Sunday, May 11, 2008

Gastrointestinal Nursing

Gastrointestinal nursing is an expanding specialty with a steady increase in both nurse-led services and in specialist nurse practitioners e.g. in inflammatory bowel disease, stoma care, nutrition, endoscopy and counselling.This comprehensive text lays the foundations for care by reviewing the anatomy and physiology underlying common conditions before covering their clinical features, causes, investigation and management. Underlying this approach are the specific nursing aspects of caring for patients with gastrointestinal conditions including psychosocial factors and issues such as the measurement of health related quality of life.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Inspirational Nurse

This is the story of a truly exceptional nurse that is the recipient of the Cherokee Inspired Comfort Award. It captures the nurse in real life situations in various settings interacting with real patients, students, and colleagues.


Saturday, April 5, 2008

Medical Terminologies for Nurses

Medical nomenclature is continually evolving and changing. Its objective is to achieve full scientific interaction among all those who share this discipline. In the course of their work, professional nurses are required to comprehend and interpret medical terminology. This dictionary presents a correlation of medical and nursing terms as reflected in medical practice and nursing arts.

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MedSurg Nursing

Medical-Surgical is particularly useful to students in nursing programs who spend the greatest amount of clinical time in medical-surgical settings, including acute and long-term care. The book concisely presents selected clinical disorders for each body system within the nursing process framework.

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Nursing Procedures

Comprehensive discussion of nursing procedures.

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Sunday, March 23, 2008

Nursing Health Assessment

A critical thinking, case study approach of nursing health assessment. Textbook provides help for nursing students to develop and practice patient assessment skills. Topics include levels of preventive healthcare, purpose of the health history, medical history versus nursing history, understanding mental disorders, and more.

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Nursing Research

Theories and methods of Nursing Research. Developing solid evidence for practice will be emphasized throughout the text, and important evaluative concepts like reliability, validity, and trustworthiness will be introduced.

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