Medicine Textbooks
Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice - 2nd Edition
Contributor: Murphy
Publisher: Open SUNY
Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice provides a pivotal learning experience for students transitioning from an associate degree education to a baccalaureate degree. Content includes a broad overview of the nursing profession, the role of accrediting and professional organizations with a strong focus on the American Nurses Association’s foundational documents. The competencies of the Standards of Professional Practice and the Code of Ethics are weaved throughout the text.
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Large Animal Surgery – Supplemental Notes
Contributor: Malone
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
This textbook includes basic principles of large animal surgery and anesthesia, how to apply those principles to cases and situations, and discover ways of finding answers when you don’t remember the information, are presented with cases that aren’t “textbook” and/or things don’t go as planned.
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Nursing Pharmacology
Publisher: WI Technical Colleges Open Press
This open access Nursing Pharmacology textbook is designed for entry-level undergraduate nursing students. It explains basic concepts of pharmacology and describes common medication classes. This book is not intended to be used as a drug reference book, but direct links are provided to DailyMed, which provides trustworthy information about marketed drugs in the United States.
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Interpreting Canada’s 2019 Food Guide and Food Labelling for Health Professionals
Contributors: Lapum, St-Amant, and Hughes
Publisher: Ryerson University
This textbook provides the novice learner with a foundational understanding of Canada’s 2019 Food Guide and Food Labelling. It highlights important considerations for future health professionals seeking to adopt the new food guide into their practice, including strategies towards healthy eating. This open textbook underscores a relational inquiry approach to inform discussions with clients about nutrition and healthy eating.
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The Complete Subjective Health Assessment
Contributors: Lapum, St-Amant, and Hughes
Publisher: Ryerson University
This textbook is designed for the novice learner who is seeking to develop a foundationalunderstanding of the complete subjective health assessment in the context of health and illness. The textbook deconstructs the categories of the complete subjective health assessment, providing learners with explanations and examples of what constitutes relevant subjective data. This textbook provides an opportunity to learn how to respond to normal, abnormal, and critical findings when completing a complete subjective health assessment
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Vaccine Practice for Health Professionals - 1st Canadian Edition
Contributors: St-Amant, Lapum, and English
Publisher: Ryerson University
This open access textbook is intended to guide best practices in vaccine delivery in Canada. This resource is designed for students in post-secondary health profession programs, including nursing. It may also be useful for graduate students and healthcare providers. This textbook provides information related to clinical practice, including the administration of vaccine, and communication with clients.
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Evidence-Based Massage Therapy
Contributor: Lebert
Publisher: eCampusOntario
Massage Therapists want to help people, and part of our approach requires having a clear message of who we are and the value we offer. Adopting an evidence-based conceptual framework offers a solution, as it can provide a cohesive message of our nature and value.
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A Laboratory Guide to Clinical Hematology
Contributors: Villatoro and To
Publisher: University of Alberta Libraries
This is eBook will be constantly updated, edited, and reviewed as new emerging information arises.
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Drugs quality control (Theoretical foundation and practical application): The Coursebook
Contributors: Pleteneva, Morozova, Uspenskaya, and Khatchaturyan
Publisher: РУДН
The Course book presents the basics of drugs quality control in accordance with regulatory documents (pharmacopoeia of Europe, USA, Japan, Russia) and new data from current scientific periodicals, monographs The features of the physical, spectral and chemical quality control of medicines according to the indicators «identification», «tests» and «assay» are described in detail. Part II presents a workbook, which includes questions for the self-control of the material studied and tasks for a laboratory workshop. The Course book contains reference material and samples of pharmacopoeial articles. The Course book is designed for students of the specialty «Pharmacy».
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Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals
Contributors: Burbridge and Mah
Publisher: University of Saskatchewan
Diagnostic Imaging principles and concepts are augmented by the presentation of images for common clinical conditions. Guiding principles related to minimizing radiation exposure and requesting the most appropriate imaging examination are addressed.Static images are enhanced by the ability to access images stored and displayed on an Html-5 compatible, Dicom image viewer that simulates a simple Picture Archive and Communication system (PACS). Users can also access other imaging from the Dicom viewer (ODIN), beyond the basic curriculum provided, to further advance their experience with viewing diagnostic imaging pathologies.
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