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Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States (3rd Edition)
by Glenn Matfin Carol M. PorthThe text, which is based on the eighth edition of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health, has been prepared specifically for those students who do not need the extensive breadth or detail of content provided in the larger book. To accomplish this task, content deemed to be less essential has been omitted, while essential content has been reorganized, revised, and condensed.
Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States
by Carol Mattson PorthPrepare your students for their future careers with Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States, 4/e. This clear, readable, and student-friendly text delivers "need to know" disease content, along with the essential foundation in science that nursing, physician assistant, pharmacology, advanced health science, and medical students need to succeed in their future careers. Approaching the topic as an exploration of pathophysiology, the book relates normal body functioning to the physiologic changes that occur as a result of disease and provides concise yet complete coverage of how the body works. The Fourth Edition builds on the book''s extremely successful art program and the "Understanding" feature and incorporates summary concept boxes after each section.
Essentials of Pediatric Nursing
by Theresa Kyle Susan CarmanEssentials of Pediatric Nursing, 4th Edition, helps students develop the clinical reasoning capability to confidently meet the unique challenges of caring for children and their families in a wide variety of healthcare settings. Utilizing the nursing process, a concise, concept-based approach makes relevant information accessible and builds students’ understanding progressively from concept to application. Rather than repeating medical-surgical content previously mastered, the text builds upon students’ prior knowledge, establishing an understanding of broad concepts before cultivating students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills. <p><p> Covering a wide scope of relevant topics with an emphasis on common issues and pediatric-specific content, Essentials of Pediatric Nursing focuses on conceptual learning to help you make the most of your class time and ensure that your students are equipped for a successful career in pediatric nursing care. This updated edition introduces new Unfolding Case Studies and Clinical Reasoning Alerts that encourage discussion and clinical decision-making, as well as new Practice and Learn Growth and Development Case Studies and Skill-based Pediatric Videos on thePoint that guide students through commonly encountered scenarios and applications to equip them for the rigors of pediatric practice.
Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, 3rd Edition
by Theresa Kyle Susan CarmanEssentials of Pediatric Nursing is intended for Pediatric Nursing courses with an integrated pediatric curriculum. It provides a unique concept-based approach and nursing process focus that helps students go from concept to application by building on previously mastered knowledge from other courses. The new edition of the text focuses on allowing students to apply concepts from the book to cases throughout the book. It also emphasizes developmental considerations and atraumatic care, illustrating the unique nature of a pediatric patient. Also new to this edition are highlighted sections, showing student,,s key areas in the text that students commonly struggle with and real life critical thinking exercises. This edition will have a comprehensive supplements program to support faculty and student needs, in addition to a pediatric nursing videos series available on thePoint. Features: Hallmark Features and Key Revisions/Update: New: Misconception Alert, Boxes focusing on items that "students often misunderstand", drawn from PrepU. Feature subtly branded to PrepU. Aim to help students focus. , New: Dose Calc Box, Dose Calculation Boxes: Keeping the focus on differences between adult and child patients at the front of student,,s minds. , New: End of Chapter Case, End of chapter case study to apply course content. Phase I of case is in the book and entire unfolding case study is on thePoint. Linking print/digital. , New: Bringing it all Together, Segment drawing content application from from multiple chapters, to develop dynamic/critical thinking. Including prioritization, development, etc. To be located at end of chapters for all of unit 4. , Update: Threaded/Unfolding Case, Making note of the 'unfolding case,,, at each feature occurrence, throughout each chapter and aligning photo in chapter opener to small photo assigned with threaded case to make feature more visible to students. , Update: Worksheet, Including a question focusing on dosage calculation in the worksheet, Update: Developmental Considerations, Adding more developmental considerations throughout the book to help students understand the importance/difference between children/adults, Update: Key Terms, Putting more advanced terms in this section of the book, Update: Teaching Guidelines, Making these briefer and adjusting formatting for brevity, Update: Consider This, Guidelines on thePoint for answers/guidance on how to reach answers with page numbers, Visual preface, Preface to have visual walk through of key features,
Essentials of Pediatric Radiology
by Heike E. Daldrup-Link Charles A. GoodingEssentials of Pediatric Radiology: A Multimodality Approach provides a concise overview of both basic and complex topics encountered by pediatric radiologists in their daily practice. Written by leading pediatric radiologists from renowned children's hospitals, it focuses particularly on multimodality imaging, covering the full gamut of radiologic diagnostic techniques, including conventional radiography and ultrasound, Doppler ultrasound, up-to-date CT and MRI techniques, and PET-CT. Each chapter is generously illustrated with high quality images, as well as graphs, tables, decision flowcharts and featured cases. Chapters are arranged according to pathologies, rather than organ systems, providing the reader with clinically-oriented information when employing 'whole body' techniques or analysing scans involving multiple anatomical sites. The book is complemented by online presentations of cases as 'unknowns', which enable readers to test their diagnostic proficiency. A key text for pediatric radiology fellows, radiology residents and general radiologists, this is also essential reading for all pediatricians.
Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Occupations (6th Edition)
by Ruth Woodrow Bruce J. Colbert David M. SmithThis basic introductory text presents information about pharmacology and the safe administration of medications.
Essentials of Physical Anthropology
by Robert Jurmain Lynn Kilgore Wenda Trevathan Eric BartelinkConcise, well-balanced, and comprehensive, ESSENTIALS OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 10th Edition, introduces you to physical anthropology with the goal of helping you understand why it is important to know about human evolution. <p><p>You'll learn how humans are biologically connected to all other life, including our ancient ancestors and our contemporary primate cousins, and how closely modern human populations are related to each other. Numerous high-quality visual diagrams, artwork, maps, photographs, and other learning tools will help you grasp the big picture of human evolution.
Essentials of Physical Anthropology: Discovering Our Origins (Third Edition)
by Clark Spencer LarsenThe big picture of physical anthropology. Essentials of Physical Anthropology, Third Edition, is rich with stunning and photorealistic art, thoughtful pedagogy, innovative media, and up-to-date, student-centered content that illuminate physical anthropology’s most important themes.
The Essentials of Political Analysis (Fifth Edition)
by Philip H. PollockBuilding students' analytic abilities and developing their statistical reasoning with new data, fresh exercises, and engaging examples, this accessible introduction to the essential elements of political analysis walks students through the basics-measuring concepts, describing variables, formulating and testing hypotheses, controlling for alternative explanations, and interpreting graphic displays, and nearly 50 practical exercises motivate them to use their new skills with confidence.
Essentials of Precalculus with Calculus Previews
by Dennis G. Zill Jacqueline M. DewarEssentials of Precalculus with Calculus Previews, Sixth Edition, is an ideal undergraduate text to help students successfully transition into a future course in calculus. The Sixth Edition of this best-selling text presents the fundamental mathematics used in a typical calculus sequence in a focused and readable format. Dennis G. Zill’s concise, yet eloquent, writing style allows instructors to cover the entire text in one semester. Essentials of Precalculus with Calculus Previews, Sixth Edition uses a vibrant full-color design to illuminate key concepts and improves students' comprehension of graphs and figures. This text also includes a valuable collection of student and instructor resources, making it a complete teaching and learning package.
Essentials Of Psychology
by Douglas A. BernsteinConcise, readable, and packed with the latest research about one of the most fascinating and relevant subjects you'll ever study, ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY, 7th Edition, encourages you to learn by doing -- to actively participate and to think about what you're learning as opposed to passively receiving written information. Effective learning features help you master the material and make your study time count. You'll also see how topics in psychology are interrelated, and ramp up your critical thinking skills, including practicing a surefire questioning process for thinking objectively about research questions and results.
Essentials of Psychology: Concepts and Applications (Fourth Edition)
by Jeffrey S. NevidThe new edition of this brief introductory text retains the hallmark features that have made its parent text unique, while offering a more manageable, student-friendly format. The book was written with three goals in mind: to make the study of psychology accessible and engaging to the beginning student in psychology, to provide students with a solid grounding in the knowledge base in psychology, and to help students succeed in the course. Nevid’s comprehensive learning system-derived from research on memory, learning, and textbook pedagogy-is featured throughout. This learning model incorporates what the author calls the Four E’s of Effective Learning-Engaging Student Interest, Encoding Information, Elaborating Meaning, and Evaluating Progress. ESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, 4th Edition, provides a broad view of psychology as well as applications of the knowledge gained from contemporary research to the problems and challenges we face in today’s world.
Essentials Of Psychology: Concepts And Applications
by Jeffrey S. NevidESSENTIALS OF PSYCHOLOGY: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, 6th Edition, makes the study of psychology come alive while providing solid grounding in key knowledge to help you succeed in the course. An effective learning system helps you absorb and remember important information, while numerous hands-on activities enable you to apply what you learn. This edition also includes an expanded focus on psychology in the digital world. The text is available with MindTap, a digital learning experience featuring an e-book, videos, interactive study tools and more.
Essentials of Psychology Fifth Edition
by Stephen L. FranzoiPsychology involves the "study of the mind." As such, introductory psychology offers you the hope that course material will help you better understand not only other people but also yourself. Seeking such knowledge is a distinguishing feature of young adulthood, and the college experience is specifically designed to foster this quest.
Essentials Of Public Health Management
by L. Fleming Fallon Eric J. ZgodzinskiFeaturing new expert contributing authors from across the country, this timely revision addresses all the important topics in the effective management of public health departments and agencies. Using a practical, nontheoretical approach, the book is ideal for the hands-on management of these complex organizations and their daily operations. The Third Edition has been thoroughly revised with new case studies as well as the following new chapters: • Chapter 2 Leadership and Governance • Chapter 16 Public Health Performance Standards • Chapter 17 Continuous Quality Improvement • Chapter 18 Accreditation • Chapter 21 Social (Electronic) Media • Chapter 28 Starting a Health Board in the 21st Century The text is accompanied by a complete package of instructor resources including a Transition Guide, Instructor's Manual, TestBank, and PowerPoint slides.
Essentials of Real Estate Finance
by Doris BarrellThis dynamic textbook combines solid concepts of real estate finance, but it also gives you a solid foundation for a career in real estate. In this course, you will learn about monetary systems, primary and secondary money markets, and sources of mortgage loans. You will also learn about federal government programs, loan applications, processes and procedures, closing costs, alternative financial instruments, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Community Reinvestment Act, and the state housing agency.
Essentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society
by Anna Y. Leon-Guerrero Chava Frankfort-NachmiasEssentials of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society is a briefer version of the successful Social Statistics for a Diverse Society now in its 6th edition. As in the parent text, the context of diversity, illustrated through the use of real data in examples from contemporary social issues, will continue to differentiate this briefer statistics text. Better illustrated with more interesting examples and exercises with aá focus on student learning, will set this book apart from its competitors. Features and Benefits: - The book's informal writing style -- coupled with the use of real-world examples makes the book more accessible and engaging for students. - A focus on race, class, gender and other aspects of social diversity sets the book apart from others in the field and mirrors the major emphasis in the social sciences today. - Reading the Research Literature sections in most chapters help students read and interpret statistical information in professional and scholarly publications. - Learning Checks within chapters engage students in reviewing key concepts and techniques. - Statistics in Practice extended examples show students applications to meaningful social issues. - Heavily illustrated with many charts, tables and graphs - Extensive end of chapter exercise sets.
Essentials Of Social Welfare: Politics And Public Policy
by Diana DiNitto David JohnsonEssentials of Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy (a briefer version of Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7/e) introduces the major social welfare policies and programs in the United States and encourages readers to think about conflicts in social welfare today. It emphasizes the current political aspects of policymaking and major social welfare programs. <p><p> In this book, social welfare policy is portrayed as the ever-evolving result of public conflict over social problems, the resources Americans choose to allocate to those problems, the debate over whether these problems can best be solved through government, and the political choices involved in reaching even tentative consensus.
Essentials of Social Work Management and Leadership: A Competency-based Approach
by Richard Hoefer Larry D. WatsonEssentials of Social Work Management and Leadership: A Competency-based Approach helps students not only build critical knowledge but also cultivate the unique skills that will help them develop into competent and successful managers and leaders. <p><p>Experiential exercises, informative case studies, and carefully crafted assignments based on the 2015 Council on Social Work Education's (CSWE) Educational Policy Accreditation Standards (EPAS) show students how to apply key concepts to gain career success. Each chapter of the text combines knowledge with competency-building exercises that fit into a newly refined conceptual model of the material. The model places the 2015 CSWE EPAS into strategic categories according to orientation, helping readers better understand how each skill functions within the discipline and how collectively, they can support a thriving and effective social work practice. The text delivers excellent insight, opportunities for action, and material that inspires students to become effective, confident, and capable leaders. Essentials of Social Work Management and Leadership is well suited for courses in social work and nonprofit leadership and management at a specialized or advanced level. <p><p>The text is co-sponsored by The Network for Social Work Management, an international organization focused on strengthening and advancing social work management within health and human services.
Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach
by James M. HenslinSociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students’ lives. Throughout the text, author James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology through his acclaimed down-to-earth approach and personal writing style. Six central themes help stimulate students’ sociological imaginations: a down-to-earth approach, globalization, cultural diversity, critical thinking, the new technology, and the influence of the mass media on our lives. The Thirteenth Edition has been extensively revised to include contemporary examples and fresh topics that bring sociology to life.
Essentials of Sociology: A Down-To-Earth Approach (7th edition)
by James M. HenslinThis textbook explores the behavior of social groups, examines the impact of culture and social inequality on everyday lives, describes political and religious institutions, and analyzes population and technology trends. The functionalist, symbolic interactionist, and conflict perspectives are represented in most chapters. The sixth edition adds three photo essays, and reflects some national and global changes. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Essentials Of Sociology 11th Edition
by James M. HenslinA Down-to-Earth Approach James Henslin shares the excitement of sociology in Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, 11/e. With his acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style, the author highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin stimulates students'' sociological imagination so they can better perceive how the pieces of society fit together. In addition to this trademark down-to-earth approach, other distinctive features include: comparative perspectives, the globalization of capitalism, and visual presentations of sociology. MySocLab is an integral part of the Henslin learning program. Engaging activities and assessments provide a teaching a learning system that helps students see the world through a sociological lens. With MySocLab, students can develop critical thinking skills through writing, explore real-world data through the new Social Explorer, and watch the latest entries in the Core Concept Video Series. Revel from Pearson is a new learning experience designed for the way today''s students read, think, and learn. Revel redesigns familiar and respected course content and enriches it for today''s students with new dynamic, rich-media interactives and assessments. The result is improved student engagement and improved learning. Revel for Henslin will be available for Fall 2014 classes. This program will provide a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. It: Personalizes Learning with MySocLab: MySocLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program. It helps students prepare for class and instructor gauge individual and class performance. Explores a A Down-to-Earth Approach: This title highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. Improves Critical Thinking: Features throughout help build critical thinking skills. Understands Social Change: An important theme of the text, social change over time, examines what society was previously like, how it has changed, and what the implications are for the present and future. ALERT: Before you purchase, check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title, including customized versions for individual schools, and registrations are not transferable. In addition, you may need a CourseID, provided by your instructor, to register for and use Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products. Packages Access codes for Pearson's MyLab & Mastering products may not be included when purchasing or renting from companies other than Pearson; check with the seller before completing your purchase. Used or rental books If you rent or purchase a used book with an access code, the access code may have been redeemed previously and you may have to purchase a new access code. Access codes Access codes that are purchased from sellers other than Pearson carry a higher risk of being either the wrong ISBN or a previously redeemed code. Check with the seller prior to purchase.
Essentials of Sociology (Fourth Edition)
by Anthony Giddens Mitchell Duneier Richard P. Appelbaum Deborah CarrThis is a textbook that teaches students how issues in our global society connect to their own lives.
Essentials Of Statistics
by Mario TriolaFor courses in Introductory Statistics. <P><P> Real data bring statistics to life From opinion polls and clinical trials to self-driving cars, statistics influences and shapes the world around us. Best-selling author Marty Triola is committed to keeping Essentials of Statistics current ― with an unprecedented amount of current real data ― so that students of all majors understand the role of statistics in the world around them. In addition to an abundance of new data sets, examples, and exercises, the 6th Edition is even more effective for today’s instructors with the addition of learning objectives as an organizational tool, larger data sets, and new topics and organization in line with advancements in statistics education. In addition, students will find more support in an all-new series of videos, additional opportunities for practice, and improved support for statistical software. Essentials of Statistics is part of a series that includes Elementary Statistics, Elementary Statistics Using the TI 83/84 Plus Calculator, andElementary Statistics Using Excel. Data sets and other resources for this series are available at our website.