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Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: A Communication Approach to Evidence Based Care, 4th Edition,offers the perfect balance of essential nursing interventions and clinical content. It incorporates a reader-friendly style, and an emphasis on therapeutic communication and evidence-based practice. Perfect for shorter psychiatric nursing courses, this streamlined psychiatric text includes need to know information and key DSM-5 content you need to pass your course and prepare for the NCL...

PFT Test 1 All Answers Correct PFT Goals - Detect restrictive lung defects (reduced lung volumes) - Detect obstructive lung defects (reduced airflows) - Detect gas transfer abnormalities (diffusion) - Detect respiratory muscle weakness Basic and Commonly Performed PFT - Vital Capacity: Measures the largest volume of air that can be moved into or out of the lungs and is related to the standing height of the patient. Maximal Voluntary Ventilation (MVV) - Definition: Can be used to assess p...

Table of Contents Course Syllabus 1 Chapter Discussion Questions and Activities 9 Chapter 1: Developing Effective Treatment Plans 9 Chapter 2: Real World Treatment Planning: Systems, Culture, and Ethics 9 Chapter 3: Safety-Related Clinical Issues and Treatment Planning 10 Chapter 4: Depressive, Bipolar, and Related Disorders 11 Chapter 5: Anxiety Disorders 11 Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 12 Chapter 7: Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders 13 Chapter 8: Substan...

Binder-Ready Edition: This loose-leaf copy of the full text is a convenient, accessible, and customizable alternative to the bound book. With this binder-ready edition, students can personalize the text to match their unique needs! Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provid...

Mary Ann Boyd’s Psychiatric Nursing: Contemporary Practice 6th edition is a comprehensive approach to psychiatric mental health nursing. Dr. Boyd revised the sixth edition to prepare nursing leaders who challenge the status quo, partner with their patients in the delivery of care, and use the latest evidence in their nursing practice. The sixth edition has an emphasis on the recovery-interventions and wellness, with coverage of mental health promotion, assessment, and interventions in adults, ...

THIRD EDITION CASE FILES® Psychiatry Eugene C. Toy, MD The John S. Dunn, Senior Academic Chair and Program Director The Methodist Hospital Ob/Gyn Residency Program Houston, Texas Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas Associate Clinical Professor and Clerkship Director Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Texas Medical School at Houston Houston, Texas Associate Clinical Professor Weill Cornell C...

Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrat...

The Next Best Step Vignettes (USMLE Step 2 CK) with complete solution compare to previous chest x-ray when you find a pulmonary nodule on chest x-ray Pulmonary angiogram (gold standard), but usually used in CT pulmonary angiography or CT with contrast most accurate test in PE NO LIP Nitrates Oxygen Loops Ionotropic drugs (dobutamine) Positioning (blood pools in the legs) BNP > 400 tx acute CHF V/Q scan if the patient cannot have CT angio then what imaging do you use to dx the ...

THIRD EDITION CASE FILES® Psychiatry Eugene C. Toy, MD The John S. Dunn, Senior Academic Chair and Program Director The Methodist Hospital Ob/Gyn Residency Program Houston, Texas Vice Chair of Academic Affairs Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology The Methodist Hospital Houston, Texas Associate Clinical Professor and Clerkship Director Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Texas Medical School at Houston Houston, Texas Associate Clinical Professor Weill Cornell C...

Prepare for psychiatric nursing care with this comprehensive, evidence-based text! Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing: A Clinical Approach, 9th Edition makes it easy to understand the complexities of psychiatric disorders and how to provide quality mental and behavioral health care. Clinical chapters follow the nursing process framework and progress from theory to application, preparing you for practice with real-world examples. Other notable features include illustrate...