Fosters fundamental skills needed to critically evaluate evidence from published research studiesThis is the first resource to provide APRN students and practicing clinicians with a step-by-step guide to critically analyze evidence from research studies.
Fluids and Electrolytes: Essentials for Healthcare Practice is designed to give a solid understanding of fluid and electrolyte physiology and its implications for practice, including acid-base balance and intravenous (IV) therapy, in a concise and easily understandable format.
Cuidado de enfermeria al nino con cardiopatia representa una recopilacion del papel de la enfermera en los 41 anos de experiencia de la Cardioinfantil.
Palliative care is an essential element of our health care system and becoming increasingly significant amidst an aging society and organizations struggling to provide both compassionate and cost effective care.
This new edition updates the previous one and adds additional content related to postoperative management, pain management, LGBTQ care, and uroradiology.
Questo volume, scritto dai maggiori esperti nel campo della chirurgia vitreo-retinica, raccoglie le informazioni più aggiornate e costituisce quindi una guida completa e valida per il chirurgo.
Respiratory disease is one of the leading causes of both mortality and morbidity, causing a significant burden on healthcare resources, the economy, and on individual patients and their carers.
Within the field of pediatric colorectal and pelvic reconstruction, the most complex anatomic problem a pediatric surgeon can face is that of a cloacal malformation.
In recent years, the human values at the heart of the nursing profession seem to have become side-lined by an increased focus on managerialist approaches to health care provision.
This unique book argues that love underpins safe, effective, and high-quality midwifery care, and enables readers to explore sustainable and compassionate ways to engage with their profession.
Designing and Conducting Research in Health and Human Performance shows students how to become effective producers and consumers of health and human performance research.
From pioneering leaders in the field, this is the first book to provide a solid foundation for three major stakeholder involvement approaches: collaborative, participatory, and empowerment evaluation.
This thoroughly updated and revised new edition of the award-winning series on measurement presents nearly 80 actual, tested intruments for assessing nursing outcomes in a multitude of settings and situations.
This practical and evidence-based workbook offers a series of assessment, implementation and evaluation activities for professionals working in critical care contexts.
This accessible text presents a comparative analysis of health and social care policy and practice from around the world, with learning points drawn out for the UK.
This practical guide will assist healthcare practitioners to manage and meet the physical and psycho-social needs of people with complex chronic diseases/long-term conditions.
This book, in Q&A format, addresses a wide range of clinically relevant topics and issues in Nonmalignant Hematology, or Benign Hematology, with a view to offering a robust, engaging tool that will assist every hematologist and oncologist (pediatric and adult equally) in making decisions during day-to-day practice.
This book provides a clear framework for conducting participatory research with children and young people supported with practical examples from international research studies.
Pragmatic Children's Nursing is the first attempt to create a paediatric nursing theory which argues for the importance of giving children living with illness access to a childhood which is, as far as possible, equal to that of their peers.
Da das Engagement und die Notwendigkeit einer adäquaten Schmerztherapie zunehmend in den Fokus der Pflegenden, aber auch der Betroffenen rücken, ist das Werk eine auf die Berufspraxis bezogene Basis für ein besseres Verständnis der Schmerzmechanismen.
This book provides up-to-date, practical information for family doctors on how to assess and manage important mental health problems presenting in primary care settings.
Health policy in the United States has been shaped by the political, socioeconomic, and ideological environment, with important roles played by public and private actors, as well as institutional and individual entities, in designing the contemporary American healthcare system.
This state-of-the-science reference and text has given thousands of practitioners and students a strong foundation in understanding and treating addictive disorders.