| Description |
ix, 502 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Basic assessment skills -- Cardiovascular care -- Respiratory care -- Neurologic care -- Gastrointestinal care -- Musculoskeletal care -- Renal and urologic care -- Hematologic and immunologic care -- Endocrine care -- Integumentary care -- Female reproductive care -- Male reproductive care |
| Summary |
This colorful book for practicing nurses and nursing students provides a unique approach to learning important clinical concepts and techniques. It presents information in a remarkably clear and easy-to-understand fashion, using abundant illustrations to demonstrate hands-on treatments and explain disease pathophysiology. Fully visual text lets the nurse read less and understand more, improving her skills and gaining confidence as a health professional through pictures. Includes hundreds of color illustrations, photographs, wave forms, diagrams, and more creative visuals; concise, step-by-step instructions to help build nurse's confidence and alleviate fear of hands-on treatments; disease pathophysiology depicted clearly; visual presentation of topics, to make it simple to learn complicated techniques; "Lesson Plans" icon signals important information to teach the patient; "Picturing Patho" icon points to anatomical illustrations demonstrating what happens when a disease occurs; "Hands On" icon shows the nurse how to perform nursing procedures and techniques and administer treatments |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diseases.
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Nursing -- Atlases.
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Nursing.
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Nursing Care.
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Nursing Assessment.
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| Genre/Form |
Atlas.
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Atlases.
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| Author |
Comerford, Karen C.
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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| LC no. |
2011022700 |
| ISBN |
1609136500 |
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9781609136505 |
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