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Libros en Enfermería y Obstetricia

  • Fundamentals of Nursing

    • 12 Edición
    • Patricia A. Potter + 4 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Fundamentals**Learn the concepts and skills and develop the clinical judgment you need to provide excellent nursing care! Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical judgment, nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and person-centered care in all settings. With illustrated, step-by-step guidelines, this book makes it easy to learn important skills and procedures. Care plans are presented within a nursing process framework that is coordinated with clinical judgement, and case studies show how to apply concepts to nursing practice. From an expert author team led by Patricia Potter and Anne Perry, this bestselling nursing textbook helps you develop the understanding and clinical judgment you need to succeed in the classroom and in your career.

  • Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare

    • 2 Edición
    • Mary Jo Vetter + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Nursing Research, 2025****Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Quality Improvement**Develop your skills to expertly conduct evidence-based practice (EBP) or quality improvement (QI) projects! Advancing Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and Healthcare, 2nd Edition, is a straightforward yet comprehensive guide to planning, implementing, and evaluating EBP and QI projects to improve healthcare quality and outcomes. Building on the legacy built by Geri LoBiondo-Wood and Judi Haber, this edition is newly tailored to meet the goals and strategic priorities of a variety of healthcare settings, with the tenets of ANCC Magnet designation, JCAHO accreditation, and other current regulatory and quality standards integrated throughout. This edition features a new focus on both academic and practice settings, including content informed by recent guidance documents such as The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education (AACN, 2021), Advancing Healthcare Transformation: A New Era for Academic Nursing (AACN, 2016), and the principles of Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (NASEM, 2021). Also new to this edition are 10 new chapters (including topics related to the impact of academic practice partners; nurse wellness; diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; population health and innovation; new models of evidence-based practice; and more!) and an entirely new unit on Evidence-Based Practice Innovation in Healthcare.

  • Clayton’s Basic Pharmacology for Nurses

    • 20 Edición
    • Michelle J. Willihnganz + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Learn how to provide safe, effective nursing care for patients receiving drug therapy! Clayton’s Basic Pharmacology for Nurses, 20th Edition helps you understand the principles of pharmacology and apply them to nursing practice. This text explains how to make informed decisions about drug therapy, educate patients, and administer medications. This edition adds enhanced coverage of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to prepare you for the critical thinking questions on the Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) exam. Concise and easy to use, this essential resource helps you master the basics of medication administration and drug actions.

  • Pharmacology

    A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach
    • 12 Edición
    • Linda E. McCuistion + 3 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Pharmacology**Gain a solid understanding of nursing pharmacology and patient-centered medication safety! Pharmacology: A Patient-Centered Nursing Process Approach, 12th Edition, makes it easy to learn the principles of nursing pharmacology and drug dosage calculation. A clear guide to pharmacotherapy and safe drug administration, this popular book uses drug prototypes to provide need-to-know information about key drugs, including dosage, side effects, interactions, and more. Nursing Process/Clinical Judgment summaries enhance your skills in applying clinical judgment skills for safe patient care. Written by a team of nursing experts led by Linda McCuistion, this time-tested textbook provides the nursing pharmacology knowledge you need to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam and administer drugs safely.

  • Nursing Care Plans

    Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes
    • 11 Edición
    • Meg Gulanick + 1 más
    • Collin Bowman-Woodall
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Medical–Surgical Nursing, 2025****Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Diagnosis/Assessment... the skills you need to create customized nursing care plans! Covering the most common medical-surgical nursing diagnoses and clinical problems, Nursing Care Plans: Diagnoses, Interventions, and Outcomes, 11th Edition features 232 care plans, each reflecting the latest evidence-based guidelines and national and international treatment protocols. It also features ICNP diagnoses, highlighted QSEN competencies, and a clear differentiation of nursing and collaborative interventions. New to this edition are a full-color format, seven new care plans, and a new online care plan template that makes it easier to create care plans. The #1 care planning book is better than ever and will help you learn to think like a nurse!

  • Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing

    • 7 Edición
    • Patricia A. Williams
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Fundamentals**Learn the basic concepts and fundamental skills that LPN/LVNs need in current practice! Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 7th Edition, prepares you for nursing practice in a variety of care settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical offices, clinics, surgery centers, and home care agencies. Illustrated, easy-to-read guidelines provide a thorough understanding of the nursing process and problem solving, addressing topics such as the physiologic and psychosocial needs of the patient, critical thinking and clinical judgment, communication, collaboration with the health care team, patient teaching, and cultural competence. Ideal for LPN/LVN programs with a concept-based curriculum, this text prepares you to pass the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® Exam and succeed in any care setting.

  • Diagnósticos enfermeros. Definiciones y clasificación. 2024-2026

    • 13 Edición
    • NANDA NANDA International
    • T. Heather Herdman + 1 más
    • Español
    La guía por excelencia de los diagnósticos de enfermería de NANDA-I en una nueva edición actualizada. Totalmente actualizada y revisada por las editoras T. Heather Herdman, Shigemi Kamitsuru y Camila Takáo Lopes, Diagnósticos enfermeros. Definiciones y clasificación, 2024-2026, 13ª edición, es la guía definitiva de diagnósticos de enfermería, revisada y aprobada por el Diagnosis Development Committee (DDC) de NANDA International (NANDA-I). En la nueva edición de esta obra fundamental, las editoras han profundizado en el diagnóstico y su relación con la valoración de enfermería, utilizando el modelo tripartito de la práctica enfermera de Kamitsuru para diferenciar entre las intervenciones interdependientes basadas en los estándares de atención médica y organizativa y las intervenciones autónomas de enfermería basadas en los estándares de atención en enfermería. Los patrones funcionales de salud se utilizan como marco de valoración para guiar a las enfermeras en la recogida de datos relevantes a fin de alcanzar la máxima precisión en el diagnóstico de enfermería. Se describen la ontología, la clasificación y la taxonomía, y se explica detalladamente la estructura axial de los diagnósticos, que ha sido objeto de considerable revisión. Se ofrece una visión general de todos los cambios y revisiones de la clasificación, junto con las prioridades de investigación actualizadas y los futuros focos de interés para el DDC y NANDA-I. Rigurosamente actualizada y revisada, esta nueva edición es un recurso imprescindible para todos los estudiantes de enfermería, enfermeros/as profesionales, profesores/as de enfermería, personal informático especializado en enfermería, investigadores en enfermería y cargos administrativos de atención de la enfermería.

  • Diagnósticos enfermeros. Definiciones y clasificación. 2024-2026. Edición hispanoamericana

    • 13 Edición
    • NANDA NANDA International + 1 más
    • T. Heather Herdman
    • Español
    La guía por excelencia de los diagnósticos de enfermería de NANDA-I en una nueva edición actualizada. Totalmente actualizada y revisada por las editoras T. Heather Herdman, Shigemi Kamitsuru y Camila Takáo Lopes, Diagnósticos enfermeros. Definiciones y clasificación, 2024-2026, 13ª edición, es la guía definitiva de diagnósticos de enfermería, revisada y aprobada por el Diagnosis Development Committee (DDC) de NANDA International (NANDA-I). En la nueva edición de esta obra fundamental, las editoras han profundizado en el diagnóstico y su relación con la valoración de enfermería, utilizando el modelo tripartito de la práctica enfermera de Kamitsuru para diferenciar entre las intervenciones interdependientes basadas en los estándares de atención médica y organizativa y las intervenciones autónomas de enfermería basadas en los estándares de atención en enfermería. Los patrones funcionales de salud se utilizan como marco de valoración para guiar a las enfermeras en la recogida de datos relevantes a fin de alcanzar la máxima precisión en el diagnóstico de enfermería. Se describen la ontología, la clasificación y la taxonomía, y se explica detalladamente la estructura axial de los diagnósticos, que ha sido objeto de considerable revisión. Se ofrece una visión general de todos los cambios y revisiones de la clasificación, junto con las prioridades de investigación actualizadas y los futuros focos de interés para el DDC y NANDA-I. Rigurosamente actualizada y revisada, esta nueva edición es un recurso imprescindible para todos los estudiantes de enfermería, enfermeros/as profesionales, profesores/as de enfermería, personal informático especializado en enfermería, investigadores en enfermería y cargos administrativos de atención de la enfermería.

  • Gerontologic Nursing

    • 7 Edición
    • Jennifer J. Yeager + 2 más
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Gerontologic Nursing, 2025****Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Geriatrics**Prepare to compassionately care for the aging population with Gerontologic Nursing, 7th Edition, uniquely known for its comprehensive coverage of the most common medical-surgical problems associated with older adults. Organized by body system for easy retrieval of information, it delves into health promotion and both basic and complex gerontologic concepts and issues. A disorder-focused approach addresses nursing management and care coordination across health care delivery settings. This text emphasizes topics such as nutrition, chronic illness, emergency treatment, patient teaching, home care, and end-of-life care — and provides you with a solid foundation to meet the future challenges of providing nursing care for the vast and growing older adult population.

  • Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment

    Practice Exercises for the NCLEX Examination
    • 6 Edición
    • Linda A. LaCharity + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam and develop your clinical judgment skills with a focus on management of care! Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment: Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 6th Edition provides a wide variety of realistic patient care scenarios to help you learn management-of-care concepts and skills and see how to apply them to clinical practice. Exercises progress from simple to complex, and updated questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX-RN® Exam (NGN) are designed to match the latest NGN formats. All the book’s questions are also provided in an interactive format on the Evolve website in tests that simulate the most current NCLEX-RN® Exam. This thoroughly updated new edition now includes 2021 AACN Essentials item coding for faculty, three new Case Studies, a new Community Health Problems chapter, updated question formats to reflect the NGN, and updated content throughout. Written by a team of noted educators led by Linda A. LaCharity, this NGN review has become a student favorite!

  • Patient Transport: Medical Critical Care

    • 1 Edición
    • Air & Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) + 3 más
    • Inglés
    An ideal companion to the award-winning Patient Transport: Principles & Practice, 6th Edition, this critical care transport text offers a unique focus on the critical care patient in transit, addressing the needs of flight and ground transport registered nurses, paramedics, and those preparing for certification exams such as CFRN®, CTRN®, FP-C©, and CCP-C®. Authored by the esteemed Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA), this comprehensive guide is backed by the expertise of a leading body representing transport nurses worldwide, making it an indispensable resource in the evolving landscape of critical care transport.

  • Addressing Contemporary Issues in Women’s Health, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 59-4
    • Stephanie Devane-Johnson + 1 más
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Nursing Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler and Stephanie Devane-Johnson bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Addressing Contemporary Issues in Women’s Health. Today’s women's health issues encompass a diverse range of challenges, and in this issue, top experts provide updates on many of the most pressing concerns in women’s health, including reproductive and mental health, wellness, obesity, and substance use disorder.

  • Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions - Text and Workbook Package

    • 8 Edición
    • Tracie Fuqua
    • Inglés
    Prepare Medical Assisting students with this concise, comprehensive guide to diseases and medical conditions! Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 8th Edition provides a basic knowledge of hundreds of diseases and disorders commonly seen in healthcare settings. Easy-to-understand, easy-to-use information traces the progression of each disease by body system, from signs and symptoms to diagnosis, treatment options, prognosis, and patient education. This edition adds new content on respiratory diseases like SARS-CoV-2, the latest diagnostic and treatment modalities, and new drug treatments. Ideal for medical assistants, coders, and other health professionals, this practical textbook prepares students for success in the classroom, on board exams, and in clinical practice.

  • Thinking it Through: Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgement, and Decision Making in Canadian Nursing

    • 1 Edición
    • Karin L. Page-Cutrara
    • Inglés
    Written and developed by Canadians with the Canadian nursing context in mind, this new resource is the only fundamental Canadian-focused nursing text to support you in developing clinical reasoning skills and clinical judgement for decision making in nursing practice. Thinking it Through: Clinical Reasoning, Clinical Judgement, and Decision Making in Canadian Nursing moves beyond the nursing process to deliver focused strategies using a unified process for thinking and decision making that is visible, relatable, real — and needed by future nurses. Introducing useful models and practical frameworks as essential nursing tools, this structured guide for nursing cognitive development is a valuable resource throughout every year of your nursing program.

  • Contemporary Nursing

    Issues, Trends, and Management
    • 10 Edición
    • Barbara Cherry + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Get the big picture on professional nursing issues and prepare for leadership and management! Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, and Management, 10th Edition ensures that you are prepared for the complex and rapidly changing world of today’s nursing. Coverage of key topics includes nursing theories and evidence-based practice, patient safety and quality care, clinical judgment, delegation and supervision, communication and interdisciplinary collaboration, and working within a multicultural and multigenerational environment. Written by noted nursing educators Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob, this text not only prepares you for success on the NCLEX-RN® examination but for a role as an effective nursing manager and leader.

  • Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants

    • 3 Edición
    • Laura D. Rosenthal + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2025****Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Advanced Practice**Lehne's Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants, Third Edition builds on the same foundation of clearly explained, up-to-date, and clinically current content as Lehne’s trusted undergraduate text, while focusing on the information that advanced practice nurses and Physician Assistants specifically need for safe and effective prescribing. Introductory chapters provide foundational content in the areas of prescriptive authority, rational drug selection, prescription writing, and promoting positive outcomes of drug therapy. Core drug chapters focus on the drugs that you will most commonly see in clinical practice. Pharmacotherapeutic decision-making is emphasized, with Black Box Warnings and new Drug Decision Guide boxes. This edition features completely updated content with new chapters on drugs for sexual dysfunction and drugs for transgender health. It’s everything you need to be a safe and effective prescriber!

  • Doctorate: Finding your Way as a Healthcare Professional in Research

    • 1 Edición
    • Janet Deane
    • Inglés
    Are you thinking about embarking on postgraduate qualifications? Are you unsure how to juggle the challenges of a doctorate alongside your clinical workload and personal responsibilities? Then this new book from academic and health professional Dr Janet Deane is for you.Written from personal experience, Doctorate: Finding your Way as a Healthcare Professional in Research will help you navigate the entire process of your PhD journey, from choosing your research topic to undertaking the course and assessment, obtaining funding, managing your time, and optimising your health and wellbeing. The book is packed full of tips and advice from other health professionals who have successfully completed their doctorates.This book will be especially useful for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals who are considering doctoral research with a view to becoming future research leaders in their field.

  • Workbook for Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions

    • 8 Edición
    • Tracie Fuqua
    • Inglés
    Reinforce your understanding of disease processes with this practical workbook! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in the Essentials of Human Diseases and Conditions, 8th Edition textbook, this workbook provides hands-on review and practice with anatomy labeling activities, review questions, vocabulary exercises, scenarios for patient screening and teaching, and more. This complete review will prepare you for success on classroom and certification exams, and help you apply your knowledge to the clinical setting.

  • Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants

    • 11 Edición
    • Leighann Remmert
    • Inglés
    Streamline your study process and master essential nursing assistant skills with confidence! Corresponding to the chapters in Remmert’s comprehensive text, the Workbook and Competency Evaluation Review for Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 11th Edition reinforces your understanding with numerous exercises and review questions — including matching, multiple-choice, labeling, crosswords, and mini case studies. Checklists for each of the 100+ procedures in the text help you learn key skills. The Competency Evaluation Review section prepares you for the CNA exam with a review of content, a skills evaluation review, and two practice exams.

  • A Clinician's Survival Guide to District Nursing

    • 1 Edición
    • Neesha Oozageer Gunowa + 1 más
    • Inglés
    A Clinician’s Survival Guide to District Nursing covers the specialist skills and knowledge nurses need to join the rapidly expanding, increasingly important community nursing workforce.The book is a quick reference guide designed to support autonomous decision making amid the wide range of conditions district nurses are expected to manage, recognising and highlighting the advanced skills of district nurses. It will help the reader understand what it means to work in the community, acquire the fundamental knowledge of clinical skills necessary to ensure best practice, and explore ways of working to ensure optimal care delivery through joined-up health and social services.Written by specialists in community nursing, this indispensable new book is ideal for students exploring district nursing as a career option, as well as nurses transitioning to a district nursing team role.

  • Conceptual Nursing Care Planning

    • 2 Edición
    • Mariann M. Harding + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Nursing Process**Plan effective patient care using standardized interprofessional clinical problems and a concept-based approach! Conceptual Nursing Care Planning, 2nd Edition, shows you how to identify clinical problems, determine expected outcomes, and choose interventions — all grounded in a logical, concept-based framework. The focus on concepts gives you the big picture, helping you recognize similarities in nursing care based on physiologic concepts, as well as differences based on the needs of individuals. Written by noted nursing educators Mariann Harding and Debra Hagler, this unique book demonstrates how the use of a concept-based approach and standardized clinical problems language makes it easier to plan effective care and communicate with other members of the interprofessional team.

  • Test para la preparación del EIR en Geriatría

    • 1 Edición
    • Almudena Avendaño Céspedes + 2 más
    • Español
    Test para la preparación del EIR en Geriatría pretende ser una herramienta de apoyo para el estudio de toda la materia descrita en los 67 capítulos del Tratado de Enfermería gerontogeriátrica, mediante la presentación de preguntas de opción múltiple con respuestas razonadas. Tratado de Enfermería gerontogeriátrica establece, por primera vez en lengua española, los fundamentos de la rama de la Enfermería que estudia los cuidados profesionales y basados en la evidencia científica a las personas mayores. Liderado por enfermeras especialistas en Geriatría, el tratado recoge todos los aspectos relacionados con la Enfermería gerontogeriátrica como disciplina que se está estableciendo como propia y reconocida a nivel internacional.

  • Tratado de enfermería gerontogeriátrica

    • 1 Edición
    • Almudena Avendaño Céspedes + 2 más
    • Español
    Tratado de Enfermería gerontogeriátrica establece, por primera vez en lengua española, los fundamentos de la rama de la Enfermería que estudia los cuidados profesionales y basados en la evidencia científica a las personas mayores. Liderado por enfermeras especialistas en Geriatría, el tratado recoge todos los aspectos relacionados con la Enfermería gerontogeriátrica como disciplina que se está estableciendo como propia y reconocida a nivel internacional. Esta obra de referencia está dirigida a enfermeras especialistas en Geriatría y enfermeras que trabajan con las personas mayores en cualquier dispositivo de salud o social, así como a estudiantes de Enfermería, residentes de Enfermería geriátrica y otros profesionales de la salud que atienden a las personas mayores.

  • A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies

    • 4 Edición
    • Richard Harrison + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2025 Doody’s Core Titles® with "Essential Purchase" designation in Emergency Care**A Clinician’s Survival Guide to Acute Medical Emergencies, Fourth Edition is a primer in acute emergency care aimed at nursing staff, senior medical students, Foundation Year doctors and physician assistants. This textbook outlines the observations, clinical management and interventions in the critical first 24 hours of admission, based on an understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms.The new edition has been updated to cover the management of COVID, the most recent advances in the care of common medical emergencies and the latest iteration of the NEWS Guidance.With a unique focus on the overlap between medical and nursing management in the Acute Medical Unit, this book is an ideal source for the entire acute medical team.

  • Sociological Approaches to Health, Healthcare and Nursing

    • 1 Edición
    • Hannah Cooke
    • Inglés
    An understanding of the sociology of health and illness is central to effective health and social care practice. Sociological Approaches to Health, Healthcare and Nursing is a new book for pre- and post-registration nurses and allied health professionals that brings into focus the social context of their work and its social and cultural foundations.The book introduces key social theories and concepts in an accessible way. It covers a range of contemporary post-COVID issues in health and healthcare. A central focus is the social determinants of health: the book discusses these in relation to inequality and discrimination related to social class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and disability. It examines contemporary cultural understandings of health, illness and the body while linking these to social changes and the growth of digital technologies and social media.Aligned with the requirements of the updated NMC Standards of Proficiency for Nurses, this book will support the reader in considering modern healthcare systems and institutions, and their role in either reproducing or challenging inequalities of health. It encourages the reader to critically reflect on their own role within them and how they themselves can help to effect positive change.

  • Applying Pathophysiological Concepts for the NCLEX-RN®: Through an Inclusive Lens

    • 1 Edición
    • Kaveri Roy
    • Inglés
    Develop clinical judgment, understand the role of social determinants of health in patient care, and build pathophysiological connections to decision-making! An inclusive guide, Applying Pathophysiological Concepts for the NCLEX-RN® helps you understand pathophysiology principles, how they relate to the social determinants of health, and how they relate to improving patient care. Coverage of diseases and disorders is organized by body system, with each chapter including an overview of the topic, a guide to study along with study tips, realistic case studies, and challenge questions asking you to apply your knowledge to clinical situations. Written by noted nurse educator Kaveri Roy, this text features a strong focus on clinical judgment that makes it a perfect study and review tool for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN®.

  • Social Prescribing

    Paradigms, Perspectives and Practice
    • 1 Edición
    • Heather Henry
    • Inglés
    Social prescribing – the connection of people to communities, services and activities to meet their practical, social and emotional needs – has become an increasingly important element of healthcare policy. As debate intensifies over an appropriate national model, this new book provides the first comprehensive overview of the entire concept of social prescribing.Social Prescribing: Paradigms, Perspectives and Practice pulls together arguments, evidence and resources to define social prescribing and analyze how it can change lives. It considers a range of paradigms for improving health and wellbeing through social approaches, and provides real-life examples of where the theory has been realized in practice.The book is well-balanced and easy to understand, making it ideal for healthcare practitioners, researchers and policy makers who are interested in exploring the potential of social prescribing for improving health and wellbeing.Editor Heather Henry is former chair of New NHS Alliance (now The Health Creation Alliance CIC), which influences national health strategy and policy on health inequalities and wellbeing. Her NHS career in primary care as both a practising Queen's Nurse and NHS director, combined with her experience of the voluntary community and social enterprise sector, ideally qualifies her to curate and interpret a wide range of contributions from household names to seldom-heard voices.

  • Learning to Care

    The Nursing Associate
    • 2 Edición
    • Ian Peate
    • Inglés
    As the role of the nursing associate becomes increasingly embedded in health and care in the UK, this popular text is designed to fully prepare students for their future professional role as competent and compassionate nursing associates.Learning to Care: The Nursing Associate, Second Edition is written by a team of leading educators and practitioners to meet the specific needs of student nursing associates. It is straightforward to read and understand, covering everything from how to learn and how to write an essay, to fundamental anatomy and physiology and how to manage common disorders.This second edition has been fully updated to address evolving trends, making it ideal for all student nursing associates, educators and practitioners.

  • Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants

    • 11 Edición
    • Leighann Remmert
    • Inglés
    Known for its comprehensive coverage, readability, and visual presentation, Mosby’s Textbook for Nursing Assistants, 11th Edition helps prepare you to work in long-term care, acute care, and subacute care settings — and includes a practice scenario in each chapter to enhance your clinical judgment skills. It’s the most comprehensive text for CNA programs, packed with step-by-step instructions for more than 100 procedures. Lifespan coverage includes skills not only for adults and older residents, but also for maternity and pediatric patients, so you can be comfortable working in a variety of care settings. Shorter, more focused chapters allow you to learn in manageable portions and an enhanced art program clarifies important concepts and procedural steps.

  • Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach

    • 8 Edición
    • Donna D. Ignatavicius + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 3rd Place in Nursing Education/Profession... Development, 2025** Develop the multiple types of thinking you need to make safe, appropriate clinical judgments! Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach, 8th Edition, brings these concepts to life through engaging, easy-to-understand language, diverse learning activities, and real-life clinical scenarios. This edition emphasizes readiness for nursing practice and the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, with a focus on the six cognitive (thinking) skills needed to make evidence-based clinical judgments.

  • International Healthcare Professionals’ Handbook

    A Success Guide to Working in the UK for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals
    • 1 Edición
    • Annesha Archyangelio
    • Inglés
    The International Healthcare Professionals’ Handbook: A Success Guide to Working in the UK for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals is a compendium of advice, information and support for new international recruits embarking on careers in the UK – from those who have succeeded before.Written by Annesha Archyangelio, a Jamaican-born nurse who has worked for many years in the NHS, the book will help you navigate UK healthcare systems and processes with ease. It’s packed full of handy guidance, covering everything from terminology to cultural competency and how to adapt to new ways of working.This invaluable book will not only help you settle into your role in the UK but provides strategies for thriving in your career into the future.

  • Healthcare Simulation in Nursing Practice, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 59-3
    • Penni I. Watts
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Nursing Clinics of North America, guest editor Dr. Penni I. Watts, Assistant Dean for Clinical Simulation and Training at the University of Alabama School of Nursing, brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Healthcare Simulation in Nursing Practice. Simulation is typically utilized in nursing education, but there are many important uses, and positive outcomes, for simulation in the clinical setting. Topics covered include simulation for improving communication skills, professional integrity and ethical considerations, designing evidence-based scenarios for simulation experiences, plus many more. Top experts explore these topics with an eye on relevance to practicing bedside nurses.

  • LPN to RN Transitions

    • 6 Edición
    • Lora Claywell
    • Inglés
    Take the next step in your nursing career — master the role of the RN! With a special focus on preparing for the Next Generation NCLEX-RN® (NGN) exam, LPN to RN Transitions, 6th Edition helps you learn the concepts and skills required of registered nurses. The book covers all the basics, including a discussion of nursing theory and the nursing process as well as key provider-of-care skills such as clinical judgment, communication, and evidence-based decision making. It also covers the RN’s role as manager of care, with coverage of leading, delegating and interprofessional collaboration. Written by nursing educator Lora Claywell, this complete guide helps you succeed in the classroom, on the NGN, and in clinical practice.

  • Cuidados de heridas crónicas para estudiantes de Enfermería y otras Ciencias de la Salud

    • 1 Edición
    • Francisco Pedro García Fernández + 2 más
    • Español
    Cuidados de heridas crónicas para estudiantes de Enfermería y otras Ciencias de la Salud es un compendio derivado de la tercera edición de Atención integral de las heridas crónicas basado en la evidencia científica más reciente y la experiencia clínica más relevante sobre la atención a pacientes con heridas crónicas y complejas. Destacan el respeto escrupuloso a los dictados científicos y el enfoque multiprofesional, en un manual práctico, eminentemente didáctico y de fácil lectura, que constituirá una herramienta de apoyo básico y sostenido para los profesionales involucrados en el cuidado de estos pacientes. La obra va dirigida a enfermeras y otros profesionales de la salud, así como a docentes e investigadores involucrados o interesados en la atención preventiva o terapéutica a pacientes con heridas crónicas y complejas. Todos los autores que han participado en la obra cuentan con una amplia experiencia clínica y destacan por su relevancia investigadora.

  • The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit

    Preparing Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses for Clinical Practice
    • 1 Edición
    • Beth Heuer + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Develop the skills necessary for precepting RN and APRN students and new orientees! The Nurse Preceptor Toolkit is written by and for RN and APRN clinicians and faculty members from a variety of levels, specialties, and settings. Using real-life examples and practical tips, this comprehensive resource answers the questions preceptors often ask when interacting with students of all levels, as well as new orientees. Within its pages, you’ll find everything you need to develop and solidify the clinical teaching skills essential to becoming an effective preceptor.

  • Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing

    • 9 Edición
    • Mary Beth Flynn Makic + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Critical Care–Emergency Nursing, 2025****Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Critical Care**Develop the knowledge and skills you need to succeed in critical and progressive care nursing! Sole’s Introduction to Critical Care Nursing, 9th Edition is a concise, easy-to-understand guide to safe, effective, and person-centered critical and progressive care nursing. Its evidence-based approach includes realistic case studies and unpacks the concepts, technologies, and skills used in caring for acutely and critically ill patients. Disorders are conveniently organized by body system or special situation. Content has been updated throughout, including new content on COVID-19, expanded tools for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam and clinical judgment, new integration of the 2021 AACN Essentials including a new emphasis on nursing self-care and health equity, and new quick-reference Key Points at the end of each chapter. This concise textbook prepares you for success on the NGN and in your new role as a critical or progressive care nurse.

  • Atención integral de las heridas crónicas

    • 3 Edición
    • Francisco Pedro García Fernández + 2 más
    • Español
    Atención integral de las heridas crónicas, tercera edición, es un compendio basado en la evidencia científica más reciente y la experiencia clínica más relevante sobre la atención a pacientes con heridas crónicas y complejas. Destacan el respeto escrupuloso a los dictados científicos y el enfoque multiprofesional, en un manual práctico, eminentemente didáctico y de fácil lectura, que constituirá una herramienta de apoyo básico y sostenido para los profesionales involucrados en el cuidado de estos pacientes. Con el objetivo de impulsar acciones de investigación dentro de la comunidad enfermera, se incluyen capítulos sobre metodología de investigación en este entorno de actuación. No en vano, desde hace veinte años, uno de los objetivos primordiales de la obra ha sido poner en valor el impacto de estos lesivos problemas de salud, con la intención de darles la importancia que merecen en el ámbito docente y académico, y mejorar así la atención a los pacientes. La obra va dirigida a enfermeras y otros profesionales de la salud, así como a docentes e investigadores involucrados o interesados en la atención preventiva o terapéutica a pacientes con heridas crónicas y complejas. Los 76 autores que han participado en la obra cuentan con una amplia experiencia clínica y destacan por su relevancia investigadora.

  • Study Guide for Lilley's Pharmacology for Canadian Health Care Practice

    • 5 Edición
    • Kara Sealock + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Ensure your mastery of need-to-know Canadian pharmacology nursing principles with the Study Guide for Lilley’s Pharmacology for Canadian Health Care Practice, 5th Edition. Designed to accompany the Lilley’s textbook, this dynamic study guide helps you better understand, retain, and apply the information and concepts from each chapter of the text. Worksheets for each chapter include multiple-choice review questions, critical thinking and application questions, case studies, and a wealth of other learning activities to help you fully prepare for credentialling exams.

  • Ross & Wilson Pharmacology

    • 1 Edición
    • Allison Grant
    • Inglés
    Ross & Wilson texts are known for their clear, accessible explanations that provide comprehensive information without excessive detail - making them highly sought after by nurses, pharmacy students, students of allied health professions and paramedics.This new title applies the same approach to the discussion of drugs and their use in medicine. Readers will develop a sound scientific understanding about the mechanism of action of drugs and be able to relate this to their clinical uses, as well as appreciate their effects on the body’s physiological systems.Beautifully illustrated and written in a way that is easy to understand, Ross & Wilson Pharmacology is an ideal companion for practitioners, students and prescribers wanting a clear and practical understanding of the fast-changing field of clinical pharmacology.

  • Ethics & Issues In Contemporary Nursing

    • 2 Edición
    • Margaret A Burkhardt + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Legal/Ethical**Learn how to think beyond the theoretical in any environment. Ethics & Issues in Contemporary Nursing, 2nd Edition examines the latest trends, principles, theories, and models in patient care to help you learn how to make ethically sound decisions in complex and often controversial situations. Written from a global perspective, examples throughout the text reflect current national and international issues inviting you to explore cases considering socio-cultural influences, personal values, and professional ethics. Historical examples demonstrate how to think critically while upholding moral and professional standards, as well as the law. Key topics throughout explore advocacy and rights, diversity, nurse burnout, mass casualty events, effects of the COVID pandemic, health equity, social media, violence in the workplace, medication error prevention, opioid and other substance use, HIPAA, and healthcare reform. In addition, this title contains supplemental case studies and review questions to further challenge and prepare you to make morally sound decisions in any healthcare setting.

  • The Social and Structural Determinants of Health

    Educating Nurses to Advance Health Equity
    • 1 Edición
    • Teri A. Murray
    • Inglés
    **2026 Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Most Promising New Textbook Award Winner****American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 1st Place in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2025**Gain the knowledge and skills you need to promote equity in health care! Focused on what nurses can do to address health disparities, The Social and Structural Determinants of Health: Educating Nurses to Advance Health Equity provides a comprehensive look at how factors such as income, education, and race can lead to systemic disadvantage in health and well-being. It shows how nurses can partner with communities and organizations to understand the root causes of inequities in health, develop equity-minded skills, and take action to advance long-lasting progress. Written by Teri A. Murray, a noted nursing educator with rich expertise in health equity, this text makes it easy to learn and apply the principles that can lead to better health outcomes and healthier communities.

  • Transcultural Nursing

    • 9 Edición
    • Joyce Newman Giger + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **American Journal of Nursing (AJN) Book of the Year Awards, 2nd Place in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, 2025****Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles in Community Health**Provide quality care for clients from culturally diverse backgrounds! Transcultural Nursing, 9th Edition shows you how to apply assessment and intervention strategies to individuals from a variety of different cultures. Based on Giger and Davidhizer’s unique transcultural model, this text helps you deliver culturally sensitive care with use of the six key aspects of cultural assessment: communication, time, space, social organization, environmental control, and biologic variations. Practical, real-world coverage shows how an understanding of cultural variations and individual patient needs will help you promote safe and effective care.

  • Global Health and Nursing

    A New Narrative for the 21st Century
    • 1 Edición
    • Barbara Stilwell
    • Inglés
    Nurses are critical in addressing the great health challenges we now face. For the first time, Global Health and Nursing provides an overview of global health issues specifically for nurses. Critical topics covered in this exciting new book include the social determinants of health, planetary health, globalisation and migration. It highlights the importance of investment in the nursing profession, the role of gender, and how nurses can find a global voice to become influential leaders as we rebuild health systems post-pandemic. Edited by Dr Barbara Stilwell, one of the UK’s most influential nurses and a champion for health workers and strong health systems, the book is suitable for all those interested in global health, including postgraduate nurses, nurse educators, practising nurses and nurses taking global health programmes.

  • Clasificación de Resultados de Enfermería (NOC)

    Medición de Resultados en Salud
    • 7 Edición
    • Sue Moorhead + 2 más
    • Español
    Séptima edición de la obra que presenta una lista exhaustiva de conceptos, definiciones y medidas estandarizados que describen los resultados de los pacientes en función de las intervenciones enfermeras. Esta séptima edición actualizada y revisada incluye 612 resultados basados en la investigación que estandarizan la medición de los resultados de salud en individuos, familias y comunidades; 82 nuevos resultados y 402 resultados revisados.

  • Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing

    • 4 Edición
    • ASPMN
    • Inglés
    Prepare for the nurse’s role in assessing and managing pain! Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing, 4th Edition uses an easy-to-read outline format to cover the entire scope of pain management. Written by the American Society of Pain Management Nurses (ASPMN®, the leading nursing organization in pain management), this review begins with foundational concepts and follows with guidelines and tools for effective pain assessment. Coverage of evidence-based pain management strategies and therapies is included for all patient types and ages. Updated to reflect current best practices in nursing, this book provides an excellent review for the ASPMN® pain management certification exam and the RN-BC credentialing exam.

  • Casos de razonamiento clínico en Enfermería

    Selección de casos pediátricos y obstétrico-ginecológicos
    • 8 Edición
    • Mariann M. Harding + 1 más
    • Español
    Aprenda a hacer juicios clínicos de enfermería con Casos de razonamiento clínico en enfermería. Selección de casos pediátricos y obstétrico-ginecológ... 8ª edición. Galardonado con el segundo puesto en los Premios AJN 2019 al Libro del Año en la categoría Médico-Quirúrgica, este recurso de estudio de casos es muy apreciado por sus casos clínicamente relevantes y que invitan a la reflexión. Actualizado para reflejar los estándares más actuales de la práctica clínica, este volumen recopila 27 casos reales de estudio en las especialidades de Pediatría y Obstetricia/Ginecolo... Cada caso cubre un problema común del paciente extraído de experiencias clínicas reales y escrito por enfermeras expertas en la práctica clínica, e incluye un fuerte enfoque en las competencias de colaboración interprofesional.

  • Simulation-Based Education

    A Practical Approach for Health and Care Educators
    • 1 Edición
    • Elizabeth Simpson + 2 más
    • Inglés
    With an increasing focus on Simulation-Based Education (SBE) in health care, this new book is a step-by-step guide to becoming an effective SBE educator.Simulation-... Education: A Practical Approach for Health and Care Educators provides practical advice for undergraduate and postgraduate educators on how to plan and deliver SBE across a range of health and social care disciplines. It covers the planning, delivery and evaluation of SBE, hints and tips for success, and interactive immersive simulation in a variety of education settings.Written by SBE specialists from across the healthcare disciplines, the book uses a ‘workshop’ approach that encourages readers to evaluate their current practice and apply new knowledge to develop their strengths, making it invaluable for the entire SBE team.

  • Care of People Living with HIV: Contemporary Issues, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 59-2
    • Kara S McGee
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Nursing Clinics, guest editor Kara S. McGee brings her considerable expertise to the topic of contemporary issues in the care of people living with HIV. The landscape of HIV prevention and treatment has evolved significantly over the past few decades, and HIV is now a chronic, manageable illness. Medical advances in the treatment of HIV have translated to normal life expectancy for people living with HIV who are on effective treatment, and innovations in HIV prevention approaches means that we have the tools to significantly reduce the number of new HIV infections in the United States.

  • Successful Studying for Nursing Students

    • 1 Edición
    • Melanie Hayward
    • Inglés
    Welcome to nursing! Successful Studying for Nursing Students is part of the New Notes on Nursing series, a series created especially for you, the nursing student at the start of your nursing journey. This book is an in-depth look at all the study skills you will need in your first year of being a student and beyond. From getting started at university to critical thinking, Successful Studying for Nursing Students is your essential guide.The New Notes on Nursing series presents key topics in a highly accessible way, without making assumptions about your existing knowledge. Concise volumes cover critical and emerging areas, including cultural competence, digital professionalism, politics and activism, clinical placements and more. The aim is to make content engaging and easy to absorb, focussing just on what is essential for success on your course. Using a relaxed writing style and an all-new design, these unique books provide personal guidance from experts and students alike. So when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for New Notes on Nursing!

  • Administración de medicamentos

    • 4 Edición
    • Adelaida Zabalegui Yárnoz + 1 más
    • Español
    LA GUÍA ESENCIAL PARA LA ADMINISTRACIÓN SEGURA Y EFICAZ DE MEDICAMENTOS. Los medicamentos son el recurso sanitario más utilizado en la atención a los pacientes, por lo que la formación de los profesionales sanitarios, tanto en los aspectos teóricos de la elección de los medicamentos como en los aspectos prácticos de su preparación y administración, es fundamental para asegurar un uso racional y seguro de estos y una atención sanitaria de calidad. Administración de medicamentos, 4.ª ed., ofrece una visión integral de los principios y las prácticas involucrados en la administración de medicamentos, y hace énfasis en la importancia de la precisión y la seguridad en este proceso crucial en el que las enfermeras asumen una gran responsabilidad. Esta cuarta edición mantiene el enfoque eminentemente práctico de las anteriores, con numerosos ejemplos de situaciones clínicas reales, y ofrece una visión única del complejo proceso de utilización de los medicamentos, que abarca desde la prescripción y la dispensación hasta la seguridad en la administración. La obra está claramente orientada en clave de competencias para la formación universitaria y continuada de los profesionales. Por ello, será de especial interés para los estudiantes de Enfermería y otras titulaciones de Ciencias de la Salud, y de gran utilidad para los profesionales sanitarios en ejercicio. Adelaida Zabalegui Yárnoz y María Lombraña Mencía coordinan a un equipo de expertos clínicos de los ámbitos de la Enfermería y la Farmacia Hospitalaria con una sólida experiencia asistencial, docente e investigadora.

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