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Nursing Care Plans: Nursing Diagnosis and Intervention

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Meg Gulanick (Author), Judith L. Myers (Author)

The most comprehensive nursing care planning book on the market, with 183 care plans covering the most common nursing diagnoses and clinical problems in medical-surgical nursing. It reflects the most current clinical practice and professional standards in nursing and presents the content in an easy-to-use, reader-friendly format. The book functions as two books in one, with one section including a collection of nursing diagnosis care plans and the other providing a library of disease/disorder care plans that serve as models of care planning for the most common medical diagnoses, medical procedures, and psychosocial conditions seen in nursing practice.

Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide
Second Edition

(Hardcover) four stars
by Carolyn Buppert (Author)

This book focuses specifically and in-depth on the legal and business issues that NPs face, and provides state by state coverage of Nurse Practitioner's scope of practice and state regulations.

Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses

(Turtleback) 4.5 stars
by Judith Hopfer Deglin (Author), April Hazard Vallerand (Author)

"You can't go wrong with this fantastic drug guide! It is listed under generic names but if you don't know the generic name you can look up in the index at the back of the book for the trade name. ... This book delivered it ALL: classification, pregnancy catagory, indications, mechanism of action, contraindications and precautions, adverse reactions and side effects, interactions, route and dosage, availability, nursing implications and even potential nursing diagnoses!"
(review by Soaring Heart).

Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States

(Paperback) four stars
by Carol Mattson Porth (Author)

Designed to provide students with essential concepts of disease processes and altered health states, this text is ideal for both discrete and integrated pathophysiology courses. The Second Edition has over 200 new and revised illustrations

Kaplan NCLEX-RN Exam, 2007 Edition with CD-ROM

(Paperback) four stars by Kaplan

"I took the NCLEX-RN 3 weeks ago. I bought every nclex review book I could get my hands on: lippincott, saunders, mosbey, ERI, nclex made easy, etc.

The Kaplan book and CD were by far the best and most representative of what I saw on the actual NCLEX exam. I passed with 75 questions and Kaplan had a lot to do with it."
(Review by Andrew L. Campbell)

2007 Intravenous Medications: A Handbook for Nurses and Health Professionals

(Spiral-bound) five stars
by Betty L. Gahart (Author), Adrienne R. Nazareno (Author)

published annually to provide the most current IV drug information possible, the 2007 edition of Intravenous Medications is updated throughout with hundreds of new drug facts and approximately 10 new IV drugs recently approved by the FDA.

Nurse Practitioner Certification Examination And Practice Preparation

(Paperback) five stars
by Margaret A. Fitzgerald (Author)

By far the best tool I used to prepare for the exam and pass successfully. It condenses large amounts of information for an effective review, and includes new information I had not been exposed to while in school.
(review by Linda Hope Smith).

Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2007

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Stephen J. McPhee (Author), Maxine A. Papadakis (Author), Lawrence M. Tierney (Author)

Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot answers to your questions for both hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined, authoritative reference gets you up to speed-fast-on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more.

Family Nurse Practitioner Certification Prep Exams

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Amelie Hollier (Author), Mari J. Wirfs (Author)

Contains 1000 multiple choice review questions, including over 400 subject-specific questions plus four-150 question practice tests. Answers and rationales are included with each question and arranged in an easy to use format. Questions are written to give students an idea of the format and subject areas to expect on the exam and to help identify students' strengths and areas needing further attention.

Nurse as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning for Nursing Practice

(Paperback) five stars
by Susan Bacorn Bastable (Editor)

Prepares nurse educators, clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners for their ever-increasing roles in patient teaching, health education, and health promotion, and is an excellent text for students in nursing education.

Lippincott's Review for NCLEX-RN

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Diane M Billings (Author)

Reflects the current test plan and contains more than 5,000 total test questions - including new alternate-format questions - to help students practice taking the exam. Organized by practice area; childbearing family and neonate, child health, adult medical-surgical, and psychiatric-mental health, the book contains more questions than any other review, and includes more pharmacology-related questions.

Comprehensive Pharmacy Review

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Leon Shargel, Alan H Mutnick, Paul F Souney, & Larry N Swanson (Authors).

Chapters by over 55 specialists provide comprehensive outlines and practice questions for all topics covered in the pharmacy curriculum, including chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, pharmacy practice, and drug therapy. This edition is reorganized to reflect current changes in the pharmacy curriculum. Brand-new chapters cover medication errors and bowel disorders.

Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery

(Hardcover) five stars
by Jane C. Rothrock (Author)

Comprehensive reference for perioperative personnel on safety, cost effectiveness, and efficiency in meeting the needs of patients during surgery interventions. Updated topics include trauma surgery, surgical interventions, and pediatric surgery.

Legal Nurse Consulting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition

(Hardcover) five stars
by Patricia W. Iyer (Editor), Amer Asso Of Legal Nurse Consultants (Author)

The most significant change is the inclusion of 15 new chapters, each of which highlights an important aspect of legal nurse consulting practice: Entry into the Specialty Certification Nursing Theory: Applications to Legal Nurse Consulting Elements of Triage for Medical Malpractice Evaluating Nursing Home Cases Principles of Evaluating Personal Injury Cases Common Mechanisms of Injury in Personal Injury Cases ERISA and HMO Litigation The LNC as Case Manager Report Preparation Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses The Role of the LNC in Preparation of Technical Demonstrative Evidence

Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing (6th Edition)

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Eleanor J. Sullivan, Phillip J. Decker (Authors)

Targeted to both practicing nurses and those in management, this book helps all nurses acquire the skills they need to be successful in today's dynamic health care environment. In the ever-changing health care environment, never nurses have needed this information more. Tools for using the skills presented in each chapter, case studies with a manager's checklist, critical thinking questions, key terms, an easy-to-read format, and a link to online instruction for students and faculty are among the updates.

Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (7th Edition)

(Paperback) 4.5 stars
by Joyce LeFever Kee (Author)

designed to provide readers with the necessary information regarding laboratory and diagnostic tests and corresponding nursing implications. It gives quick, pertinent information about the tests, emphasizing the purposes, procedure and nursing implications with rationale. Laboratory Tests in alphabetical order. Diagnostic Tests in alphabetical order ... For registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses in hospital settings.

The Case Manager's Handbook, Third Edition

(Hardcover) 4.5 stars
by Catherine Mullahy (Author)

I have found this book extremely helpful in understanding the field, the impact case management can and does have on the health care delivery process, and how it helps improve outcomes and contain costs, especially in critical and chronic care cases. This book is an invaluable tool for case managers and anyone who requires proven, nuts and bolts information on the process of case management and the role of case managers in health care. Lots of basic, hands-on, how-to information.
(Review by Deborah K. Jensen).

ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!

(Paperback) four stars
by Springhouse (Author)

Makes reading and understanding rhythm strips and 12-lead ECGs easy. This entertaining reference reviews fundamental cardiac anatomy and physiology, explains how to obtain and interpret a rhythm strip, and teaches the reader how to recognize and treat 18 arrhythmias. It also explains how to obtain and interpret 12-lead ECGs, posterior ECGs, and 15- and 18-lead ECGs.

All-in-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity, and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans

(Paperback) four stars
by Pamela L. Swearingen (Author)

Care plans are listed alphabetically by disorder or condition and includes an overview, healthcare setting, diagnostic tests, nursing diagnoses, and nursing intervention and rationales. Plus the latest NANDA nursing diagnoses, and desired outcomes featuring specific timeframes.

Kozier and Erb's Techniques in Clinical Nursing "Basic to Intermediate Skills", Fifth Edition

(Paperback) 3.5 stars
by Barbara Kozier, Audrey Berman, Glenora Erb, Shirlee Snyder, Audrey J. Berman (Authors)

Textbook describes and illustrates clinical nursing skills, from the simple to the complex. Each chapter places techniques in perspective to patient anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology. Applies the nursing process to each technique described with step-by-step implementation.


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