelines, including communication guides, directed at patients and families. Critical to Remember boxes highlight and summarize need-to-know information. Critical Thinking exercises focus on clinical situations designed to test your skills in prioritizing and critical thinking. Nursing Care Plans help you apply the nursing process to clinical situations. Chapter summaries appear at the end of each chapter and help you review core content in each chapter while on the go. Updated Drug guides list important indications, adverse reactions, and nursing considerations for the most commonly used medications. Procedure boxes provide clear instructions for performing common maternity skills, with rationales for each step. UNIQUE! Therapeutic Communications boxes present realistic nurse-patient dialogues, identifying communication techniques and showing to respond when encountering communication blocks. Knowledge check helps you assess your mastery of key content. Glossary provides definitions of all key terms. NEW! Reorganized content integrates complications into standard family care, includes new sections on obesity, and recommendations for infant safe sleep environment and reductions of SIDS risk. NEW! Contributing content from known experts in the field of Maternal and Women's health include a former AWHONN president.

Foundations of Maternal-Newborn and Women's Health Nursing

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Marilyn J. Hockenberry

David Wilson

Cheryl C. Rodgers

Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

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Alton L. Thygerson

Steven M. Thygerson

This concise student manual is designed to give laypersons the education and confidence they need to effectively provide emergency care.

First Aid, CPR, and AED

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Norman L. Keltner

Debbie Steele

Covering the field's latest trends and treatments, Psychiatric Nursing, 8th Edition provides you with the solid, therapeutic skills you need to deliver safe and effective psychiatric nursing care. This new edition features a unique, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management which emphasizes the nurse's three primary tools: themselves and their relationship with patients, medications, and the environment. Written in a friendly, approachable style, this text clearly defines the nurse's role in caring for individuals with psychiatric disorders like no other book on the market! Unique! A practical, three-pronged approach to psychotherapeutic management includes: 1) the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship, 2) psychopharmacology, and 3) milieu management. Unique! Norm's Notes offer helpful tips from the lead author, Norman Keltner, at the beginning of each chapter, making it easier to understand difficult topics DSM-5 information is integrated throughout the text, along with updated content and NANDA content. Patient and Family Education boxes highlight information that the nurse should provide to patients and families. Nursing care plans highlight the nurse's role in psychiatric care, emphasizing assessment, planning, nursing diagnoses, implementation, and evaluation for specific disorders. Case studies depict psychiatric disorders and show the development of effective nursing care strategies. NEW! Chapter on Models for Working with Psychiatric Patients revised as new chapter on Emotional Focused Model of Behavior. NEW! Update to various chapters within Unit III: Medication: Psychopharmacology, include the latest drugs used for managing psychiatric disorders. NEW! Update to Communicate Professionally chapter includes methods of communication including social media and other current forms of technology. NEW! Update to Variables Affecting The Therapeutic Environment: Violence and Suicide chapter reorganizes how the five-phase assault cycle is presented so it flows better and is easier to comprehend. NEW! Several of the clinical disorders chapters such as the Schizophrenia, Depressive Disorders, and Anxiety Disorders updated with the latest information on treatments and drugs.

Psychiatric Nursing

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Judith E. Brown

Nutrition Now, Loose-Leaf Version

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Part of the Saunders Pyramid to Success for NCLEX-PN series, this unique and comprehensive review program focuses specifically on material featured in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing's most recent NCLEX-PN test plan. The companion CD-ROM contains all 1,800 multiple-choice questions from the text plus over 1,200 additional practice questions.

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Sonya R. Hardin

Roberta Kaplow

Resource added for the Nursing-Associate Degree 105431, Practical Nursing 315431, and Nursing Assistant 305431 programs.

Cardiac Surgery Essentials for Critical Care Nursing

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Sheila Drake Melander

A Guide for Application and Review

Detailed and up-to-date, this new second edition offers practical case sudies covering a wide variety of critical care problems. Each features questions and answers to help readers sharpen their critical-thinking skills and prepare for the CCRN exam. It features new chapters on blunt abdominal trauma and abdominal aortic aneurysm, and updated case studies reflect new treatment modalities and current critical care pharmacology.

Case Studies in Critical Care Nursing

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Andrea Kline-Tilford

Strengthening Clinical Decision Making

Cases in Pediatric Acute Care presents over 100 real-world pediatric acute care cases, each including a brief patient history, a detailed history of present illness, presenting signs and symptoms, vital signs, and physical examination findings. Ideal for developing a systematic approach to diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment, this resource provides students and advanced practitioners with the tools required to deliver comprehensive care to acute, chronic and critically ill children. The cases encompass a wide range of body systems, medical scenarios, professional issues and general pediatric concerns, and feature laboratory data, radiographic images and information on case study progression and resolution. Develops the essential skills necessary to provide the best possible pediatric acute care Discusses the most appropriate differential diagnoses, diagnostic evaluation, and management plans for each case Presents cases related to pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, endocrine, metabolic, musculoskeletal, and other body systems Highlights key points in each case to quickly identify critical information Cases in Pediatric Acute Care is an excellent resource for advanced practice provider students and pediatric healthcare providers managing acutely ill children.

Cases in Pediatric Acute Care

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Jennifer Pai Lee

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Offering essential, evidence-based practice guidelines specifically for the critical care setting, ICU Quick Drug Guide contains up-to-date information in a quick-access format. This portable handbook provides fast, accurate drug therapy information needed at the point of care, including expert advice throughout to help clinicians determine optimal pharmacological therapy. Offers a quick summary of current clinical guidelines to experienced clinicians while providing a simplified, focused guide to all entry level clinicians. Covers the wide variety of issues seen in the ICU, including sepsis and septic shock, venous thromboembolism, acute heart failure, anaphylaxis, arrhythmias, asthma and COPD, pain, infections, pancreatitis and liver failure, stroke, and many more. Begins each topic with a brief discussion of the disease state followed by drug tables that compare and contrast different treatment regimens, including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, contraindications, and hepatic/renal dosing. Contains clinical pearls organized by the top disease states seen in the critical/acute care setting. Provides practical and essential drug information from Dr. Jennifer Pai Lee, a clinical pharmacist with expertise in critical care and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics. Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.

ICU Quick Drug Guide

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Melissa Reynolds

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