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How to Avoid Errors in Ordering Tests and Interpreting Results
A convenient, quick-reference guide to common errors and pitfalls in test selection and result interpretation for practitioners and trainees in all areas of clinical medicine. Authored by recognized experts and educators in laboratory medicine, it provides timely, practical guidance about what to do and what not to do for practitioners ordering or ......
Clinical Principals for Rehabilitation Professionals
The interpersonal context of the brain disorder affects not only how injury or trauma is expressed, but how the patient and family deals with medical professionals and how rehabilitation programs must be tailored to ensure effectiveness. This book serves as a general guidebook on the issues surrounding multicultural rehabilitation.
Presents a new approach to nursing education that focuses on the context of caring between nurse and patient. At its core is an extensive collection of "nursing situations". These are case studies depicting shared lived experiences in which the care between the nurse and patient are studied from various theoretical perspectives.
The first book to present mindfulness and yoga-based treatment for dysregulated, consumption-oriented disorders Mindfulness and yoga-based approaches as beneficial supplements to traditional mental health paradigms are well supported by empirical research. While numerous texts have examined these approaches for treatment of depression, anxiety, ......
The complexities of health care finance, economics, and policy are today inextricably intertwined with traditional nursing practice. This undergraduate nursing text distills these challenging topics into an engaging, easy-to-read format that facilitates ready application into any practice setting. Written specifically for RN to BSN and second ......
This globally focused resource integrates sound research evidence, real-life case scenarios, and effective, practical strategies to address a key health care initiative of the 21st century--optimal quality of life for older adults. Distinguished by its broad and global outlook, the book includes contributions from an international cadre of widely ......
This groundbreaking annual review has provided nearly three decades of knowledge, insight, and research on topics critical to the field of nursing. The 33rd volume delivers the most current research on traumatic brain injury (TBI) with a focus on its implications for improving health and wellbeing. The book examines promising new interventions for ......
While many psychosocial interventions used in social work practice have strong research evidence supporting their efficacy, a surprising number do not. In this book, the authors cast a critical eye on the reality of commonly used scientific and pseudoscientific practices in social work today.
Vivid case examples help to guide nurses in developing appropriate interventions that include complementary and alternative health therapies and provide a basis for evaluating outcomes. Exercises interspersed throughout each case study include numerous open-ended and multiple-choice questions to facilitate learning and critical thinking.
