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Here are all the materials you need to take your first steps as evidence-based practitioners...how to use the design, data and analysis of research as the foundation for effective clinical decision making.

Celebrating its 50 years in print, this text has held onto the foundation of its great success, while also being re-invented for today's audience. The focus of the text remains the practical instruction of functional anatomy in order to quickly, and convincingly, guide readers to its use in professional performance.

Offers guidelines for managing musculoskeletal conditions. This work also provides principles of therapeutic exercise and manual therapy. It describes pathologic conditions and surgical procedures commonly encountered by therapists in the clinical setting.

Offers coverage of more than 350 common diseases and disorders that includes: Description; Pertinent ICD-9-CM codes; Signs and Symptoms; Etiology; Diagnosis; Treatment; Complementary Therapy; Client Communications; Prognosis; Prevention; Case studies, followed by questions; and, Teaching tips that feature a patient's perspective.

Meet the challenges of this rapidly expanding field with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of nucleic acid biochemistry as well as the advanced concepts integral to practice in today's laboratories. The third edition of this popular resource encompasses microbiology, virology, genetics, oncology, and human identification.

Teaches students the knowledge and skills to effectively evaluate and treat human movement disorders. This popular text offers the clear, logical discussions of joint structure and muscle action, combined with an evidence-based approach needed to understand joint dynamics in both health and disease.

The field's definitive text on the management of vestibular diseases and disorders. From assessment through therapy, they present the scientific and clinical knowledge you need to distinguish between vestibular and non-vestibular dizziness and to plan and implement the appropriate treatments.

Combines commonly used, but rarely memorized, clinical information with reusable patient assessment tools and worksheets. This portable tool features a patient education tab which covers common patient education issues, including 15 of the most common diseases/disorders, homecare, safe medication administration practices, and patient safety.

"Davis Advantage for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Making Connections to Practice is a concise, focused medical-surgical nursing text designed to prepare contemporary nursing students for adult health practice areas. This text is designed to teach associate degree (ADN), baccalaureate degree (BSN), and entry level master's degree nursing students. It is designed to serve as the primary text for medical-surgical and/or acute care courses"--

"Increased attention to qualitative ideology and methodology represents the major improvement in this third edition. Qualitative content has been moved to precede the quantitative content, and additional chapters that cover the hands-on application of qualitative methodology have been added. Moreover, all of the content in this text has been updated and improved to feature an increased number of examples and images of research-related tools, approaches, data collection, data analysis, and data outcomes work. The activities for learning also allow for direct application of chapter contents"--

Preceded by Pharmacology success: NCLEX-style Q & A review / Kathryn Cadenhead Colgrove, Christi Doherty. Third edition. [2019]

Davis Advantage for Townsend's Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing combines an easy-to-read textbook with an innovative online program to create an immersive learning experience for students and an integrated solution for instructors, whether you're teaching traditionally or virtually. An access code inside new, printed textbooks unlocks an ebook, as well as access to Davis Advantage. THE TEXTBOOK >ONLINE (DAVIS ADVANTAGE) Using a unique and proven approach across a Learn-Apply-Assess continuum, Davis Advantage engages students to help them make the connections to key topics. Whether teaching in-person or online, this complete, integrated solution aligns seamlessly with the textbook and equips instructors with actionable analytics to track students' progress, remediate where needed, and facilitate an active learning environment. LEARN--Personalized Learning The foundation of the Davis Advantage platform, Personalized Learning, immerses students in an online learning experience tailored to their needs. Students are assessed on their comprehension of key topics from the text, and then are guided through animated mini-lecture videos and dynamic activities to reinforce learning and bring concepts to life. APPLY--Clinical JudgmentClinical Judgment develops students' critical thinking and clinical reasoning, helping them to build the clinical judgment skills they need to practice safe and effective nursing care and to prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX(R) with confidence. Progressive case studies featuring real-life, complex clinical situations challenge students to apply knowledge, make informed decisions, and evaluate outcomes. ASSESS--QuizzingQuizzing uses NCLEX(R)-style questions for assessment and remediation. Its adaptive, question-based format provides the additional practice students need to test their knowledge, master course content, and perform well on course and board exams.

"When we decided to write a nursing textbook, we wanted it to be written to the entry-level student, not about the student. We designed it so that students could truly understand what they are reading without the need for prior nursing experience or knowledge. We wrote it to guide the student in developing simple problem-solving skills and then progressing to clinical judgment in real-world nursing. Our aim is to teach students to understand and connect the what, why, and how of safe and effective care"--

I like this book because it's easy to work with and explain[s] in simple form. "Great book for short term training, it's perfect."--Lisa W., Online Reviewer Cross-training? Continuing education? Refresher?Whether you're cross training, continuing your education, or taking a refresher course, the knowledge and skills you need to master the essentials of phlebotomy are here.This user-friendly text focuses on the proper techniques for collecting quality blood specimens with minimal patient discomfort. It's perfect for intensive one- or two-day phlebotomy courses! Thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the practice of phlebotomy today and the guidelines established by national certifying organizations and the essentials published by the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS). All procedures updated in accordance with the most current standards developed by the CLSI, The Joint Commission (TJC), and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Up-to-date information on point-of-care testing, preexamination variables and their effect on the specimen integrity, current ADA guidelines for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus, arterial blood collection, and newborn bilirubin and newborn screening proceduresDiscusses the basics, including...types of blood specimens, blood collection equipment vein selection and alternate sites, types of collection tubes and the purpose of anticoagulants, the order of draw, test-specific handling, complications and remedies, and storage and transportation conditions Offers full-color photographs that make every detail and technique easy-to-understand and easy-to-follow. Covers blood specimen collection equipment including safety devices and technical procedures for venipuncture and dermal puncture.Features a self-assessment exam that meets the requirements for continuing education protocols.Offers a wealth of features to make learning easier, including learning objectives, technical tips to avoid complications, such as hematomas and hemolysis, safety tips, practical situation problem-solving exercises, performance evaluation checklists for technical procedures, review questions, an illustrations, photographs, diagrams, charts, and tables.Includes a color tube guide.

Offers a practical, real-world approach, with a focus on what's normal to identify abnormal. This book offers all of the how-tos, what-tos, when-tos, and why-tos you need to master in a well-organised, well-illustrated text that makes the material easier to learn now and reference later.