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from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
March 7, 2008

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BASICS
Title: Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Workout
Author(s):  Springhouse
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8304-0
Price: $34.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Workout features over 200 enjoyable practice exercises to help readers master assessment with ease. A perfect companion to Assessment Made Incredibly Easy!, this workbook uses the light-hearted Incredibly Easy! writing style that makes learning and reviewing complex information less threatening and more fun.

Chapters test the reader's knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, assessment, and common abnormalities of each body system. In each chapter, readers review key information and then maneuver through practice exercises that assess learning, encourage comprehension and retention, and provide a little laughter. Nurse Joy and other host characters offer coaching and encouragement.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Nursing: Assessment

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Assessment Made Incredibly Easy!, Book
Health Assessment Made Incredibly Visual!, Book
Assessment: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide, Book
Assessment Made Incredibly Easy!, Book


BASICS
Title: Dosage Calculations: An Incredibly Easy! Workout
Author(s):  Springhouse
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8307-1
Price: $34.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Dosage Calculations: An Incredibly Easy! Workout features over 250 enjoyable practice exercises to help readers master dosage calculations with ease. A perfect companion to Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy!, this workbook uses the light-hearted Incredibly Easy! writing style that makes learning and reviewing complex information less threatening and more fun.

Chapters test the reader's knowledge of essential calculation information including math basics, measurement systems, recording drug administration, oral, topical, and rectal drugs, parenteral drugs, I.V. infusions, and special calculations. Readers maneuver through practice exercises that assess learning, encourage comprehension and retention, and provide a little laughter. Nurse Joy and other host characters offer coaching and encouragement.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Nursing: Pharmacology

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Henke's Med-Math, Book
Math for Nurses , Book
Clinical Calculations Made Easy, Book
Calculation of Medication Dosages, Book
Dosage Calculations: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide, Book
Henke's Med-Math, Book
Math for Nurses, Book
Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy!, Book


BASICS
Title: Grant's Atlas of Anatomy
Edition: Twelfth
Author(s): Anne M Agur BSc (OT), MSc, PhD; Arthur F Dalley  II, PhD
ISBN: 978-0-7817-9604-0
Price: $129.00

 
DIAGNOSIS

A cornerstone of gross anatomy since 1943, Grant's Atlas of Anatomy continues to reach students worldwide with its realistic illustrations, detailed surface anatomy photos, clinical relevance, and muscle tables.

Renowned for its accuracy, pedagogy, and clinical relevance, the new edition of this classic anatomy atlas features many improvements, including updated artwork, more vital tissue colors, new conceptual diagrams, vibrantly re-colored illustrations, and a more consistent art style. Clinical integration has been greatly enhanced in this edition, with clinical material clearly highlighted for easy identification. In addition, the organization within each chapter has been updated to provide a clearer and more consistent approach.

A companion Website offers student and instructor versions of Grant's Interactive Atlas, including images from the book, video clips from Acland's DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, USMLE-style questions, image-based drag-and-drop questions, and electronic flash cards from Gould's Clinical Anatomy Flash Cards.

Medical and health professions students as well as faculty and practitioners continue to rely on Grant's Atlas for its accuracy and comprehensiveness. See what this new edition has to offer!

/"Compared to [other atlases on the market], I find the contents and the images of this book significantly better mainly because of the life-like images and also the [accompanying] brief descriptions... [which] help keep the interest level going strong./"
--3rd year student

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Anatomy
Embryology
Histology
Medical Review
Nursing: Anatomy / Physiology / Microbiology


BASICS
Title: High-Yield™ Behavioral Science
Edition: Third
Author(s): Barbara  Fadem PhD
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8258-6
Price: $26.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

High-Yield™ Behavioral Science, Third Edition presents a concise review of the behavioral science material tested on the USMLE Step 1. The High-Yield™ outline format, with tables, diagrams, photographs, and images to clarify important material, provides a concentrated, efficient review for both course exams and the USMLE. Patient Snapshots present clinical scenarios and pose specific questions. Annotated answers and explanations appear at the end of each chapter. This edition is thoroughly updated, consistent with DSM-IV-TR, and reorganized into six major sections: The Life Cycle; Biological and Psychological Bases of Behavior; Psychopathology; Social Behavior; The Practice of Medicine; and Epidemiology and Statistics.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Behavioral Science
Medical Review
Nursing: Advanced Practice
Nursing: Nurse Practitioner
Nursing: Psychiatric / Mental Health
Physician Assistant
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychopharmacology

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Underground Clinical Vignettes Step 1: Behavioral Science, Book
High-Yield™ Brain and Behavior, Book
BRS Behavioral Science, Book
Behavioral Science in Medicine, Book


BASICS
Title: Mental Health Concepts and Techniques for the Occupational Therapy Assistant
Edition: Fourth
Author(s): Mary Beth  Early MS, OTR
ISBN: 978-0-7817-7839-8
Price: $58.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Mental Health Concepts and Techniques for the Occupational Therapy Assistant, Fourth Edition offers a solid foundation in occupational therapy processes to identify and address the needs of persons with mental health problems. This updated edition reflects important new developments in basic neuroscience, psychopharmacology, occupational therapy theory, and evaluation and treatment methods, and remains the only text of its kind written specifically for the occupational therapy assistant. The reader-friendly format is designed for the two-year college student. New content in this expanded text fulfills criteria set out in the American Occupational Therapy Association's Standards for an Accredited Educational Program for the Occupational Therapy Assistant.

Special Fourth Edition Features:

  • New Chapter is dedicated to the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework.
  • Enhanced Art Program provides more content for visual learners.
  • Chapter Objectives help the reader focus on learning goals.
  • Chapter Review Questions test comprehension, enabling the reader to advance in the text.
  • Point-of-View boxes offer differing perspectives on key topics.
  • Case Examples provide the bridge from theory to practice.
  • Concepts Summary and Vocabulary Review boxes reinforce the chapter content.

Additional features include ample tables and boxes, which highlight key information, examples of group protocols and documentation, and a list of common acronyms. In short, this one text provides the information needed by occupational therapy assistants working with clients with mental health problems in a variety of clinical or community settings.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Occupational Therapy


BASICS
Title: Chronic Disorders: An Incredibly Easy! Pocket Guide
Author(s):  Springhouse
ISBN: 978-0-7817-8688-1
Price: $30.95

 
DIAGNOSIS

Using the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this pocket-sized guide provides time-starved nurses with critical information on managing approximately 100 of the most challenging chronic disorders. The book delivers information quickly in a streamlined, bulleted format, with numerous illustrations, recurring logos, and memory joggers.

Chapters are organized alphabetically by disorder name. Coverage of each disorder includes causes, pathophysiology, diagnosis, complications, treatment options, and special considerations. Logos include I See, I See, illustrating pathology through graphics and flowcharts; This Is Intense, focusing on acute episodes; and Head of the Class, offering essential patient teaching information. Test Zone self-assessment questions appear at the back of the book.

TREATMENT (Specialty)
Nursing: Assessment
Nursing: Medical / Surgical
Pathophysiology

FOLLOW UP (Related Titles)
Managing Chronic Disorders, Book



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