College basketball experienced its greatest rise in popularity during the eighties, becoming one of the most commercially successful spectator sports in America. With this rise came an era of scandal: recruiting violations, spurious admittance practices, and controversial treatment of student athlet..
Basic Nursing is known for its direct, easy-to-read style and visually appealing design, making it perfect for busy nursing students. Itcovers all essential nursing principles, concepts, and skills and consistently follows the 5-step nursing process framework. With a strong focus on critical thinkin..
Written in an eloquent and practical style, renown author and recognized national authority on family literacy, Patricia Edwards has carefully selected skills, strategies, and examples of family involvement that will empower educators to successfully implement family involvement initiatives. A timel..
The Ninth Edition of College Accounting retains the successful characteristics that make it a market leader--accuracy, careful pacing, and repetition of accounting terms, concepts, and procedures--while integrating Internet features that provide students with real-world business experience. Author: ..
The new second edition of this valuable resource was written for clinicians by experts in the field. It addresses the increase of pediatric patients in adult ICUs and inpatient pediatric acuity. Two unique approaches are used: the Phenomena of Concern section addresses nursing care issues common to ..
Fully addressing the changes implemented in the new NCLEX-PN® Test plan, and with additional content review and questions, this new edition of Davis’s NCLEX-PN® Review addresses every Client Need category and subcategory on the 2005 Test Plan, includes Integrated Processes, and introduces alternativ..
Diane Arbus's startling photographic images of dwarfs, twins, transvestites, and freaks seemed from the first to redefine both the normal and the abnormal in our lives; they were already becoming part of the iconography of the age when Arbus committed suicide in 1971. Arbus herself remained an enigm..
Product Description Exploring Themes is a unique interactive approach to the study of literature. It presents authentic literature about people, their experiences, their differing value systems, and their ways of thinking. As students read they are asked to apply their prior knowledge, culture, and ..
Exploring Themes is a unique interactive approach to the study of literature. It presents authentic literature about people, their experiences, their differing value systems, and their ways of thinking. As students read they are asked to apply their prior knowledge, culture, and values to the conten..
A basic tenet of Families, Schools, & Communities: Building Partnerships for Educating Children, fourth edition, is that schools will always be a primary venue for educating the young child, and educators must be in the forefront of any endeavor to bring about change. However, the authors stress tha..
Fundamentals of Nursing - great for refresher or for nursing students! Author: Patricia A. Potter Publisher: Mosby Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0323048285 ISBN-13: 9780323048286..
GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING, 3/e is a comprehensive, research-based, and up-to-date guide to nursing care for older adults in all settings. It brings together essential information about normal and pathological changes associated with aging; healthy aging; common diseases of aging; and key psychosocial, ..
Retaining its practical, clinically oriented approach, the 3rd edition covers a wide range of topics and issues necessary to deal with the older patient, in a succinct format that can be used in a variety of courses covering gerontological nursing. The book introduces the concept of "successful agin..
Although we speak of "the elderly" as if there were one body of people with common characteristics, older adults are more heterogeneous than any other popu lation. People over the age of 65 are also the fastest-growing segment of the population in the United States, currently numbering 25 million. T..
Bound to Morgan, Prince of Hed, by her father's pledge and her own love, Raederle sets out for Erlenstar Mountain in search of the long-absent prince and of her own unusual powers Author: McKillip, Patricia A. Publisher: Atheneum Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0689306067 ISBN-13: 9780..
Home-Prepared Dog and Cat Diets, Second Edition provides an introduction to nutrition of the healthy dog and cat and an extensive discussion of medical disorders that can be managed in part through diet. Presenting easy-to-follow recipes that can be prepared at home, this new edition of Donald Strom..
Much more than a collection of recipes, this comprehensive, illustrated exploration of international cookery covers cuisines from around the world, providing an understanding of not only their flavor concepts, but how the cuisines developed and evolved. Each cuisine is explored in terms of its gener..
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT: FOUNDATIONS AND TRENDS introduces students to the wide range of topics related to physical education, from the historical to the contemporary, including fitness education, professional and classroom ethics, careers, and future trends. This text introduce..
When the board exam is right around the corner--reach for Last Minute Pediatrics. Covers all content areas tested on the board and recertification exams, and focuses on must-know facts and figures, presented in quick-summary format. Perfect for those last weeks before the exam to bring all your prep..
A pioneering book to help maximize the quality of life for chronically ill patientsWritten by a leading authority on chronic illness treatment and management, Managing Chronic Illness Using the Four-Phase Treatment Approach provides evidence-based practice guidelines for clinicians to help their cli..
Mindfulness for Teachers is based upon the author's extensive experience as a mindfulness practitioner, teacher, teacher educator and scientist. Drawing upon basic and applied research in the fields of neuroscience, psychology and education, the book offers valuable information about how mindfulness..
This set of 8 user-friendly and visually engaging CD-ROMs includes 126 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills essential for practice. Real nurses provide clear, step-by-step demonstrations of how to perform these key nursing skills in real-life clinical situations. Mosby's Nursing Skills CD-ROM 2...
Based on the trusted Potter & Perry textbooks, these unique cards are a must for student nurses in the skills lab or in their first clinicals. The essential elements of 75 key nursing skills are presented in a clear and concise format that's perfect for a quick, last minute review before actually pe..
This portable, practical guide covers all aspects of health assessment in a concise, step-by-step format. The logical head-to-toe organization provides a quick reference whether assessing a specific body system or conducting a complete physical exam. Up to date, streamlined, and clinically focused, ..
Take this pocket reference to clinicals on the job for quick access to nursing skills! Based on Perry & Potter's market-leading Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 7th Edition, Mosby's Pocket Guide to Nursing Skills & Procedures, 7th Edition presents 83 key skills in an easy-to-use A-to-Z format. ..