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Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing ANZ 5th edition continues as the most comprehensive, go-to reference for developing the core aspects of professional nursing care in Australia and New Zealand. With a clear framework of person-centred care, critical thinking, clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice underpinning the assessment and management of adults with complex, acute and chronic healthcare issues, the 5th edition provides nursing...

The 5th edition of this highly regarded text has a new title and approach which builds on the foundations of previous editions to acknowledge mental health as essential to holistic nursing practice in every setting. Written by Kim Foster, Peta Marks, Anthony O'Brien and Toby Raeburn - a team of highly respected mental health nursing educators, researchers and clinicians, the new edition has been carefully reorganised to reflect contemporary...

Navigating the Maze of Research demystifies the world of research with all the essentials you need to know - how to find relevant research papers, how to conduct your own research, and how to use research findings in your work. Produced by a high profile editorial team including Australia's leading nursing researcher, this valuable text is engaging and easy to read. It breaks down research processes into easily digestible sections, each brought...

This title features: innovative ideas to increase critical thinking; practical guidelines for family interviewing; and, clinical tools, skills and examples that breaches the boundaries of practice, education and research. You can use the thoroughly revised evidence-based Calgary Family Assessment and Intervention Models to competently and compassionately assess and intervene with families experiencing illness, loss, and/or disability. It offers...

Patient and Person: Interpersonal Skills in Nursing offers guidance on the skills needed to interact with patients as people - an essential component of building an effective therapeutic relationship and providing quality care. Author Jane Stein-Parbury explains key concepts in simple language, without assuming any prior knowledge. The book includes empathy, dealing with challenging behaviours, advocating for a patient and admitting a patient....

With its straightforward writing style and extraordinary breadth of content, Physiology in Childbearing is an ideal textbook for students of midwifery wanting to master the physiology of pregnancy, childbirth, the neonate and breastfeeding. This popular book has been fully updated to incorporate new knowledge and guidelines, and has a stronger focus on diversity. It covers basic biochemistry, cellular biology, genetics and fertility, as well as...

Practical Electrolysis is a complete reference guide to the treatments and techniques for electrolysis excellence. This comprehensive text comes packaged with an exclusive Electrolysis Skills DVD which guides the reader through a range of electrolysis treatments from consultation to aftercare, including sections on positioning, tweezer techniques and perfect insertions. This complete package is fully endorsed by Habia and City & Guilds and is...

Promoting Health examines the social, environmental, cultural and psychological determinants of health and illness and the role that primary health care has in addressing health inequalities and the broad range of skills that health practitioners need to address this issue. In this new edition, the authors have uniquely utilised two fundamental tenets central to all health promotion practice and developed key features from both the World Health...

Gain the knowledge and skills you need to analyze radiographic images and solve imaging challenges! Reflecting the latest ARRT (R) content specifications, Radiographic Image Analysis, 6th Edition provides a guide to evaluating and adjusting images to produce diagnostic-quality radiographs. It helps you to identify the error in positioning or technique that may have caused a poor image, then shows how to correct the problem, so you can reduce the...

Smeltzer & Bares Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing is designed to help nurses prepare for their responsibilities in an increasingly complex and technologically challenging healthcare environment. By integrating and balancing the art and science of adult medical-surgical nursing, its strong focus on physiol ogy, pathophysiology and psychosocial and cultural concepts as they relate to nursing care is supported by diverse concepts such as...

**Selected for Doody's Core Titles (R) 2024 in Radiologic Technology** Gain the knowledge and skills you need to succeed as a radiologic technologist! Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy, 11th Edition provides the essential information that you need to perform hundreds of radiographic procedures and produce clear, diagnostic-quality images. Easy-to-follow guidelines help you learn anatomy and positioning and minimize imaging...

This textbook carefully guides learners through the principles of body analysis, heat and water treatments, masks and wraps, tanning, massage techniques, and electrical applications. Explaining its subject accessibly, and with practical diagrams and sumptuous photographs throughout. "The Art and Science of Spa & Body Therapy" helps spa technicians to understand both the theory and practice of their vocation.

Colorful cartoons, engaging learning aids, and an easy-to-read approach make it enjoyable to learn A&P! The Human Body in Health and Illness, 7th Edition introduces you to the anatomy and physiology concepts you'll really use in healthcare practice. Organized by body systems, this text simplifies the often-intimidating subject of A&P with clear, step-by-step explanations, hundreds of full-color drawings, fascinating anecdotes, relevant clinical...