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Calling all Nurses....We have two very informative Titles you should check out!

2012-02-08T15:34:38-07:00

Human Simulation for Nursing and Health Professions & Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar are both geared towards the Nursing, Administration/Management roles....

2012 © Springer Publishing, Linda Wilson, RN, PhD & Leland Rockstraw, RN, PhD

Human simulation is changing the face of clinical education in the health professions. Its use has expanded beyond medical school to encompass nursing and mental health clinical education. This comprehensive guide to establishing and managing a human simulation lab has been written by nationally acclaimed simulation experts and is geared for undergraduate, graduate, and professional settings.

The text takes the reader step-by-step through the process of planning, organizing, implementing, and maintaining a simulation lab. It describes the required technology, how to train standardized patients, how to implement a simulation, evaluation and analysis of the simulation experience, and how to develop a business plan. The guide details simulation in undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, physician's assistant programs, and mental health education, as well as the use of simulation with critically ill patients, and in peri-operative, perianasthesia, women's health, and rehabilitation science settings.

Features:

Offers a blueprint for developing, implementing, and managing a human simulation lab
Details use of simulation in numerous nursing and mental health settings along with case studies
Provides tools for evaluation and analysis of the simulation experience
Presents undergraduate and graduate nursing simulation scenarios and pedagogical strategies
Discusses simulation training and required technology
Includes templates for writing cases for BSN and MSN levels

2nd Ed. 2010 © Jones & Bartlett Learning, Janne Dunham-Taylor, RN, PhD & Joseph Z. Pinczuk, MHA

Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Financial Management for Nurse Managers: Merging the Heart with the Dollar, addresses a myriad of financial concepts ranging from staffing and budgeting to measuring productivity and forecasting costs. Examples and explanations of terminology will help nurse managers successfully correspond with the financial department to implement change without negatively affecting patient care and outcomes.

Doody's Reviews: DCT & EPT

STAT!Ref Now Provides Mobile Apps

2012-02-07T09:10:50-07:00

STAT!Ref, the breakthrough cloud-based healthcare database, announced today that they now have mobile apps for Smartphones, including iPhone, BlackBerry and Androidoperating systems.

STAT!Ref Mobile takes STAT!Ref healthcare e-sources on the go. The STAT!Ref Mobile App allows a user to access their institution’s STAT!Ref subscription from a multitude of devices including iPhone, iPad, Blackberry and Android operating systems. With powerful interactive search functionality, STAT!Ref Mobile allows users to search their institution’s subscriptions anytime, anywhere.

STAT!Ref users are able to cross-search more then 350 fully-interactive healthcare resources, including full-text information from a variety of top healthcare publishers, societies and partners. STAT!Ref provides evidence-based clinical decision tools when and where they are needed, at the point-of-care. Multimedia content, including videos and images, are completely optimized for quick accessibility in the STAT!Ref platform.

Click here to read the STAT!Ref Press Release

Interested in Patient Safety and Quality Improvement? Foundations in Patient Safety for Health Professionals (2011) is a comprehensive guide to creating a culture of safety in health care settings.......

2012-02-01T12:56:55-07:00

2011 © Jones and Bartlett Publishers Kimberly A. Galt, RPh, PharmD, PhD, FASHP & Karen A. Paschal, PT, DPT, MS

Covering a wide range of health care disciplines, Foundations in Patient Safety for Health Professionals is a practical, comprehensive guide to creating a culture of safety in health care settings. Developed by faculty members in bioethics, business, dentistry, law, medicine, nursing, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work, this introductory textbook presents the history of safety and the core concepts of patient safety.

This important resource features a patient-centered approach within a practice-based context. Written in a straightforward style, it uses personal and professional stories to illustrate the application of safety principles. Modules and case-based exercises help students learn the importance of safety best practices and quality improvements.

Key Features:

A comprehensive guide to establishing an effective patient safety culture
Based on an inter professional course on the foundations of patient safety
Presents the background and need for safety improvement
Prepares students to incorporate safety principles in their own health care practice
Illustrates safety principles with enlightening personal and professional stories

Audience:

Foundations in Patient Safety for Health Professionals is ideal as a basic introductory text on patient safety and health care quality improvement for graduate and undergraduate courses across the health professions, nursing, and health administration. Practicing health care professionals will also find this book to be a valuable resource.

ATTENTION: medical students, dental students, graduate students, and advanced college students....Take a look at this Title now available on our website!

2012-01-31T10:50:07-07:00

Roitt's Essential Immunology - the textbook of choice for students and instructors of immunology worldwide

Bringing you fully up-to-date with the latest knowledge and concepts about the workings of the immune system, the hallmark easy-reading style of Roitt's Essential Immunology clearly explains the key principles needed by medical and health sciences students, from the basis of immunity to clinical applications.

Beautifully presented, with brand new illustrations, the pedagogy has been strengthened throughout, and includes “just to recap…” sections at the beginning of each chapter, reminding the reader of key findings and principles, and summary sections at the end of each chapter that are ideal for quick study and revision.

Features:

Interactive MCQs and SBA questions for each chapter, with feedback on all answers selected
Animations and videos showing key concepts
Fully down-loadable figures and illustrations, further reading and useful links
Extracts from the Encyclopedia of Life Science
Podcasts to reinforce the key principles explained in the text: ideal for revision on the go

Doody's Reviews:

DCT/EPT

Score/Stars: 96/4

STAT!Ref now provides a new Auto Search Suggestion Feature!

2012-01-25T09:44:38-07:00

STAT!Ref now provides an auto search suggestion feature. The STAT!Ref auto search suggestions start after three characters are entered in the STAT!Ref search box. Each term entered will receive suggestions for quick access to desired resources. The automatic suggestions are based on the terms that exist in the resources selected to search. Auto search suggestion terms are based not only on the resources in a subscription, but on the titles currently selected to search. Thus, the term suggestion can vary when a user selects to search one title or another. This is another STAT!Ref feature designed to enhance the user experience.

A subscription with STAT!Ref includes continued education, awareness and promotion services that are designed to help your team ensure strong user adoption of STAT!Ref within your institution. A team of Product and Market Specialists will work closely with your institution on awareness initiatives that can be customized to your desired audience, such as professors, students, librarians or other healthcare specialists. Our STAT!Ref team has the latest multi-media tools such as webinar services and video conferencing to help ensure STAT!Ref is integrated into your healthcare resources. Please call to learn more about STAT!Ref awareness/training initiatives.....1-800-901-5494 or 307-733-5494