• HESI Hints boxes offer valuable test-taking tips
, as well as rationales, suggestions, examples, and reminders for specific topics.
• Step-by-step explanations and sample problems in the math section show you how to work through each and know how to answer.
• Sample questions in all sections prepare you for the questions you will find on the A2 Exam.
• A 25-question pre-test at the beginning of the text helps assess your areas of strength and weakness before using the text.
• A 50-question comprehensive post-test at the back of the text includes rationales for correct and incorrect answers.
• Easy-to-read format with consistent section features (introduction, key terms, chapter outline, and a bulleted summary) help you organize your review time and understand the information.

NEW! Updated, thoroughly reviewed content helps you prepare to pass the HESI Admission Assessment Exam.
• NEW! Comprehensive practice exams with over 200 questions on the Evolve companion site help you become familiar with the types of test questions.

Dr. Aaron Horschig knows your pain and frustration. He’s been there. For over a decade, Dr. Horschig has been a competitive weightlifter, and he understands how discouraging it is to tweak your back three weeks out from a huge weightlifting competition, to have knee pain limit your ability to squat heavy for weeks, and to suffer from chronic shoulder issues that keep you from reaching your goals.

Rebuilding Milo is the culmination of Dr. Horschig’s life’s work as a sports physical therapist, certified strength and conditioning specialist, and Olympic weightlifting coach. It contains all of the knowledge he has amassed over the past decade while helping some of the best athletes in the world. Now he wants to share that knowledge with you.

This book, designed by a strength athlete for anyone who spends time in the weight room, is the solution to your struggles with injury and pain. It walks you through simple tests and screens to uncover the movement problem at the root of your pain. After discovering the cause of your injury, you’ll be able to create an individualized rehab program as laid out in this book. Finally, you’ll be on the right path to eliminate your pain and return to the activities you love.

• A 25-question pretest to help pinpoint areas in need of intensive study
• Detailed subject reviews, including Cardiovascular Concepts, Pulmonary Concepts, Professional Caring and Ethical Practice Concepts, and more, in an easy-to-digest outline format, along with corresponding practice questions and answer explanations
• Two full-length practice CCRN tests in the book, each with 150 multiple-choice questions and fully explained answers
• One full-length online practice exam with all questions answered and explained
• More than 500 practice questions overall, for review and study

• Nearly 200 drug tables provide clear, current recommendations on drugs, indications, and dosages used in treating exotic animals, including biological tables with details on therapies and diets, normal blood parameters of common species, venipuncture sites, differential diagnosis, and medical protocols for common conditions.
• All drug information is reviewed for accuracy, ensuring that this reference remains authoritative and current.
• Easy-to-use organization divides drug monographs into quick-reference chapters including: Invertebrates, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Sugar Gliders, Hedgehogs, Rodents, Rabbits, Ferrets, Miniature Pigs, Primates, and Wildlife.
• Additional drug topics include antimicrobial, antifungal, and antiparasitic agents.
• More than 20 expert authors contribute to this edition.
• References in each chapter provide resources for further research and study.
• Convenient appendices provide a single source for information such as classes of drugs used to treat specific exotic animal conditions; efficacy of selected agents used to treat exotic animals; location of select laboratories to perform procedures; normal lab values; conversions; and equivalents.

• New Invertebrates chapter has been added.
• New two-color design makes information easier to access at a glance, with drug and biological tables shaded differently for fast lookup.
• Updated information includes coverage of the latest drugs introduced into the market.
• Electronic access is available via Pageburst, making it easy to search topics and drugs. Sold separately.

• Review of all tested subjects for the CMA and RMA exams
• Diagnostic test to help you target areas for score improvement and make the most of your study time
• Full-length practice test with 300 questions
• End-of-chapter quizzes with detailed answer explanations
• Case study–based practice questions to develop your critical thinking skills
• New discussions including: the medical assistant’s role in emergency preparedness and the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model of care
• Updated discussions including: electronic health records (EHRs), personal health records (PHRs), and patient rights; guidelines for reporting healthcare data breaches; billing procedures; and day-to-day electronic communications in the medical office

• Expert advice on building and maintaining professional credentials
• Updated career resources and a guide to the certification process
• We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for almost 80 years. Our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams.

Case studies are strategically used to contextualise the principles, step readers through possible scenarios that may be encountered and, importantly, reveal the process of reaching a safe and effective management plan. The case studies initially describe the pathology and typical presentation of a particular condition and progress to more-complex and less-typical scenarios where the practitioner faces increasing uncertainty.

• The only paramedic-specific text designed for Australian and New Zealand
students and paramedics
• Progressive case studies that bridge the gap from principles to practice
• More than 40 essential pathologies covering common paramedic call-outs
• Covers both technical and non-technical skills to develop the graduate into expert clinician

• New chapters
, including: Paediatric patients; Child abuse and intimate partner violence; Geriatric patients; Tropical conditions; Mass casualty; Interpersonal communication and patient-focused care; Evidence-based practice in paramedicine; Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
• New case studies on major incidents and major trauma
• Focused ‘Implications for’ boxes specific to considerations including geriatrics, cultural diversity, communication challenges
• ‘Summary of therapeutic goals’ included with each case study
• Learning outcomes added to open each chapter
• Considered revision of pathophysiology across all chapters

The book is divided into five parts:

Part I: Overview of Auditory-Verbal Therapy: Foundations and Fundamentals

This section covers the philosophy, history, and principles of AVT, including outcome data, results of a new survey of LSLS Cert. AVT community on global practice patterns in AVT, information on auditory brain development, and evaluation of evidence-based and evidence-informed practice for the new decade.

Part II: Audiology, Hearing Technologies, and Speech Acoustics, and Auditory-Verbal Therapy

This section covers audiology and AVT, hearing aids, implantable and hearing assistive devices, and in-depth speech acoustics for AVT.

Part III: Developmental Domains in Auditory-Verbal Therapy

This section covers the development of listening, three-dimensional conversations, speech, play, cognition, and literacy, as applied to AVT.

Part IV: The Practice of Auditory-Verbal Therapy

Here strategies for developing listening, talking, and thinking in AVT are covered, including parent coaching, the AVT Session: planning, delivery and evaluation, music and singing, assessment, and inclusion of “AVT children” in the regular preschool.

Part V: Extending and Expanding the Practice of Auditory-Verbal Therapy

The final section includes information on children with complex hearing issues, children with additional challenges, multilingualism, children and families experiencing adversity, tele-practice, coaching and mentoring practitioners, and cost-benefit of AVT.

Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs.

Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information on

• devices to make life simpler and safer for people who have dementia
• strategies for delaying behavioral and neuropsychiatric symptoms
• changes in Medicare and other health care insurance laws
• palliative care, hospice care, durable power of attorney, and guardianship
• dementia due to traumatic brain injury
• choosing a residential care facility
• support groups for caregivers, friends, and family members

The central idea underlying the book—that much can be done to improve the lives of people with dementia and of those caring for them—remains the same. The 36-Hour Day is the definitive dementia care guide.

• The six core energy techniques that every healer should know
• Energetic diagnosis practices to determine which kind of modality will be most effective for specific health issues
• Setting strong and flexible energetic boundaries, with special guidance for those in the healing professions
• Techniques for working with the subtle aspects of the body, emotions, and the subconscious mind
• Dozens of practices for healing through the chakras, the meridians, chi, breathwork, auric fields, sacred geometry, acupressure, music, and much more

As Cyndi Dale writes, all medicine is energy medicine—which is why subtle energy practices can be used to complement and enhance any approach to healing or self-care. Presented with Cyndi Dale's thorough scholarship and clear writing style, The Subtle Body Practice Manual provides professionals and laypersons alike with an indispensible resource on the many varieties and applications of energetic care—so you can begin using these powerful practices in your own life.

It is one of the most extraordinary cases in the history of science: the mating calls of insects were mistaken for a “sonic weapon” that led to a major diplomatic row. Since August 2017, the world media has been absorbed in the “attack” on diplomats from the American and Canadian Embassies in Cuba. While physicians treating victims have described it as a novel and perplexing condition that involves an array of complaints including brain damage, the authors present compelling evidence that mass psychogenic illness was the cause of “Havana Syndrome.”

Havana Syndrome: Mass Psychogenic Illness and the Real Story Behind the Embassy Mystery and Hysteria is a scientific detective story and a case study in the social construction of mass psychogenic illness.

"With her flexible mix-and-match plans, Dawn Jackson Blatner gives us a smart new approach to cooking and eating."
--Joy Bauer, M.S., RD, CDN, "Today" show dietitian and bestselling author of Joy Bauer's Food Cures

"The Flexitarian Diet is a fresh approach to eating that's balanced, smart, and completely do-able."
--Ellie Krieger, host of Food Network's "Healthy Appetite" and author of The Food You Crave

"Offers a comprehensive, simple-to-follow approach to flexitarian eating--the most modern, adaptable, delicious way to eat out there."
--Frances Largeman-Roth, RD, senior food and nutrition editor of Health magazine

"It's about time someone told consumers interested in taking control of their weight and health how to get the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle without having to cut meat completely out of their life."
--Byrd Schas, senior health producer, New Media, Lifetime Entertainment Services

Introducing the flexible way to eat healthy, slim down, and feel great! "Flexitarianism" is the hot new term for healthy dieting that minimizes meat without excluding it altogether. This ingenious plan from a high-profile nutritionist shows you how to use "flexfoods" to get the necessary protein and nutrients--with just a little meat for those who crave it. As the name implies, it’s all about flexibility, giving you a range of options: flexible meal plans, meat-substitute recipes, and weight loss tips. Plus: it’s a great way to introduce the benefits of vegetarianism into your family's lifestyle.

Enjoy these Five Flex Food Groups:

• Four sample practice tests: two for HESI A2, two for Kaplan
• Review content organized along the test blueprints and identified by exam
• New topic-specific science chapters: anatomy & physiology, biology, organ systems, and chemistry
• New writing and grammar sections
• Diagnostic test to identify the topics where you need the most review
• Quick-reference resources highlight frequently used math formulas and commonly misspelled words to remember

• Kaplan's expert nursing faculty reviews and updates content regularly
• Practical advice for the career-change nursing student
• We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for 80 years, and our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams

• A complete framework for USMLE Step 1 preparation, annually updated with crowdsourced contributions from thousands of students
• Updated exam preparation advice for USMLE Step 1 pass/fail, Step 1 blueprint changes, and COVID-19 impacts
• New section on communication skills reflects the latest Step 1 content
• New focus on diversity, equity and inclusion incorporates race and ethnic considerations, as well as gender neutral terminology
• Nearly 1,400 must-know topics with mnemonics to focus your study
• 1,200+ color photos and illustration—170+ new or revised—help you visualize processes, disorders, and clinic findings
• Rapid Review section for efficient last-minute preparation
• Bonus material and real-time updates exclusively at FirstAidTeam.com

• Introductory chapters tailored to the specific needs of prescribers
cover topics such as prescriptive authority, rational drug selection and prescription writing, and promoting positive outcomes of drug therapy.
• Carefully focused pharmacotherapeutic content reflects the drugs most commonly seen and used by prescribers, with emphasis not on the first drug discovered or developed in each class but on the agents most often used today. Primary care drugs are addressed first in each chapter as appropriate, followed by acute care drugs.
• UNIQUE! Prescriber-focused pedagogical aids further reinforce the most important information for prescribers.
• Integrated coverage of Canadian trade names appears throughout the text and is highlighted with a familiar maple-leaf icon.
• Integrated coverage of interprofessional collaboration addresses the growing global interest in interprofessional collaboration and incorporates opportunities for interprofessional collaborative practice throughout.

• Over 5,200 practice questions
in the text and online offer ample testing practice.
• 75-question comprehensive exam covers all content areas in the book in the same percentages that they are covered on the actual NCLEX-RN test plan.
• Inclusion of all alternate item format questions covers multiple response, prioritizing [ordered response], fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration [hot spot], chart/exhibit, video, and audio questions to give students practice with mastering prioritizing, decision-making, and critical thinking skills.
• Presents introductory chapters on preparation guidance for the NCLEX-RN, nonacademic preparation, test-taking strategies, the CAT format, and the NCLEX-RN from a new graduate’s experience.
• UNIQUE! Audio review summaries on pharmacology, fluids and electrolytes, and acid-base balance are found on the Evolve companion site.
• Expanded coverage of delegation, prioritization, and triage/disaster management in the practice questions reflect the areas of increased emphasis on the NCLEX exam.
• UNIQUE! A detailed test-taking strategy and rationale is included for each question, offering clues for analyzing and uncovering the correct answer option
• UNIQUE! Priority concepts call-outs highlight specific concepts related to nursing practice. Concepts have been updated to reflect the latest Giddens: Concepts for Nursing Practice text.
• UNIQUE! More Priority Nursing Action boxes communicate new and pertinent content.
• Question categories by cognitive level, client needs area, integrated process, and content area give you completely customizable exams or study sessions when using the companion Evolve site.
• UNIQUE! Pyramid Alert! boxes spotlight important nursing concepts and procedures, and include tips and shortcuts for remembering key information.
• Mnemonics included where appropriate throughout the text.

2020 Winner, Society for Anthropological Sciences Carol R. Ember Book PrizeShortlisted for the British Sociological Association's Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize

Stigma is a dehumanizing process, where shaming and blaming are embedded in our beliefs about who does and does not have value within society. In Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting, medical anthropologists Alexandra Brewis and Amber Wutich explore a darker side of public health: that well-intentioned public health campaigns can create new and damaging stigma, even when they are otherwise successful.

Brewis and Wutich present a novel, synthetic argument about how stigmas act as a massive driver of global disease and suffering, killing or sickening billions every year. They focus on three of the most complex, difficult-to-fix global health efforts: bringing sanitation to all, treating mental illness, and preventing obesity. They explain how and why humans so readily stigmatize, how this derails ongoing public health efforts, and why this process invariably hurts people who are already at risk. They also explore how new stigmas enter global health so easily and consider why destigmatization is so very difficult. Finally, the book offers potential solutions that may be able to prevent, challenge, and fix stigma. Stigma elimination, Brewis and Wutich conclude, must be recognized as a necessary and core component of all global health efforts.

Drawing on the authors' keen observations and decades of fieldwork, Lazy, Crazy, and Disgusting combines a wide array of ethnographic evidence from around the globe to demonstrate conclusively how stigma undermines global health's basic goals to create both health and justice.

• A comprehensive review for the ARRT® certification exam, with more than 1,400 questions and answers
• Includes two practice exams, each with 200 questions, plus an additional practice test online
• Informative introduction helps you get the most out of the book and provides score-boosting tips to maximize your performance on test day
• Organized into sections that reflect the four content categories of the exam
• New four-color design features illustrations for key areas, such as such as veins, body mechanics, needle positions, and body position
• Enhanced by x-ray images to ensure all images are clear and relevant
• Reflects the experience of a respected author with nearly four decades of teaching experience

A Doody's Core Title for 2021!

Understanding Health Policy: A Clinical Approach provides everything you need to master the healthcare system’s nuances and complexities, work more effectively with other members of healthcare teams, and identify areas in need of change.

Written by practicing primary care physicians who are experts in healthcare policy, this peerless guide covers the entire scope of the U.S. healthcare system and draws on lessons from systems in other nations. The authors carefully weave key principles, descriptions, and concrete examples into chapters that make vital health policy issues interesting and understandable. Whether you’re a student, medical practitioner, or public policy professional, you will come away with a clearer, more systematic way of thinking about our healthcare system, its biggest challenges, and the most effective ways of making it better for everyone.

Features

• Covers every aspect of healthcare, including finance, organization, and reimbursement
• Delivers updated information on the Affordable Care Act, Accountable Care Organizations, and system consolidation
• Provides new insights into the role of social determinants in patient health
• Clinical vignettes highlight key policy issues and clarify difficult concepts

• More than 1,500 multiple-choice questions are accompanied by answers and detailed rationales. Plus additional questions are available in the eBook version!
• Questions are reviewed by certified FNPs and mirror the content found on FNP certification exams, covering the latest information on physical examination, differential diagnosis, diagnostic and therapeutic tests, pharmacological therapies, risk assessment, patient and family education and counseling, evaluation of response to health interventions, health promotion and screening strategies, scope of practice, and practice and resource management.
• QSEN emphasis highlights questions related to patient safety with a special QSEN safety icon; selected answer rationales also address the Safety competency.
• Division of clinical chapters into three areas — Physical Examination and Diagnostic Tests, Disorders, and Pharmacology — makes it easy to locate specific information within each body system.
• Test-Taking Strategies chapter uses test examples and provides tips to enhance your testing skills, develop critical thinking skills, learn strategies for decreasing anxiety, and improve study habits.
• Professional Issues chapter examines the legal and ethical issues, trends, evidence-based clinical guidelines, and professional competencies important to the FNP role.
• Unlimited, randomly generated practice exams are provided on the Evolve companion website, selected from a library of all of the questions from the book (plus additional bonus questions) with automated grading and feedback, and question distribution is designed to match the actual FNP certification exams.

• New
! Updated questions match the latest exam blueprints and question formats from the AANP and ANCC certification exams.
• New! Thoroughly revised clinical content reflects current evidence-based clinical practice and national treatment guidelines and protocols.

• This one-of-a-kind workbook dedicated to developing clinical judgment skills
helps prepare you for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) through practical thinking exercises in which you will apply the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) Clinical Judgment Model (CJM).
• A comprehensive collection of carefully developed clinical reasoning exercises range from basic to more complex and address all specialty areas.
• Answer key with robust rationales to remediate learning follows at the end of the book.
• Six-part organization guides you through the entire NGN test plan.
• Answer questions in the book itself or on a companion Evolve website for automated scoring and remediation.

• Consistent use of interprofessional terminology
promotes interprofessional collaboration through the use of a common healthcare language, instead of using isolated nursing-specific diagnostic language.
• UNIQUE! Enhanced conceptual approach to learning integrates nursing concepts and exemplars, providing a foundation in professional nursing concepts and health and illness concepts, and showing their application in each chapter.
• Unparalleled emphasis on clinical reasoning and clinical judgment helps you develop these vital skills when applying concepts to clinical situations.
• Emphasis on QSEN and patient safety focuses on safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes, including Drug Alert, Critical Rescue, and Action Alert boxes.
• Direct, easy-to-read writing style features concise sentences and straightforward vocabulary.
• Emphasis on health promotion and community-based care reflects the reality that most adult health care takes place in environments outside of high-acuity (hospital) settings.

The Harrison’s Manual, derived from most clinically salient content featured in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 20th Edition, delivers numerous clinical algorithms in one practical, portable resource. The Manual also includes abundant quick reference tables, plus concise text—providing rapid access to bedside information when decisions need to be made quickly. This full color summary guide covers all diseases and conditions commonly seen in inpatient general medicine, so you can be sure to find invaluable content directly to your workflow and practice.

The 20th edition has been updated to reflect the latest clinical developments in medicine.

The Manual truly makes it easy to find what you need at the point of care. The easy-to-navigate chapters cover symptoms/signs, medical emergencies, specific diseases, and care of the hospitalized patient, with a particular focus on:

• Etiology and Epidemiology
• Clinically Relevant Pathophysiology
• Signs and Symptoms
• Differential Diagnosis
• Physical and Laboratory Findings
• Therapeutics
• Practice Guidelines, and more

• Fully interactive eBook on VitalSource verison includes open field answers and drop down lists, providing instant feedback and ability to print work pages.
• Simple and easy-to-understand explanations of terms enables learners with little or no previous medical or science background to easily grasp medical terms and concepts.
• Wide variety of interactive exercises provides multiple opportunities to reinforce and remember content.
• Practical applications in each chapter (including case reports, operative and diagnostic tests, laboratory and x-ray reports) help leaners apply knowledge to situations you will encounter in the clinical environment.
• Anatomy, physiology, and pathology coverage is presented in detail with clear illustrations and brilliant images to orient learners to the structure and function of the body system. This format offers the best context for learning the medical terms by showing readers how it is used in practice.
• Actual clinical procedures and lab tests are provided within the body system or medical specialty chapters to further demonstrate medical terminology in action.
• Abbreviations are covered in every chapter to help learners master the medical shorthand used in clinical practice.
• Pronunciations of terms appear at the ends of chapters along with phonetic spellings.
• Comprehensive glossaries (word parts to English and English to word parts) and appendices (plurals, abbreviations, drug resource, and hematologic lab reference) appear at the end of the text and serve as quick references for use in class and on the job.
• Error-prone abbreviations list derived from the Joint Commission alerts reader to abbreviations that should not be used in the clinical setting.
• Interactive learner resources on companion website provide users with endless practice building, spelling, listening to, and understanding medical terms, while providing instant feedback.

• Helps you interpret findings with a peer-reviewed, online video library with more than 1,000 ultrasound videos of normal and pathologic findings. These videos are complemented by anatomical illustrations and text descriptions to maximize learning.
• Offers new online resources, including over 60 clinical cases and review questions in every chapter.
• Features fully updated content throughout, plus all-new chapters on hemodynamics, transesophageal echocardiography, transcranial Doppler ultrasound, pediatrics, neonatology, and 2nd/3rd trimester pregnancy.
• Shares the knowledge and expertise of expert contributors who are internationally recognized faculty from more than 60 institutions.
• Recipient of British Medical Association’s President's Choice Award and Highly Commended in Internal Medicine at the BMA Medical Book Awards 2015 (first edition).

This textbook aligns with the Fifth Edition of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Model Curriculum for Pharmacy Technician Education and Training Programs and the 2020 content outline for the Pharmacy Technician Certification Examination (PTCE).

• Covers all the must-know content required to pass the NCLEX-PN
• Content is organized in outline format and easy-access tables for efficient review
• Chapters follow the NCLEX’s Client Need Categories so you know you have complete content coverage
• Kaplan’s acclaimed Decision Tree and expert strategies help you master critical reasoning
• Used by thousands of students each year to succeed on the NCLEX-RN

• Kaplan’s expert nursing faculty reviews and updates content annually.
• We invented test prep—Kaplan (www.kaptest.com) has been helping students for 80 years, and our proven strategies have helped legions of students achieve their dreams.

• Features many new topics, discussions of additional diseases, and new, high-quality images from cover to cover, including updated descriptions and illustrations of normal anatomy and incidental findings.
• Allows you to quickly compare diagnoses with a survey of major CT findings for a variety of common diseases―with an emphasis on those findings that help to differentiate one condition from another.
• Reviews the spiral/helical CT protocols currently used for the diagnosis of chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal abnormalities, including high-resolution CT, lung nodule assessment and lung cancer screening, CT pulmonary embolism diagnosis, CT enterography, CT enteroclysis, CT colonography, and optimizing CT techniques in musculoskeletal diagnosis.
• Brings you up to date with recent advances in chest CT, including the classification of adenocarcinoma, evaluation of lung nodules, lung cancer screening (including Lung-RADS) and staging, and the classification and diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases using high-resolution CT
• Covers new developments in abdominal CT such as the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (Li-RADS) for imaging and reporting small hepatocellular carcinoma, reviews of the Atlanta Classification of Acute Pancreatitis, and an improved description of CT findings of histologic subtypes of renal cell carcinoma.
• Includes new discussions of the diagnosis of musculoskeletal abnormalities detected on chest and abdominal CT scans obtained for non-musculoskeletal indications.
• Contains updated disease classifications, including those for pulmonary adenocarcinoma, diffuse lung diseases, and pancreatic lesions.