Designed to develop the clinical judgment and critical thinking skills needed to excel in pediatric nursing with case-based text. Helps to master essential information on growth and development, body systems, and pharmacologic therapy to apply to fictional scenarios based on real clinical cases. The second edition features latest evidence-based perspectives and approaches to COVID-19, highlights the practical application of key nursing competencies, building clinical judgment boxes, and more.

In June of 1861, 46-year-old Harriet Patience Dame joined the Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a matron. No Place for a Woman recounts her dedicated service throughout the Civil War. She camped with the regiment on campaign, nursed its wounded after many major battles, and carried out important wartime missions for her state and the Union cause.

Presents expert nursing knowledge and critical thinking strategies for the NCLEX-RN exam including sample questions and sample tests.

Strategies play an important role in passing the NCLEX-RN, which is a critical thinking test that requires students to go beyond simply recognising facts. In this guide, test-takers will learn these strategies and then practice using them on the two included practice tests.

Make sense of complex medical terms with this comprehensive reference! Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health Professions, 11th Edition includes more than 56,000 authoritative definitions along with 2,450 illustrations -- that's twice the number of images found in other medical dictionaries.

Delivering a comprehensive, case-based approach drawn from real-world nursing scenarios, Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing: A Case-Based Approach, 2nd Edition, brings patient-based care practices to life to help students master concepts, retain information, and think like nurses--whether they're applying clinical judgment on the Next Generation NCLEX® or ensuring optimal care in clinical practice.

This book is a concise survey of the development of U.S. long-term care and its financing, with comparisons with other rich countries. It also includes a brief comparative account of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and several other countries. The study finds much that is amiss with American long-term care and proposes three sets of progressively more ambitious reforms.

The book is designed to support the four major content areas in pre-licensure programs: obstetrics, pediatrics, medical-surgical, and mental health nursing. Within each of the four sections, chapters are organized around common health problems. When studying, students can select examinations that parallel the content in a particular course in a variety of curricula.

When a cancer nurse becomes a cancer patient, she has to confront the most critical, terrified, sometimes furious patient she's ever encountered: herself. A frank look at struggling with illness while navigating the health care maze.

Learn the concepts and skills and develop the clinical judgment you need to provide excellent nursing care! Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical judgment, nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care in all settings.