Best Practices and Speakers Guidebook

Best Practices: Evidence-Based Nursing Procedures

Author: Springhouse Publishing Company

Now in its Second Edition with a new title, Best Practices: Evidence-Based Nursing Procedures is an excellent compilation of "best" practices based on current research and expert consensus findings. This timely, authoritative reference applies research findings directly to every aspect of nursing practice to guide nurses in performing procedures for patients with a full range of conditions and illnesses. This edition provides a thorough update and review and includes new procedures and practices. Every entry is evidence-based, identifies the sources of the evidence, and now includes manufacturer recommendations. Nursing diagnoses, expected outcomes, and unexpected outcomes (complications) are now discussed for each procedure.

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Reviewer:Kathleen M. Woodruff, RN, MS, CRNP(Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description:This comprehensive reference tool assists nurses in identifying, developing, and using best practices in their nursing care.
Purpose:The goal of the authors is to take research utilization to a higher level by encouraging nurses to use critical thinking skills in individualizing research results to best meet the needs of patients. Evidence-based practice allows for healthcare to evolve and improve with the advances in research. The authors have created a reference that does an excellent job of meeting these valuable objectives.
Audience:This is a valuable resource for all levels of practicing professional nurses. Since the book is procedure-based, it spans all nursing specialties. It provides straightforward, accurate, and comprehensive information. It appears the authors have reviewed an d used the most up-to-date research in developing this resource.
Features:The authors first identify what best practice is and how to work to achieve it. The book is basically organized by body systems and addresses the appropriate procedures within each chapter. Each chapter is clearly delineated with subsections that assist readers with quickly locating information. Many excellent tables, illustrations, teaching tools, and additional references enhance the book and the index is comprehensive and complete.
Assessment:This is an excellent nursing procedure reference book. It is clearly written, well organized and is extremely usable in everyday nursing practice. The release of the second edition only adds to its value sinceit verifies and updates all of the information. Evidence-based practice focuses healthcare providers on improving patient care by maintaining a current understanding of the most recent research.

Table of Contents:

1	What is best practice?	1
2	Basic care	14
3	Infection control	90
4	Intravascular therapy	108
5	Cardiovascular care	193
6	Respiratory care	282
7	Neurologic and sensory care	366
8	Gastrointestinal care	402
9	Renal and urologic care	441
10	Orthopedic care	484
11	Skin care	511
12	Obstetric, neonatal, and postpartum care	551

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Speaker's Guidebook: Text and Reference

Author: Dan OHair

Public speaking is an essential skill both in the classroom and in public life. With thorough coverage, a unique tabbed and full-color format, and a low price, A Speaker's Guidebook is the most useful speech textbook available for students both in and outside of the speech classroom. This innovative book combines coverage of every topic typically taught in the public speaking course with an appealing design and quick reference features that get students to open the book and find what they need. Unique advice on speaking beyond the speech classroom, along with a host of reference appendices, supports students' in their other courses and in the workplace. For this revision, the authors have focused on providing even better solutions to some of students' toughest challenges.