Health Promotion Considerations boxes highlight timely wellness and disease prevention topics. Cultural Considerations boxes discuss the importance of providing culturally competent care related to various clinical situations. Put on Your Thinking Cap boxes allow you to pause and consider the practical implications of what you have just read.
Nutritional Considerations boxes are spotlighted at appropriate points throughout the text to emphasize the role that nutrition plays in disease and nursing care. Complementary and Alternative Therapies focus on nontraditional therapies along with precautions and possible side effects. Key terms with phonetic pronunciations help improve terminology and language skills of English-as-a-Second-Language ESL students and students with limited proficiency in English before they enter clinical practice.
With a clear framework of person-centred care, critical thinking, clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice underpinning the assessment and management of adults with complex, acute and chronic healthcare issues, the 5th edition provides nursing students with the foundations for developing expert clinical practice. Thoroughly revised, the new edition responds to key health priorities, providing an innovative approach to addressing Indigenous health in Australia and New Zealand.
Greater emphasis is also given to the issues of: self-care; examination of the nurse's role within an interprofessional team; and management of the deteriorating patient, to reflect the changing nature of nursing practice in the contemporary healthcare environment. This chapter explores theoretical models of stress, the impact of stress on human functioning, and strategies for coping with stress in the context of nursing practice and healthcare delivery Chapter 5: Working with Indigenous peoples of Australia and New Zealand.
Co-authored by highly respected Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics from Australia and New Zealand, the chapter role-models Indigenous and non-Indigenous health professionals working alongside each other to improve health outcomes, and the practical role that nurses can play to improve the healthcare experiences of Indigenous people. Chapter Recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient. Authored by one of Australia's leaders in emergency response education, this chapter is designed to develop capability in relation to the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards , specifically Standard 8: Recognising and responding to acute deterioration.
Chapter Cardiopulmonary resuscitation: basic and advanced life support. Based on the Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation ANZCOR guidelines, this chapter promotes a problem-solving approach to the management of a patient in cardiac arrest by providing the science behind the techniques and interventions used to treat a patient in cardiac arrest.
Mosby's Drug Guide for Nursing Students, 11th Edition with Update keeps you up to date with this constantly changing field by providing information on more than 4, generic and trade name drugs — including 20 new FDA-approved drugs.
In fact, what sets this handbook apart is its detailed coverage of rationales and explanations, drug-specific nursing diagnoses, and IV drug information. More than 4, generic and trade-name drugs are profiled, covering almost every drug you will administer in practice or in clinicals.
Alphabetical organization by generic name provides quick and easy access to vital information. Common and life-threatening side effects are organized by body system, showing signs to watch for during assessments. Black Box Warnings provide alerts to dangerous or life-threatening adverse reactions. Safety Alert icon highlights the most critical interactions and side effects. Full-color inserts show how drugs work and provide fast access to basic intravenous administration techniques and skills.
Coverage of IV drug administration highlights dosage and IV administration instructions, including safety considerations and Y-site, syringe, and additive compatibilities.
Nursing Process steps are used as the framework for organizing all nursing care information. A table with complete pharmacokinetic information includes the mechanism and absorption of the drug as well as its action, duration, and excretion. Flexible, water-resistant cover provides durability in the clinical setting. Thousands of new and updated drug facts cover areas such as doses, side effects, interactions, and nursing considerations.
Ethnic alert icon indicates safety information specific to populations of varying ethnicities. Student resources on the Evolve companion website include video clips of medication administration via IV, injection, oral, topical, and drops; animations of how drugs act in the body; and safety content relating to the most common medication errors.
Between the book and its accompanying website, this resource includes 1, practice questions along with a detailed rationale for each answer; it also provides valuable test-taking tips and strategies.
From Canadian nursing experts Marianne Langille and Karen Katsademas, this self-study guide has everything you need to be completely ready for your PN exam. Additional practice questions on the companion Evolve website for a total of 1, allow you the flexibility to test yourself in exam mode and self-study mode, with instant feedback to assess your progress. Rationales for answers explain why your answer is correct or incorrect. Test-taking tips and techniques help you answer the "tricky" questions, select the best answer from a choice of possible solutions, and tackle short-answer questions.
Classification legends indicate the competency and taxonomy being tested for each question. Study tools make it easier to determine the correct answer options. PeriAnesthesia Nursing Core Curriculum, 4th Edition is a comprehensive reference that helps you care for patients before and after anesthesia in all types of settings. Coverage of the full scope of perianesthesia nursing makes it an ideal resource for both inpatient and outpatient care.
To keep you current on the many facets of perianesthesia, this edition also describes the newest advances in interventional radiology, robotics, and endoscopy procedures. Written by the American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses ASPAN and edited by respected perianesthesia nurses Lois Schick and Pam Windle, this book will help you build the skills and expertise you need to excel on your certification exam and in practice.
Perianesthesia Complications chapter now appears after the System Competencies section to quickly display complications for all system competencies in one spot to help you find this vital information easily. System Competencies chapters have been updated to focus on specific, non-redundant topics to help you grasp key points right away.
Easy-to-use outline format serves as a quick review and reference. Objectives at the beginning of each chapter focus on key content to allow you to use the book more effectively. A bibliography at the end of every chapter provides additional resources to make it easy for you to research at an in-depth level.
Two-color and two-column design arranges information logically to help you quickly find key information. Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 8th Edition prepares you to provide safe, effective, patient-centered care in a variety of high-acuity, progressive, and critical care settings. Evidence-based coverage includes realistic case studies and incorporates the latest advances in critical care. Disorders are conveniently organized by body system or special situation, and nursing management chapters include quick-reference nursing care plans.
This clear, concise textbook will help you develop the knowledge and clinical reasoning skills needed for success in today's highly complex critical care environments. Emphasis on QSEN competencies enables you to gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide safe, high-quality health care in a variety of high acuity, progressive, and critical care settings.
Individual Plans of Care prepare you for clinical practice by describing patient problems, patient outcomes, and nursing assessments and interventions with rationales. Case studies challenge you to apply concepts to the real world, testing your clinical nursing judgment by asking questions about patient-specific cases with lab results. Clinical Alerts highlight potential problems and concerns to improve patient safety and clinical care. Fully updated with more than 4, clinical changes to nearly 3, generic, brand, and combination drugs 'New Drugs' section featuring nearly 29 new FDA-approved generics and their corresponding brand-name drugs.
Get started with a FREE account. The 36th edition of the best-selling, original drug handbook for nurses provides complete monographs for more than generic and thousands of brand-name drugs. Common trade names are given for all drugs regularly used in the United States and Canada, with drugs available only in Canada identified by a maple leaf. The following information is provided, whenever possible, for safe, effective administration of each drug: High-alert status: Identifies high-alert drugs with a label and icon.
Tall man lettering: Uses the capitalization of distinguishing letters to avoid medication errors and is required by the FDA for drug manufacturers. Pronunciation: Helps the nurse master complex generic names. Functional and chemical classifications: Allow the nurse to see similarities and dissimilarities among drugs in the same functional but different chemical classes.
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