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Nursing Leadership, Management, and Professional Practice for the Lpn/LVN - Paperback

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by Tamara R. Dahlkemper (Author)Be prepared for the opportunities that await you In today's healthcare environment, the responsibilities and clinical practice of Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses have expanded far beyond those of traditional settings. Build the knowledge you need to assume the leadership and management roles that you will be asked to fulfill and to confidently navigate the increasingly complex environments in which you will practice. "LPN/LVN Connect...

Losses in Later Life, Second Edition - Paperback

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by R. Scott Sullender (Author)Achieve faith and understanding when dealing with the loss of a loved one or a major change in your life! Losses in Later Life: A New Way Of Walking with God, Second Edition, focuses on seven major losses: loss of youth, loss of family, loss of parents, loss of work, loss of spouse, loss of health, and loss of identity. This second edition has been reworked with new research to include updated information about the loss of independence and several additional loss...

The Untold Story of ANNIE MCKAY and The Boston Public School Nurses 1905-1988: The Formation of the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization - Paperback

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by Dorothy M. Keeney (Author)The Untold Story of Annie McKay and the Boston Public School Nurses 1905-1988, The Formation of the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization for the first time tells the story of Annie McKay, Boston's first school nurse in 1905, and the Boston public school nurses. It explores the beginnings of school nursing in Boston, the Instructive District Nursing Association (IDNA), the new nurses hired by the Boston School Committee in 1907, the various laws passed by the le...

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The Big Book of Infectious Disease Trivia: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the World's Worst Pandemics, Epidemics, and Diseases - Paperback

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by Kristina Wright (Author)Explore the facts, myths, science, history, and more behind infectious diseases from around the world with this ultimate trivia collection that will have you equally freaked out and fascinated. Taking a friendly approach to a serious subject, The Big Book of Infectious Disease Trivia answers all of your questions about pandemics, epidemics, and diseases--plus, it covers all of the bizarre questions you never thought to ask From familiar diseases like influenza to ...

John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854: The History of the Outbreak and Its Impact on Public Health Measures - Paperback

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by Charles River (Author)*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further readingPlague and pestilence have both fascinated and terrified humanity from the very beginning. Societies and individuals have struggled to make sense of them, and more importantly they've often struggled to avoid them. Before the scientific age, people had no knowledge of the microbiological agents - unseen bacteria and viruses - which afflicted them, and thus the mala...

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Ageless Woman: How to Cure and Prevent Diseases of Aging - Paperback

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by Georges Debled (Author)Sooner or later, starting from age forty, each woman experiences various disorders: general tiredness, overweight, sexual and urinary problems, joint stiffness, cardiovascular troubles, memory loss, irritability, and a tendency toward depression. Those problems are generally incorrectly treated with the "classic hormonal replacement therapy" (HRT), which has produced increased rates of breast cancer, leading to class-action lawsuits. Each day, a healthy woman produce...

Herbal Medicine for Everyone: The beginner's guide to healing common illnesses with 20 Medicinal Herbs - Paperback

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by Serena Day (Author)Herbal Medicine for Everyone is the go to guide for alleviating common illnesses through the use of over 20 medicinal herbs. The number of guides surrounding this topic can be extremely overwhelming. It doesn't take a genius to begin harnessing the power of herbal medicine to alleviate common illnesses, it just takes some basic training and initiative. Herbal Medicine for Everyone highlights effective herbs and homemade remedies that assist in the body's natural ability ...

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by Luke Jackson (Author), Kelly Jackson (Author), Mara Wild (Illustrator)An original graphic novel based on the IVF stories of its husband-and-wife authors and the 1-in-50 couples around the world like them. Conrad and Joanne met in their final year of university and have been virtually inseparable since then. For a while, it felt like they had all the time in the world. Yet now, when they are finally ready to have kids, they find that getting pregnant isn't always so easy. Ahead of them lie...

I Wish I Read This Book Before Medical School - Paperback

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by Katherine Chretien (Author)Being a physician is an amazing privilege, and it can be a deeply rewarding career...but first you have to get through medical school. Students, who were often at the top of their class prior to medical school, now find themselves surrounded by equally bright, hardworking, overachieving classmates and facing new challenges from rigorous curricula to specialty selection to navigation of unchartered territories of mentorship, clinical rotations, and research. Thriv...

The Savvy Academic: Publishing in the Social and Health Sciences - Paperback

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by Seth J. Schwartz (Author)This approachable guide meets health and social sciences scholars at their level--either as a reference text or as an enchanting but practical read--and walks them through each stage of their academic publishing journey. Drawing on a wealth of examples from his own experience mentoring others and publishing 300+ articles, Dr. Schwartz engages early, mid-, and senior-level professionals as well as graduate students and postdoctoral fellows alike, to demystify each s...

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Seven Signs of Life: Unforgettable Stories from an Intensive Care Doctor - Paperback

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by Aoife Abbey (Author)For Readers of When Breath Becomes Air and Attending: Medicine, Mindfulness, and Humanity, an Intensive Care Doctor Reveals How Everyday Emotions Are Taken to Extremes in the ICU--with a New Afterword Relating to the COVID Pandemic. Dr. Aoife Abbey takes us beyond the medical perspective to see the humanity at work inside our hospitals through the eyes of doctors and nurses as they witness and experience the full spectrum of human emotion with every shift. It is their r...

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by Josef Frank (Author)In the throes of a grueling and relentlessly absurd military career, a newly sober Second Lieutenant Matthew Gelion suffers an intense episode of suicidal ideation. Shaken and bewildered, Matthews checks himself into the psych ward of an Army hospital, to the chagrin of his commanders. There, he meets and makes friends with two other patients struggling with sobriety: Simone and Leon. They form a support network that people suffering from suicidal thoughts desperately n...

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Boron & Boulpaep Concise Medical Physiology - Paperback

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by Walter F. Boron (Author), Emile L. Boulpaep (Author) Number of Pages: 696 Dimensions: 1.1 x 10.8 x 8.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 29, 2020

Physical Agents in the Environment and Workplace: Noise and Vibrations, Electromagnetic Fields and Ionizing Radiation - Paperback

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by Gaetano Licitra (Editor), Giovanni D'Amore (Editor), Mauro Magnoni (Editor)This book explores environmental physical agents and their potential effect on public and occupational health. It considers the theory, current research, and applications of physical agents including noise, ionizing radiation protection and non ionizing radiation protection, and explores the monitoring, measurement, modeling and mitigation of each of these.Features: Covers all three physical agents in one comprehe...

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The Critical Case of a Man Called K - Paperback

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by Aziz Mohammad (Author), Humphrey Davies (Translator)A sensitive and at times darkly humorous story of a young man's experience of illness, his contemplation of death, and his determination to maintain his independence through it all Shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction After reading Kafka, K decides to write his own diary, but he is constantly frustrated by his lack of experiences: he is worn down by the drudgery of his corporate job for a faceless corporation and by ...

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by Arno Geiger (Author), Stefan Tobler (Translator)Shortlisted for the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize for its translation Shortlisted for the Schlegel-Tieck Prize for its translation What makes us who we are? Arno Geiger's father was never an easy man to know and when he developed Alzheimer's, Arno realised he was not going to ask for help. 'As my father can no longer cross the bridge into my world, I have to go over to his.' So Arno sets out on a journey to get to know him at last. Born in 1926 ...

Basic Principles of Analytical Ultracentrifugation - Paperback

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by Peter Schuck (Author), Huaying Zhao (Author), Chad A. Brautigam (Author)Analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) can supply rich information on the mass, shape, size distribution, solvation, and composition of macromolecules and nanoscopic particles. It also provides a detailed view of their reversible single- or multi-component interactions over a wide range of affinities. Yet this powerful technique has been hard to master in mainstream molecular sciences due to a lack of comprehensive books...

Design and Analysis of Non-Inferiority Trials - Paperback

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by Mark D. Rothmann (Author), Brian L. Wiens (Author), Ivan S. F. Chan (Author)The increased use of non-inferiority analysis has been accompanied by a proliferation of research on the design and analysis of non-inferiority studies. Using examples from real clinical trials, Design and Analysis of Non-Inferiority Trials brings together this body of research and confronts the issues involved in the design of a non-inferiority trial. Each chapter begins with a non-technical introduction, making t...

The Art and Craft of Literacy Pedagogy: Profiling Community Arts Zone - Paperback

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by Jennifer Rowsell (Editor)In tracing community, and how art and craft can be harnessed to express and manifest communities, this book raises fundamental questions and issues about the nature of literacy in everyday lives. Threaded throughout the contributions is an abiding belief in the expansive and flexible nature of literacy, which might one moment involve photography; in the next, drama; and in the next, invite song coupled with movement. Something happens to literacy when it is seen th...

The Healing Mission of Plastic Surgery: One Surgeon's Story - Paperback

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by Ernest D. Cronin M. D. (Author)He appeared to be an ordinary middle-aged man sitting in the first examination room of my plastic surgery clinic. The baseball cap was the only thing that seemed somehow out of place. I said, "Hello, Mr. Brown, I am Dr. Cronin; what can I do for you?". Without saying a word, he grabbed the bill of his cap and, with a little flair, removed it to expose the reason for his visit. "Can you help me, Dr. Cronin?" he said. My eyes open a little wider, and I stood a ...

The Healing Mission of Plastic Surgery: One Surgeon's Story - Hardcover

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by Ernest D. Cronin M. D. (Author) -Beware of the lack of regulation of surgical specialists and public misperceptions regarding plastic surgery. -Get expert perspective on plastic innovations, such as microsurgery, myo-cutaneous flaps, liposuction, endoscopic surgery, and lasers. -Learn the story of the development of the modern breast implant by Dr. Thomas Cronin (Dr. Earnest Cronin's uncle and Dr. Frank Gerow. -Witness thirty years of Operation San Jose, a humanitarian surgical mission pro...

How to Pamper Your Pregnant Wife - Hardcover

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by Ron Schultz (Author), Sam Schultz (Author)What Every Pregnant Wife Wants Her Husband To Know This book will help fathers play the role of a sensitive and understanding husband in a relationship where all the rules are about to change. How to Pamper Your Pregnant Wife is filled with advice, rules, suggestions, and guidelines based on interviews conducted with pregnant wives, doctors, therapists, mothers-in-law, mothers, and marriage counselors. It gives specific examples of what a ""pregnan...

Eye Stye Handbook for Everyone: Detailed Guide on How to Stylishly & Proficiently Treat Eye Stye Quick in Few Days for Toddlers & Adults & So Much Mor - Paperback

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by Lynne N. Copeland (Author)h1>Eye Stye Handbook for Everyone: Detailed Guide on How to Stylishly & Proficiently Treat Eye Stye Quick in Few Days for Toddlers & Adults & So Much MoreAre you looking for how to eye stye for better eye health? Have you sought and tried other options but didn't give you the expected results? Worry no more for this guide will give you what you've being truly seeking for Expectantly, this guide will show you all you need to know about eye stye/treat...

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Trauma-Informed Assessment with Children and Adolescents: Strategies to Support Clinicians - Paperback

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by Cassandra Kisiel (Author), Tracy Fehrenbach (Author), Lisa Conradi (Author)This book serves as a practical guide for clinicians and other professionals working with children and adolescents exposed to trauma, offering an overview and rationale for a comprehensive approach to trauma-informed assessment, including key domains and techniques. Building on more than 2 decades of work in collaboration with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the authors provide strategies for conducti...

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by Samuel Shem (Author)The sequel to the bestselling and highly acclaimed The House of God Years after the events of The House of God, the Fat Man has been given leadership over a new Future of Medicine Clinic at what is now only Man's 4th Best Hospital, and has persuaded Dr. Roy Basch and some of his intern cohorts to join him to teach a new generation of interns and residents. In a medical landscape dominated by computer screens and corrupted by money, they have one goal: to make medicine h...

USMLE Step 2 Ck Pearls: Over 500 High Yield Facts to Ace the Exam - Paperback

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by John Thomas (Author)This book arose at the request of a small group of medical students that I had tutored. The facts presented here were workshopped over the course of a year during the tutoring sessions and perfected for maximal retention. This slim book is designed to be a concise review of the most essential, aka, "high yield", facts necessary for success on the United States Medical Licensing Exam Step 2 CK. Number of Pages: 52 Dimensions: 0.11 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: July 05,...

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Anatomy in Action: The Dynamic Muscular Systems That Create and Sustain the Moving Body - Paperback

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by Theodore Dimon (Author), G. David Brown (Illustrator), David I. Anderson (Foreword by)An illustrated guide to the core design principles of the body's musculoskeletal system--for kinesiologists, movement therapists, yoga teachers, dancers, and bodyworkers of all kinds What does knowledge of anatomical structure have to do with preventing everyday muscular aches, pains, and injuries? According to Dr. Theodore Dimon, everything! Our bodies are designed to work holistically, supported by an i...

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by Cat Pausé (Editor), Jackie Wykes (Editor), Samantha Murray (Editor)Cultural anxieties about fatness and the attendant stigmatisation of fat bodies, have lent a medical authority and cultural legitimacy to what can be described as 'fat-phobia'. Against the backdrop of the ever-growing medicalisation, pathologisation, and commodification of fatness, coupled with the moral panic over an alleged 'obesity epidemic', this volume brings together the latest scholarship from various critical discip...

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by Ingeborg Van Lotringen (Author)You want your problem skin GONE! You want to pick your way through the overwhelming choice of products and ingredients!Ingeborg van Lotringen, top beauty-industry watchdog and journalist, provides the answers. She knows the good, the bad, and what the beauty industry doesn't necessarily tell you. For more than twenty years, she's been testing and researching every possible skincare product and treatment.Put down that expensive little jar with its sparkling t...

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Vaccines: Making the Right Choice for Your Child - Paperback

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by Richard Halvorsen (Author)Dr Richard Halvorsen brings together the latest medical knowledge on all modern child vaccines (age 0-15yrs), as well as the diseases they aim to protect against, including the 'flu virus. The guide includes what is known about the link between vaccination, autism and other auto-immune diseases, and what parents can do. Dr Richard Halvorsen has added clinical information from his practice as a general practitioner for almost three decades where it is useful to par...

10 Blessings of Celery Juice: The simplest Guide on Celery Juice Vitamins its Claims and Blessings - Paperback

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by Jackson Oraimo (Author)Celery belongs to a family known as the "umbellifers." Some members of this family, like carrots and parsnips, are well known and delicious root vegetables. Other members include some of our favorite spices, including coriander, cumin, caraway, dill, and parsley. And there are even a tiny few, like hemlock, that can be poisonous.Celery contains a plant compound called apigenin, which plays a role in traditional Chinese medicine as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial,...