Providing an essential overview of nursing theory in a single, straightforward text, Theoretical Basis for Nursing, 7th Edition, by Melanie McEwen, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN and Evelyn M Wills, PhD equips students with the knowledge to apply theory to practice. This AJN Award-winning resource moves beyond concepts to teach students how to think critically and to analyze, evaluate, and apply theories with confidence. Known as a concise and contemporary nursing theory text, the 7th edition reflects the growing professional emphasis on clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and the latest AACN Essentials. This edition also features a new chapter on informatics and expanded coverage of shared theories from related fields, ensuring a well-rounded foundation for both teaching and learning.

Uploaded July 2026

Robust coverage and hundreds of active learning exercises help students overcome a lack of real-world leadership experience and meet the demands of today’s challenging, ever-changing healthcare system. From managing conflict and working collaboratively to organizing patient care and staffing, students vicariously experience the responsibilities of mid- and top-level nursing managers and hone their critical-thinking, problem-solving, and clinical decision-making skills before entering high-stakes clinical settings.

Uploaded July 2026

Integrative Nursing is a complete roadmap to integrative patient care, providing a guide to the whole person/whole systems assessment and clinical interventions for individuals, families, and communities. Treatment strategies described in this version employ the full complement of evidence-informed methodologies in a tailored, person-centered approach to care. Integrative medicine is defined as healing-oriented medicine that takes account of the whole person (body, mind, and spirit) as well as all aspects of the lifestyle; it emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and makes use of appropriate therapies, but conventional and alternative.

Uploaded July 2026

Patient safety and quality of care are critical concerns of healthcare consumers, payers, providers, organizations, health systems, and governments. Evidence shows that high reliability methods enable the most efficient, safe, and effective care; however, these methods are not the standard in all healthcare systems. Nurses--who are on the front line of providing safe and effective care--are ideally situated to drive high reliability. This book equips nurses and healthcare professionals with the tools necessary to establish an error detection and prevention system. In this new edition, authors build on the foundation of previous editions with best practices, relevant exemplars, and important discussions about cultural aspects essential to sustainability.

Uploaded July 2026

Prepare to compassionately care for the aging population with Gerontologic Nursing, 7th Edition, uniquely known for its comprehensive coverage of the most common medical-surgical problems associated with older adults. Organized by body system for easy retrieval of information, it delves into health promotion and both basic and complex gerontologic concepts and issues. A disorder-focused approach addresses nursing management and care coordination across health care delivery settings. This text emphasizes topics such as nutrition, chronic illness, emergency treatment, patient teaching, home care, and end-of-life care.

Uploaded July 2026

Juli Boit, a 25-year-old nurse practitioner, moved from Los Angeles to a small village in Kenya to be a part of an HIV program. In 2009, she founded a hospice called Kimbilio where men, women, and children come either to heal or to be loved until they die. On an ordinary Friday afternoon in 2016, a three-pound baby boy, Ryan, wrapped in pink was brought to Kimbilio. He had been born prematurely earlier that week. His mom passed away while giving birth, and neighbors miraculously kept Ryan alive on water alone for five days until they brought him to the hospice. Juli and her husband brought Ryan to their home to care for him, simply wanting to make sure he would survive. When Ryan was six months old, he, along with two of his other siblings, were diagnosed with sickle cell disease. In Kenya, 80% of children with sickle cell die before they reach their second birthday. From Beyond the Skies is a remarkable story of love, courage, and new life found within the dark.

Uploaded July 2026

A practical, easy-to-read nursing health assessment guide that teaches a consistent head-to-toe assessment approach by focusing on normal findings first, making it easier to recognize abnormalities. It covers assessments for adults, children, older adults, and pregnant patients, includes updated evidence-based practice, NCLEX-focused clinical reasoning, COVID-19 information, and online resources such as case studies, audio assessment sounds, and performance checklists. Its clear organization, illustrations, and spiral-bound format make it useful for both studying and clinical practice.

Uploaded July 2026

Gain the knowledge and skills needed to provide safe, effective perioperative nursing care. This book is a resource for nurses and surgical technologists training for a career in the operating room. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions cover patient care in more than 400 surgical interventions, including patient positioning, instrumentation, and postoperative care. Along with the latest on robotic surgery and a review of evidence-based guidelines, this edition includes coverage of COVID-19 and gender affirmation surgery. Edited by a well-known nursing educator - and with every chapter authored by an expert nurse - this guide gives you the tools you need to pass the CNOR© certification exam and succeed in the surgical setting.

Uploaded July 2026

Harnessing the proven benefits of active learning strategies, this is the first activity book created for a broad spectrum of courses in aging-related higher education. It features 32 classroom and community-based educational activities for instructors seeking to introduce or enhance aging content in their courses. Underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of aging studies, the book encompasses teaching strategies for instructors in such disciplines as counseling, family studies, gerontology, geriatrics, medicine, psychology, public administration, public health, nursing, social work, sociology, speech pathology, and others.

Uploaded July 2026

In The Gateway We Call Death, President Nelson, a surgeon by profession and now a special witness of the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, approaches the subject of death from both a medical and a theological point of view to discuss such topics as these: • The purpose of life and of death • The purpose of mourning • When death comes without warning.

Uploaded May 2026