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	Anatomy & Physiology Made Incredibly Easy!, 2nd Edition This Second Edition is fully updated to deliver the latest information on anatomy and physiology in an easy-to-understand, enjoyable style. Abundant quick-scan tables, illustrations, and flowcharts help the reader focus on key information, while memory joggers and Incredibly Easy! quick quizzes aid recall and help gauge progress. Contents include an overview of cell structure and function and an in-depth exploration of the individual systems of the human body. Sixteen pages of full-colour, detailed anatomical illustrations are included. Special chapters cover nutrition and metabolism; fluids, electrolytes, acids, and bases; and genetics. Publication date: June 2004 Paperback Pages: 352 - Illustrations: 100 ISBN: 9781582553016 Price: £21.00
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	Assessment Made Incredibly Easy!, 3rd Edition Completely updated for its Third Edition, this book presents assessment skills in the Incredibly Easy! format that makes learning fun. Reader-friendly features include abundant photographs, illustrations, cartoons, checklists, and chapter summaries. Publication Date - January 2005 Paperback Pages - 392 Illustrations - 108 ISBN - 9781582553917 Price: £21.00
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	Breath Sounds Made Incredibly Easy Revealing the importance of accurate breath sound interpretation, this Incredibly Easy! title walks the reader through more than 50 breath sounds. The book includes an audio index and cues to the CD sounds throughout the text that allow the reader to listen to the sounds sequentially with the book or review them out of sequence. Publication Date - September 2004 Paperback/Audio CD Pages - 224 Illustrations - 200 ISBN - 9781582553542 Price: £21.00
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	Cardiovascular Care Made Incredibly Easy! This is a handy reference book in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style-perfect for those entering or needing a refresher in cardiovascular nursing care. Cardiovascular care is one of the most demanding and complex areas of nursing practice, because adequate cardiovascular functioning is essential to life. Therefore, whether the reader is a student looking for NCLEX or course help, a practicing nurse needing some targeted information on a difficult topic, a new specialist looking for the perfect cardiovascular information partner, or an experienced clinician prepping for advanced certification, Cardiovascular Care Made Incredibly Easy! is the ideal reference. Publication date: May 2004 Paperback Pages: 320 - Illustrations: 200 ISBN: 9781582553375 Price: £21.00
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	Charting Made Incredibly Easy!, 3rd Edition In its Third Edition, Charting Made Incredibly Easy! provides up-to-the-minute guidelines on documentation in a comprehensive, clear, concise, practical, and entertaining manner. This edition includes new chapters on computerised documentation and unique professional situations such as contraband, equipment tampering, hostile or sexual advances, media requests for information, and requests to videotape or photograph a patient. Publication Date - March 2005 Paperback Pages - 352 Illustrations - 100 ISBN - 9781582553931 Price: £21.00
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	Clinical Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy!, 2nd Edition The updated and revised Second Edition of this thorough reference explains in simple terms how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease. Focusing on the mechanisms of drug action, the book details specific drugs by pharmacologic class for all body systems. Drugs for pain, psychiatric disorders, infection, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and cancer are included. Potentially harmful drug and drug-herb interactions are also covered extensively. Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, the book features abundant illustrations, eye-catching icons, quick quizzes, memory joggers, and spirited cartoons that make learning fun. New to this edition: updated coverage of existing drugs and detailed coverage of new drugs; an expanded section on pain medications; a quick-reference chart of medications for skin disorders; and vaccines, toxoids, and other agents of both active and passive immunity. Publication date: June 2004 Paperback Pages: 416 - Illustrations: 100 ISBN: 9781582552934 Price: £21.00
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	Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy Organised by body system, the book presents the latest information on over 100 critical care disorders. Key information is highlighted in numerous quick-scan tables, illustrations, and flow charts, and icons and sidebars draw attention to essential information. Features include a glossary of important critical care terms and an appendix of Web resources. Publication Date - September 2003 Paperback Pages - 672 Illustrations - 300 ISBN - 9781582552675 Price: £21.00
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	Diagnostic Tests Made Incredibly Easy! This brand new addition to the Incredibly Easy! Series makes understanding and interpreting diagnostic procedures a snap. Provides coverage of over 300 diagnostic tests in fifteen chapters in an easy-to-read format featuring light-hearted headings and illustrations. Chapters are organized by test type and begin with a summary of key points. Includes general descriptions of each test, purpose, patient preparation, teaching and care, procedural steps, precautions, normal results, clinical significance of abnormal results, and factors that interfere with accuracy. Key terms, bullets and checklists, logos, and cartoon characters call special attention to the text. Each chapter ends with a quick quiz. Publication date: December 2001 Paperback Pages: 404 - Illustrations: 150 ISBN: 9781582551371 Price: £21.00
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	Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy!, 2nd Edition The thoroughly updated Third Edition of this practical, entertaining reference is a complete and clear guide to calculating drug dosages. After reviewing basic maths, the book shows nurses how to interpret hundreds of sample drug orders and perform hundreds of complex dosage calculations. Readers can access up-to-the-minute drug information at eDruginfo.com. Publication Date - January 2005 Paperback Pages - 352 Illustrations - 100 ISBN - 9781582553924 Price: £21.00
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	ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!, 3rd Edition Now in its Third Edition and better than ever, ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy! makes reading and understanding rhythm strips and 12-lead ECGs easy. This entertaining reference reviews fundamental cardiac anatomy and physiology, explains how to obtain and interpret a rhythm strip, and teaches the reader how to recognise and treat 18 arrhythmias. It also explains how to obtain and interpret 12-lead ECGs, posterior ECGs, and 15- and 18-lead ECGs. The familiar Incredibly Easy! elements found throughout the reference make it easy to remember key points. Publication date: October 2004 Paperback Pages: 352 - Illustrations: 175 ISBN: 9781582553559 Price: £21.00
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	Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy This book covers emergency care basics including patient assessment and triage, trauma, disease crises, and patient and family communication, as well as legal issues such as handling evidence and documentation and holistic issues such as pain and end-of-life care. Chapters detail emergency nursing by body system and cover shock, multi-system traumas, environmental emergencies, disaster preparedness, communicable diseases, and obstetric and paediatric emergencies. Publication Date - July2007<<BR>>!!Paperback Pages - 544 ISBN - 9781582554648 Price: £21.00
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	Fluids and Electrolytes Made Incredibly Easy!, 3rd Edition Learning about fluids and electrolytes doesn't get any easier. This edition boasts new features that further simplify a serious subject -- all in the light hearted, Incredibly Easy style. Cheat Sheets are fun learning aids, and Practice Makes Perfect offers case study questions and answers that let nurses assess their progress. Expanded nursing interventions with rationales and Ages and Stages -- highlighting information about fluids and electrolytes across the lifespan -- broaden understanding. Contents include balancing basics, such as fluids, electrolytes, and acids and bases; disorders that cause imbalances; treating imbalances; and more. Publication date: September 2004 Pages: 352 - Illustrations: 175 Paperback ISBN: 9781582553573 Price: £21.00
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	Heart Sounds Made Incredibly Easy! This is an entertaining, easy to read, practical, and informative reference that includes an audio CD of heart sounds for those who must accurately interpret heart sounds and understand their implications, diagnosis, and treatments. Revealing the importance of accurate heart sound interpretation, this Incredibly Easy! title walks the reader through more than 65 heart sounds. The book includes an audio index and cues to the CD throughout the text for each sound, which allows the reader to listen to the sounds sequentially with the book or review them out of sequence. Publication date: September 2004 Paperback Pages: 224 - Illustrations: 200 ISBN: 9781582553580 Price: £21.00
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	IV Therapy Made Incredibly Easy!, 3rd Edition This book is a member of the Incredible Easy series. This entertaining, practical and informative reference reviews the basics of I.V. therapy such as purpose, delivery methods, flow rates, legal issues, profession standards, and documentation. It also discusses the necessary components of peripheral and central venous therapy, including access sites, equipment, preparation, maintenance and discontinuation of therapy, and describes administration of I.V. medications. It discusses special considerations for the paediatric, elderly and home care patient. The book highlights transfusion therapy, chemotherapy and parenteral nutrition. In addition, special elements found throughout the text make it easy to understand and remember key points and information. Publication date: March 2005 Paperback Pages: 352 - Illustrations: 200 ISBN: 9781582554006 Price: £21.00
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	Maternal-Neonatal Nursing Made Incredibly Easy Maternal-neonatal nursing is a busy practice area and one at the core of nursing education. Nurses practicing in this area must have a baseline understanding of normal anatomy and physiology of adults and newborns, as well as the adaptations they make during the stages of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period. Additionally, quick recognition of impending complications and taking appropriate action is crucial. Publication Date - September 2004 Paperback Pages - 608 Illustrations 100 ISBN - 9781582552682 Price: £21.00
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	Medical Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 2nd Edition Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! Second Edition is a practical, informative reference in the entertaining, award-winning Incredibly Easy! style. This thoroughly updated edition covers nearly 300 disorders and includes new chapters on end-of-life care and obesity, plus sixteen pages of full-colour illustrations, sidebars on evidence-based practice pointers, and a patient resources appendix. Chapters feature key points summaries, light-hearted headings, and illustrations and are formatted to help readers find information easily. Quick-scan tables, flow charts, key terms, bullets, checklists, graphic logos, and cartoon characters highlight essential information. A bound-in CD-ROM contains over 250 NCLEX?-style questions, plus concept maps and other tools.? ISBN 9781582555676 Price: £21.00
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	Medical Terminology Made Incredibly Easy!, 2nd Edition This comprehensive guide covers key concepts of medical terminology, including commonly used prefixes, suffixes, and root words used in medical terms. Terms are divided by body system, and a handy miniguide identifies important anatomic terms in detailed, full-colour illustrations. Contains award-winning Incredibly Easy! features such as abundant illustrations and charts, memory joggers, eye-catching icons, and crossword puzzles and word scrambles to test comprehension. Publication date: June 2004 Paperback Pages: 384 - Illustrations: 100 ISBN: 9781582553009 Price: £21.00
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	Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy With Medication Administration Made Incredibly Easy, the reader can focus on the principles, practices, and procedures which promote safe and accurate drug administration. Features include succinct reviews of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, discussion of legal and ethical issues, examples of drug administration documentation, and an entire section on the critical subject of medication errors. Appendices summarise dosage calculation, measurement conversions, controlled drugs, and more. Publication Date - November 2002 Paperback Pages - 352 Illustrations - 90 !ISBN 9781582552224 Price: £21.00
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	Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! Nursing Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy! contains everything the nurse needs to review and the nursing student needs to learn about how drugs act and interact in the treatment of disease. The book focuses on mechanisms of drug action; details specific drugs by pharmacologic class for all body systems, the nursing process related to each drug category, plus pain medications, anti-infective drugs, and cancer drugs; and highlights potentially dangerous interactions, including drug herb interactions. It does all of this in the award winning, irreverent Incredibly Easy! style that makes intimidating concepts thoroughly approachable. ISBN 9781582553467 Price: £21.00
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	Nursing Procedures Made Incredibly Easy! This entertaining, practical, and highly informative reference uses animated characters to guide the nurse, step by incredibly easy step, through more than 200 nursing procedures, from the most basic to the most advanced. Along with a thorough description of each procedure, the reader will find indications, necessary equipment and how to prepare it, potential complications, nursing considerations, age-related pointers for paediatric and geriatric patients, and more. Including clear and simple explanations plus concise summaries throughout the book makes learning easy. Special features include memory joggers, quick quizzes, scores of illustrations, and two four-color mini-guides. Publication date: January 2001 Paperback Pages: 576 - Illustrations: 300 ISBN: 9781582551678 Price: £21.00
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	Nutrition Made Incredibly Easy! Nutrition Made Incredibly Easy! Second Edition presents essential information on nutrition in a light-hearted and appetising way. Coverage includes the physiologic processes that transform food into energy, nutrient metabolism and recommended allowances, assessment of nutritional status, and the needs of special patient populations. Publication Date - June 2006 Paperback Pages - 416 ISBN - 9781582555218 Price: £21.00
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	Pathophysiology, Made Incredibly Easy!, 3rd Edition Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy!, now in it's Third Edition continues the tradition of an entertaining, practical, and informative reference. Thirteen chapters organised by body system provide easy-to-follow pathophysiology for scores of disorders. Diagnostic test findings and current treatment complete each disorder entry. Specific chapters address cancer, infection, immune disorders, and genetics. Each chapter includes a summary of key points and features light-hearted headings and illustrations to enhance learning. Key terms, bullets, checklists, graphics, and cartoon characters call special attention to important information. New features include 10 additional disorders, a complete update of all existing disorders including HIV/AIDS and cancer. Also a comprehensive case-study test evaluates the reader's understanding. Publication date: March 2005 Paperback Pages: 496 ISBN: 9781582554013 Price: £21.00
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	Paediatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! This book organises those developmental concerns and childhood disorders in an intuitive way, while weaving a family centred approach to practice throughout the material. Publication date: July 2004 Paperback Pages: 608 - Illustrations: 200 ISBN: 9781582553474 Price: £21.00
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	Psychiatric Nursing Made Incredibly Easy, 3rd edition This invaluable reference is packed with the most up-to-date information on more than 70 psychiatric disorders. The Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style, this invaluable reference is packed with the most up-to-date information on more than 70 psychiatric disorders. Clear language and the liberal use of bullets keep information concise and easy to find. The reference is organised by disorders and includes an overview of psychiatric nursing. Numerous icons provide the reader with tips on caring for psychiatric patients from experts, the latest research, cultural considerations, and the latest news in psychopharmacology. Memory joggers and quick quizzes reinforce learning. An appendix of Web resources is included for further study. ISBN/ISSN: 9781582552705 Pub Date: 15 Sep 2003 Pages: 608 - Illustrations: 200 Price: £21.00
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	Respiratory Care Made Incredibly Easy! Respiratory Care Made Incredibly Easy! is a handy reference book in the award-winning Incredibly Easy! style-perfect for those entering or needing a refresher in respiratory nursing care. Respiratory care is a demanding and complex area of nursing practice, because adequate respiratory functioning is essential to life. This book covers respiratory assessment techniques, diagnostic testing, airway maintenance, oxygen delivery, chest drainage, suctioning, ventilatory support, care of the patient receiving ECMO, ETCO2 monitoring, and preoperative and postoperative care for patients after a thoracotomy or a lung transplant. Publication date: May 2004 Paperback Pages: 352 - Illustrations: 200 ISBN: 9781582553551 Price: £21.00
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	Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy, 2nd Edition Wound Care Made Incredibly Easy! Second Edition covers fundamental wound care principles and procedures, using a light-hearted, entertaining style. Coverage begins with skin anatomy and physiology, wound progression and healing, and factors that can delay or complicate healing. Subsequent chapters cover wound assessment and monitoring and wound care planning, procedures, and products. The book includes eight pages of full-color illustrations, intervention algorithms for diabetic, arterial, and venous ulcers, and eye-catching logos that emphasize key points. This new edition includes coverage of malignant wounds and palliative care. A new logo highlights considerations for special populations, including pediatric, geriatric, and bariatric patients. ISBN/ISSN: 9781582555393 Pub Date: 15 Nov 2006 Pages: 288 Price: £21.00
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