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Our product portfolio includes the fields of nursing, public health, healthcare administration, social work, counselling, gerontology, psychology, and, under our Demos Medical imprint, the specialities of neurology, oncology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. In all of our publishing disciplines, we are passionate about providing the best educational, professional reference, and clinical content to current and future generations of healthcare and helping professionals.
Comparative Perspectives on Aging and the Life Course
Written by leading scholars, this text on global aging is distinguished by its perspective on universal similarities and sociocultural differences across nations. This second edition presents coverage of topics in social gerontology, and expands its treatment of health behaviour, health care, families, caregiving, older workers, and retirement.
Provides cardiac care nurses with speedy access to information and guidelines they use daily. Heavily updated with the newest clinical practice information, this third edition emphasizes postoperative complications and the nursing interventions designed to prevent and treat them.
This critical-thinking blueprint for the triage nurse delivers essential knowledge for accurate decision-making in emergency triage situations. Formatted to provide easily accessible and retrievable information, the manual facilitates rapid recognition and understanding of acuity levels and their application to patient care.
Provides RNs and nursing students with an accessible, concise, step-by-step introduction to the essentials of informatics and its impact on patient lives. The book delivers required competencies and frameworks for both nursing education and practice, expanding on integral systems and technologies within the health care system.
A Patient-Centered Guide for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Related Health Professions
Underscores the complexity of prescribing drugs for older adults while providing state-of-the-art guidelines for safe patient care. An evidence-based, quick-access reference for adult gerontology nurse practitioners and related providers, this text describes a holistic, patient-centered approach to prescribing drugs to older adults.
A Guide for Nurses, Physicians, and Other Health Professionals
The first resource of its kind, this authoritative handbook holistically addresses the multidimensional aspects of perinatal and neonatal palliative care. Written by an interprofessional team of renowned specialists, it is both a text and evidence-based reference for all members of the palliative care team.
This innovative review for nurses preparing for the Certified Neuroscience Registered Nurse (CNRN (R)) exam mirrors the test-format blueprint, focusing on the specific subject matter on the exam. It is carefully calibrated to provide an effective balance of clinical judgment-enhancing content review.
This fourth edition of the incomparable review bible for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Board Examination has been thoroughly updated to reflect current practice and the core knowledge tested on the exam. The book distils the essentials and provides focused reviews of all major PM&R topics.
Delivers the specialized knowledge and skills needed to accurately assess children during health and illness. Comprehensive and detailed, this book emphasizes the unique anatomic and physiologic differences among infants, children, and adults.