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Product Description: Gladys Mouro, the author of An American Nurse Amidst Chaos 1975-1998 (Beirut: American University of Beirut, 1999), admits she is not a writer. As with anyone with a story that begs to be told, the book was born out of her unforgettable experiences of survival and devoted service during the disastrous years of Lebanon's civil war while working as a nurse at the AUB Medical Center...read more

BASIC NUTRITION AND DIET THERAPY, 10th Edition, provides a handle learning and reference manual for support personnel in health care. This new edition reflects the changing science of nutrition, the increasing cultural diversity in our population, and the growing general interest in nutrition. The text assumes a limited background in nutrition-related sciences, so basic concepts are carefully explained when introduced. (view table of contents)

Product Description: You're only six steps away from building a culture of accountability! An accountable staff is an empowered staff. Clinical Accountability in Long-Term Care: Six Strategies to Build a Culture of Commitment will teach directors of nursing, charge nurses, and staff educators proven strategies to empower staff members to take more ownership and responsibility in their jobs...read more

Product Description: This book examines the concepts of clinical effectiveness, evidence based practise and clinical governance and discusses how these impact on everyday nursing practice. It considers what the term clinical effectiveness means and examines how it fits into the context of clinical governance...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Advice on home medical care covers bed making, patient moving, home treatments, common medical problems, nutrition, first aid, and the special needs of children, the elderly, disabled, and dying

By focusing on the role and concepts of professional nursing, Conceptual Foundations: The Bridge to Professional Nursing Practice, 4th Edition provides an in-depth look at nursing in the real world. Written specifically for students who are already RNs, it acknowledges the education and experience they already have while introducing new and exciting topics. The text covers everything from the history of nursing to modern issues in nursing, all of which will benefit students in the field.Current professional practice topics are covered such as political, economic, and legal issues.Discusses the role of the professional nurse and the socialization of the nurse into a professional role.Profile in Practice boxes feature real nurses sharing their experiences related to the content in the chapter.Research findings, integrated throughout, reinforce the importance of research to practice.Encourage analysis and synthesis of the material with Critical Thinking Exercises.Key Points in every chapter allow students to focus on important information.Four new chapters: Communication Skills and Techniques; Rural Health Considerations; Violence as a Health Care Problem; and Vulnerable Populations, provide an even more thorough look at nursing and health care.An expanded and revised chapter on Critical Thinking, Clinical Judgment, and the Nursing Process helps students gain a better understanding of the role of critical thinking in clinical judgment and the nursing process.An expanded Challenges in Teaching and Learning chapter compares major theories, practices, and principles of effective experiences, the role of technology in nursing, and design in teaching and learning for groups and individuals.

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Product Description: Nursing and technology have been inexorably linked since the beginnings of trained nursing in the United States in the late nineteenth century. Whether or not they thought of the devices they used as technology, nurses have necessarily used a variety of tools, instruments, and machines--from thermometers to cardiac monitors--to appraise, treat, and comfort patients...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Everything you need to know about caring for patients—in one portable "must have" handbook!Often referred to as the "Merck Manual" for nurses by nurses, its quick access format makes it easy to find information on nearly 250 diseases and disorders...read more

Product Description: Book by Milliken, Mary Elizabeth, Campbell, Gene