Designed for use in the clinical setting, Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing Care covers everything that nurses need to know about commonly encountered medical-surgical conditions to more effectively manage patients and improve outcomes. It describes treatment in terms of specific timeframes and desired outcomes, making it easier to set realistic goals and evaluate patient care. [...]

Now for the first time nurses have a comprehensive and reliable guide to the care of patients in the mental health setting. The Oxford Handbook of Mental Health Nursing gives concise, practical and expert advice on all aspects of this specialised and challenging field. Giving a complete picture of the role of the mental [...]

An ideal companion resource to LeMone/Burke’s Medical Surgical Nursing, 4/e. This clinical handbook provides vital information centering around medical surgical nursing care.  Ideal for quick reference or use during clinical, an accessible writing style presents all the material essential for mastery. Also included are common causes, assessment, medical interventions, key nursing diagnoses, nursing [...]

This bestselling reference helps users make nursing diagnoses and write care plans with ease and confidence. It helps nurses correlate nursing diagnoses with known information about clients on the basis of assessment findings, established medical or psychiatric diagnoses, and the current treatment plan. This extensively revised and updated edition presents the most up-to-date information [...]

Dystocia or failure to progress in labor is the main reason for cesarean deliveries. The second edition of this successful text focuses on simple non-invasive interventions to prevent or treat difficult labor. It describes positions, movements and techniques based on principles of anatomy, physiology and psychology of childbirth.
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This innovative resource teaches you the critical thinking and assessment skills you need to build customized care plans based on each patient’s unique needs. Its step-by-step approach guides you through the process, helping you formulate a nursing diagnosis based on known information and assessment findings; identify the appropriate nursing diagnosis; and create a care [...]

Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Pocket-sized quick reference, organized alphabetically, for student nurses. Reviews common disorders and conditions, pathophysiology, nursing diagnoses, interventions, client teaching, and home care. Thumb-tabbed for easy reference. Previous edition: c1999. Softcover. View product details on Amazon.Com

The “gold standard” text in community health nursing is now available in an updated, 7th edition! This respected text gives you a solid foundation in community and public health nursing concepts and interventions for individuals, families, and communities. Throughout, health promotion and disease prevention concepts are integrated into the multifaceted role of population-focused, [...]

The new edition of this popular text offers a clear, straightforward way to understand the often intimidating subject of psychiatric nursing. Its practical, clinical perspective and user-friendly writing style engage the reader in a learning process that both informs and enlightens. Clinical chapters progress consistently and logically from theory to application. Specific psychobiological disorders [...]

Two students who want to be nurses have received University Hospital Minority Scholarships to pursue their chosen profession: Traci Irving of Pleasant Ridge and Amber Nixon of Westwood, both 18.
Irving was awarded a $40,000 scholarship over four years, funded by the hospital.
A graduate in the 91st percentile of her class at Shroder Paideia Academy, Irving [...]