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Visual nursing : a guide to diseases, skills, and treatments.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008Description: ix, 502 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781582556826 (alk. paper)
  • 1582556822 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Guide to diseases, skills, and treatments
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 610.73078 22
LOC classification:
  • RT57 .V57 2008
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: "Featuring hundreds of full-color illustrations, photographs, wave forms, diagrams, and other creative visual aids, this colorful book provides a unique approach to learning disease pathophysiology and hands-on nursing procedures and treatments. The fully visual presentation lets nurses read less and understand more, improving their skills and gaining confidence through pictures. Step-by-step illustrations with succinct instructions show nurses exactly what to do when assessing patients and administering treatments. Disease pathophysiology is clearly and vividly depicted in anatomical illustrations. Colorfully illustrated patient teaching aids help nurses explain diseases and treatments to patients."--Publisher description.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 610.73078 VIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A432563B

Includes bibliographical references (p. 479) and index.

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.

"Featuring hundreds of full-color illustrations, photographs, wave forms, diagrams, and other creative visual aids, this colorful book provides a unique approach to learning disease pathophysiology and hands-on nursing procedures and treatments. The fully visual presentation lets nurses read less and understand more, improving their skills and gaining confidence through pictures. Step-by-step illustrations with succinct instructions show nurses exactly what to do when assessing patients and administering treatments. Disease pathophysiology is clearly and vividly depicted in anatomical illustrations. Colorfully illustrated patient teaching aids help nurses explain diseases and treatments to patients."--Publisher description.

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