Wednesday, April 20, 2011

The Nurse Manager's Guide to Hiring, Firing & Inspiring

Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau
1st edition - April 1, 2010
Paperback: 202 pages
ISBN-10: 9781930538924
ISBN-13: 978-1930538924
 

Nurse managers often find themselves performing a balancing act. A typical day involves solving personnel crises, managing administrative expectations, and providing solid leadership all while remaining a champion for patients well-being. The Nurse Manager s Guide to Hiring, Firing & Inspiring empowers nurse managers to be successful in all aspects of their positions. This book offers a wealth of tools and tips for hiring the right person for the right job, making key personnel and budgetary decisions, improving employee morale, and more. 

Clinical Nurse Specialist Toolkit A Guide for the New Clinical Nurse Specialist

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - March 2, 2009
192 pages
ISBN-10: 9780826118356
ISBN-13: 978-0826118356
 

The Clinical Nurse Specialist Toolkit serves as a one-stop, all-inclusive guide designed for novice Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNSs) just getting started in this exciting new career. Organized in an easy-to-use, bullet-point format. 

Community as Partner Theory and Practice in Nursing

Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
5th Revised edition - 1 Dec 2006
Paperback: 496 pages
ISBN-10: 0781786436
ISBN-13: 978-0781786430
 

The thoroughly updated Fifth Edition of this AJN award-winning text examines the contemporary public health nurse's role as a hands-on caregiver, community detective, and epidemiologist. Emphasizing primary care, community assessment, and program planning, the book provides practical tools for working with communities to improve health and includes exemplars from communities throughout the world. This edition integrates Healthy People 2010 objectives throughout the exemplars. Three new chapters discuss differences between population-focused and individual-focused care; informatics in community/home health nursing; and communities in danger from bioterrorism, infectious disease, or disasters. This edition also includes more examples of rural community assessment. 


The Informed Practice Nurse (Wiley Series in Nursing)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
2nd Edition edition - 29 Feb 2008
Paperback: 336 pages
ISBN-10: 9780470057490
ISBN-13: 978-0470057490
 

This level of nurse works largely independently and their work is managed rather than supervised. They are able to demonstrate their duties to less experienced employees and supervise students, and can undertake surveys or audits. They may occasionally participate in research and development, clinical trials or equipment testing. The second edition of The Informed Practice Nurse offers both the new and experienced practice nurse the opportunity to reflect on their current practice. The chapter content is evidence based and accurately referenced, making it an essential text for students on undergraduate and post-graduate courses. Management and ethical issues in general practice are placed in context to government directives and the dynamic ethos of nursing. Women's, men's and young peoples health care are addressed in separate chapters, concentrating on health issues often neglected in other nursing texts and the health needs of lesbian women and gay men are discussed in a sensitive manner. 


Fast Facts for the ER Nurse Emergency Room Orientation in a Nutshell

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
1st edition - September 10, 2009
Paperback: 304 pages
ISBN-10: 0826105211
ISBN-13: 978-0826105219
 

Fast Facts for the ER Nurse is an orientation guide and reference, designed specifically for new ER nurses and the preceptors responsible for their orientation. The chapters provide a brief overview of equipment, treatments, and drugs used to manage common disorders and conditions frequently seen in the ER. Critical information presented in each chapter includes disorder definitions, signs and symptoms, interventions, and critical thinking questions. 

With this guide, nurses can get the information they need fast in bullet-point lists. Each chapter is conveniently organized alphabetically by disease and disorder for quick access. The book serves as an organized, reliable, and thorough ER guide, ensuring a structured approach to orientation. All new ER nurses and their preceptors will find this book to be a reference they cannot do without. 

Paediatrics A Clinical Guide for Nurse Practitioners

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
1st edition - August 15, 2003
Paperback: 288 pages
ISBN-10: 0750649577
ISBN-13: 978-0750649575
 

This practical reference describes the clinical assessment, diagnosis, and management of common pediatric ambulatory conditions that are routinely managed by nurse practitioners. 



101 Global Leadership Lessons for Nurses

Publisher: Sigma Theta Tau International
1 edition October 27, 2009
Paperback: 704 pages
ISBN-10: 1930538790
ISBN-13: 978-1930538795
 

101 Global Leadership Lessons for Nurses covers the daily challenges facing health care leaders communications, negotiations, resource management, and work-life balance, to name a few with the unique feature of a mentor-mentee team authoring each chapter. These established and emerging mentors and mentees come from every corner of the globe and share their lessons learned, providing a rich legacy for nurses everywhere. 101 Global Leadership Lessons for Nurses offers: An alphabetical subject order for quick topic access. Authors from 32 countries spanning six continents. A wealth of resources, with topics ranging from academic-service partnerships to writing for professional journals, and 99 other topics in between. Reflective questions at the end of each chapter to help you integrate ideas into your professional life. 

Med-Surg Success A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company  2nd edition - November 19, 2010  Paperback: 816 pages  ISBN-10: 0803625049  ISBN-13: 978-0803625044  The ro...