Nurse Management Demystified

Nurse Management Demystified
Author: Irene McEachen
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2006-11-13
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0071632212
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Find out what it takes to MOVE into MANAGEMENT Are you looking to take your nursing career to the next level but don't know where to begin? Nurse Management Demystified is the perfect starting point. You'll find it's an effective and enlightening way to find out what it really takes to succeed in this challenging profession. First, you'll learn about nursing care delivery models, staffing, delegation, and supervision. Next, you'll cover communication and conflict resolution, legal issues, healthcare economics, budgeting, and financial management. Other topics covered include unions, nursing informatics, and time and risk management. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes, this book will give you a thorough overview of the field of nurse management in no time at all. This easy-to-follow guide gives you: An inside look at the many responsibilities of a nurse manager Tips for applying the techniques in the book in real-life clinical situations A quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work! Approachable enough for a beginner, but informative enough for a pro, Nurse Management Demystified is your shortcut to finding out all about this demanding yet rewarding healthcare career.

Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified

Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified
Author: Mary Digiulio
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2007-10-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071595430
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The painless way to master medical-surgical nursing Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified is a self-teaching guide and subject review that helps students and practitioners understand the fundamental concepts of medical-surgical nursing. Using a building block approach, this entertaining book breaks complex material down into brief, easy-to-understand sections. Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified features a full chapter for each system--cardiovascular, respiratory, immune, hematologic, nervous, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, genitourinary, and integumentary. You'll find a description of how the system functions, signs and symptoms of diseases and conditions, diagnostic tests, and treatment options. Perioperative preparation and pain management are also covered. Filled with key terms to help you to remember important concepts, and complete with end-of-chapter NCLEX-style quizzes to test your knowledge, this book will teach you the fundamentals of medical-surgical nursing in no time at all. This fast and easy guide offers: Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter An NCLEX-style quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses Coverage of diagnostic tests and treatment options A final exam at the end of the book A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified is your shortcut to mastering this essential nursing topic.

Medical Charting Demystified

Medical Charting Demystified
Author: Joan Richards
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2008-07-31
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0071643508
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The CLEAR and ACCURATE way to navigate MEDICAL CHARTING Trying to chart a course through the complex task of keeping patient records? Here's your lifeline! Medical Charting Demystified gives you the tools you need to prepare and update both computerized and written charts. You'll learn about chart components, what to write in a chart, and how to correct errors. Medical Charting Demystified covers entering vital signs, assessments, test results, medications, procedures, patient care plans, and more. Details on the legal aspects of medical charting, including confidentiality, HIPAA, malpractice, and informed consent, are also included. Hundreds of examples and illustrations make it easy to understand the material, and end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam help reinforce learning. This fast and easy guide offers: Coverage of the five common charting systems--narrative, problem-oriented, problem-intervention-evaluation, FOCUS, and charting by exception Details on the MAR and the KARDEX An overview of computer charting software A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Medical Charting Demystified is your key to mastering this vital nursing skill.

Nursing Fundamentals DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition

Nursing Fundamentals DeMYSTiFieD, Second Edition
Author: Bennita Vaughans
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2018-08-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1259862275
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Nursing success begins with the fundamentals! Nursing Fundamentals Demystified, Second Edition offers a fast and interesting way for you to understand the foundational concepts and information that will be the cornerstone of your entire nursing education and career. It helps you sort through the mountain of information nursing students face and focus on the essentials – that which you truly must know to be a successful nurse. You’ll also learn how apply this information to real-world clinical situations. In order to make the learning process as effective as possible, you’ll find learning aids such as learning objectives, key terms, tables and boxed information which summarize important concepts; nursing alerts which detail critical safety information; spotlights on evidence-based practice; nursing care plans which help you identify key assessment data, nursing diagnoses, and interventions; procedure tips to assist you with the clinical application of content; questions throughout each chapter to help you evaluate your comprehension; and NCLEX®-style questions for exam preparation.

Cardiovascular Nursing Demystified

Cardiovascular Nursing Demystified
Author: Jim Keogh
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2015-09-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071849173
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The fun, fast, and easy way to learn the core concepts and skills of cardiovascular nursing Whether you're a student seeking to excel in a course or a professional nurse transitioning into care of cardiovascular patients, this is the book you need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced protocols in cardiovascular nursing – and how to apply them in real world situations. Cardiovascular Nursing DeMYSTiFieD is your step-by-step guide to learn how to successfully identify patients’ signs and symptoms, accurately interpret medical test results and perform the nursing interventions that will assist in restoring your patients to good cardiovascular health. In order to make the learning process as effective as possible, each concise chapter features learning objectives, key terms, brief overview of topics, content summaries, chapter-ending review questions, and explanatory tables and diagrams. The book concludes with a comprehensive final exam comprised of NCLEX®-style questions. This self-teaching guide offers: · A roadmap to the cardiovascular system and its diseases and disorders · An organized, outline-based approach to learning · Insights into the vital role nurses play in the treatment process · “What Went Wrong?” sections that present brief descriptions of how the body is affected by particular diseases or disorder · Prognoses · Hallmark signs and symptoms · Crucial diagnostic tests and how to interpret results · Treatment options Simple enough for a student but comprehensive enough for a professional, Cardiovascular Nursing DeMYSTiFieD is your shortcut to mastering this complex field.

Pain Management in Nursing Practice

Pain Management in Nursing Practice
Author: Shelagh Wright
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2014-12-08
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1473911230
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Pain is a challenging area to understand for any healthcare professional, and quality training on the subject is required if nurses are to provide effective pain management and person-centred care. Based on the curriculum developed by the International Association for the Study of Pain, this book offers an essential guide to managing pain. Beginning with an examination of the biology of pain, it then goes on to consider pain management across the life course, looking at key topics including acute pain, cancer pain and pharmacology. Case scenarios are included throughout the book to help readers apply the knowledge they have learned to their own practice. This book is aimed primarily at meeting the learning needs of undergraduate nurses, and is essential reading for all healthcare professionals studying pain. The text will be helpful as a basic foundation for more advanced postgraduate courses in pain management in nursing practice.

The Nurse Manager’s Survival Guide , 4th Edition

The Nurse Manager’s Survival Guide , 4th Edition
Author: Tina M. Marrelli
Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2017-10-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1945157410
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Nurses are already nurse managers. They must manage patient caseloads and care plans as well as supervise aides, technicians, and other care providers. But moving from this type of organic management to a defined nurse manager role is not a natural progression. Nurse managers must command a vast, diverse, and robust skill set, and those skills must first be defined, explained, and operationalized for success. In an environment that offers new managers little support, where do they turn? The Nurse Manager’s Survival Guide (4th Ed.) provides an overview of a nurse manager’s major roles and responsibilities—all the fundamentals needed for success in one easy-to-use, consolidated, practical reference. From tips on building the right team to budgeting basics, time-management tools, and advice on taking care of one’s self (and their team), author Tina Marrelli supplies the resources nurse managers need to excel in day-to-day operations.

Nurse Management Demystified

Nurse Management Demystified
Author: Irene McEachen
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2006-11-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 007147241X
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This new addition to the Demystified series offers practical, easy-to-understand management advice just for nursing students, nurses, or other types of medical facility administrators faced with the challenge of managing and motivating a staff.

Schaum's Outline of Nursing Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests

Schaum's Outline of Nursing Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
Author: Jim Keogh
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2010-11-05
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 0071736514
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Study faster, learn better, and get top grades Modified to conform to the current curriculum, Schaum's Outline of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests for Nursing complements these courses in scope and sequence to help you understand its basic concepts. The book offers extra practice on topics such as guidelines for proper test preparation and performance, stool tests, urine studies, x-ray studies, manometric studies, ultrasound studies, etc. You’ll also get coverage of electrodiagnostic tests, blood studies, nuclear scanning, fluid analysis studies, microscopic studies, and endoscopic studies. Appropriate for the following course: nursing diagnosis. Features: 700 review questions with answers Relevant examples and extensive end-of-chapter exercises motivate students to understand new material and reinforce acquired skills Support for all the major textbooks for nursing diagnosis courses Topics include: Hematology Tests, Electrolytes, Arterial Blood Gases Test, Liver Tests, Cardiac Enzymes and Markers Tests, Serologic Tests, Endocrine Tests, Glucose Tests, Tumor Markers, Pregnancy and Genetic Tests, Infection Tests, Renal Function Tests, Pancreas and Lipid Metabolism Tests, Diagnostic Radiologic Tests, Computed Tomography (CT) Scan, Ultrasound Scan, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Positron Emission Tomography (PET) SCAN, Biopsy, Cardiovascular Tests and Procedure, Lungs Tests and Procedures, Women Tests and Procedures, Maternity Tests, Chest, Abdominal, Urinary Tract Tests, Bones Muscles Tests, Men Tests, Feet Tests, Skin Tests, Sinus, Ears, Nose, Throat (ENT) Tests and Sinus, Vision Tests and Procedures

Nursing Leadership and Management

Nursing Leadership and Management
Author: Rebecca A Patronis Jones
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2007-02-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0803618883
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This comprehensive text explores the philosophy that all nurses are leaders who use creative decision making, entrepreneurship, and life-long learning to create a work environment that is efficient, cost-effective, and committed to quality care. Broad and comprehensive coverage encompasses leadership and management theories and processes by synthesizing information from nursing, health care, general administration and management, and leadership literature. Activities teach them how to research decision-making data (participatory action research process) and analyze and make reliable choices in managing their work environment. Theory-based, scholarly yet practical, this is the most comprehensive and engaging baccalaureate text on the market.