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BL
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| Record Number
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592028
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b421247
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| Title & Author
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Visual nursing : : a guide to diseases, skills, and treatments
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| Edition Statement
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2nd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,, c2012
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| Page. NO
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ix, 502 p. :: ill. (some col.) ;; 26 cm
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| ISBN
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9781609136505 (alk. paper)
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: 1609136500 (alk. paper)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Basic assessment skills -- Cardiovascular care -- Respiratory care -- Neurologic care -- Gastrointestinal care -- Musculoskeletal care -- Renal and urologic care -- Hematologic and immunologic care -- Endocrine care -- Integumentary care -- Female reproductive care -- Male reproductive care
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| Abstract
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This colorful book for practicing nurses and nursing students provides a unique approach to learning important clinical concepts and techniques. It presents information in a remarkably clear and easy-to-understand fashion, using abundant illustrations to demonstrate hands-on treatments and explain disease pathophysiology. Fully visual text lets the nurse read less and understand more, improving her skills and gaining confidence as a health professional through pictures. Includes hundreds of color illustrations, photographs, wave forms, diagrams, and more creative visuals; concise, step-by-step instructions to help build nurse's confidence and alleviate fear of hands-on treatments; disease pathophysiology depicted clearly; visual presentation of topics, to make it simple to learn complicated techniques; "Lesson Plans" icon signals important information to teach the patient; "Picturing Patho" icon points to anatomical illustrations demonstrating what happens when a disease occcurs; "Hands On" icon shows the nurse how to perform nursing procedures and techniques and administer treatments. - Publisher
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| Subject
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Nursing, Atlases
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| Subject
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Nursing Care
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| Subject
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Nursing Assessment
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| Dewey Classification
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610.73022/3
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| LC Classification
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RT57.V57 2012
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| NLM classification
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WY 17V834 2012
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| Added Entry
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Lippincott Williams Wilkins
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| Cover Title
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Lippincott's visual nursing
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