2021 Textbook Catalogue

HEALTHCARE TEXTBOOK 2021

HEALTHCARE TEXTBOOK 2021

Nursing: Leadership & Management, Issues & Trends Informatics and Nursing: Opportunities and Nursing 6th Edition Jeanne Sewell 978-1-9751-0208-1 / 472 pp / October 2018

Nursing: Licensed Practical/Vocational Nursing

LPN to RN Transitions 5th Edition Nicki Harrington & Cynthia Lee Terry 978-1-9751-0504-4 / 400 pp / January 2018 A proven guide to personal and professional achievement, LPN to RN Transitions , 5th Edition, eases the return to academic life and helps licensed practical and vocational nurses effectively balance career, school, and personal pursuits on the journey to success in registered nursing programs. Thoroughly updated, this revised edition reflects the growing emphasis on culturally sensitive, inter collaborative care students are likely to encounter in their RN careers.

The information in this textbook is what every nurse should know. Besides providing information for anyone who is just beginning to learn about nursing informatics, the book is designed for use either as a text for a course in nursing informatics or with a curriculum in which informatics is a vertical strand. Content proceeds from the basics all the way through to using the end product of informatics, data. Unit I , Informatics Basics, and Unit II , Office Productivity Competency, provide background information that would be useful in undergraduate and graduate introductory courses, or as an introduction to computers and information management. Unit III , Information Competency, would be useful at any point in a curriculum. Unit IV , The Evolving Healthcare Paradigm, and Unit V, Healthcare Informatics, provide information that would be useful at more advanced levels. Unit VI , Computer Uses in Healthcare Beyond Clinical Informatics, can be used as a whole or its individual chapters matched with a course.

Contemporary Practical/ Vocational Nursing 9th Edition Corrine Kurzen 978-1-9751-3621-5 / 401 pp / January 2020

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Developed specifically for the LPN/LVN student, Contemporary Practical/ Vocational Nursing delivers a basic introduction to the nursing profession with an emphasis on lifelong learning, leadership skills and career planning to help students develop the practical knowledge and problem-solving skills for success. The updated 9th Edition of this versatile text reflects the latest evidence-based coverage of the LPN/LVN professions and equips student nurses with the clinical judgment capabilities essential to an effective career in today’s nursing workforce.

Nursing in Today’s World - Trends, Issues and Management 11th Edition Amy Stegen & Holli Sowerby 978-1-4963-8710-3 / 624 pp / October 2018

Fully updated to cover today’s issues and trends, Nursing in Today’s World , 11 th Edition prepares students for the realities of practice. Re-imaged to appeal to this generation of nursing students, this engaging edition contains features that break up the text and help students pragmatically acquire, retain, recall, and apply knowledge to real-life scenarios. Appealing to visual learners, our Cartoon Curriculum adds humour and satire to the book. These visuals and related discussion questions/activities decrease learning time, improve comprehension, enhance retrieval, and increase retention. Appealing to students who learn best through Modelling and Storytelling, Communication In Action helps students develop their soft skills. Examples, Daily Ethical Dilemmas Feature Boxes, and Stegen & Sowerby Stories offer the concrete examples on the day to day life of a RN that students need to realize why what they are learning in their Issues and Trends course is important to their careers and ability to navigate complex healthcare realities.

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