Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Nursing - General

The ECG is one of the most commonly used investigations in contemporary medicine. Interpretation of the ECG can appear daunting, but it is actually relatively straightforward as long as a systematic approach is taken.

Pocket ECGs for Nurses assists with this task by providing a detailed yet readable introduction to ECG interpretation, supplemented by clinical information about how to act based on its findings.

The book begins by covering the basics of cardiac anatomy and physiology and how these relate to the ECG. It then guides nurses on how to perform a high-quality...

Sleep and Psychosomatic Medicine presents an overview of sleep medicine and the management of common sleep disorders seen in a wide variety of practice settings.

Chapters have been written by experts in the field in order to provide physicians of a wide range of interests and abilities with a highly readable exposition of the principal results, including numerous well articulated examples and a rich discussion of applications.

The second edition has been revised to further broaden the scope with the inclusion of several new chapters such as Sleep and...

A New York Times bestseller. "A funny, intimate, and often jaw-dropping account of life behind the scenes."--People

Nurses is the compelling story of the year in the life of four nurses, and the drama, unsung heroism, and unique sisterhood of nursing--one of the world's most important professions (nurses save lives every day), and one of the world's most dangerous, filled with violence, trauma, and PTSD.

In following four nurses, Alexandra Robbins creates sympathetic characters while diving deep into their world of controlled chaos. It's a world...

Detailliert und praxisorientiert beschreibt dieses Buch, wie Patienten, die einen sicheren venosen Zugang benotigen, optimal mit einem Portsystem versorgt werden. Die unterschiedlichen Implantationstechniken und ihre Vor- und Nachteile sind ebenso ausfuhrlich dargestellt wie die Portanwendungen bei unterschiedlichen Indikationen und der Umgang mit dem Port nach der Implantation. Eine standardisierte Operationstechnik, die Auswahl des geeigneten Materials, die perfekte Kooperation der beteiligten Berufsgruppen untereinander und mit dem Patienten und die kompetente Portpflege und nutzung...

This fourth edition of How Drugs Work equips readers with a set of clear concepts for matching the pharmacology to the diagnosis, and has been completely revised and updated to reflect the latest knowledge and terminology. Rather than providing overwhelmingly comprehensive information, it condenses the aspects of pharmacology directly relevant to everyday practice into a concise, accessible volume, including material on the half life of drugs, patient non-compliance and severe chronic inflammation.

Full of practical, evidence based advice, Heart Failure and Palliative Care encourages a multidisciplinary team based approach. It stimulates joint working between primary care, cardiology and palliative care teams raising awareness of the problems associated with supportive and palliative care for heart failure patients. The second edition has been significantly revised and updated with brand new chapters and sections on shared decision making, advance care planning, devices, ACP and non-LVSD failure. Heart Failure and Palliative Care offers optimum care solutions vital to all palliative...

This practical and portable guide has been designed specifically to help academics and students in medicine and surgery departments at universities all over the world, who are required to write in English to maximize exposure to their research, produce professional and accurate academic English and eradicate the errors that occur at all levels from bad habits or gaps in knowledge. By identifying likely mistakes and then instructing the writers on how to correct them, with exercises to encourage self testing, this easily accessible and at-a-glance resource can be kept readily to hand as an...

Das Buch bietet viele abwechslungsreiche Ubungen fur das Training der Konzentration, der Wahrnehmung, des Merkens sowie fur das Abrufen von Informationen. Spass und Freude am Denken stehen im Vordergrund. Dabei beschrankt sich das Fitnesstraining fur unsere "grauen Zellen" nicht nur auf stures Auswendiglernen oder dem Losen von Kreuzwortratsel. Vielmehr geht es um Nachdenken, Uberlegen, Entscheiden, Betrachten verschiedener Gesichtspunkte, das Erfahren von neuem, das Hinterfragen von Bekanntem und das Uberdenken von Gewohntem. Erfolg, sicheres Auftreten und Kompetenz sind keine Frage der...