Bøger af Jim Keogh

The fun, fast, and effective way to master medical-surgical nursing and use your knowledge in real-world situations If you're looking for an engaging, reader-acclaimed review that boils medical-surgical nursing down to its most essential, must-know points your search ends here! Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified, Third Edition is a complete yet concise overview of the major body systems and the diseases and disorders that can affect them. You will learn about hallmark signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatment, and nursing intervention, so you have the knowledge to help your patients as a student and as a nurse once you start your career. Since Medical-Surgical Nursing can be challenging for a beginner, the book is written to provide an organized, outline approach to learning about major diseases, and the role the nurse can play in the treatment process. Studying is easy and effective with key objectives, important terms, brief overviews, tables and diagrams, and NCLEX -style questions throughout the book. Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified, Third Edition ends with a comprehensive final exam that covers all the content found in the book.

This book provides tips to help project managers through the interviewing process, teaching them what they need to know about handling interview questions and enabling them to perform at their very best.

A fun, streamlined way to learn the major concepts and theories of critical care nursing - and how to apply them to real-world patient situationsValuable to professional nurses who wants to transition into critical care nursing or students seeking to excel in their advanced studies, Critical Care Nursing Demystified, Second Edition is the book they need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced trends of this specialty.In order to make the learning process as quick and effective as possible, each chapter contains lesson objectives, key terms, NCLEX®-style Q&A, and vignettes of nursing situations you are likely to encounter in the workplace. You will also find a comprehensive final exam and coverage that includes overviews of basic anatomy and physiology of target organ systems, detailed health assessments using the body systems approach, diagnostic studies utilized to confirm an illness, common critical procedures performed, current medications used in the treatment of the critical care patient, and implementation of the nursing process to identify and solve patient concerns.Simple enough for students but challenging enough for professional nurses considering a switch from their current field to this specialty, Critical Care Nursing Demystified is the book you need to make your transition or entry into the field as smooth and painless as possible.

Written by a graduate nurse instructor and bestselling author, Dosage Calculations Demystified, Second Edition covers medication orders and medication labels and explains how to calculate doses using the formula method and the ratio-proportion method.

J2ME allows developers to use Java and the J2ME wireless toolkit to create applications and programs for wireless and mobile devices. This comprehensive resource for Java developers seeking to understand and utilise J2ME when building mobile applications and services.

The fun, fast, and easy way to learn the core concepts and skills of cardiovascular nursingWhether you're a student seeking to excel in a course or a professional nurse transitioning into care of cardiovascular patients, this is the book you need to quickly and easily understand the key concepts and advanced protocols in cardiovascular nursing - and how to apply them in real world situations. Cardiovascular Nursing DeMYSTiFieD is your step-by-step guide to learn how to successfully identify patients' signs and symptoms, accurately interpret medical test results and perform the nursing interventions that will assist in restoring your patients to good cardiovascular health. In order to make the learning process as effective as possible, each concise chapter features learning objectives, key terms, brief overview of topics, content summaries, chapter-ending review questions, and explanatory tables and diagrams. The book concludes with a comprehensive final exam comprised of NCLEX®-style questions. This self-teaching guide offers: · A roadmap to the cardiovascular system and its diseases and disorders · An organized, outline-based approach to learning· Insights into the vital role nurses play in the treatment process· "What Went Wrong?" sections that present brief descriptions of how the body is affected by particular diseases or disorder · Prognoses· Hallmark signs and symptoms· Crucial diagnostic tests and how to interpret results· Treatment options Simple enough for a student but comprehensive enough for a professional, Cardiovascular Nursing DeMYSTiFieD is your shortcut to mastering this complex field.

Helps you master psychiatric and mental health nursing and use your knowledge in real-world situations. This title offers an overview of this field, including neurobiology, pharmacology, therapeutic communication, psychiatric assessment, theoretical models of care, and more.

Schaum's is the key to faster learning and higher grades in every subject. This title includes hundreds of examples, solved problems, and practice exercises to test your skills. It features: detailed explanations and practice problems in the different areas of critical care nursing; support for all the major textbooks for critical nursing courses.

Helps students to succeed in the classroom and on exams. This title gives you: 242 practice problems with concise explanations; essential information on tests, procedures, and medications; and, support for all the major textbooks covering emergency nursing.

Medical Billing and Coding Demystified clearly explains the practices used by medical offices, hospitals, and healthcare facilities to encode medical services in order to receive payment from government agencies and insurance companies.

The ideal review for your medical terminology courseMore than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum's Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice. Comprehensive explanations of the various topics covered in medical terminology courses designed for nursing and allied health studentsRelevant examples and extensive end-of-chapter review questions motivate students to understand new material and reinforce acquired skills Nursing and other allied health professions are becoming increasingly popular as nurse practitioners and other healthcare workers continue to expand their realm of patient care tasks in the medical professionDetailed explanations and review questions in the different areas of medical terminologyComprehensive review of specialized terms for describing and dealing with disease and injury, surgical techniques, drugs and other therapies Descriptions of prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms; medical abbreviations; symbols; Latin and Greek nomenclature, and a brief glossary of Spanish terminology

The ideal review for your ECG interpretation courseMore than 40 million students have trusted Schaum's Outlines for their expert knowledge and helpful solved problems. Written by renowned experts in their respective fields, Schaum's Outlines cover everything from math to science, nursing to language. The main feature for all these books is the solved problems. Step-by-step, authors walk readers through coming up with solutions to exercises in their topic of choice. Comprehensive explanations of the various topics covered in ECG interpretation courses Relevant examples and extensive end-of-chapter exercises motivate you to understand new material and reinforce acquired skills Supports the following courses:Medical/surgical nursing and all clinical rotationsDetailed explanations and practice problems in the different areas of ECG interpretationComprehensive review of specialized topics such as cardiac anatomy and physiology, arrhythmias, and blockages Instruction on obtaining and interpreting rhythm strips and a 12-Lead ECG

This ideal review for the growing market of nursing students covers liver tests, MRIs, biopsies, and more.

Includes comprehensive explanations of the various topics covered in pharmacology courses designed for nursing and allied health students.

This newest entry in the bestselling Demystified series offers a fun, fast, and lighthearted way to learn Pediatric Nursing.

This Demystified title offers practical, easy-to-understand management information to nursing students, current nurses, and other medical facility administrators faced with the task of managing (and motivating) their staff.

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the language that enables efficient interchange of structured data across the Web. Written in non-technical language, this book covers the details of the language and demonstrates its use through real-world examples. It explains how to build an XML application from start to finish.

No need to be intimidated by Java! By using a very readable and easy to understand writing style, this book takes the anxiety and fear out of learning this popular programming language.

This book offers an easy-to-absorb teaching style for students to understand object oriented programming. The Demystified Series is Dummies without the insult - it teaches complex subjects in a unique manner and is designed for users without formal training, extra time, or genius IQs.

Learn to use JavaScript to create dynamic, interactive Web pages with help from this easy-to-use, self-teaching guide.