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Pocket Guide to the Operating Room (Pocket Guide to Operating Room)

Maxine A. Goldman

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Total reviews: 17 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Be prepared with this handy, pocket guide to more than 400 surgical procedures. For each procedure, you'll find a definition and description preparation of the patient skin preparation draping technique equipment needed instrumentation supplies and special notes. Among the topics covered are charting as a legal document patient teaching anesthesia laser application robotics endoscopic (including laparoscopic) procedures microsurgery use of the harmonic scalpel and the argon beam coagulator and care of the pediatric patient, including anesthesia considerations and surgical procedures. All aspects of patient care are addressed, including psychological care of the patient in surgery safety measures for the patient and the operative team the written record of intra-, pre- and postoperative care and the application of JCAHO Universal Protocols for correct identification of the patient including correct site and laterality.This guide: covers more than 400 surgical procedures, including more than 40 new and significantly amended procedures, complying with information mandated or recommended by JCAHO, AORN, and other regulatory organizations; features extensive coverage of limited minimal access surgery, including endoscopic procedures for multiple specialties, microsurgical techniques, and instrumentation for these procedures; updates the section on anesthesia and anesthesic drugs; describes equipment trays, including pediatric trays; addresses the needs of both surgical technologists and perioperative nurses; provides charting/documentation of care information to comply with medicolegal requirements; includes a written care plan, adaptable to the individual patient, complete with areas for focus of nursing care and desired outcomes; and, fits in a lab coat pocket or locker for on-the-fly review.

Medical Terminology for Health Professions

Ann Ehrlich, Carol L. Schroeder

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Total reviews: 30 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Too many errors 1 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

I found too many errors within this text. I was amazed that they were not located in the proofing prior to selling. I had no choice but to use this book for a class in Medical Assisting. Major errors including defining terms with the wrong definition. One section states a word meaning one thing and then the next section had a complete different definition. I recommend any instructor seeing this to use another text.

Editorial Review:

This innovative update of the best-selling text, Medical Terminology for Health Professions, targets those who need to grasp the concepts of medical terminology quickly and easily. Written in easy-to-understand language that appeals to all learning types, this book simplifies the process of learning hundreds of difficult to pronounce medical terms into manageable steps. Full-color illustrations and an attractive new design make this book inviting and straightforward to use. Learning exercises included in both the book and the Activity CD-ROM provide valuable interactive practice for the reader as you master the concepts of medical terminology. (KEYWORDS: anatomy, physiology, prefix, suffix, word building, terminology)

Caring for Patients from Different Cultures: Case Studies from American Hospitals

Geri-Ann Galanti

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Total reviews: 7 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

APPALLING book ! Full of insulting stereotypes & little insight! 1 out of 5 stars.
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I have a long-standing interest in cultural issues in healthcare and so I eagerly bought this book. It's in the 3rd edition--I figured it must be good.

It is appalling! You can turn to almost any page and find a portayal of a person from a minority culture that is presented in such a way that it makes the person sound like an idiot. Not just immigrant and ethnic minority patients--immigrant medical professionals, too.

In addition, she does not modify her gross generalizations by saying, "HIGHLY OBSERVANT Muslims" or "LESS-ACCULTURATED Mexicans" or even "SOME Chinese." No, for Galanti, she generalizes about Muslims, Mexicans and Chinese, with no gradations according to people's country of origin and degrees of orthodoxy (e.g. Muslims), generations in this country, fluency in English, etc.

I am afraid this volume will perpetuate stereotypes. Yes, it may be "fun reading" for people who know nothing about the topic, but they will end up with a view of "how weird those people are!" rather than either any true cultural understanding or a better sense of how to adapt their own practice to meet their patients' needs.

i have never returned a book in my life--this is going to be the first.

For alternative choices on related topics consider:
Culture & Clinical Care (Lipson & Dibble)
Ethnicity & Family THerapy (McGoldrick)
Child Abuse & Culture: Working with diverse families (Fontes)
The spirit Catches You and YOu Fall Down (Fadiman).

Stay away from this one!

Editorial Review:

What happens when a Cherokee patient summons a medicine man to the hospital, or when an Anglo nurse refuses to take orders from a Japanese doctor? Why do Asian patients rarely ask for pain medication, while Mediterranean patients seem to seek relief for even the slightest discomfort? Geri-Ann Galanti argues that if the goal of the American medical system is to provide optimal care for all patients, health-care providers must understand cultural differences that create conflicts and misunderstandings and that can result in inferior medical care. This new edition includes five new chapters and 172 case studies of actual conflicts that occurred in American hospitals. With new chapters on pain, dietary practices, staff relations, death and dying, and mental health, the new edition is more comprehensive and has been designed for easier use. Each case study is extensively cross-referenced in the index, and there is a comprehensive bibliography arranged by both topic and ethnic group.

Clinical Anesthesia Procedures of the Massachusetts General Hospital: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Consummate pocket reference 4 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

Anyone involved in anesthesia generally recognizes the Mass Gen. as the best pocket reference out there. This new edition is no different. When you need something fast b/c it has slipped your mind, this is the 'goto' book.

I highly recommend it to all MD/DOs, CRNAs & SRNAs.

Editorial Review:

Relied on for over 20 years by resident and practicing anesthesiologists and CRNAs, this best-selling pocket reference is now in its Seventh Edition. In easy-to-scan outline format, it provides current, comprehensive, concise, consistent, and clinically relevant guidelines for anesthesia procedures throughout the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods and in the ICU. The book has been written, reviewed, updated, and field-tested by the internationally recognized anesthesia department of the Massachusetts General Hospital. This edition includes new information on quality assessment, patient safety, the electronic medical record, and new techniques and medications. A new design makes information easier to access. An alphabetical drug appendix is also included. A PDA version of this edition will also be available.

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A good investment 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This thesaurus is very helpful. You will be able to find the word you're looking for about 8-9 times out of 10, which is not bad at all. I am an English major and therefore use my thesaurus quite often and I give it a thumbs up. The price is reasonable. The look is professional. It's a great buy!

A Good Book. No, make that a Very Good Book. 4 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

This is a good book. It has good words that mean other good words, and that is very good. Sometimes, it can help you know good meanings of other words, like a good definition, but that is not what this good book is for.

If you wanted to know a different good word for a describing word, you can look up your word, and it will tell you a different good word for your good word. These describing words could be good ones, like 'hard' or 'wet' or 'swollen' and it will give you other good words like 'stiff' or 'dripping' or 'engorged'. This helps me write good letters to my favorite good magazines and different good places on the internets.

Now I never use the same good word over again if I know a different good word.

In conclusion, this book is very good. In fact, I'd say it is better than good -- it's Very Good!!

Editorial Review:

Find the right word to enrich communication. Alphabetical lists include more than 340,000 synonyms, antonyms, related and contrasted words, and idioms. Brief definitions describe the meaning shared by synonyms. Thumb-notched, and jacketed. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice, Expert Consult - Online and Print (Gray's Anatomy: the Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice)

Susan Standring

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A universal landmark in medicine ever since Drs. Henry Gray and H.V. Carter published the first edition in 1858, Gray's Anatomy now celebrates its 150th anniversary! From state-of-the-art coverage of important new areas such as functional neuroimaging, embryogenesis, and biomechanics . . . through a comprehensively revamped, lavish full-color art program . . . as well as convenient access to the complete contents online, with downloadable illustrations, the new 40th Edition sets a new world standard for accuracy, clarity, and clinical relevance. It is THE place to turn when you want to be sure about the anatomical considerations that pertain to safe and effective practice. You'll find it an invaluable clinical resource, a pleasure to consult, and a reference that you'll be proud to have on your shelf.

• Fastidious editing by an esteemed group of clinicians and anatomists, with support from hundreds of contributors and specialist reviewers worldwide, ensures the most detailed and dependable coverage of anatomy available anywhere, including in-depth information on normal variants.
  
• A regional organization collects all relevant material on each body area together in one place, for easy clinical reference.

• Meticulously enhanced and updated artwork throughout - with 2,000 images now in full color - provide a more consistent, coherent view of every anatomical detail, providing practitioners across all specialties with the best, most clinically helpful visual understanding available.
  
• 200 completely new radiologic, CT, MR, and other imaging studies vividly capture anatomy as it is primarily seen by physicians.
  
• Significantly expanded clinical discussions emphasize considerations that may affect medical care.
  
• Online access via Expert Consult allows you to reference the book's complete contents from any computer, fully searchable, and download thousands of detailed anatomical illustrations.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should access to the web site be discontinued.

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care

Betty J., Msn, Rn Ackley, Gail B., Msn, Rn Ladwig

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Total reviews: 40 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The only care plan book you'll need! 5 out of 5 stars.
10 of 10 people found this review helpful.

After receiving a recent email asking me which care plan book I'd recommend to a nursing student who was staying up very late working on her care plans, I told her I'd write a review of the book that was my best friend on the night before clinicals. This is it.

I had two care plan books that were not working for me so I spent about 8 hours one weekend in Barnes and Nobles looking through every single book that had on the subject. When I got to this one, I didn't need to look any further. The diagnoses are in alphabetical order, with:
~the definition of the condition,
~defining characteristics both subjective and objective (to jar your memory of your interview of the patient pre-clinical),
~and a big one, Related To Factors (r/t) [which can be a struggle fine tuning as a nursing student];
~Client Outcomes [Client Will (Specify Time Frame)--answer is--"Ct. will____________(something that is obtainable and measurable) during my shift",
~Nursing Interventions and Rationales (in italics.) On my Client Care Plans forms, rationales were called "Scientific Principle (Documentaton Source)" and my instructor wanted the page number as well.

***Please note: I've noticed that there is an 8th Edition available now for purchase. I don't see how they could improve on this text; however, I would probably recommend the newest edition. If you already have the 7th Edition, I would say you probably don't need to buy the 8th edition. It's your call.

Good luck future nurses and Soar!

Editorial Review:

Nursing Diagnosis Handbook, 4e is a complete and convenient reference to help practicing nurses and nursing students make a nursing diagnosis and write a plan of care with ease and confidence. This extensively revised and updated edition presents the most up-to-date information on all NANDA-approved nursing diagnoses. Further integration of both the NIC and NOC taxonomies in Section II enhances the books clinical applicability.

Evidence-Based Medicine: How to Practice and Teach EBM (Book with CD-ROM)

David L. Sackett, Sharon E. Straus, W. Scott Richardson, William Rosenberg, R. Brian Haynes

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Total reviews: 10 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

The standard for teaching EBM 5 out of 5 stars.
12 of 12 people found this review helpful.

As a physician-teacher of EBM to internal medicine residents, this is the best book I've run across for this purpose. We utilize the reader's guides, first published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal and later in JAMA, written by Guyatt, Sackett, and others, which are perfectly complemented by this volume. I recommend it to all of the residents and have purchased multiple copies for house staff use (although I can't seem to keep them on the shelf...) It makes learning EBM fun and highlights its usefulness and, most importantly for busy physicians, speed. Worth reading for every physician interested in practicing medicine based on only the best evidence.

Evidence Based Medicine 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

This is an excellent "how to" manual for those who are serious about learning how to apply evidence based medicine principles. Lots of folks talk about "evidence based medicine" but few really know what it means. This is obviously intended as a teaching tool for residents but is equally useful for any physician who is interested in learning the principles required to do the best job for his/her patient. The size and summary cards are handy for carrying with you wherever you may need them! Easy to read but with great substance.

Editorial Review:

(Churchill Livingston) Brandon/Hill Medical List selection (#177). Addresses clinical perspectives of prognosis, therapy, diagnoses, and limitation of harm. CD-ROM is 3.5 inches. Study cards included. Trim size: 7.5 x 5 inches. Plastic-reinforced softcover.

The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline (5-Minute Consult Series)

Lawrence Patrick Tilley, Francis W. K. Smith

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Blackwell's Five-minute Veterinary Consult 5 out of 5 stars.
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Just replaced my 3rd edition, the 4th addition is a bit better has some new information, doseages for new drugs and a CD with Client education handouts.

Worth every penny. 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is awesome! Does not go indepth, but has ALL the pertinent information related to specific diseases/clinical signs (definitions, Physiology, symptoms, lab work, treatment, follow up care)all on one page! A VERY useful book so far, especially from a tech's point of view!

A must have in any veterinary hospital 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you are a veterinarian and don't have this book, get it! Great client education handouts on cd included.

Great!! 5 out of 5 stars.
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I'm a veterinary medicine student & I found this book very useful! it's worth buying it!

Good Reference 4 out of 5 stars.
0 of 0 people found this review helpful.

It's been a good reference so far and will definitely help with real cases when I'm finally out of school.

Editorial Review:

VetMed Center, San Francisco, CA. Extensive quick reference of diagnostic and management information for problems or diseases in cats and dogs. Two-page format includes data on basic overview, signs, causes & risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, medications, follow-up, and miscellaneous. Previous edition: c1997. For the practitioner or student.

Third New International Dictionary of the English Language

Webster's

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Total reviews: 76 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

It's surprising that the sound / pronunciation is missing and the CD-ROM is an Old version 3 out of 5 stars.
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We are surprised that the CD-ROM that comes with this dictionary is an old version. Also, it is highly desirable that there should be sound available in the CD-ROM so that kids can learn correct pronunciation. Also, isn't it the time that Merriam Websters publishes a new edition for this as this version is already too old?

Any one from Merriam Webster's customer services watches these comments to address them?

Other than these short comings, I highly recommend this dictionary - as it is single source for most of the words that one comes across.

Arun

Inevitable Comparison 5 out of 5 stars.
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I see there are 72 reviews of this dictionary (Sep. '08) and some of them are quite good. And the reviewers inevitably compare the WTNID to OED. Sure, both are coveted reference volumes (OED is 20 volumes) beautifully fit into your computer's hard drive. What a practicality! --except OED on your book shelf bestows upon you an aura of unique scholarship and seriousness on language James Joyce would have been jealous! Just kidding!

What are the differences between the two great reference books?

Let's see:

1) OED is $295 2nd Ed. 3.0 CD ROM vs WTNID is roughly $45 at Amazon.

2) OED is first and foremost an English Language Dictionary vs WTNID is an American Language Dictionary

Below is the most important difference; if you do not appreciate this point you must read up a bit more on the philosophy of language and semantics (meaning and the interpretation of words), etc.,

3) OED is a PRESCRIPTIVE dictionary vs WNTID is a DESCRIPTIVE dictionary.

What is that mean?

Suffice to say the prescriptive and descriptive are self explanatory words but if I had to expatiate on this point I would say:

OED will say this is how it should be! WTNID will say this is how it's nowadays and discard the judgement about it.

I hope this delineates the basic differences.

Editorial Review:

Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, is the largest, most comprehensive American dictionary available, containing over 472,000 entries, 14,000 new words in a special Addenda Section, 3,000 illustrations, and 140,000 etymologies describing word origins. Boxed hardcover, buckram binding, thumb-notched.