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Quick Study Guides (also known as Barcharts) These present information in an easy-to-use format that incorporates color-coded illustrations, charts, and graphs to help process and retain information. There are several for our health programs, so take a look before buying them.
The Ethic of Care: a Moral Compass for Canadian Nursing Practice by
The aim of this book is to inspire nurses to be as skillful, and compassionate as they can be so that they will leave every encounter with their clients, better than when they first arrived. The book attempts to inspire nurses to be ethical leaders for social change at the patient/client, community and global level. This revised edition of the book includes additional information about trauma-informed care to combat systemic racism and improve the health outcomes for Indigenous peoples; ethics, gender and sexual orientation is dealt with in an inclusive and sensitive way, and a new Code of Conduct has been included.
Critical Conversations in Healthcare by
Provides scripts and scenarios to facilitate better, more effective communication in healthcare settings. Chapters feature do's and don'ts, reflective questions, and practical tools to help you improve your on-the-job interactions as well as work with frustrated families, angry physicians, and uncooperative colleagues • Deal with gossip, harassment, and other tough topics • Successfully address workloads, management styles, and other tricky subjects.
Mental Health : A Non-specialist Introduction for Nursing and Health Care by
Through clear explanations, examples and activities, the book will help you to recognize and support people with mental health issues whenever they are encountered in your practice. You will learn: What mental health is and how it interacts with physical health, different theories and models that are applied to understanding mental illness, how to relate to and communicate with people experiencing mental health problems, how to recognize the common diagnosable mental health disorders and understand the treatments and interventions that are applied to them, and the impact that mental health issues can have on people at different stages of life.
Medical Terminology by
Feeling overwhelmed by medical terminology? This offers clear and simple explanations of vital terms and their everyday use in nursing practice. Backed by humor and chock full of illustrations, this enjoyable text is the perfect backup to class materials and the ideal on-the-job refresher for all healthcare professionals.
Anatomy and Physiology by
the book helps readers to: learn the language of anatomy and physiology by explaining new terms clearly in the text and in a comprehensive glossary understand the key anatomical structures and physiological functions appreciate what happens during disease, with boxes throughout to highlight the clinical relevance, and more detailed explanations of chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and cancer.
Fundamentals of Nursing Pharmacology by
This book explores pharmacological concepts by showing the connections between pathophysiology, pharmacological principles, and common medication classes. It also provides learning tools to improve retention with quizzes, videos, concept maps, drug cards, and is organized using a concept-based teaching approach.
Introduction to Health Assessment for the Nursing Professional
The integration of clinical judgment throughout this resource will support students’ capacity to enhance patient safety and equitable health outcomes as well as their success in writing national nursing exams to become licensed to work as a Nurse.
Clinical Procedures for Safer Patient Care by
developed to ensure best practice and quality care based on the latest evidence, and to address inconsistencies in how clinical health care skills are taught and practised in the clinical setting.
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