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Libros en Ciencias de la Salud

  • Stanhope & Lancaster's Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing

    • 7 Edición
    • Lisa M. Turner + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Master the essentials of health promotion in community and public health nursing! Stanhope & Lancaster's Foundations for Population Health in Community/Public Health Nursing, 7th 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 AACN Essentials, Healthy People 2030 guidelines, and coverage of the latest issues, trends, and practices. Written by nursing educators Lisa Turner and Krista Lynn Jones, this market-leading text shows how to design effective nursing strategies for vulnerable and special populations.
  • Medical Terminology: A Short Course

    • 10 Edición
    • Davi-Ellen Chabner
    • Inglés
    Quickly build a working medical vocabulary with Chabner’s Medical Terminology: A Short Course, 10th Edition! Based on Davi-Ellen Chabner's proven learning method, this streamlined text helps you master the basics of medical vocabulary, including the most frequently encountered prefixes, suffixes, and word roots. Medical terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology to help you understand the exact meaning, with case studies, vignettes, and activities demonstrating how they're used in practice. With writing and interacting with medical terminology on almost every page, you’ll learn by doing. In addition, an accessible Evolve companion website reinforces understanding with medical animations, word games, flash cards, and more.
  • Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination

    • 8 Edición
    • HESI + 1 más
    • Inglés
    Prepare for success on the NCLEX-PN® exam with this proven HESI® review! Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination, 8th Edition provides a complete, all-in-one guide to the information you need to know. Using an easy-to-read outline format, this book reviews content by nursing concepts and clinical areas. Along the way, valuable tips from HESI help you develop clinical judgment and critical thinking skills in real-life clinical situations. With 850 review questions on the companion Evolve website, you can practice test-taking in the same electronic format you will experience on nursing school exit exams and on the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN exam.
  • Calculate with Confidence

    • 9 Edición
    • Deborah C. Morris
    • Inglés
    Learn how to make accurate drug calculations and administer medications safely! Calculate with Confidence, 9th Edition, makes it easy to understand the three major methods of dosage calculation — ratio and proportion, formula, 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, patient safety is prioritized, and an emphasis on clinical judgment helps you prevent medication errors. Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) Exam–style case studies help you improve clinical judgment skills. With this popular text from trusted educator Deborah C. Morris, you will learn to calculate drug dosages and administer medications with confidence and a high degree of patient safety!
  • Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing

    • 4 Edición
    • Barbara L. Yoost
    • Inglés
    Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today’s nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, this study guide provides a variety of exercises and activities to reinforce your understanding of nursing concepts and skills. Chapter reviews use engaging activities to make learning more meaningful, and review questions help you apply concepts to the practice setting. With questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX®, this study guide also prepares you for success on classroom and NCLEX examinations.
  • Study Guide for Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing

    • 12 Edición
    • Marilyn J. Hockenberry + 2 más
    • Inglés
    Updated to correspond to the bestselling textbook, Study Guide for Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 12th Edition, features clinical judgment case studies and questions, key terms, and critical thinking exercises to help you learn difficult concepts. With practical activities and answers for review questions at the back of the guide, it enhances your comprehension — and encourages you to apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios.
  • Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals

    Administrative and Clinical Competencies with Anatomy & Physiology
    • 3 Edición
    • Brigitte Niedzwiecki
    • Inglés
    Master the clinical and administrative competencies you need to succeed as a medical assistant! Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, 3rd 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 — give you a solid understanding of the key skills and procedures at the heart of medical assisting practice. An applied learning approach organizes content around realistic case scenarios. This edition addresses all revised CAAHEP/ABHES competencies, including intravenous procedures, catheterization, and limited-scope radiography to address competencies approved in many states. Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals offers an all-in-one solution with its expanded Evolve companion website that provides additional practice and reinforcement of key concepts. This practical text will prepare you to launch a successful medical assisting career!
  • Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy

    • 17 Edición
    • Staci Nix
    • Inglés
    Stay up to date on the latest information in nutrition care with Williams' Basic Nutrition & Diet Therapy, 17th Edition. This 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. A conversational writing style, vivid illustrations, and wide array of reader-friendly features connect the fundamental concepts of nutrition to the application of those concepts in clinical practice. The text is logically broken out into four parts: Part 1 introduces basic principles of nutrition science, including coverage of health promotion, vitamins, minerals, and other key foundational topics; Part 2 discusses human growth and development needs in different parts of the life cycle; Part 3 provides a strong focus on community nutrition, along with emphasis on weight management and physical fitness; Part 4 consists of a series of clinical nutrition chapters that reflect the latest medical nutrition therapy and approaches to patient education and care management.
  • Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes Cardiac Surgery

    • 5 Edición
    • James K. Kirklin + 4 más
    • Inglés
    Offering expert, dependable, accurate guidance on every facet of adult and pediatric cardiac surgery, Kirklin/Barratt-Boye... Cardiac Surgery, 5th Edition, remains the gold standard text in this fast-changing field. World-renowned editors and authors from six continents provide meticulously updated information on the major changes and innovations over the past decade, including classical surgical updates, catheter-based procedures, robotics, minimally invasive approaches, and hybrid techniques. This dynamic and indispensable reference thoroughly and systematically covers the full range of new and classic surgical procedures, presenting the up-to-date clinical evidence you need to make effective management decisions for every patient.
  • Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine

    • 6 Edición
    • Peter Cameron + 4 más
    • Inglés
    The Sixth Edition of this well-known and authoritative textbook provides comprehensive, up-to-date coverage of Adult Emergency Medicine. It is an invaluable guide for trainees and other health professionals, including nurse specialists and paramedics, offering concise and practical guidance based on the latest best practices and evidence-based guidelines. Originally published over 25 years ago this title has been regularly updated to keep up with current practice.All major topics encountered in the emergency department are covered and have been updated to reflect recent changes in this constantly evolving specialty. Chapters are concise and practical, with key points and controversial areas highlighted.In addition, the textbook addresses complex topics such as death and dying, managing challenging patients, ethics, providing testimony, and domestic violence. It also covers governance, training, research, and organisational subjects like disaster planning and response, humanitarian emergencies, and refugee medicine. This content provides a framework for understanding the complexities of managing major emergency care systems.This textbook remains a vital resource for anyone involved in the practice of emergency medicine.