Are you studying to become a nurse? Are you planning to take the NCLEX exam? Are you finding it difficult to remember all of the facts and specific medical information required of you for this position?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this is the book for you.

Inside you will find:•Information on the proven memory aid of mnemonics, including how they work so that you can even make up your own.

✓ Hundreds of medical mnemonics cover many different topics that will help you remember the facts for exams and your daily work as a nurse.

✓ Information on the NCLEX exam, including what to expect and how to study for this important exam.

✓ 100 practice questions and answers in the same format that you will find on the NCLEX exam to know exactly what to expect.

•Do you know off the top of your head when you should be concerned about a patient’s mole?

If you remember the mnemonic ABCDE, then it will be easy! •A = Asymmetry• B = Border irregular• C = Color irregular• D = Diameter usually greater than 0.5 cm• E = Elevation irregularWhat if you are looking at an x-ray and notice something weird that shouldn’t be there.

If you see HOLES in the chest, that is WEIRD. What are the possible differentials?•W = Wegner’s syndrome•E = Embolic (pulmonary, septic)•I = Infection (anaerobes, pneumocystis, TB)•R = Rheumatoid (Necrobiotic nodules)•D = Developmental cysts (sequestration)•H = Histiocytosis•O = Oncological•L = Lymphangeioleiomyomatosis•E = Environmental/ occupational•S = Sarcoid.

Like in these examples, mnemonics are a proven way to help you recall specific information, including detailed information such as differentials, symptoms, diagnostics, and even steps in a procedure. Throughout this book, you will find hundreds of mnemonics, many of which have been used for years by health care professionals to help them recall vital information. Once you see how the mnemonics work, you can pick and choose the ones that work for you, or you can even use the information in this book to create your own mnemonics that are easy for you to remember.

Mnemonics can also come in handy on the NCLEX. Here is a question that is typical for this exam:

A patient comes to the clinic complaining of severe gastrointestinal distress. Which abdominal physical assessment step does the nurse do first?

a.Inspection b.Palpation c.Percussion d.Auscultation.

If you remember your mnemonic tricks, then this question will be easy. Remember the mnemonic “I Am a People Person,” and you will instantly know that the answer is “A, inspection.”

•I = Inspection•A = Auscultation•P = Percussion•P = Palpation.

Please don’t wait until you are studying for exams, pick up this book, and use it throughout your studies so that the mnemonics used will become second nature to you and propel you towards your nursing career.

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Ideal for quick reference in any ward or community environment, this pocket-sized (120x80mm), spiral-bound book in the popular Nursing & Health Survival guide series puts all the crucial information on wound care at your fingertips.

It includes all you need to know on:

• Wound assessment
• Wound conditions
• Treatment and dressing choice
• Pressure ulcers and prevention
• Healing factors and risk assessment

And much more…

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As a former Student Nurse, I always used to rely on a trusty notebook for each placement to write down key contact details for the area, the most common conditions encountered in the area and the most common medications used in the area as doing so helped me consolidate my learning and absorb the knowledge I was gaining in clinical practice. However, I could never find a notebook or journal that was specifically tailored to my needs as a Student Nurse going out on placement.

As a Practice Assessor, this method is one I also recommend to Student Nurses and thought it was about time I designed a specific journal which could be widely available for all Student Nurses, not just those who happen to have me as an assessor.

Hope it helps,

Stacey x

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Medicines are a crucial part of the jigsaw when considering how to provide recovery-focussed care in mental health. It is important that mental health nurses understand how psychiatric drugs work, what the common treatments are and appreciate the ethical and legal dimensions that affect how medicines can and should be used in mental health care. Using innovative activities and real-life case studies, this book has been carefully designed to provide all this and more making it the ideal resource to build knowledge and confidence in this crucial area of practice.

Key features

· Clear explanations of both the underlying biology and pharmacology as well as the wider practicalities of working with medicines

· Provides accessible information on the most common conditions and treatments

· Linked to the NMC standards and essential skills clusters

· Activities and case studies help students to apply what they have learnt to practice and consider the full impact that medicines will have on service users

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Funniest Things I Heard My Patient say.

Funny Gift Idea for Doctors, Nurses, Medical Assistant. Perfect For Christmas or Appreciation Gift.

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Do You Need A Unique Gift Idea For A Nurse?

This is a lined notebook good for taking down notes, writing and journaling. This blank lined journal makes a perfect gift for family, friends and coworkers.

Use as gift on all occasions such as Birthday Gift and Christmas Gift. Great gift idea for gift exchange and white elephant gift too.

Use as gift for:

Nurse Appreciation Week

Nurse Gift For Hospital

Nurses Gift For Delivery

Nurse Gifts For Christmas

Gifts For Emergency Room Nurse

Nurse Retirement Gifts For Women

Features:

• Made in USA
• Size 6 x 9
• 100 pages
• High quality cover
• Easy to carry around

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Written by medical and nursing specialists, and offering more than 10,300 clear and concise entries on the theory and practice of nursing, the dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions. As well as nursing-specific terms, there are also many entries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, ethics, psychiatry, nutrition, statistics, and pharmacology. Almost 100 helpful illustrations and tables, and 17 appendices covering the Code of Conduct 2015, the calculation of drug dosages, essential skill clusters, religion and nursing practice, recommended alcohol intake, and much more, make this an essential reference tool for all nursing students and professionals.

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Each page includes sections for: drug name, drug class, generic name, therapeutic use, mechanism of action, dosage, adverse reactions/side effects, contraindications/precautions, nursing intervention, route, high alert (yes/no), patient teaching, and notes.

Features:

• 120 Pages.
• Size: 8.5 x 11 Inches.
• White interior paper.
• Matte cover.

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Document your journey as a nurse – you’ll look back one day and be so pleased you kept this journal!

Diary of a Nurse – the Antics of a Working Nurse is a fun journal of memories to look back on the highs and lows of nursing. Document and remember forever funny moments, favourite patients and even any work scandals, as well as breakthroughs, skills progress and mistakes you’ve learnt from.

A fantastic gift for student and working nurses – or a treat for yourself as a hard working nurse.

With a goals section at the start to keep on track of what you want to achieve in the months ahead and extra notes section for revision or research. Monthly calendar overview to plan your month, and monthly reflections sections with prompts to journal reflectively, so you never forget a career defining moment.

Daily journal with pre-formatted monthly reflections sections.

Key Features;

Lined Pages for Daily Journal Entries
Monthly Calendar Overview to Help You Plan
Monthly Review to Reflections on Each Month (with prompts)
Goals Section
Additional Lined Pages Section at the Back – Perfect for further notes, research or revision.

120 Pages
6 x 9 Inches (handy portable size)
Soft Back, Matte Cover
Smart, Clear Preformatted B&W Interior

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Nurses Reflection Diary ReValidation

Beware all buyers – this is a workbook, a diary you keep of your own career experiences.

Follow the stages of the Gibbs model which I explain and signpost.

It has blank pages for you to fill in.

All nurses and midwives who practice must revalidate their registration regularly. Part of the process includes reflection.

• Where to consider different ways of working
• Interventions which would have helped.
• What could I have done better?
• How can I improve my professional practice?
• This wouldn’t have happened if…

This workbook provides a means of capturing your own confidential reflections with prompts for you to follow.

There is also a dissected example of one of my own ‘not so brilliant’ nursing experiences for you to see and hopefully sympathise. See where I put each step of my disaster in the reflective cycle. The example gives you a follow-along plan to do the same with yours!

Once done, you can ask your professional supervisor to review your own written reflections and sign them off. Then scan the document and insert into your continuing professional development (CPD) portfolio.

Never search for that piece of paper again.

The Nurses Reflection Diary for Revalidation could cover over 12 years of your nursing life.

Now nurses and midwives will show their professionalism and development in one simple, easy to use, easy to keep and find diary and workbook.There are references and website links for further advice; but the genuine beauty of this workbook is that the Nurse’s Reflection Diary is a stand-alone document to look back, as I do now, and see how far you have come.

Purchase Jane Coomb’s ‘Nurses Reflection Diary’ today and start mapping your professional progression from qualification to promotion, from student to top dog.

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Book Details:

• DISEASE / DISORDER
• SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
• ETIOLOGY / PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
• DIAGNOSIS & LABS
• COMPLICATIONS
• MEDICATIONS & TREATMENT
• RISK FACTORS
• NURSING INTERVENTION & PATIENT EDUCATION
• Perfectly Sized at “8.5 x 11”
• 110 Pages
• Printed on high-quality Paper
• Premium matte cover design
• Made in The USA

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The Student Edition presents revised and updated evidence–based clinical skills, enabling student nurses to deliver clinically effective patient–focused care. With this invaluable companion during their training, student nurses will gain the confidence they need to become safe, informed and skilled practitioners.

Clinical procedures are a fundamental aspect of nursing care so it is essential that they are evidence–based. ‘The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Student Edition’ provides evidence for procedures related to every aspect of a person’s care. The new edition rates evidence according to the validity of the original sources.

• Abridged edition for pre–registration students
• Includes the key evidence–based procedures students need to know
• All procedures include the rationale for each action
• Includes multiple–choice questions to help students test their knowledge
• Focuses on patient–centred care
• Related topics grouped for quick reference
• Clear, unambiguous and easy to understand
• New improved colour layout with more illustrations
• Compact and handy–designed to be taken everywhere

  Also available: the full edition for qualified nurses: The Royal Marsden Hospital Manual of Clinical Nursing Procedures Seventh Edition ISBN 9781405169998

  Now available online to Hospitals, NHS Trusts and Academic Institutions

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Read Costa Award-winning author Christie Watson’s incredible No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling memoir of nursing today.

‘It made me cry. It made me think. It made me laugh’ Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt and Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas

Christie Watson was a nurse for twenty years. Taking us from birth to death and from A&E to the mortuary, The Language of Kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindness.

We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient’s agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.

In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, Christie is with us. She is a guide, mentor and friend. And in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand.

‘A powerful insight into the life of nurses’ The Times, Books of the Year

‘A remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath’ Ruby Wax

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