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Libros en Enfermería y Obstetricia

  • Contemporary Nursing

    Issues, Trends, & Management
    • 9 Edición
    • Barbara Cherry + 1 más
    • Inglés
    With an understanding of healthcare issues, you can improve patient care and advance the nursing profession! Contemporary Nursing: Issues, Trends, & Management, 9th 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, social and ethical issues, the rising cost of health care, quality improvement and patient safety, palliative care, effective decision-making, collective bargaining and unions, managing time, and career opportunities. Written by noted nursing educators Barbara Cherry and Susan R. Jacob, this text not only prepares you for the NCLEX-RN® examination, but for effective leadership and management in the workplace.

  • Mosby's Prep Guide for the Canadian PN Exam

    Practice Questions for Exam Success
    • 1 Edición
    • Marianne Langille + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Prepare for success on the REx-PN™ and CPNRE® exams! Mosby's Prep Guide for the Canadian PN Exam: Practice Questions for Exam Success is the only concise examination study tool to focus specifically on Canada’s Practical Nurse licensure examination. Between the book and its accompanying website, this resource includes 1,000 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.

  • Study Guide for Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada

    • 3 Edición
    • Lisa Keenan-Lindsay + 6 más
    • Inglés
    The new Study Guide for Perry’s Maternal Child Nursing Care in Canada is designed to help you review and master content from the core text and learn how to think critically in applying your knowledge. Chapters parallel those in the text and provide review, critical thinking applications, engaging activities, and more, with an answer key at the back of the book. This comprehensive study guide also contains case studies to help you integrate information and develop the critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgement skills required to pass your licensure examination and excel in clinical practice.

  • Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals

    Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology
    • 2 Edición
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki
    • Inglés
    Master the clinical and administrative competencies you need to succeed as a Medical Assistant! Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, 2nd Edition covers the administrative and clinical knowledge, skills, and procedures that are essential to patient care. A reader-friendly approach and focus on foundational content — including medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, basic math calculations, and soft skills — provide a solid foundation for the key skills and procedures at the heart of Medical Assisting practice. An applied learning approach organizes content around realistic case scenarios. The 2nd edition adds coverage of intravenous procedures, catheterization, and limited-scope radiography to address competencies approved in many states. This practical text will prepare you to launch a successful Medical Assisting career!

  • Manual of Critical Care Nursing

    Interprofessional Collaborative Management
    • 8 Edición
    • Marianne Saunorus Baird
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Critical Care**

  • Clinical Skills

    A Nurse's Pocket Guide
    • 1 Edición
    • Robin Schwarz
    • Inglés
    Clinical Skills: A Nurse’s Pocket Guide is a new easy reference intended to be carried by nurses into the clinical environment for quick access during their practice.This helpful resource provides quick references for a range of core as well as more complex clinical skills, including neurological assessment, ECG recording, chest auscultation, resuscitation guidelines, recognition and management of sepsis, and pain relief. It also considers fluid and electrolyte balance, wound care and key aspects of nutrition.Written by experienced nurse practitioner Rob Schwarz, the easy to navigate text closes the gap between theory and practice, supporting nurses to build understanding and acquire new skills. It will be a much-used resource by training and qualified nurses alike.

  • Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing

    • 6 Edición
    • Marcia Stanhope + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Master the essentials of health promotion in community and public health nursing! Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 6th Edition provides clear, concise coverage of the nurse’s role in preventing disease, promoting health, and providing health education in community settings. Case studies and critical thinking activities make it easier to apply concepts to community nursing practice. New to this edition are Healthy People 2030 guidelines and coverage of the latest issues, trends, and approaches. Written by well-known nursing educators Marcia Stanhope and Jeanette Lancaster, this streamlined text covers the fundamentals of designing effective nursing strategies for vulnerable and special populations.

  • Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications

    A Nursing Approach
    • 8 Edición
    • Michele Grodner + 2 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for 2026 Doody's Core Titles as an Essential Purchase in Nutrition**Master the nurse’s role in therapeutic nutrition and in teaching dietary health! Nutritional Foundations and Clinical Applications: A Nursing Approach, 8th Edition describes nutritional healing and wellness from the nurse’s perspective. It covers dietary guidelines with a humanistic, personal touch, using first-hand accounts to show how nutrition principles apply to patients in real-world practice. This edition is updated with the most current guidelines and the latest research on nutrition. Written by noted educators Michele Grodner, Sylvia Escott-Stump, and Suzie Dorner, this leading nutrition text promotes healthy diets and shows how nutrition may be used in treating and controlling diseases and disorders.

  • Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span

    • 10 Edición
    • Carole Lium Edelman + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Patient Education**Master health promotion for all ages and population groups! Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 10th Edition provides comprehensive coverage of leading health promotion concepts from assessment to interventions to application. Its lifespan approach addresses patients’ unique needs with case studies and care plans presented within an assessment framework based on Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns. Addressing each age and stage of development, this market-leading text covers the latest research and trends in health promotion and disease prevention for diverse population groups.

  • Calculate with Confidence

    • 8 Edición
    • Deborah C. Morris
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Pharmacology**Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 8th Edition makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula method, and dimensional analysis. Clear, step-by-step instructions guide you through accurate calculation and safe administration of drug dosages. Thousands of practice problems ensure that you gain proficiency, QSEN principles prioritize client safety, and an emphasis on clinical reasoning helps you prevent medication errors. New Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN) case studies help in improving clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to Supervising and Assessing

    • 2 Edición
    • Karen Elcock
    • Inglés
    Are you supporting students in practice? This book provides an overview of the different approaches and summarises the key NMC Standards that you need to understand. You will follow the student's journey on placement starting from the preparation needed before they arrive through to the orientation, initial interview and planning of learning, plus how to provide feedback and ensure that your assessment is fair and objective. Some of the challenges you may face will be explored, along with approaches you can use to ensure successful outcomes.　This is an indispensable handbook for:Both new and experienced nurses seeking practical adviceAcademic staff who prepare and support practice supervisors and assessorsStudents undertaking modules on teaching and learning in practice

  • Análisis de datos en enfermería

    Comprensión y uso de datos para optimizar la asistencia sanitaria en hospitales y sistemas de salud
    • 1 Edición
    • Molly McNett
    • Español
    Obra que proporciona a los pacientes de enfermería toda la información sobre cómo trabajar con datos a fin de evaluar y mejorar la prestación de aistencia a los pacientes. Incorpora toda la información sobre la evaluación comparativa y los indicadores notificables, las métricas económicas, la mejora de la calidad, la investigación y la ciencia de la implementación, con correlaciones con la práctica de la enfermería. También se abordan las medidas de seguridad para garantizar la integridad y la privacidad de los datos personales de los pacientes. Un recurso imprescindible para los profesionales de enfermería, pero también para otros profesionales sanitarios que requieren de unos conocimientos básicos sobre los principios clave del uso de datos para implementar eficazmente prácticas basadas en la evidencia y mejorar la calidad del servicio y la notificación obligatoria de índices clave. Proporciona ejemplos de la compleja relación entre los datos de investigación, los indicadores notificables, los reembolsos económicos y la mejora de la calidad, así cmo de la evaluación y la implementación de las prácticas basadas en la evidencia.

  • La enfermera comunitaria de enlace

    Práctica avanzada, eficacia en la gestión de casos y atención domiciliaria
    • 1 Edición
    • Gonzalo Duarte Climents + 1 más
    • Español
    Obra que presenta una fundamentación teórica, técnica y legal de Modelo de Enfermería Comunitaria de Enlace. La gestión de casos por parte de enfermeras ha sido explorada en diversas investigaciones, pero no existe un estudio detallado ni una descripción protocolizada "paso a paso" de su trabajo. En esta obra se presentan los fundamentos de su creación, la legislación que la ampara, la forma en que se organiza y los principios de su funcionamiento. Se propone, además, un protocolo básico para el desarrollo de la gestión de casos, y se analiza su impacto sobre los indicadores económicos y de resultados del sistema sanitario. Evalúa el coste económico de la puesta en marcha del modelo propuesto, y su efectividad según los indicadores económicos, de procesos y de resultados del sistema sanitario. Pese a estar dirigida especialmente a las enfermeras comunitarias de enlace, también resulta de interés para médicos y cuadros directivos tanto de la atención primaria como de la hospitalaria.

  • Lectura critica de la evidencia clinica

    • 2 Edición
    • Juan Bautista Cabello López
    • Español
    Una herramienta esencial para adquirir las habilidades necesarias para el uso de la mejor evidencia disponible. La nueva edicion de esta obra aborda la lectura critica en el contexto clinico y los modelos de construccion de preguntas clinicas. Su parte central, mas pragmatica, se enfoca hacia como leer criticamente los estudios de tratamiento (ensayos clinicos aleatorios, revisiones sistematicas), de diagnostico (exactitud de las pruebas diagnosticas) y de pronostico (estudios de cohortes y reglas de prediccion clinica). Esta segunda edicion incluye importantes novedades para recoger todos los cambios que se ha producido en este ambito en los ultimos a?os y que son fundamentales para cubrir de manera adecuada las necesidades de los profesionales. El libro se orienta tanto a los profesionales de ciencias de la salud, como a los clinicos en formacion (enfermeros, medicos de las especialidades medicas y quirurgicas, fisioterapeutas, farmaceuticos, psicologos, gestores clinicos) y en general profesionales que precisan de la evidencia publicada para fundamentar sus decisiones clinicas.

  • Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care

    • 11 Edición
    • Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Trust Lehne’s to make pharmacology more approachable! Known for its clear explanations of drug prototypes and how they work, Lehne's Pharmacology for Nursing Care, 11th Edition provides a solid understanding of key drugs and their implications for nursing care. A perennial student favorite, this book simplifies complex pharmacology concepts, using large and small print to distinguish need-to-know drug content from the material that’s merely nice to know. It also includes in-depth coverage of physiology, pathophysiology and drug therapy. Written by noted nursing educators Jacqueline Rosenjack Burchum and Laura Rosenthal, this text helps you understand and apply pharmacology principles as opposed to simply memorizing drug facts.

  • Knowledge Development in Nursing

    Theory and Process
    • 11 Edición
    • Peggy L. Chinn + 2 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Education**Apply the five patterns of knowing to improve nursing care! Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process, 11th Edition explores nursing theory and how it is related to nursing research and quality patient care. It examines the principles of knowledge development, using the patterns of knowing to help you develop sound clinical judgment. Each chapter begins with a Basics section, which is followed by a Now That You Know the Basics section providing a deeper understanding of knowledge patterns for more advanced learners. In addition, the content in this edition aligns with the new 2021 AACN Essentials for Nursing Education. Key content in this text is also used as the basis for the creation of the first domain within the AACN Essentials, Knowledge for Nursing Practice, and in other domains within the AACN Essentials. Written by nursing educators Peggy Chinn, Maeona Kramer, and Kathleen Sitzman, this edition reflects the latest thinking in nursing knowledge development and adds emphasis to real-world application.

  • Maternal-Child Nursing

    • 6 Edición
    • Emily Slone McKinney + 4 más
    • Inglés
    Build your skills in the science and art of maternity and pediatric nursing! Maternal-Child Nursing, 6th Edition makes it easy to understand the essentials of women’s health, maternity, and children’s nursing care. It simplifies the steps of the nursing process and relates them to care, helping you develop clinical judgment skills and provide safe, effective care in evidence-based practice. This edition adds case studies preparing you for the new Next Generation NCLEX® examination. Best of all, active learning tools and features make it fun to master nursing concepts, offering plenty of opportunities to apply your knowledge to the practice setting.

  • A Nurse's Survival Guide to General Practice Nursing

    • 1 Edición
    • Karen Storey + 1 más
    • Inglés
    General practice nurses are faced with the daily challenge of keeping up-to-date with a vast range of conditions and their management. They also need to be familiar with evidence-based practice to inform high-level decision making. This Survival Guide will prove a valuable resource to nursing students experiencing general practice for the first time.Many universities across England now deliver ‘Fundamentals of General Practice’ programmes. This book will complement those programmes and provide essential information to assist nurses new to general practice.For experienced nurses working in general practice there are essential chapters covering the latest developments such as leadership, quality improvement, PCN developments and essential clinical knowledge that highlight the changes in clinical care in recent years, plus an acknowledgement of the impact the COVID 19 pandemic has had on management of care.This is an indispensable handbook for:Defining the essential knowledge for meeting continuing professional development requirementsUndersta... fundamental clinical skills to ensure best practiceExploring new ways of working to consult and communicate with patientsInvestigatin... ways to improve care delivery

  • Midwifery Essentials: Perinatal Mental Health

    Volume 9
    • 1 Edición
    • Michelle Anderson
    • Inglés
    With up to 20% of women developing a mental health problem during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth, Perinatal Mental Health provides the UK’s first practical guide aimed specifically at the midwives who care for them.The book combines clinical and theoretical approaches to midwifery practice, and takes a holistic, women-centred approach to care. All aspects of perinatal mental health are covered comprehensively, including birth, support for fathers, social and cultural factors, the parent/infant relationship, and midwifery care for trans/masculine, and non-binary people.Written through a unique collaboration between experienced midwives, academics and perinatal mental health experts, this text contains all the key information needed by midwives and student midwives who may encounter women in need of mental health support during pregnancy and beyond.

  • Study Guide for Nursing Research

    Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 10 Edición
    • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Providing practical and engaging content review and application exercises, this study guide helps you master the essential nursing research and evidence-based practice content covered in LoBiondo-Wood & Haber’s Nursing Research, 10th Edition. This edition features an active learning approach and includes new Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam–style case studies.

  • Growth and Development Across the Lifespan

    A Health Promotion Focus
    • 3 Edición
    • Gloria Leifer + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Promote healthy behaviors and healthy lifestyles throughout the life cycle! Growth and Development Across the Lifespan, 3rd Edition helps you plan and implement appropriate care for patients at each age and stage of life. Explaining concepts of physical, cognitive, social, and personality development, this text provides strategies for improving patient health and quality of life for each age group. Healthy People 2030 objectives are used to set a framework for positive health behaviors. From noted educators and authors Gloria Leifer and Eve Fleck, this book shows how a knowledge of normal growth and aberrations can be used to design individual approaches to patient care.

  • Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

    A Clinical Approach
    • 9 Edición
    • Margaret Jordan Halter
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Psychiatric**Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrated explanations of the neurobiology of disorders, DSM-5 criteria for major disorders, and nursing care plans. From clinical nurse specialist and lead author Dr. Margaret Jordan Halter, this bestselling text includes new Next Generation NCLEX® content to prepare you for success on your PMHN certification exam.

  • Ulrich and Canale's Nursing Care Planning Guides, 8th Edition Revised Reprint with 2021-2023 NANDA-I® Updates

    • 8 Edición
    • Nancy Haugen + 1 más
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 in Diagnosis/Assessment...

  • Best Practices in Nursing, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 56-3
    • Erica L. Stone
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Nursing Clinics, guest editor Erica L. Stone brings her considerable expertise to the topic of best practices in nursing.

  • Brown and Mulholland’s Drug Calculations

    Ratio and Proportion Problems for Clinical Practice
    • 12 Edición
    • Ann Tritak-Elmiger + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Trust this market-leading ratio and proportion text that’s known for its realistic practice problems and unique "proof" step in the answer key that allows you to double-check your answers to avoid medication errors. This edition continues to promote critical thinking, clinical judgment, and patient safety with respect to accurate drug dosages. Helpful worksheets, assessment tests, and Clinical Alerts　call attention to situations in actual practice that have resulted in drug errors — giving you extensive hands-on practice for the Next Generation NCLEX® and beyond.

  • Nursing Theorists and Their Work

    • 10 Edición
    • Martha Raile Alligood
    • Inglés
    **Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Theory**Find the thinking of 39 leading nursing theorists in one comprehensive text! Nursing Theorists and Their Work, 10th Edition provides a clear, in-depth look at nursing theories of historical and international significance. Each chapter presents a key nursing theory or philosophy, showing how systematic theoretical evidence can enhance decision making, professionalism, and quality of care. Lead author Martha Raile Alligood is known nationally and internationally for her expertise in nursing theory. A classic in the field of nursing theory, this text uses objective critiques, case studies, and critical thinking activities to bridge the gap between nursing theory and application.

  • Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy

    • 16 Edición
    • Staci Nix
    • Inglés
    Stay up to date on all the latest in nutrition care with Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 16th Edition. This market-leading text provides concise, need-to-know coverage of hot topics, emerging trends, and cutting-edge research to ensure you are equipped to make informed decisions on patient nutrition in the clinical space. And with its conversational writing style, vivid illustrations, and wide array of reader-friendly features, you can easily understand how the concepts in the book can be applied in clinical practice. The text is broken out into four parts: an introduction to the basic principles of nutrition science, human growth and development needs, community nutrition, and clinical nutrition. Next Generation NCLEX® case studies and question types are also included in the text and on the companion Evolve website.

  • Skills Performance Checklists for Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques

    • 10 Edición
    • Anne G. Perry + 3 más
    • Inglés
    Track your performance of clinical nursing skills with convenient checklists! Skills Performance Checklists makes it easy to document and assess your proficiency in all of the more than 200 skills and procedures presented in Perry & Potter’s Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 10th Edition text. Follow these checklists step by step, and mark the completion of each step. Perforated pages make it easy to submit your work to instructors for evaluation. It’s an excellent tool for building and assessing essential nursing skills!

  • Practical General Practice Nursing

    • 1 Edición
    • Marion Welsh + 1 más
    • Inglés
    This brand-new title Practical General Practice Nursing has been developed to support the professional development of the General Practice Nurse, in particular the ‘early career’ practitioner. This book provides a contemporary and practical approach to understanding the breadth and depth of this unique community nursing role. With the content developed by expert practitioners and nurse educators from across the UK this truly comprehensive book covers a wide range of clinical and professional topics.Presented in an easy to read format, which is illustrated in full colour, this book represents an excellent resource to support the practice nurse in the delivery of evidence-based care. Marion Welsh and Sue Brooks, both of whom have wealth of experience in working as General Practice Nurses, have edited this first edition, whose key features include:

  • Nursing Research

    Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice
    • 10 Edición
    • Geri LoBiondo-Wood + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Find out why this book is a student favorite! Providing a solid foundation in nursing research and evidence-based practice, Nursing Research: Methods and Critical Appraisal for Evidence-Based Practice, 10th Edition offers balanced coverage of both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand approach.　This edition features new content on trending topics, including the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN), as well as improved usability, user-friendly learning aids, and full-text research articles to help you better understand how to apply research to everyday clinical practice.

  • Prescripción temporal de cuidados

    Un avance en la práctica enfermera
    • 1 Edición
    • Loreto Maciá Soler
    • Español
    Cuidados de Salud Avanzados es una colección de monografías dirigida a profesionales de la salud y estudiantes de grado, máster y doctorado dentro del ámbito de las ciencias de la salud. La colección de 2021 está centrada en los elementos clave para el desarrollo investigador en salud, como son las herramientas para la investigación recogidas en las monografías Práctica basada en la evidencia y Estadística aplicada a las ciencias de la salud, en las que los autores aportan actualizaciones de interés respecto de la edición anterior. Por otra parte, se incluye una monografía nueva relacionada con la práctica avanzada en enfermería desde la perspectiva de la prescripción de cuidados evaluables, es decir, con la temporalidad como eje del desarrollo investigador de enfermería desde la base del cuidado. Todas las monografías han sido dirigidas por profesionales de reconocido prestigio en su campo, que, a su vez, han constituido equipos de trabajo con expertos en cada área, permitiendo que la colección sea una referencia de consulta y apoyo docente y profesional en el entorno de las ciencias de la salud y, en particular, en el ámbito de la enfermería.

  • Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination

    • 1 Edición
    • Donna D. Ignatavicius
    • Inglés
    Get ready to pass the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination (NGN-PN) on your first try with Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination. Written by renowned nursing education expert Donna D. Ignatavicius and a team of expert item writers, this practical workbook focuses on developing the clinical reasoning skills you need to succeed on the NGN-PN and in clinical practice. This collection of engaging and practical thinking exercises has been carefully developed to incorporate the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) and to emphasize the new item types that will be integral to the NGN-PN. Exercises range from basic to more complex and address all key content areas to fully prepare you for all facets of the exam. This "next-generation" workbook will become an invaluable companion throughout nursing school, helping you grow your clinical reasoning skills to match what’s expected on the NGN-PN!

  • Sleep Disorders, An Issue of Nursing Clinics

    • 1 Edición
    • Volumen 56-2
    • Shameka L. Cody
    • Inglés
    In this issue of Nursing Clinics, guest editor Shameka Cody brings her considerable expertise to the topic of Sleep Disorders.

  • Communication Skills for Physiotherapists

    • 1 Edición
    • Vincent Kortleve
    • Inglés
    Essential guide to effective communication for better physiotherapy outcomes This book will help physiotherapists at every stage of their career to develop effective therapeutic communication skills and thereby enhance patient care. Author Vincent Kortleve takes an evidence-based approach that will help practitioners incorporate effective communication skills and strategies into every consultation—from taking a medical history through to therapy and evaluation. Learn how to excel in the four roles of communicative practice—the confidant, the coach, the detective, and the teacher—how to master shared decision-making; motivational interviewing; therapeutic pain education and health education; and how to cope when communication is difficult or breaks down.

  • LPN to RN Transitions

    • 5 Edición
    • Lora Claywell
    • Inglés
    LPN to RN Transitions, 5th Edition makes it easy for you to advance in your nursing career with all of the essential information you need to pursue your RN degree and practice as a registered nurse. This new edition includes practical information on role transition, cultural competency, delegation, interprofessional collaboration, professional writing, and more. Plus, newly revised and updated chapters provide the latest information for one complete, indispensable resource to help you succeed in everything from the classroom to clinical practice!

  • Leadership and Nursing Care Management

    • 7 Edición
    • M. Lindell Joseph + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Develop your management and nursing leadership skills! Leadership & Nursing Care Management, 7th Edition focuses on best practices to help you learn to effectively manage interdisciplinary teams, client needs, and systems of care. A research-based approach includes realistic cases studies showing how to apply management principles to nursing practice. Arranged by American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) competencies, the text addresses topics such as staffing and scheduling, budgeting, team building, legal and ethical issues, and measurement of outcomes. Written by noted nursing educators Diane L. Huber and Maria Lindell Joseph, this edition includes new Next Generation NCLEX® content to prepare you for success on the NGN certification exam.

  • Cuidado de heridas en enfermería

    Un enfoque centrado en la persona
    • 3 Edición
    • Sebastian Probst
    • Español
    Obra imprescindible para cualquier enfermera que desee ampliar sus conocimientos en el área del cuidado de heridas. Está profusamente ilustrado con fotografías y esquemas en color, e incluye detallados casos clínicos que muestran la aplicación práctica de las más recientes investigaciones sobre el cuidado de heridas. Además, ilustra los conceptos desarrollados mediante numerosas fotografías y esquemas de color de las más recientes investigaciones sobre el cuidado de heridas. Incluye nuevos contenidos acerca de la cobertura de las úlceras por presión, la dermatitis asociada a incontinencia urinaria, las úlceras venosas de la extremidad inferior y el control de heridas en cuidados paliativos, además ofrece contenidos plenamente actualizados a fin de reflejar los conocimientos vigentes.

  • Gestión clínica

    Colección Cuidados de Salud Avanzados
    • 2 Edición
    • Loreto Maciá Soler
    • Loreto Maciá Soler
    • Español
    Cuidados de Salud Avanzados es una colección de monografías cuyo objetivo es ampliar los conocimientos básicos adquiridos durante el grado, proporcionando contenidos avanzados en cada materia. Su orientación recoge las cuatro funciones que la OMS otorga a las profesiones sanitarias: asistencial, docente, gestora e investigadora. La segunda edición de la monografía resalta la importancia y la necesidad de una formación en gestión en todos los niveles del sistema sanitario. Gestionar servicios implica tomar decisiones dentro del ámbito sanitario que afectan directamente a los cuidados que se prestan y, para ello, se precisa de una formación específica, complementaria a la formación propia de su titulación en ciencias de la salud y relacionada con gestión sanitaria. Los aspectos clave de la gestión clínica se implementan en los ocho capítulos del libro, en los que se analiza y revisa las compentencias relacionadas con la gestión de centros asistenciales y la importancia de la formación de grado y posgrado en gestión clínica, se desarrolla la gestión por procesos como elemento clave de gestión en el siglo XXI, y se detallan programas de gestión de la calidad, buenas práctias e indicadores de calidad, identificando sus elemenetos y resaltando la importancia de la mejora continua en el desarrollo de las actividades asistenciales. Es el resultado del trabajo de un amplio grupo de profesionales expertos en gestión Sanitaria y resultará de gran interés tatno a esudiantes como a profesionales y a todos aquellos que quieran completar sus conocimientos sobre gestión sanitaria, especialmente clínica, desde una perspectiva actualizada y amplia.

  • Workbook to Accompany Sorrentino's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker

    • 5 Edición
    • Mary J. Wilk + 4 más
    • Inglés
    Reinforce your understanding of Sorrentino’s Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker, 5th Edition! Designed to accompany Sorrentino’s bestselling textbook, this workbook helps you review and master all of the text’s important concepts, skills, and procedures. Worksheets for the topics in each chapter include multiple-choice questions, true and false questions, matching and labelling exercises, and other activities. Matching the textbook chapter for chapter, this helpful study tool ensures that you are prepared for success in your career as a support worker.

  • Prioritization, Delegation, and Assignment

    Practice Exercises for the NCLEX-RN® Examination
    • 5 Edición
    • Linda A. LaCharity + 2 más
    • Inglés
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    • Inglés
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    • 1 Edición
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    • 3 Edición
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    • Inglés
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    • 6 Edición
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    • JoAnn Zerwekh + 1 más
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    • Español
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    • Español
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