Medical / Nursing

Connecting through Music with People with Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers

by Robin Rio

This user-friendly book demonstrates how even simple sounds and movements can engage people with dementia, promoting relaxation and enjoyment. All that's needed to succeed is a love of music, and a desire to...

Nursing Assistant / Nurse Aide Exam

by Learning Express

This newly expanded and completely revised guide provides all the comprehensive information needed to master the official certification exams. Inside are:

Five complete practice exams based on the National Nurse...

Body Image and Disfigurement Care

by Robert Newell

Intended for health care professionals working with patients who have suffered a threat to body image, whether from trauma, injury, disease, or the developmental process, Body Image and Disfigurement Care:

*offers...

Working with Substance Misusers: A Guide to Theory and Practice

by Trudi Petersen

Working with Substance Misusers is a practical handbook for students and those who work with people who misuse drugs or alcohol. Written by experienced teachers and clinicians, the book introduces:

* the substances...

Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives

by Lee Knifton & Neil Quinn

Mental Health Nursing

The Biological Basis of Clinical Observations

by William T. Blows

Accurate clinical observations are key to good patient care and fundamental to clinical practice. A thorough understanding of the biological science underlying vital observations - such as taking the temperature...

Breastfeeding and Medication

by Wendy Jones

Sadly, women often feel they have no alternative but to give up breastfeeding, having being prescribed or purchased medication. In many cases, however, this is unnecessary. This book outlines the evidence-base...

NCLEX-RN Exam Cram, 3/e

by Wilda, Rinehart, Dr. Diann Sloan & Clara Hurd

Succeed with topical reviews, practice exams, and preparation tools

“The book offers a quick ‘cram’ approach to the NCLEX that is very user friendly and not time intensive. The overall approach is very...

Nurses With Disabilities: Professional Issues and Job Retention

by RN Leslie Neal-Boylan PhD

"This book will provide nurses with the information to make objective and fact based assessments...Moreover, it will arm nursing professionals with an understanding of how the issue of disability is affecting...

The Nurse's Reality Gap: Overcoming Barriers Between Academic Achievement and Clinical Success

by Leslie Neal-Boylan

This book focuses on the challenges new nurses face in the clinical setting and asks the hard questions educators have to tackle to help students be successful in school AND in practice. The Nurse's Reality...

Nursing Care in Pediatric Respiratory Disease

by Concettina Tolomeo

Pediatric respiratory disorders are responsible for a number of acute and chronic health conditions and are a leading cause of pediatric emergency room visits and hospitalizations.  More than ever, nurses and...

How We Treat the Sick: Neglect and Abuse in Our Health Services

by Michael Mandelstam

The author shows beyond question that neglectful care is a systemic blight, rather than mere local blemish, within our health services. He analyses the causes and factors involved, reveals the widespread denial...

The Nurse Manager's Guide to Innovative Staffing

by Jennifer Mensik

This book gives a rounded understanding of the complexities of staffing and care delivery without focusing on a narrow view of traditional staffing. This books provides easy to understand examples to obtain...

Creating & Sustaining Civility in Nursing Education

by Cynthia Clark

Because nursing programs are places where students and faculty provide direct care to patients through clinical experiences, uncivil and disruptive acts must be addressed so that such behaviors do not spiral...

Simulation Scenarios for Nursing Educators, Second Edition: Making It Real

by IBCLC Suzanne Campbell PhD & RN Karen Daley PhD

"The passion, caring, and inspiration of the authors are reflected and demonstrated in each and every chapter Compiling all of the authors' lessons learned, teaching-learning strategies, and in-depth research...

Essentials for Occupational Health Nursing

by Arlene Guzik

The scope of occupational health nursing practice has expanded and taken on a variety of roles, giving rise to opportunities for nurses to care for workers in various workplace settings.  Essentials for Occupational...

Schaum's Outline of Nursing Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

by James Keogh

Study faster, learn better, and get top gradesModified to conform to the current curriculum, Schaum's Outline of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests for Nursing complements these courses in scope and sequence to...

Youth Working with Girls and Women in Community Settings: A Feminist Perspective

by Janet Batsleer

Addressing the significant shifts in the social, political and professional context for informal education, this book makes clear the continuities in community-based informal education with girls and argues...

Pregnant Pause: An International Legal Analysis of Maternity Discrimination

by Anne-Marie Mooney Cotter

Pregnant Pause provides readers with a better understanding of the issue of maternity discrimination and inequality by looking at the primary role of legislation and its impact on the court process at both national...

Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families: A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals

by Linda L. Eddy

Caring for Children with Special Healthcare Needs and Their Families: A Handbook for Healthcare Professionals provides a guide for addressing the challenges of providing optimal general and routine care for...