Stroke is a medical emergency. With active and efficient nursing management in the initial hours after stroke onset, effective recovery and rehabilitation is increased. Acute Stroke Nursing provides nurses with a current, evidenced based, practical text facilitating the provision of optimal stroke Nursing care during the primary prevention and acute phases.
This timely and practical text is structured to follow the acute stroke pathway experienced by patients. It explores the symptoms, causes and effects of stroke and provides guidance on issues such as nutrition, continence, positioning, mobility and continence. The text also considers rehabilitation. discharge planning, palliative care and the role of the nurse within the multiprofessional team. Acute Stroke Nursing is an essential guide to the Nursing management of stroke for all nurses health care professional wishing to extend their knowledge of stroke nursing
Now in its updated Fourth Edition, this popular text is designed for undergraduate nursing programs that teach a shortened or integrated psychiatric-mental health core course. The book presents sound nursing theory, therapeutic modalities, and clinical applications for the major DSM-IV-TR disorders across the treatment continuum, from hospital to home setting. The text uses the nursing process framework and emphasizes assessment, therapeutic communication, neurobiology, and psychopharmacologic intervention. Features focus on developing student self-awareness, communication skills, and utilizing family and community resources.
Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence Book Description
Intended 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.
Nursing Research: Reading, Using, and Creating Evidence Book Details
Paperback: 586 pages
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (August 17, 2007)
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice (Nursing Research (Polit)) (Hardcover)
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice Author by:
Denise F Polit
Cheryl Tatano Beck
NursingResearch: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice Book Description
Thoroughly revised to emphasize the link between research and evidence-based practice, this Eighth Edition presents methods and tools for generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice. This edition offers more guidance on evaluating and critiquing research evidence. Other revisions include more in-depth coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research and a new chapter on developing and testing new instruments. Note: The for-sale Student Resource guide to accompany the text is now fully revised to meet emerging graduate course needs. New features include a free CD-ROM called the "Toolkit," which includes copious application exercises, samples of systematic reviews, and full critiques of two of the eight studies in the text. Please note that this is sold separately: Student Resource Manual with Toolkit
Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice Book Details
Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals
Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals
Editor by Suzanne Sargent
Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals Book Description
Liver disease is a rapidly growing speciality, and nurses and health care professionals need to have the relevant knowledge and skills to care for patients with liver problems in a safe and effective way. Liver Diseases is a comprehensive, evidence-based, practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with liver disease.
Liver Diseases explores a range of liver conditions, including cirrhosis, portal hypertension, alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson’s disease and acute liver failure. It looks at the anatomy and physiology of the liver, assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies, acute and chronic liver disease, pregnancy related liver disease, liver transplantation and infectious liver diseases. For each condition the epidemiology, complications and nursing management are provided, along with illustrative case studies and further reading. Liver Diseases is an invaluable tool for all nurses and health care professionals working with people with liver disease.
Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals
SPECIAL FEATURES
The first UK book on care of the liver from a nursing and healthcare perspective
Written by a well-respected and renowned author in the field
Covers a wide spectrum of liver diseases, with relevant nursing management guidelines
With case studies, further reading and illustrations throughout
Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals
From the Back Cover
Liver disease is a rapidly growing speciality, and nurses and health care professionals need to have the relevant knowledge and skills to care for patients with liver problems in a safe and effective way. Adult Liver Care is a comprehensive, evidence-based, practical guide to the nursing care and management of patients with liver disease.
Adult Liver Care explores a range of liver conditions, including cirrhosis, portal hypertension, alcoholic liver disease, viral hepatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, Wilson’s disease and acute liver failure. It looks at the anatomy & physiology of the liver, assessment of liver function and diagnostic studies, acute and chronic liver disease, pregnancy related liver disease, liver transplantation and infectious liver diseases. For each condition the epidemiology, complications and nursing management are provided, along with illustrative case studies and further reading. Adult Liver Care is an invaluable tool for all nurses and health care professionals working with people with liver disease.
Liver Diseases: An Essential Guide for Nurses and Health Care Professionals
Fundamentals of Nursing Author by:
Patricia A. Potter PhD RN FAAN CMAC
Anne Griffin Perry RN MSN EdD FAAN
Fundamentals of Nursing Book Description
The solid base nurses need for their education, complete with the principles, concepts, and skills required in both the classroom and in practice
Fundamentals of Nursing Book Description
Comprehensive, logically organized, and now easier to read, this market-leading fundamentals text provides you with up-to-date coverage of nursing principles, concepts, and skills. The book's nursing process framework, critical thinking emphasis, health promotion focus, and thorough coverage of acute and continuing care in all settings help prepare you for nursing practice today. This new edition addresses the increased focus on evidence-based practice and new guidelines for safe patient handling. Plus, a new, cutting-edge chapter on Surviving Cancer helps prepare you to address the unique health care needs of patients who have survived cancer, but still face the physical and emotional after-effects of the illness and its therapy.
The 5-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for clinical chapters.UNIQUE! Critical Thinking in each clinical chapter includes Critical Thinking Models demonstrating the application of the nursing process and critical thinking.More than 60 skills are generously illustrated and provide clear, step-by-step instructions for practicing safe nursing care.Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions for skills alert you to possible problems and appropriate action.Procedural Guidelines boxes provide streamlined, step-by-step instructions for performing very basic skills.More than 20 care plans demonstrate the application of the 5-step nursing process to individual patient problems to help you understand how a plan is developed and how to evaluate care.Clients in the care plan extend to the critical thinking activities at the end of each chapter.Over 20 concept maps visually demonstrate planning care for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses.Planning sections include sections on Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Collaborative Care to help you plan and prioritize comprehensive client care.Implementation sections include health promotion, acute care, and continuing care to prepare you for all levels of care in all settings.UNIQUE! Safety Alerts provide information and techniques to ensure client and nurse safety based on The Joint Commission's list of National Patient Safety Goals.Cultural Aspect of Care boxes summarize cultural considerations related to the chapter topic and provide practical guidelines for how to meet clients' cultural needs and preferences.Client Teaching boxes help you plan effective teaching by first identifying outcomes, then developing strategies on how to teach, and, finally, implementing measures to evaluate learning.Focus on Older Adult boxes highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care for this population.Key concepts neatly summarize the most important content for each chapter to help you review and evaluate learning.
UNIQUE! An ESL/Readability specialist has edited each chapter to streamline the text and improve readability.UNIQUE! Companion CD, included with the text, provides you with interactive learning activities, searchable audio glossary, Spanish/English audio glossary, Butterfield's Fluids & Electrolytes Tutorial, test-taking skills, and NCLEX® exam-style review questions.UNIQUE! Evidence Based Practice boxes summarize the results of a research study and describe the difference the study has made in nursing practice.Evidence-Based Practice chapter helps you understand how nursing research serves as the basis for determining best practice, and the critical importance of this continually evolving dynamic.UNIQUE! Surviving Cancer chapter prepares you to address the unique health care needs of patients who have survived cancer, but still face the physical and emotional after-effects of the illness and its therapy.NCLEX® examination-style review questions for each chapter include new alternate-item format questions, as well as rationales for all answer choices.Delegation coverage is enhanced, noting which skills can and cannot be delegated, and indicating related tasks that should be delegated. To help you apply this information, many chapters incorporate delegation considerations into the chapter case study and address them in the critical thinking and NCLEX® exam-style review questions.Nursing Assessment Questions boxes help you learn to effectively phrase questions for clients.Expanded coverage of informatics familiarizes you with the use of information technology in documenting care and researching best practices.UNIQUE! Critical Thinking in Practice sections at the end of each chapter provide questions that require you to apply knowledge, often to the case study detailed in the chapter's care plan.New Safe Patient Handling Guidelines are included in the Safety chapter.NOC outcomes, as well as NIC interventions, are incorporated in care plans to reflect the standard used by institutions nationwide.Key terms are conveniently placed at the beginning of each chapter and include page references where definitions can be found.The companion Evolve website offers free downloadable skills nursing video clips and audio chapter summaries.
Fundamentals of Nursing Book Details
Hardcover: 1824 pages
Publisher: Mosby; 7 edition (December 5, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0323067840
ISBN-13: 978-0323067843
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
Author by Pamela L. Swearingen RN
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans Book Description:
The most student-friendly and clinically relevant nursing care plan book with 101 nursing care plans for all core clinical areas
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
Description
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 Diagnosis, 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 nursing diagnosis. 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.
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
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.
All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans Book Details
Assessment Made Incredibly Easy!
Editor by Springhouse
Assessment Made Incredibly Easy Book Description
Completely updated, and now in full color, this Fourth Edition presents assessment skills in the reader-friendly Incredibly Easy! format that makes learning fun. Using light-hearted humor, the text provides the know-how nurses need to obtain pertinent health histories, perform physical examinations, and recognize normal and abnormal findings. Abundant full-color illustrations, charts, memory joggers, and other special features help nurses master Nursing assessment techniques and remember key information. This edition includes additional coverage of obesity. A new logo, Handle with care, spotlights the unique needs of pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric patients. The Practice makes perfect self-test includes updated NCLEX®-style questions with rationales for correct and incorrect answers. A companion Website will offer ancillary materials such as an image bank and printable study cards.
Assessment Made Incredibly Easy! Book Details
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth Edition edition (January 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0781779103
ISBN-13: 978-0781779104
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1 inches
Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis Author by:
Gail B. Ladwig MSN RN CHTP
Betty J. Ackley MSN EdS RN
Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis Book Description
Everything you need to create custom care plans any time, any place
This convenient, portable resource features much of the content from Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: An Evidence-Based Guide to Planning Care, 8th Edition in a concise, take-anywhere format. Perfect for use in clinicals, in class, and at the bedside, Mosby's Guide to Nursing Diagnosis is logically organized for quick access to essential nursing care plans information and guidelines.
A convenient A-to-Z organization helps you quickly locate key information.
Includes complete coverage of pediatric, geriatric, and multicultural considerations, as well as home care and client/family teaching guidelines for each condition.
Portable format makes it easy to carry and use while in clinicals, in class, or at the bedside.
Southern Connecticut State Univ. Developed by clinical nurse experts, this text provides information on the state-of-the-art care of men with prostate cancer. Covers symptoms, diagnostic methods, treatment options, and psychosocial effects of this disease. Quality of life is a major focus. DNLM: Prostatic Neoplasms--nursing.
Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment, Management, and Care Book Author
Meredith Wallace, PhD, APRN-BC, has been a nurse since she completed her BSN nursing degree Magna Cum Laude at Boston University in 1988. Following this, she earned an MSN in medical-surgical nursing with a specialty in geriatrics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in nursing research and theory development at New York University. During her time at NYU she was awarded a predoctoral fellowship at the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. In this capacity she became the original author and editor of Try This: Best Practices in Geriatric Nursing series. In 2001, she won the Springer Publishing Company Award for Applied Nursing Research. She was the Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Nursing Research and is currently the research brief editor for the journal. She is the author of numerous journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Wallace published Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment Management and Care, (Springer Publishing Company, 2002), which won the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award. Preceding this, she was the Associate Editor of The Geriatric Nursing Research Digest, which also won the AJN Book of the Year Award in 2002. She is the recent recipient of the Eastern Nursing Research Society/John A. Hartford Foundation junior investigator award. Dr. Wallace currently an Associate Professor and the Elizabeth DeCamp McInerney Chair in Health Sciences at Fairfield University School of Nursing.
Lorrie L. Powel, PhD, RN, is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Boston University School of Public Health and the Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, Massachusetts. She recently completed her doctoral degree at the University of Maryland School of Nursing, where she received a dissertation award from the Health Care Financing Administration for her research focusing on the impact of postprostectomy urinary incontinence on psychosocial adjustment to illness and quality of life. Her current research, funded by the Department of Defense, will continue to explore postprostatectomy incontinence with a focus on ethnic identity. During the past several decades Dr. Powel has been a frequent contributor to the oncology nursing literature focusing on issues of quality of life and the management of treatment-related symptoms in patients with cancer.
Prostate Cancer: Nursing Assessment, Management, and Care Book Details
Alzheimer's Disease, An Issue of Nursing Clinics Author by:
Ivo Abraham PhD RN FAAN
Alzheimer's Disease, An Issue of Nursing Clinics Books Description
The statistics for Alzheimer's Disease are staggering. It is the most common dementia, affecting as many as 4.5 million Americans. Recent studies have even projected that 1 person in 2 at the age of 85 will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. The March 2006 issue of Nursing Clinics of North America offers nurses a much needed update on the current research, assessments, and treatment of the disease. Nurses, who often work with clinicians, educators, researchers, will not want to miss this issue of Nursing Clinics
Alzheimer's Disease, An Issue of Nursing Clinics Books Details
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Saunders; 1 edition (March 17, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1416035346
ISBN-13: 978-141603534
Biological Basis of Nursing: Cancer Care Book Description
In 2000 the Department of Health issued a number of initiatives, with improving cancer treatment and research, and providing greater resources for cancer care being made a priority. Nurses and their colleague will be at the forefront of these changes.
The book presents specialized biological information on what cancer is, how it damages the body, and how cancer treatments work. Engaging, accessible and illustrated throughout, this unique text:
explains the basic biology of cancer
discusses the biology of wide range of common cancers
identifies and explains the biological causes of cancer
explains drug action in chemotherapy and analgesia
explains the link between diet and cancer, and how diet is important in cancer therapy
discusses the biological basis of a range of nursing skills linked to cancer.
This book will provide nurses with the essential knowledge required for working with cancer patient and their families, and will enable them to work with current and new forms of cancer treatment. It will also be of great use to clinical staff and nurse educators.
Biological Basis of Nursing: Cancer Care Book Details
Breast Cancer Nursing
Author by Denton
Editor by S. Denton
Breast Cancer Nursing Books Description
This text takes a multidisciplinary approach to breast cancer care. It includes an introductory chapter looking at the incidence, epidemiology, aetiology and histology of the disease. There are chapters on the essential topics of screening, politics and multi-cultural aspects of care. Methods of treatment which include surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy are discussed. The remaining sections are devoted to important issues in after care and the importance of the multidisciplinary team approach. This book is intended to be of use to clinical nurse specialists in oncology, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, students of Project 2000 and ENB courses A11 and 237.
Breast Cancer: Nursing Care and Management Author by:
Victoria Harmer
Breast Cancer: Nursing Care and Management Books Description
This comprehensive book is for all nurses and other health professionals involved in the care of people with breast cancer, and covers all aspects of the subject. It gives sound evidence-based information and advice on the nursing care fore each stage of the patient's journey.
Breast Cancer: Nursing Care and Management From the Back Cover
This comprehensive book is for all nurses and other health professionals involved in the care of people with breast cancer and covers all aspects of the subject. It gives sound evidence-based information and advice on the nursing care for each stage of the patient's journey.
Each chapter is written by an expert in the field and topics include the anatomy of the breast, all available treatments, complementary therapies, the psychological care of both patients and their families, and the role of the specialist nurse. With breast cancer increading as the population ages, this book provides a well-balanced approach to all aspects of managing malignancy. The importance of writing from a nursing perspective is underlined so that the essence of support and bedside care is not missed.
Breast Cancer: Nursing Care and Management Books Details
This comprehensive clinical Pediatric Oncology Nursing handbook for nurses in pediatric hematology/oncology, authored by nurse experts from the United Kingdom and North America, contains in-depth information regarding pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, advanced assessment, and interventions. The book is divided into 5 sections: pediatric cancers, hematologic disorders, treatment of childhood cancer, side effects of treatment and disease, and supportive and palliative care. It is organized in a user-friendly format with quick reference guides for the nurse. With the ongoing, challenging developments faced during the clinical nursing care of children with cancer, this handbook will provide an indispensable tool for those working in this speciality.
RN Expert Guides Cardiovascular Care Editor by:
Springhouse
RN Expert Guides Cardiovascular Care Books Description
RN Expert Guides are presented in the quick-reference, easy-to-follow style that exemplifies all the RN Expert Guides. Also, as with other RN Expert Guides, explanations are clarified and enhanced by abundant illustrations and tables. This RN Expert Guide covers principles and practices of cardiovascular care, along with anatomy and physiology, assessment, diagnostic test results, and specific treatments. These chapters are followed by chapters on cardiovascular disorders, and emergencies and complications. The book is further supplemented through the use of eye-catching icons and by a thorough list of important selected references.
RN Expert Guides Cardiovascular Care Books Details
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 1 edition (July 1, 2007)
Anxiety Management in Adult Day Surgery: A Nursing Perspective
Anxiety Management in Adult Day Surgery Author by:
Mark Mitchell
Anxiety Management in Adult Day Surgery Books Description
The book is the first of its kind to specifically outline the psycho-educational nursing interventions required by the anxious, adult patient undergoing elective, ambulatory surgery. Anxiety management is a considerable issue for the majority of surgical patients and has been recognised as such for many decades. However, no formal nursing intervention currently exists to support patients during this acute phase.
This book is one of the first to provide strong evidence for the way in which patients can be assisted in the management of their anxiety. Moreover, it provides future direction for surgical nursing intervention in this new era of minimal invasive surgery where patients undergoing elective procedures increasingly require less physical nursing intervention and spend very little time within the acute hospital setting.
Anxiety Management in Adult Day Surgery Back Cover
The book is the first of its kind to specifically outline the psycho-educational nursing interventions required by the anxious, adult patient undergoing elective, ambulatory surgery. Anxiety management is a considerable issue for the majority of surgical patients and has been recognised as such for many decades. However, no formal nursing intervention currently exists to support patients during this acute phase.
This book is one of the first to provide strong evidence for the way in which patients can be assisted in the management of their anxiety. Moreover, it provides future direction for surgical nursing intervention in this new era of minimal invasive surgery where patients undergoing elective procedures increasingly require less physical nursing intervention and spend very little time within the acute hospital setting.
Anxiety Management in Adult Day Surgery Books Details
Pocket Guide to Lung Cancer
Author by:
Marilyn Haas
Pocket Guide to Lung Cancer Books Description
This new Pocket Guide to Lung Cancer addresses the epidemiology, risk factors, prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of lung cancer by oncology nurses. Haas provides resources and information on understanding lung cancer, standard treatment modalities, symptom management,evidence-based guidelines, and clinical trials.
Pocket Guide to Lung Cancer Books Details
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (December 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0763724211
ISBN-13: 978-0763724214
Introduction to Nursing Informatics
Author by:
Kathryn J. Hannah
Marion J. Ball
Margaret J.A. Edwards
Introduction to Nursing Informatics Books Description
This book is intended to be a primer for those just beginning to study nursing informatics, simultaneously providing a thorough introduction to basic terms and concepts, and an in-depth exploration of the most popular applications in nursing practice, education, administration and research. This revised second edition is updated and expanded to reflect the vast technological advances achieved in healthcare in recent years, including new chapters on both HIS and Internet usage, and many more graphics and resources for the reader. Readers will learn how to use computers and information management systems in their practices, make informed choices related to software/hardware selection, and implement computerized solutions for information management strategies.
