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Jackie Peyton is a sharp-tongued and quick-witted nurse who is trying to survive the chaotic grind of saving lives in a hectic New York City hospital. Jackie's a woman of substance who knows how to handle it all. With a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a steady dose of pain relievers for her chronic back pain, Jackie does whatever it takes to get the job done.
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Table of Contents: Nursing theory and the discipline of nursing A guide for the study of nursing theories for practice Choosing, evaluating, and implementing nursing theories for practice Florence Nightingale's legacy of caring and its applications Early conceptualizations about nursing Nurse-patient relationship theories Dorothy Johnson's behavioral system model and its applications Dorothea Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory Imogene King's...
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Integrates the perspectives of contemporary nurse leaders to foster an innovative, collaborative future\\Encompassing the wisdom of both established and emerging nurse leaders, this expansive book demonstrates proof of theory in action and the influence of ourgreat nursing legacy on today luminaries as they carve out new terrain to benefit current and future health care needs. With a far-reaching, ambitiousperspective, it is the first text to link...
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"Effective communication with clients, families, and professional colleagues starts here! With Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nurses, 7th Edition, you'll see how good communication skills can lead to achieving treatment goals in health care. Clear guidelines show how you can enhance the nurse-client relationship through proven communication strategies as well as principles drawn from nursing, psychology, and related...
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This book introduces holistic health, home health, alternative therapies, health prevention and maintenance, the role of women in nursing and in everyday life, nursing administration, leadership, communications skills, mind/body and body/mind relationships. Her theory on the use of light, fresh air, warmth, cleanliness, quiet, and the proper selection and administration of diet is also well explored. -- Anita S. Kessler, R.N., M.S.N., M.Ed.
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"This book contains the accounts of 14 nurses who served in the U.S. military nurse corps during the Persian Gulf and Iraq wars. These men and women describe how they found themselves serving during wartime, the soldiers they cared for, the professionals they worked with and the impact they made in their patients' lives"--Provided by publisher.
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From the Publisher: Now in its second edition, Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! contains everything the nurse needs to review and the nursing student needs to learn about how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease. The book focuses on mechanisms of drug action; details specific drugs by pharmacologic class; reviews the nursing process related to each drug category for all body systems, plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs,...
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"The name Florence Nightingale conjures up a romantic image of "the lady with a lamp" who founded modern nursing. However, this image trivializes the accomplishments and character of one of the most remarkable women of the 19th century. Few people are aware that Nightingale was a trailblazing social activist and visionary whose ideas on such matters as public health and sanitation, holistic health, and women's place in society were decades ahead of...
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After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of Death" by the media. But Cullen was no mercy killer, nor was he a simple monster. He was a favorite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history. Cullen's murderous career in the world's most trusted profession...
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In the midst of a national nursing shortage, many nurses who can and want to work are being denied the opportunity. They are being pushed out of jobs and turned away from unfilled positions, all because they have disabilities. Eleven nurses who defied disability tell their personal stories of courage and determination in the face of stigma and discrimination, proving that nurses with disabilities have the ability to successfully fill the jobs that...
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"This book contains a collection of true stories from ordinary nurses, about ordinary patients, and the ordinary miracles that occur when they come together. Illustrating the routine acts nurses perform to improve the lives of their patients, the stories span a myriad of patients and settings."--Jacket
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