Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition

Donald Venes, "Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Edition" English | 2009 | ISBN : 0803620535, 0803615604, 0803615612 | 2846 pages | PDF | 83,1 MB For more than 68 years, Tabers has provided students and clinicians with the definitions and information they need to provide superior patient care. With its well recognized green cover, comprehensive coverage, and the famous Taber’s name—Taber’s is the first choice, the best choice, the proven choice since 1940. The field of health science is ever changing and improving, and as long as that is the case, Taber’s will continue to provide the current and comprehensive dictionary for both students and professionals alike. From the Publisher With its well recognized green cover, comprehensive coverage, and the famous Taber’s name—Taber’s is the first choice, the best choice, the proven choice since 1940. The field of health science is ever changing and improving, and as long as that is the case, Taber’s will continue to provide the current and comprehensive dictionary for both students and professionals alike. Founded in 1879, F.A. Davis remains an independently owned and operated educational resource company dedicated to providing the most up-to-date, accurate and informative resources from which students in nursing, health professions and medicine will learn their course work.

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Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

Tabers Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary By Donald Venes 2009 | 2881 Pages | ISBN: 0803615590 | PDF | 81 MB With its well recognized green cover, comprehensive coverage, and the famous Taber’s name—Taber’s is the first choice, the best choice, the proven choice since 1940. The field of health science is ever changing and improving, and as long as that is the case, Taber’s will continue to provide the current and comprehensive dictionary for both students and professionals alike. Founded in 1879, F.A. Davis remains an independently owned and operated educational resource company dedicated to providing the most up-to-date, accurate and informative resources from which students in nursing, health professions and medicine will learn their course work. 

 

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Developing B2B Social Communities: Keys to Growth, Innovation, and Customer Loyalty

Developing B2B Social Communities: Keys to Growth, Innovation, and Customer Loyalty By Margaret Brooks, J. J. Lovett, Sam Creek 2013 | 188 Pages | ISBN: 1430247134 | EPUB | 2 MB Developing B2B Social Communities: Keys to Growth, Innovation, and Customer Loyalty explains why business-to-business companies need a robust online community strategy to survive and flourish in today's changing economy and shows you how to design and execute your company's strategy successfully. Seminars, publications, market research, and customer care centers remain important tools in every B2B firm's toolbox for understanding, attracting, and serving customers while keeping them loyal. But in a world of fierce global price competition, increasing transparency of business practices, and ever-rising complexity, these traditional customer interaction channels are no longer enough for most B2B companies. That's why smart organizations-both large and small-are tapping into online communities to gain a huge competitive advantage: the ability to get much closer to customers and become more valuable to them. Developing B2B Social Communities delves into the generators of business value in online communities: immediate customer access to expert information within the company and from other customers; inexpensive delivery of custom technical help; demonstrations of how customers can to get the most from their products; and forums where customers can share tips, air gripes, reveal unmet needs, and suggest improvements. Three veteran community managers show you how to harness the knowledge of the crowd to help shape your company's strategic direction, develop new products and services, identify trends, sell more, serve customers more efficiently, and provide better product support. Fleshing out precepts with real-world examples and case studies, the authors detail the transformational opportunities-and pitfalls-for creating online communities. What you'll learn Why B2B companies of all sizes now need to make online communities an integral part of their operations to maintain or expand market share. How to create, launch, and manage customer communities. How to integrate communities into the business processes of an organization so they have the greatest impact. How to create clear strategies for the social community that support larger business goals. How to define and measure what you gain from hosting online communities. How to develop operational best practices that will provide the greatest ROI. Who this book is for This book is for all professionals in B2B organizations who are charged to improve customer service and loyalty, engage in ongoing research and collaboration with customers, increase sales, identify new product ideas, promote product utilization, provide superior customer service, or monitor industry trends. Readers who will benefit from Developing B2B Social Communities include community managers, C-level decision makers, strategy professionals, marketing directors and executives, customer care professionals, senior technology leaders, and actual and prospective community leaders. 

 

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Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies

Communication in Healthcare Settings: Policy, Participation and New Technologies by Alison Pilnick, Jon Hindmarsh and Virginia Teas Gill English | 2010 | ISBN: 1405198273 | 168 pages | PDF | 2,5 MB This book presents an international snapshot of communication in healthcare settings and examines how policies, procedures and technological developments influence day to day practice.
•Brings together a series of papers describing features of healthcare interaction in settings in Australasia, the U.S.A, continental Europe and the UK
•Contains original research data from previously under-studied settings including professions allied to medicine, telephone-mediated interactions and secondary care
•Contributors draw on the established conversation analytic literature on healthcare interaction and broaden its scope by applying it to professionals other than doctors in primary care
•Examines how issues relating to policy, procedure or technology are negotiated and managed throughout daily healthcare practice

 

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The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health

Sophie Hill, "The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health" 2011 | ISBN-10: 1444337173 | 240 pages | PDF | 4 MB Learn how to place communication and participation at the heart of evidence-based healthcare. The Knowledgeable Patient: Communication and Participation in Health sits at the forefront of the challenging, changing 21st century landscape. The knowledgeable patient as an individual can take many forms: patient, family carer, consumer advocate, or member of the public interested in health issues. In each of these roles, knowledgeable patients interact with health professionals by asking questions about the evidence for treatment, seeking support, exchanging views, and contributing experiences and new ideas on how to improve the health system.Drawing from several research paradigms, The Knowledgeable Patient is an essential guide to a new era of complex healthcare. Integrating consumer stories and evidence from systematic reviews, it examines key communication and participation issues in a range of contexts, including:
surgery
safe medicine use
chronic disease self management
the complexity of multimorbidity
notification of rare disease risk.
The Knowledgeable Patient is international in scope with researched examples spanning living in the community, health service treatment, governance, and policy making. It provides health professionals with new ideas, concepts, evidence, and practical tools to understand the central role of communication and participation to a well-functioning health system. It is an ideal reference for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying the health sciences.

 

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Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient: A Hands on Guide

Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient: A Hands on Guide by Douglas Model English | 2006 | ISBN: 0340928247 | 312 pages | PDF | 4,9 MB The ability to record an accurate and complete patient history, and to examine the patient appropriately in response to the history described, are fundamental skills that all student doctors need to acquire at an early stage in training. 'Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient' provides invaluable 'hands-on' guidance for medical students and junior doctors when presented with a new patient. Written from a very practical standpoint, Dr Douglas Model shares his extensive experience of teaching this subject. Real life scenarios are interspersed throughout the text. On reading 'Making Sense of Clinical Examination of the Adult Patient', the reader is given: practical advice on recording all aspects of a patient's history, including the present complaint, past medical history, and family history; and detailed guidance on performing an examination of each body system. 

 

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Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Lung Cancer

Justin F. Klamerus, Julie Brahmer, David Ettinger - Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Lung Cancer Published: 2010-05-07 | ISBN: 0763774367 | PDF | 192 pages | 3 MB Johns Hopkins Patients Guide to Lung Cancer is a concise, easy-to-follow how to guide that puts you on the path to wellness by explaining lung cancer treatment from start to finish. It guides you through the overwhelming maze of treatment decisions, simplifies the complicated schedule that lies ahead, and performs the task of putting together your plan of care in laymans terms. Empower yourself with accurate, understandable information that will give you the ability to confidently participate in the decision making about your care and treatment.

 

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Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury

Jonathan M. Silver, ‎Thomas W. McAllister, ‎Stuart C. Yudofsky - Textbook of Traumatic Brain Injury Published: 2004-12-01 | ISBN: 1585621056 | PDF | 792 pages | 9 MB Each year in the United States, more than 3 million people sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Associated annual costs exceed $48 billion, yet media and policy makers have largely ignored this major public health problem. Moreover, most clinicians lack experience in treating and evaluating patients with TBI and thus are unaware of its many subtle but disabling psychiatric symptoms. This critically important textbook?A?Athe timely successor to the popular 1994 compilation by the same editors?A?Afills that void, providing a wealth of scientific, yet easy-to-understand information on the complex neuropsychiatric sequelae of TBI. Written by recognized experts and designed to help treat patients in the clinical setting, this volume presents a truly comprehensive, clinically relevant approach based on current research and clinical practice. As such, it is the ideal tool for helping to educate mental health care professionals about the devastating consequences of TBI. This thoroughly updated and expanded textbook contains 40 chapters and more than 100 clinically-relevant figures and illustrations. It is organized into seven sections that address epidemiology/pathophysiology, neuropsychiatric disorders and symptomatologies, special populations and social issues, and treatment and prevention, covering topics such as aggressive disorders, cognitive changes, fatigue and sleep problems, chronic pain, mood disorders, family systems, pharmacological therapy, and?A?Aof critical importance?A?Aprevention. Updates from the 1994 predecessor work include -Separate chapters addressing structural imaging, functional imaging, and electrophysiologic techniques (the 1994 volume contained just one chapter on neuropsychiatric assessment) -A chapter dedicated to specific issues that arise during neuropsychological assessment -Extensive revisions to all chapters covering neuropsychiatric disorders -Chapters discussing the multiple neuropsychiatric sequelae experienced by patients but not encompassed by the usual psychiatric syndromes?A?Aincluding apathy, reduced awareness of deficits, fatigue, pain, headaches, balance problems, visual difficulties, and sequelae of sports injuries -New chapters on social issues and systems of care -The full range of treatment modalities, including a chapter on alternative therapies These distinguished editors have brought together the leading-edge work of a stellar group of renowned contributors in a practical, deeply informative textbook that will be welcomed as a "must read" by psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, clinical psychiatrists, physiatrists, neurologists, and other professionals, including residents and trainees, involved in brain injury rehabilitation.

 

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The Official Patients Sourcebook on Traumatic Brain Injury: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age

The Official Patients Sourcebook on Traumatic Brain Injury: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age Published: 2003-04-08 | ISBN: 0597835373 | PDF | 280 pages | 3 MB This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to traumatic brain injury, from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from public, academic, government, and peer-reviewed research. Selected readings from various agencies are reproduced to give you some of the latest official information available to date on traumatic brain injury. Following an introductory chapter, the sourcebook is organized into three parts. PART I: THE ESSENTIALS; Chapter 1. The Essentials on Traumatic Brain Injury: Guidelines; Chapter 2. Seeking Guidance; Chapter 3. Clinical Trials and Traumatic Brain Injury; PART II: ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND ADVANCED MATERIAL; Chapter 4. Studies on Traumatic Brain Injury; Chapter 5. Patents on Traumatic Brain Injury; Chapter 6. Books on Traumatic Brain Injury; Chapter 7. Multimedia on Traumatic Brain Injury; Chapter 8. Periodicals and News on Traumatic Brain Injury; Chapter 9. Physician Guidelines and Databases; Chapter 10. Dissertations on Traumatic Brain Injury; PART III. APPENDICES; Appendix A. Researching Alternative Medicine; Appendix B. Researching Nutrition; Appendix C. Finding Medical Libraries; Appendix D. Your Rights and Insurance; ONLINE GLOSSARIES; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY GLOSSARY; INDEX. Related topics include: Closed head injury, Head injury.

 

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Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Desk Reference

Lee Ann C. Golper, "Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Desk Reference" English | 2009 | ISBN: 1428340572 | 432 pages | PDF | 12,8 MB MEDICAL SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY: A DESK REFERENCE, 3rd edition is an easily accessible quick reference that details procedures, practices and terminology aimed specifically at the needs of the medically based speech-language pathologist. New to this edition, the resource covers the latest medical care delivery and procedures, including those related to pediatric care and end of life issues. Also discussed are skill-based clinical competencies for career development.

 

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Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach

Medical Terminology Systems: A Body Systems Approach, 7 edition ( PDF ) 2013 | ISBN-10: 0803629540 | 624 pages | PDF | 35 MB A word building and body systems approach! The original word-building text is better than ever with the addition of The Medical Language Lab, a new, interactive, online experience for mastering the language of medicine. The perfect length for any course, this full-color, illustrated text uses a body systems organization with an emphasis on word building. Youll begin by learning the parts of words-roots, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes. Then, use your understanding of word parts to learn medical terminology. Mnemonic devices and engaging, interactive activities make word-building fun and easy, ensuring you retain the information you need for success. The Medical Language Lab is the new, interactive, online program that ensures your students master the language of medicine. Based on proven language methodology, it guides your students step by step from basic through advanced levels of proficiency to become confident medical language speakers. A special code in the front of the book unlocks The MLL for you and your students. Use it with your current learning management system or with its integrated grade book. Customize it to meet the needs of your course. 

 

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Elsevier's Medical Terminology for the Practicing Nurse

Sally F. Vanderwerf - Elsevier's Medical Terminology for the Practicing Nurse Published: 1998-02-13 | ISBN: 0444824707 | PDF | 468 pages | 32 MB Medical nomenclature is continually evolving and changing. Its objective is to achieve full scientific interaction among all those who share this discipline. In the course of their work, professional nurses are required to comprehend and interpret medical terminology. This dictionary presents a correlation of medical and nursing terms as reflected in medical practice and nursing arts. Also included, is a survey of little-used and/or newer terminology which more articulately documents clinical findings. Readers of this dictionary will be encouraged to embrace medical terminology as a career-long discipline with a purpose. 

 

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Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence

Jeffrey Norton, Philip S. Barie, Ralph R. Bollinger, Alfred E. Chang, Stephen Lowry, Sean J. Mulvihill, Harvey I. Pass, Robert W. Thompson - Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence (2nd edition) Published: 2008-08-27 | ISBN: 0387308008 | PDF | 2442 pages | 100 MB Much anticipated, the Second Edition of Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence features fully revised and updated information on the evidence-based practice of surgery, including significant new sections on trauma and critical care and the often challenging surgical care of unique populations, including elderly, pediatric, immunocompromised, and obese patients as well as timely new chapters on the pre- and post-operative care of the cardiac surgery patient, intestinal transplantation, surgical infections, the fundamentals of cancer genetics and proteomics. Also new to this edition are discussions of electrosurgical instruments, robotics, imaging modalities, and other emerging technologies influencing the modern practice of surgery. Clinically focused sections in gastrointestinal, vascular, cardiothoracic, transplant, and cancer surgery enable the surgeon to make decisions based upon the most relevant data in modern surgical practice. The text is enhanced by more than 1,000 illustrations and hundreds of the signature evidence-based tables that made the first edition of SURGERY an instant classic. 

 

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Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine

Pocket Medicine: The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Internal Medicine (Pocket Notebook Series) by Marc S. Sabatine MD MPH English | 2010 | ISBN: 1608319059 | 282 pages | PDF | 5 MB The Pocket Medicine manual from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, provides key clinical data for students and residents. It includes areas of internal medicine, cardiology, pulmonary, gastroenterology, nephrology, hematology-oncology, infectious diseases, endocrinology, and rheumatology. 

 

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The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management

Jane C. Ballantyne - The Massachusetts General Hospital Handbook of Pain Management (3rd edition) Published: 2005-10-12 | ISBN: 0781762243 | CHM | 656 pages | 7 MB The Third Edition of this highly popular pocket guide presents the state-of-the-art approaches to pain management that are currently taught and practiced at the Massachusetts General Hospital. This edition has new chapters on chronic back pain, pain control in children with chronic and terminal disease, and diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, plus new illustrations of procedures and techniques. All chapters include the latest evidence-based information and coverage of fibromyalgia, psychosomatic complaints, headaches, and opioid cautions has been expanded.  Tables and chapter-opening outlines enable readers to find information quickly. A drug appendix and seven other practical appendices are included.  Subscribe to Lippincott's Interactive Anesthesia Library and get online access to the fully searchable content of eight critically acclaimed references in anesthesiology, critical care, and pain management. 

 

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Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS

Ian Lloyd - Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS (3rd edition) Published: 2011-07-30 | ISBN: 0987090852 | PDF | 500 pages | 11 MB With over 60,000 copies sold since its first edition, this SitePoint best-seller has just had a fresh update to include recent advances in the web industry. With the first two editions coming highly recommended by established, leading web designers and developers, the third edition with all its extra goodies will continue that trend. Also fully updated to include the latest operating systems, web browsers and providing fixes to issues that have cropped up since the last edition.
Readers will learn to:
Style text and control your page layout with CSS
Create and Optimize graphics for the Web
Add interactivity to your sites with forms
Include a custom search, contact us page, and a News/Events section on your site
Track visitors with Google Analytics
Extend your reach and connect your site with Social Media
Use HTML5&CSS3 to add some cool, polished features to your site
Use diagnosis/debug tools to find any problems
And lots more.

 

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Neuropsychological Assessment of Neuropsychiatric and Neuromedical Disorders

lgor Grant, ‎Kenneth M. Adams - Neuropsychological Assessment of Neuropsychiatric and Neuromedical Disorders (3rd edition) Published: 2009-03-10 | ISBN: 0195378547 | PDF | 800 pages | 10 MB This is a major revision of a standard reference work for neuropsychologists, psychiatrists, and neurologists. About one-half of the book contains entirely new work by new contributors. New topics not covered in the previous editions include consideration of common sources of neurocognitive morbidity, such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and exposure to heavy metals; psychiatric and behavioral disorders associated wtih traumatic brain injury; neuropsychology in relation to everyday functioning; the effects of cognitive impairment on driving skills, and adherence to medical treatments. The Third Edition aims to reflect the enormous developments in neuropsychology in terms of research, clinical applications, and growth of the discipline during the past decade. At one time focused on mapping the cognitive and related consequences of brain injuries, research in neuropsychology has now expanded to much broader considerations of the effects of systemic disease, infection, medications, and inflammatory processes on neurocognition and emotion. The Third Edition attemtps to capture these developments while continuing to adhere to the objective of presenting them in a concise manner in a single volume. 

 

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Handbook of Venous Disorders: Guidelines of the American Venous Forum

Peter Gloviczki - Handbook of Venous Disorders: Guidelines of the American Venous Forum (3rd Edition) Published: 2008-12-26 | ISBN: 0340938803 | PDF | 752 pages | 63 MB Now in its third edition, the Handbook of Venous Disorders continues to provide comprehensive and up-to-date information on acute and chronic venous and lymphatic diseases and malformations and to discuss the latest knowledge on epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical evaluation, diagnostic imaging, medical, endovascular and surgical management. This revised, updated and expanded edition takes account of all the recent developments in these areas. New chapters on, for example, foam sclerotherapathy, radiofrequency treatment, laser treatment and open surgical reconstructions are included, as well as useful diagnostic and treatment algorithms for the various conditions that are dealt with in the book. Clinical guidelines are provided in each chapter, together with evidence scores to help the reader assess the recommendations. The Handbook of Venous Disorders is written and edited by leaders and founding members of the American Venous Forum, a society dedicated to research, education and the clinical practice of venous and lymphatic diseases. The Handbook also includes several international authors, all of whom are experts in venous disease, most being regular or honorary members of the American Venous Forum.

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Principles and Practice of Clinical Research

Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, Second Edition by John I. Gallin and Frederick P Ognibene English | 2 edition | May 8, 2007 | ISBN-10: 012369440X | 448 pages | PDF | 25.2 Mb The second edition of this innovative work again provides a unique perspective on the clinical discovery process by providing input from experts within the NIH on the principles and practice of clinical research. Molecular medicine, genomics, and proteomics have opened vast opportunities for translation of basic science observations to the bedside through clinical research. As an introductory reference it gives clinical investigators in all fields an awareness of the tools required to ensure research protocols are well designed and comply with the rigorous regulatory requirements necessary to maximize the safety of research subjects. Complete with sections on the history of clinical research and ethics, copious figures and charts, and sample documents it serves as an excellent companion text for any course on clinical research and as a must-have reference for seasoned researchers.

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District Nursing Manual of Clinical Procedures

Liz OBrien, "District Nursing Manual of Clinical Procedures" English | ISBN: 1405114592 | edition 2012 | EPUB | 432 pages | 8.4 MB "This manual, the first of its kind focused on district nursing, provides the means to build competence and confidence in nurses new to the community, or developing their skills. The comprehensive and evidence-based content provides essential information for competence in key areas of district nursing." —From the Foreword, by Rosemary Cook CBE, Hon D Lett, MSc, PG Dip, RGN Director, The Queens Nursing Institute. Clinical skills are a fundamental aspect of district nursing care. The District Nursing Manual of Clinical Procedures is a practical, evidence-based manual of clinical skills which reflects the unique challenges of district nursing care within the patients home. It provides a comprehensive resource for all district nurses, community nurses, students, and health-care professionals involved in the district nursing team, enabling them to practice competently and confidently and deliver clinically effective, person-centred care.The District Nursing Manual of Clinical Procedures addresses the complexity of district nursing care and encompasses key aspects of clinical practice, including decision making in areas that district and community nurses often struggle with or find difficult when they are on their own in a patients home. It utilises the latest clinical research and expert clinical knowledge to address these challenges, and to provide the underlying theory and evidence for district nursing care.
Key features
Evidence-based manual of practical clinical skills in district nursing care
Clear, user-friendly and easy to understand
Contains recommendations for expert care within a patients own home
Addresses key concerns of district and community nurses working on their own within a patients home
Encompasses key aspects of district nursing care
Placed in the context of person-centred care
All procedures include the rationale for each action - why as well as how

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Creating a Caring Science Curriculum: An Emancipatory Pedagogy for Nursing

Marcia Hills, Jean Watson - Creating a Caring Science Curriculum: An Emancipatory Pedagogy for Nursing Published: 2011-04-15 | ISBN: 0826105890 | PDF | 328 pages | 3 MB The hallmark text for nursing faculty seeking to promote the transformative teaching of caring science, this book reflects the paramount scholarship of caring science educators. The volume intertwines visionary thinking with blueprints, living exemplars, and dynamic directions for the application of fundamental principles. It features emancipatory teaching/learning scholarship, and student/teacher, relation/evaluation models for adoption into education and practice regimens. Divided into five units, the text addresses the history of the caring curriculum revolution and its reemergence as a powerful presence within nursing. Unit II introduces intellectual and strategic blueprints for caring-based education, including action-oriented approaches for faculty-student relations, teaching/learning skills, emancipatory pedagogical practices, critical-reflective-creative approaches to evolving human consciousness, and power relation dynamics. The third unit addresses curriculum structure and design, the evolution of a caring-based college of nursing, the philosophy of caring-human science, caring in advanced practice education, caring as a pedagogical approach to nursing education, and teaching-learning professional caring based on Watsons theory of human caring. Unit IV explores an alternative approach to evaluation. The final unit explores the future of the caring science curriculum as a way of emancipating the human spirit, with caritas nursing as a transformative model.
Key Features:
Expands upon the premiere resource for maximizing caring science in education, research, and practice (Bevis and WatsonsToward a Caring Curriculum: A New Pedagogy for Nursing,1989)
Provides a broad application of caring science for graduate educators, students, and nursing leaders
Features case studies from two leading U.S. and Canadian universities
Distills the expertise of world-renowned scholars
Includes reflexive exercises to maximize student engagement

 

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Handbook of User Involvement in Nursing and Healthcare Research

Elizabeth Morrow, Annette Boaz, Sally Brearley, "Handbook of User Involvement in Nursing and Healthcare Research" English | ISBN: 1444334727 | edition 2012 | EPUB | 220 pages | 4.2 MB This book fills an important niche in the market providing practical expert advice on service user (patients, carers and the public) involvement in nursing and healthcare research. An invaluable guide for anyone working or involved in nursing and healthcare research, this book provides a step-by-step guide to the principles and process of involvement, including understanding the rationale for involvement, designing involvement, working with service users, and evaluating what has been achieved.With illustrations, worked examples and tool sheets throughout, this evidence-based guide uses real life examples from recent research studies in health and social care research, thus relating theory to practice in a meaningful way. The Handbook of Service User Involvement in Nursing & Healthcare Research introduces a wide range of key issues, including:
Why? Why should researchers involve service users?
How? How can researchers and service users work together successfully and productively?
Who? Who chooses to become involved in research? How are issues of representation and diversity addressed?
When? At what stage should service users be involved in the research process?

 

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Neuroscience Nursing: Evidence-Based Theory and Practice

Sue Woodward, Ann-marie Mestecky, "Neuroscience Nursing: Evidence-Based Theory and Practice" English | ISBN 10: 1405163569 | 2011 | PDF | 680 pages | 18,5 MB “Superior… An important resource for nurses” Shanne McNamara, Vice President, British Association of Neuroscience Nurses. Neuroscience Nursing is a comprehensive, practical text that reflects both the richness and the diversity of contemporary neuroscience nursing. This important new text aims to inform the practice of neuroscience nursing through the report of current research, best available evidence, policy and education.This important new book is divided into several sections exploring: anatomy and physiology of the nervous system; assessment, interpretation and management of specific problems in the neurological patient; neurological investigations and neurosurgical procedures; management of patients with intracranial disorders; and management of patients with long-term conditions. It also explores the underpinning concepts of neuroscience care, including its history and development, and legal and ethical issues. Uniquely, this text also includes patients’ perspectives of living with a variety of neurological conditions.
Key features:

* The first evidence-based UK neuroscience textbook for nurses
* Extensive full colour illustrations throughout
* Applicable to a wide variety of settings including prevention, primary care, acute and critical care, rehabilitation and palliative care
* Contributions from nurse specialists, nurse consultants, academics and subject experts from throughout the UK

 

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How to Teach English Language Learners: Effective Strategies from Outstanding Educators

Diane Haager, Janette K. Klingner, Terese C. Aceves, "How to Teach English Language Learners: Effective Strategies from Outstanding Educators" 2009 | ISBN: 0470390050 | 208 pages | PDF | 2,2 MB This hands–on book offers teachers a much–needed resource that will help maximize learning for English Language Learners (ELLs). How to Teach English Language Learners draws on two wide–ranging teacher quality studies and profiles eight educators who have achieved exceptional results with their ELL students. Through highly readable portraits, the authors take readers into these teachers? classrooms, illustrating richly what it is they do differently that yields such great results from English learners. Because most teachers profiled work within a three–tiered Response–to–Intervention framework, the book shows how to implement RTI effectively with ELLs—from providing general reading instruction for the entire classroom to targeted interventions with struggling students. Written by noted ELL educators Diane Haager, Janette K. Klingner, and Terese Aceves, How to Teach English Language Learners is filled with inspiring success stories, teaching tips, activities, discussion questions, and reflections from these outstanding teachers.

 

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Teaching English Language Learners through Technology

Tony Erben, Ruth Ban, Martha E. Castañeda - Teaching English Language Learners through Technology Published: 2008-08-15 | ISBN: 0415957672, 0415957680 | PDF | 240 pages | 5 MB In Teaching English Language Learners through Technology, the authors explore the use of computers/technology as a pedagogical tool to aid in the appropriate instruction of ELLs across all content areas. The special focus of this book is on the informed use of various technologies and software programs that can specifically aid ELLs. Strategies are also provided for varying levels of access--whether teachers teach in a one computer classroom, have access to multiple computers, or have the ability to go into a computer lab at their school. A fully annotated list of web and print resources completes the volume, making this a valuable reference to help teachers harness the power of computer-assisted technologies in meeting the challenges of including all learners in effective instruction.

 

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Making Language Matter: Teaching Resources for Meeting the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards in Grades 9-12

Deborah J. Vause, ‎Julie S. Amberg - Making Language Matter: Teaching Resources for Meeting the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards in Grades 9-12 Published: 2012-08-22 | ISBN: 0415527996, 0415528003 | PDF | 128 pages | 4 MB Now adopted by over 40 states, the Common Core State Standards provide a clear and consistent framework for public school systems as they develop student learning goals that define the path to readiness for college, careers, and informed citizenship. While each state is developing its own procedures for adoption of the Standards, individual teachers will continue to hold the ultimate responsibility for devising lesson plans and tailoring instruction to meet these benchmarks. Making Language Matter will help prospective and practicing teachers develop lessons to meet the benchmarks enumerated in the Standards for the English Language Arts categories: language, speaking and listening, writing, and reading. A timely text for literacy education courses, it explores language topics within these categories and suggests pedagogical approaches and activities for use in 9-12 language arts classrooms. Using a linguistics approach to unify the study of all the language arts, it engages readers in learning how to help students make purposeful language choices essential for both academic and workplace success.

 

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Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature

Anne Marie Hacht, Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature ISBN: 1414448708 | edition 2009 | PDF | 1830 pages | 44 mb Aiming “to offer a comprehensive view of how an author’s work fits within the context of the author’s life, historical events, and the literary world,” this title includes some 500 writers. Authors traditionally studied in literature classes as well as those whose works currently top the best-seller lists are among the wordsmiths found in the set. Entries are organized into three main sections: “Works in Biographical and Historical Context,” “Works in Literary Context,” and “Works in Critical Context.” Additional features are a “Key Facts” segment that lists birth and death dates and major works; “Responses to Literature,” with suggestions for discussion and writing assignments; and “Further Reading,” providing a brief bibliography. There are also sidebars entitled “Literary and Historical Contemporaries” and “Common Human Experience,” the latter listing works similar in technique or theme to those of the entrant’s. Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature covers a multitude of writers from Kobo Abe to Mikhail Zoschenko. It is worth noting that a number of authors of books for young people, such as Kenneth Grahame and J. K. Rowling, are included. Glossaries of literary terms, general indexes, and indexes by nationality or ethnicity complete the set. With its breadth of coverage and wealth of information, the encyclopedia will be a useful addition to academic and public library reference collections. Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature (2009) applies similar treatment to American authors. --Carolyn Mulac

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of African Literature

The Routledge Encyclopedia of African Literature By Simon Gikandi 2005 | 886 Pages | ISBN: 0415230195 | PDF | 4,4 MB Edited by an author of many books on African writers and literature, this encyclopedia covers all aspects of African literature produced in all of the major languages. Both sub-Saharan and North African literatures are represented, although for works in Arabic the focus is on the modern period. More than 600 signed articles by academic specialists treat mostly individual authors, both well known and less established. Longer essays deal with historical and cultural issues concerning the study of African literature, including criticism and theory and its development as a field of scholarship. Essays on Autobiography, Feminist criticism, and Islam in African literature, as well as regional overviews such as Gikuyu literature and West African literature in English, make this a useful starting point for exploration of African literature. Because these more general articles are one of the strengths of the work, it would have been helpful to list them in the fore matter, as it is a guessing game to find them. Most articles, including the biographical entries, have a very small list of references for further reading. Although reasonably up-to-date, these lists are often a mixture of a few primary and secondary works, not the most impressive feature of the volume. African Writers (Scribner, 1997) treats only 65 authors but in considerably more detail, with more critical commentary and with extensive bibliographical references to books by and about the authors. The Dictionary of Literary Biography series from Gale has several volumes devoted to African writers, once again with lengthy articles on major writers and good bibliographies. It is the breadth of coverage that makes Encyclopedia of African Literature stand out, especially with the inclusion of lesser-known and newer writers as well as those writing in African languages. It would be helpful to have lists of authors by country and by category or genre and, as mentioned earlier, a list of the longer overview essays. Although the inclusion of a map of the continent is useful, it is almost 10 years out of date. On the whole, however, the volume is a worthwhile addition to academic and larger public libraries, especially as there is an increased interest in creative expression from the continent.

 

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The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Twentieth Century Historical, Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives

Christa Knellwolf, Christopher Norris, "The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism: Twentieth Century Historical, Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives"  Cambridge University Press | 2001 | ISBN: 0521300142 | 496 pages | PDF | 12,8 MB  This volume in The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism brings together a wide range of highly informative essays on developments in literary criticism and theory during the twentieth century. The main focus is on historical, philosophical and sociocultural approaches to literature and it offers both authoritative treatments of the topics under review and a lively sense of engagement and dialogue among the contributors. It has a full bibliographical apparatus and provides an invaluable resource for readers who are seeking to orient themselves in this complex and often bewildering field. 

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Beyond the Grammar Wars: A Resource for Teachers and Students On Developing Language Knowledge In the English/ Literacy Classroom

Terry Locke, "Beyond the Grammar Wars: A Resource for Teachers and Students On Developing Language Knowledge In the English/ Literacy Classroom" English | 2010 | ISBN: 0415802652, 0415802644, 0203854357 | 336 pages | PDF | 4 MB Are there evidence-based answers to the broad question "What explicit knowledge about language in teachers and/or students appears to enhance literacy development in some way"? Distinguished by its global perspective, its currency, and its comprehensiveness, Beyond the Grammar Wars:
provides an historical overview of the debates around grammar and English/literacy teaching in four settings: the US, England, Scotland and Australia
offers an up-to-date account of what the research is telling (and not telling) us about the effectiveness of certain kinds of grammar-based pedagogies in English/literacy classrooms
takes readers into English/literacy classrooms through a range of examples of language/grammar-based pedagogies which have proven to be successful
addresses metalinguistic issues related to changes in textual practices in a digital and multimodal age, and explores the challenges for educators who are committed to finding a "usable grammar" to contribute to teaching and learning in relation to these practices.
All of the contributors are acknowledged experts in their field. Activities designed for use in language and literacy education courses actively engage students in reflecting on and applying the content in their own teaching contexts.

 

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Why Do I Need a Teacher When Ive got Google?

Ian Gilbert, "Why Do I Need a Teacher When Ive got Google?: The Essential Guide to the Big Issues for Every 21st Century Teacher" 2010 | ISBN: 0415468337, 0415468310 | 240 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3,9 MB The future of the world is in your hands I know that might seem a bit steep considering youve got that Year Ten coursework to sort out and the lesson observation on that nervous looking NQT, but thats the way it is Im afraid. You chose to be a teacher, you mould young minds on a daily basis and those minds have got to grow up and save the world. - Extract from Chapter One Why do I need a teacher when Ive got Google? is just one of the challenging, controversial and thought-provoking questions Ian Gilbert poses in his long-awaited follow up to the classic Essential Motivation in the Classroom. Questioning the unquestionable, this book will make you re-consider everything you thought you knew about teaching and learning, such as: Are you simply preparing the next generation of unemployed accountants? What do you do for the sweetcorn kids who come out of the education system in pretty much the same state as when they went in? Whats the real point of school? Exams - So whose bright idea was that? Why EQ is fast becoming the new IQ. What will your school policy be on brain-enhancing technologies? Which is the odd one out between a hamster and a caravan? With his customary combination of hard-hitting truths, practical classroom ideas and irreverent sense of humour, Ian Gilbert takes the reader on a breathless rollercoaster ride through burning issues of the twenty-first century, considering everything from the threats facing the world and the challenge of the BRIC economies to the link between eugenics and the 11+. As wide-ranging and exhaustively-researched as it is entertaining and accessible, this book is designed to challenge teachers and inform them - as well as encourage them - as they strive to design a twenty-first century learning experience that really does bring the best out of all young people. After all, the future of the world may just depend on it.

 

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Materials and Methods in ELT: A Teachers Guide

Jo McDonough, "Materials and Methods in ELT: A Teachers Guide (Applied Language Studies)" Publisher: W***y-Black***ell; 3 edition | ISBN: 1444336924 | 2013 | PDF | 352 pages | 4 MB Featuring extensive updates and revisions, the 3rd edition of Materials and Methods in ELT offers a comprehensive and useful introduction to the principles and practice of teaching English as a foreign/second language.A popular and practical guide for teachers, teachers in training, and for students studying methods and materials. Features a new chapter on IT in English language teaching, new samples from current teaching materials, plus a new section on technology for materials and methods. Covers how to approach materials and methods, evaluation and adaptation, technology for materials and methods, and teaching in under-resourced classrooms. Examines the different methods available to teachers for organizing and managing an ELT classroom, including group and pair work, individualization, and classroom observation

 

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Seven Steps to Financial Freedom in Retirement

Seven Steps to Financial Freedom in Retirement by Hank Parrot English | 2011 | ISBN: 1118095286 | ISBN-13: 9781118095287 , 9781118111871 | 195 pages | EPUB | 3,3 MB An interactive guide to mapping your retirement plans In Seven Steps to Financial Freedom in Retirement, financial advising and estate planning expert Harold Parrott guides the reader through the sometimes murky waters of retirement planning. Using a simple "Lifestyle Expense" planning approach customized to see how much money each person needs to live on in retirement, Parrott explains what investments can help readers reach their desired goals with minimum risk. Using detailed questionnaires, the book provides an informative guide for anyone concerned about having enough money to live comfortably in their retirement years. An educational book employing an easy-to-understand format, Seven Steps explains the basics of IRAs and 401(k)s, before launching into a more in-depth discussion of the strategies and tax implications thereof, looking at:
•Annuities, bonds, and CDs
•The perils of "stock picking"
•The basics of estate planning
A unique and indispensible resource for assessing finances to determine the full scope of the readers assets, the book helps to determine projected lifestyle expenses post-retirement and crafts a road map showing what types of products and accounts are likely to be of most value.

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Structure and Meaning in English: A Guide for Teachers

Graeme Kennedy, "Structure and Meaning in English: A Guide for Teachers" English | 2004 | ISBN: 0582506328 | 408 pages | PDF | 3,7 MB An essential guide to grammar specifically designed for teachers of English which can be used as a course book, or a reference work. This practical volume focuses on the topics which are essential skills for language learners and which teachers need to understand to be professionally competent. It gives exercises, and learner error information to guide teachers in teaching and assessing grammar learning. This book is designed to help teachers of English develop an understanding of the aspects of English which are essentially relevant for learners who speak other languages. Using corpus research, Kennedy cuts to the heart of what is important in the teaching of English grammar.

 

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The Teachers Grammar of English: A Course Book and Reference Guide, with answers

Ron Cowan, "The Teachers Grammar of English: A Course Book and Reference Guide, with answers" 2008 | ISBN: 0521809738 | 724 pages | PDF | 67 MB The Teachers Grammar of English is a comprehensive resource text designed to help ESL/EFL teachers understand and teach American English grammar. The Teachers Grammar of English is a comprehensive resource text designed to help ESL/EFL teachers and teachers-in-training understand and teach American English grammar. In addition to complete, up-to-date coverage on form, meaning, and usage, each chapter includes practical suggestions for teaching, as well as a unique section that analyzes common errors made by learners from different first-language backgrounds, based on current research in second-language acquisition. Review exercises throughout each chapter make the book an ideal text for a course on English grammar. An answer key is included. A chapter of past and present instructional practices provides an overview of the debate surrounding the teaching of grammar.

 

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The Life and Times of William Shakespeare

Kathleen Kuiper, "The Life and Times of William Shakespeare (Shakespeare: His Work and World)" English | ISBN: 1615309268 | 2012 | EPUB | 112 pages | 15,7 MB At its most basic, the story of William Shakespeares life is one that has been repeated countless times around the world. A young man in a small town goes to school, gets into a bit of a scrape with a woman, scurries off to a big city, becomes successful, and eventually retires, wealthy and comfortable to the place where he began. As simple as that story is, the fact that it occurred more than 400 years ago introduces a few difficulties. Several important details of Shakespeares life, for example, simply arent known. ...

 

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The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography

Lois Potter, "The Life of William Shakespeare: A Critical Biography" 2012 | ISBN-10: 0631207848, 1118281527 | 512 pages | PDF | 3,8 MB The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeares life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Written by an eminent Shakespearean scholar and experienced theatre reviewer Pays particular attention to Shakespeares theatrical contemporaries and the ways in which they influenced his writing. Offers an intriguing account of the life and work of the great poet-dramatist structured around the idea of memory. Explores often neglected literary and historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeares life and works

 

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An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2012

An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2012 - David I. Schneider 2013 | ISBN: 0133378500 | PDF | 688 pages | 66,8 Mb An Introduction to Programming Using Visual Basic 2012, Ninth Edition —consistently praised by both students and instructors — is designed for readers with no prior computer programming experience. Now updated for Visual Basic 2012, Schneider focuses on teaching problem-solving skills and sustainable programming skills. A broad range of real-world examples, section-ending exercises, case studies, and programming projects gives readers more hands-on experience than any other Visual Basic book on the market. This edition is available with My Programming Lab, an innovative online homework and assessment tool. Through the power of practice and immediate personalized feedback, My Programming Lab helps students fully grasp the logic, semantics, and syntax of programming.

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Text World Theory: An Introduction

Joanna Gavins, "Text World Theory: An Introduction" English | 2007 | ISBN: 0748623000 | PDF | 209 pages | 12,7 mb Text World Theory is a cognitive model of all human discourse processing. In this introductory textbook, Joanna Gavins sets out a usable framework for understanding mental representations. Text World Theory is explained using naturally occurring texts and real situations, including literary works, advertising discourse, the language of lonely hearts, horoscopes, route directions, cookery books and song lyrics. The book will therefore enable students, teachers and researchers to make practical use of the text-world framework in a wide range of linguistic and literary contexts.

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