Margaret Jordan Halter

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Florida

Science

A Clinical Approach

Rev. ed. of: Foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing / [edited by] Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, Margaret Jordan Halter. 6th ed. c2010.

Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

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Diana L. Rupert

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

This newly expanded 5th edition of Lippincott's Alternate-Format Questions has everything you need to be fully prepared to answer every type of question you will encounter on the NCLEX. More than 350 questions include multiple reponse questions, drag-and-drop questions, hotspot questions, audio questions, chart questions, graphic option questions, and fill-in-the blank questions. Also includes a comprehensive test with an additional 150 questions. The rationale are clear and detailed and cover correct as well as incorrect answers. In this new edition, the test-taking strategies are expanded, to help you dissect each question to its core components and provide keys to choosing the right answer. Covers all the topics covered on the exam."

NCLEX-RN Alternate-Format Questions

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Linda Anne Silvestri

Often called the 'the best NCLEX® exam review book ever,' Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination provides everything you need to prepare for the NCLEX exam - complete content review and over 5,100 NCLEX examination-style questions in the book and online. Don't make the mistake of assuming the quality of the questions is the same in all NCLEX exam review books, because only this book includes the kind of questions that consistently test the critical thinking skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. Even better, all answers include detailed rationales to help you learn from your answer choices, as well as test-taking strategies with tips on how to best approach each question. Written by the most trusted name in NCLEX review, Linda Anne Silvestri, and updated to reflect the most current NCLEX test plan, Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination, 6th Edition is THE book of choice for NCLEX examination review. But don't just take our word for it - read any customer review or ask your classmates to see why there's nothing else like it!

 * UNIQUE! A detailed test-taking strategy and rationale is included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option, and guiding you to remediation in Saunders Strategies for Test Success: Passing Nursing School and the NCLEX® Exam and Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Exam.
 * UNIQUE! Priority Nursing Action boxes list actions for clinical emergent situations requiring immediate action, including a detailed rationale and textbook reference.
 * All alternate item-format questions are included, with multiple response, prioritizing, fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration, chart/exhibit, video, and audio questions to provide practice with prioritizing, decision-making, and critical thinking skills.
 * UNIQUE! Pyramid Alert! boxes spotlight important nursing concepts and procedures, and include tips and shortcuts for remembering key information.
 * Exam preparation chapters include test-taking strategies, the CAT format, transitional issues for the foreign-educated nurse, and the NCLEX-RN exam from a new graduate's perspective.
 * A comprehensive exam consists of 85 questions that cover all content areas in the book and mirror the percentages identified in the NCLEX-RN examination test plan.

 * NEW and UNIQUE! A summary of key changes to the 2013 NCLEX-RN test plan is included in the front of the book.
 * New! More practice questions have been added to the book and online, bringing the total to 5,172 questions.
 * New! Tracking of practice results on the Evolve companion website makes it easy to check your progress.

Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

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First Edition 

Kaplan NCLEX-RN Content Review Guide 

Nursing 

Let this outstanding pharmacology text help you learn how to administer drugs safely and effectively! Now in its eighth edition, Pharmacology and the Nursing Process continues to deliver the perfect amount of pharmacology, prioritization, and nursing process information to today''s nursing students. Centering on its unique key drug approach, this text focuses only on the drug information you need to safely administer drugs. The text also continues to emphasize the nursing process and prioritization, covering the most essential assessments, nursing diagnoses, interventions, and evaluations you need to practice effectively. New to this edition is even more coverage of QSEN competencies, simpler language, and a wealth of reader-friendly features and innovative learning aids. Along with its integrated NCLEX preparation and insightful learning strategies, you won''t find a more complete pharmacology text on the market!

 * NEW! Additional QSEN coverage incorporates more QSEN information throughout the text.
 *  * Applicable QSEN competencies added to text case study titles
    * Collaboration and teamwork content added to selected case studies
    * Addition of new Safety: What Went Wrong? case studies
    * Explanation of QSEN initiatives as it relates to safety and quality of patient care is included in the Medication Errors chapter

 * NEW! Improved readability is aided by more friendly, direct-address langua≥ shorter sentences; simplified language (where appropriate); and much more.
 * An extensive Photo Atlas of Drug Administration features more than 100 step-by-step illustrations depicting key steps in drug administration for various routes of drug administration.
 * UNIQUE! QSEN focus highlights those aspects of the book - such as boxes, tips, case studies, and other content - that correlate with the QSEN competencies.
 * Popular key drug approach focuses on the need-to-know content for safe clinical practice and uses a streamlined approach to drug indications, emphasizing only the most common or serious adverse effects.
 * Integrated NCLEX® Examination preparation includes seven NCLEX Examination review questions in every chapter, with at least one alternate-format item per chapter.
 * Thorough application of the nursing process is addressed in each chapter to help readers learn how to prioritize nursing care to focus on the most essential assessments, nursing diagnosis, interventions, and evaluation/outcome criteria.
 * Colorful and consistent learner-friendly format utilizes a variety of tables and practical body systems organization to help readers integrate pharmacology content with what they are learning in medical-surgical and adult health nursing courses.
 * Focus on prioritization includes prioritized nursing diagnoses along with corresponding prioritization of goals and outcomes, helping readers learn to connect nursing diagnoses to goals and outcomes.
 * Large collection of reader-friendly learning aids includes approachable text elements such as:
 *  * Cartoon-illustrated learning strategies covering study, time management, and test-taking tips related to studying pharmacology.
    * Drug profiles highlighting specific information on commonly-used agents.
    * Case studies that help bring patients to life and promote critical thinking skills.
    * Dosages tables providing instant access to dosages, routes, and indications for individual drugs.
    * Key points summarizing key pharmacology and nursing content in each chapter.
    * Critical thinking and prioritization questions encourage readers to think on a deeper level.
    * More than 250 full-color photos and illustrations show how drugs work in the body and how to administer medications safely and effectively.

 * NEW! Updated learning strategies include strategies for incorporating technology and active learning.
 * NEW! Exclamation point icon identifies ISMP high-alert drugs.
 * NEW! Diamond icons indicate key drugs in the Dosage tables.

Pharmacology and the Nursing Process

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Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Prepare for success in the classroom! Corresponding to the chapters in the 9th edition of Lewis' market-leading Medical-Surgical Nursing, this study guide offers a complete review of content and a wide range of activities to help you understand key nursing concepts. Alternate item format questions reflect the most current NCLEX test plan. To make studying easier, answers for all exercises are included in the back of the book.

 * A wide variety of clinically relevant exercises and activities includes NCLEX examination-style multiple-choice questions, prioritization and delegation questions, case studies, fill-in-the-blank questions, anatomy and physiology review, critical thinking activities, and more.
 * Answers to all questions are included in the back of the book, giving you immediate feedback as you study.
 * Additional alternate item format questions incorporating prioritization and delegation are included to better prepare you for the most current NCLEX exam.
 * Attractive two-color design ties the study guide to the textbook.

Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing

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Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Communication Approach to Evidence-Based Care, 4e

A 2017 AJN Book of the Year Award winner, Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication Approach to Evidence Based Care, 4th Edition,offers the perfect balance of essential nursing interventions and clinical content. It incorporates a reader-friendly style, and an emphasis on therapeutic communication and evidence-based practice. Perfect for shorter psychiatric nursing courses, this streamlined psychiatric text includes need to know information and key DSM-5 content you need to pass your course and prepare for the NCLEX®. A neurobiology of the brain teaching tool provides a visual depiction of how the disorder affects brain function - and what drugs are used to treat it. Additionally, this new edition includes Giddens Concept boxes, Integrative Care boxes, updated clinical disorders chapters, and new use of nursing diagnosis language International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP) which smooths your transition into practice, as this is a common language shared with many electronic health record documentation systems

 * Neurobiology of the brain feature provides a visual depiction on how the disorder affects brain function and what drugs are used to treat the disorder.
 * Applying Evidence Based Practice boxes throughout the clinical chapters pose a question, walk you through the process of gathering evidence-based data from a variety of sources, and present a plan of care based on the evidence.
 * Vignettes describing psychiatric patients and their disorders add more practical application to the chapter material.
 * DSM-5 diagnostic criteria identify medical diagnostic criteria for most major disorders.
 * Applying Critical Judgment introduces clinical situations in psychiatric nursing at the end of all chapters with thought provoking questions that engage critical thinking.

 * NEW! Integrative Care boxes address alternative therapies to treat psychiatric illnesses.
 * NEW! Giddens Concept boxes at the beginning of each chapter tie to the topics discussed in that chapter.
 * UPDATED! Clinical disorders chapters such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorders and Somatoform Disorders, and many others reflect the latest evidence-based research and practice.
 * NEW! ICNP nursing diagnosis language smooths your transition into practice, as this is a common language shared with many electronic health record documentation systems.
 * UPDATED! Cultural Considerations sections include more updated and relevant material, whenever possible in the clinical chapters, and address cultural considerations with various patients and appropriate care.

Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

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This text presents foundational concepts pivotal to delivering nursing care in the community setting, with specific attention to the NLN competencies for community-based nursing care. The author examines the variety of settings and situations in which the community-based nurse provides care, highlighting cultural diversities in the patient populations, and emphasizing interactions between the individual and the family.

Some exciting features of the 5th edition include:
 * The Nurse Speaks/The Nursing Student Speaks is a real-life, clinical, community-based nursing example opening each chapter.
 * Healthy People 2020, the foundation for the nation's 10-year health objectives, is examined and applied wherever relevant, providing the most up-to-date information on community issues such as access to care, obesity, emerging infectious diseases, technological advances, and alternative complementary therapies.
 * Client Situations in Practice boxes examine real life community-based nursing situations and solutions specific to each chapter's content.
 * Assessment Tools boxes provide opportunities to apply learning and test knowledge gained.

Introduction to Community Based Nursing

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Blood pressure cuff

Prestige medical

Seventh Edition

Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry, Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition makes it easy to learn the skills most commonly used in everyday nursing practice. Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills - from measuring body temperature to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device - using evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read, and an Evolve companion website enhances learning with review questions and handy checklists for each clinical skill.

 * Coverage of more than 160 skills and interventions addresses the basic, intermediate, and advanced skills you'll use every day in practice.
 * Safe Patient Care Alerts highlight risks or other key information to know in performing skills, so you can plan ahead at each step of nursing care.
 * Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides the information needed to use evidence-based care to solve clinical problems.
 * Coverage of evidence-based nursing techniques includes the concept of care bundles, structured practices that improve patient safety and outcomes, in addition to the coverage of teach-back.
 * Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help you make decisions in whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared. 
 * Teach-Back step shows how to evaluate the success of patient teaching, so you can see whether the patient understands a task or topic or if additional teaching may be needed.
 * Recording guidelines describe what should be reported and documented after performing skills, with Hand-off Reporting sections listing important patient care information to include in the handoff.
 * Special Considerations indicate the additional risks or accommodations you may face when caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, as well as patients in home care settings.
 * A consistent format for nursing skills makes it easier to perform skills, organized by Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
 * Media resources include skills performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills Online.

 * NEW! 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included on administering IVs and on other changes in evidence-based practice.
 * NEW Disaster Preparedness chapter focuses on caring for patients after biological, chemical, or radiation exposure. 
 * NEW! SBAR samples show how to quickly and effectively communicate a patient's condition in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation.
 * NEW! Practice Reflections sections include a clinical scenario and questions, helping you reflect on clinical and simulation experiences.
 * NEW! Three Master Debriefs help you develop a better understanding of the "big picture" by synthesizing skill performance with overall patient care.

Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills

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Study guide & laboratory manual

Both a comprehensive lab manual and a practical workbook, the Study Guide and Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment 8th Edition, gives you the tools you need to master physical examination and health assessment skills. Corresponding to the best-selling Jarvis textbook, this guide features reading assignments, terminology reviews, application activities, review questions, clinical learning objectives, regional write-up sheets, and narrative summary forms, with answers at the back to facilitate both learning and review. The 8th Edition has been thoroughly updated throughout with a fresh focus on interprofessional collaboration to prepare you for the skills laboratory and interprofessional collaborative practice.

 * Authoritative review and guidance for laboratory experiences personally written by Dr. Jarvis to give you a seamlessly integrated study and clinical experience.
 * Consistent format throughout text includes Purpose, Reading Assignment, Terminology Review, Study Guide, and Review Questions in each chapter.
 * Essential review and guidance for laboratory experiences familiarizes you with physical examination forms and offers practice in recording narrative accounts of patient history and examination findings.
 * Study Guide in each chapter includes short-answer and fill-in-the-blank questions.
 * The only full-color illustrated lab manual available for a nursing health assessment textbook enhances learning value with full-color anatomy and physiology labeling activities and more.

 * NEW! Updated content throughout corresponds to the 8th edition of the Jarvis textbook and reflects the latest research and evidence-based practice.
 * NEW! Enhanced integration of interprofessional collaboration exercises helps you create an SBAR report based on a brief case.

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Linda Anne Silvestri

Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN® Examination

Kaplan, Inc.

Kaplan NCLEX-RN Content Review Guide

Linda Lane Lilley; Shelly Rainforth Rainforth Collins; Julie S. Snyder

Pharmacology and the Nursing Process

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Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing

Elizabeth M. Varcarolis; Chyllia Dixon

Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Roberta Hunt

Introduction to Community Based Nursing

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Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing

Roberta Hunt

Introduction to Community Based Nursing

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Laboratory Manual for Physical Examination and Health Assessment

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