This comprehensive collection of skills instruction, comprised of fifty-three self-contained modules, is now presented in a full-color, single volume. Modules increase in complexity as students progress through the book. Flexible enough to meet the needs of any program, the book also has a self-instructional approach that is popular with faculty and students alike. With the demands on nursing faculties of increased student numbers and limited or no increase in faculty time available in the skills lab, the self-instructional approach is pertinent in today's market. The flexible, modular format lets you learn at your own pace, and lets you focus on the specific skills needed to care for your patient. Expanded critical thinking exercises in every module provide more opportunities to test your knowledge and hone your problem solving skills. The full-color design and new art program presents essentials skills in an easy-to-understand format.  A bonus CD-ROM includes a variety of performance checklists and head-to-toe assessment videos.

Modules for basic nursing skills

Medical Books

Janice Rider Ellis

Nursing

Houghton/Mifflin

This is the second volume of two which provide an introduction to all basic nursing skills and procedures. Focusing on how the nursing process is used in the clinical setting, this book takes a modular approach, and emphasizes rationale - to enhance understanding and reinforce learning. The new fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the changes that are transforming the practice of nursing in the 1990s. It includes information on new health care patterns to show how to adapt procedures and techniques for home care and long-term care. Autologous transfusion, intermittent self-cathetarization, patient-controlled analgesia; air fluidized beds, applying braces and many more skills needed for today's complex clinical conditions are covered. The text also addresses expanding clinical responsibilities, such as nursing diagnoses, administering epidural medication and parenteral nutrition, and increased emphasis on documentation.

Modules for Basic Nursing Skills: v. 2

Modules for Basic Nursing Skills: v. 1

Developed for the first-year nursing student, this text emphasizes critical thinking and decision-making by focusing on nursing concepts, principles and rationale that underlie nursing practice

Nursing, a human needs approach

Elizabeth A. Nowlis

Modules for Basic Nursing Skills (v. 1)

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers

This fourth edition presents students with the background in issues and trends necessary to professional nursing. The book covers a broad range of topics, such as nursing education, credentialing, legal and ethical issues, the health care delivery system, the political process, and career opportunities. Aiming to prepare students to face issues they will have to confront in practice, this book explores conflicts that may arise on the job and how to resolve them. Features of this fourth edition include a chapter which explores topics such as hospital organization, staffing, care delivery models and a variety of other pertinent matters. Other specific discussions include innovations in nursing education; the test plan for licensure examination and computerized testing; laws that affect nursing practice; ethical concerns, for example Cruzon, Roe vs Wade; ownership of organs; euthanasia; durable power of attourney; political action committees; and the "right to know" regarding hazards in the working environment.

Nursing in Today's World

Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins

This is the first volume of two which provide an introduction to all basic nursing skills and procedures. Focusing on how the nursing process is used in the clinical setting, this book takes a modular approach, and emphasizes rationale - to enhance understanding and reinforce learning. The new fifth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the changes that are transforming the practice of nursing in the 1990s. It includes information on new health care patterns to show how to adapt procedures and techniques for home care and long-term care. Autologous transfusion, intermittent self-cathetarization, patient-controlled analgesia; air fluidized beds, applying braces and many more skills needed for today's complex clinical conditions are covered. The text also addresses expanding clinical responsibilities, such as nursing diagnoses, administering epidural medication and parenteral nutrition, and increased emphasis on documentation.

Modules for Basic Nursing Skills: Volume 1

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins

...goes beyond the basic medical knowledge of nursing care by discussing topics such as health care financing as well as legal and ethical issues...new features to this edition include illustrations and updated info on new health issues.

Nursing in Today's World: Challenges, Issues, and Trends (6th ed)

Shoreline Community College, Seattle, WA. Brandon/Hill Nursing list selection (#208). An informative nursing textbook addressing the full spectrum of concepts in nursing as a profession, including the most current trends and issues. Includes discussion of evidence-based practice and NCLEX preparation. Previous edition: c1998. Softcover. DNLM: Nursing--trends--United States.

Nursing in Today's World: Challenges, Issues, and Trends

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