Unlike many of her female contemporaries during the thirties and forties, whose political activities furthered the agendas of male politicians, Frieda B. Hennock pursued her own political goals. Guided by intense personal and public interests, she became the first woman appointed to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, and her tenure there coincided with a period of unprecedented regulatory activity, during which the FCC made several significant decisions regarding the development of television. Simultaneously challenging the FCC's status quo and making a political name for herself with her tireless efforts to develop educational television, Hennock became one of the most significant female political figures of this century.
Utilizing both critical and historical research methodologies, Brinson highlights key events in Hennock's career, including her dissenting position in the color TV hearings and her blindness to the deficiencies of the UHF system. Personal and Public Interests serves as a much-needed corrective to the scholarly oversight of Hennock's life and work, which represent the intersection of the histories of both broadcasting and women in the United States. More than mere biography, this insightful work examines the union of history, technology, and personality, creating a vivid portrait of both a woman and her era.

Fundamentals of Nursing

Stockert RN BSN MS PhD, Patricia A.

Hall RN BSN MS PhD CNE, Amy

Potter RN MSN PhD FAAN, Patricia A.

Perry RN MSN EdD FAAN, Anne G.

Business & Money

Elsevier

This innovative text presents nursing fundamentals in a concise, visually attractive format that captures students' attention and addresses dramatic changes taking place in the health care environment. At the heart of this revision is the critical thinking model presented as a practical, clinical decision-making guide and applied to the nursing process throughout. Case studies in all clinical chapters bring this process to life, demonstrating to students how using the combination of critical thinking and the nursing process will help them deliver comprehensive, professional care. Case studies introduce the client, family and nurse, and follow them through synthesizing knowledge and assessment data, planning and evaluating care. It addresses community health care and health promotion by consistently organizing each implementation section into three main areas: health promotion, acute care, and restorative care. Other themes include delegation, multidisciplinary collaboration, focus on outcomes, cultural sensitivity, gerontologic principles,and client satisfaction. * Complete coverage of fundamentals in a concise, readable, visually appealing format. * Five-step nursing process provides a consistent framework in all clinical chapters. * Hundreds of color photographs and drawings increase educational value while adding visual appeal. * Client teaching covered in both narrative and boxes to highlight this key nursing role. * Skills are presented in a clear, two-column format with rationales for all steps. NEW FEATURES: * Critical thinking model provides a practical, clinical decision-making guide applied to the nursing process. * Case studies in all clinical chapters include the client, family and nurse, and are developed throughout the chapter to demonstrate the ongoing nature of nursing care. * Implementation consistently addresses health promotion, acute care, and restorative care to reflect the current focus on community-based nursing and health promotion. * Skills include guidelines to assist nurses when delegating to unlicensed assistive personnel, Critical Decision Points, Recording and Reporting, and Home Care Considerations. * Expanded evaluation includes both the nurse's and client's perspectives to stress today's "customer satisfaction" emphasis. * Care Plans based on the case studies highlight key assessment data and include client goals and expected outcomes. * Procedural Guidelines provide step-by-step instructions for performing basic skills in a clear and concise format. * Cultural focus is reflected throughout and in special boxes to highlight the importance of cultural sensitivity. * Collaborative care and multidisciplinary problems are addressed in narrative and care paths/maps to reflect current health care focus. (Includes FREE CD-ROM with checklists and fluid and electrolyte program, and MERLIN website at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Potter/Basic/)

Basic Nursing: A Critical Thinking Approach (Book with CD-ROM for Windows & Macintosh)

Medical Books

Nursing

Mosby

Students will appreciate this excellent study tool designed to reinforce learning and evaluate the student's understanding of Basic Nursing: A Critical Thinking Approach, 4th Edition. Chapter-by-chapter reviews contain a brief text synopsis followed by activities, questions and exercises to develop critical thinking and clinical decision making skills. This study guide contains a wide variety of helpful study enhancers, including study charts, independent learning activities, study group questions, and self-tests. * Reflects the critical thinking focus of the text * Provides a wide variety of exercises, including study charts, independent learning activities, study group questions, and self tests * Provides case studies with critical thinking questions to reinforce clinical decision making skills * Contains checklists for the procedures presented in the text to help students evaluate performance of the skills * Includes general study tips to help students with reading retention, note taking, and exam preparation

Study Guide to accompany Basic Nursing: A Critical Thinking Approach

Castaldi DNP RN, Patricia

This thoroughly revised and updated edition features a streamlined, visually-oriented approach to nursing skills. The full-color design, hundreds of photos and drawings, and clear writing style appeal to all levels of learners. This revision addresses expanding nursing roles and changes in practice, with the addition of higher level skills and increased coverage of care in the home, community, and long-term care settings. The unique approach of clustering similar and related skills makes learning easier for students. * Includes 166 basic, intermediate and advanced skills * Provides standard beginning and completion protocols for each skill to avoid repetition. * Combines similar and related skills, such as measuring temperature with different types of thermometers, to reflect the way they are commonly taught and performed. * Contains concise, clear two-column format which is easy to read and follow. * Features rationales for key steps to help students understand and remember why specific techniques are used. * Includes Nurse alerts to focus on safety issues or critical steps in the skill, and guide students in providing safe, effective care. * Includes glove logo to provide a visual reminder to use gloves for infection control practices. * Provides over 1,000 full color photographs and drawings showing how steps are performed. * Incorporates the 5-step nursing process to provide a logical, consistent format for presenting skills. * Contains Critical Thinking Exercises at end of each chapter to help students develop clinical decision-making abilities. (Includes a FREE MERLIN website with skills checklists at:www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Elkin/)

Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills

Potter, Patricia A.

Perry, Anne Griffin

Elkin, Martha Keene

Perry RN EdD FAAN, Anne Griffin

Elkin RN MSN IBCLC, Martha Keene

Fundamentals of Nursing, 5/e & Miller-Keane Dictionary, 6/e Package

Basic Nursing, 4/e & Miller-Keane Dictionary, 6/e Package

The new fifth edition of this popular resource retains its comprehensive coverage, number of skills, and a two-column format with rationales for each step. This new edition emphasizes evidence-based practice and features delegation principles, new related interventions for unexpected outcomes, long-term care and home careconsiderations, and new procedural guidelines boxes that present basic skills in a streamlined format. In addition, new expanded skills include using small volume nebulizers, applying pneumanic compression devices, placing a client on a rotokinetic bed, administering continuous subcutaneous medications, and irrigating a small-bore feeding tube.
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<li>Includes a FREE MERLIN website at www.harcourthealth.com/MERLIN/Perry/skills/</li>
<li>Spanish version of 4th edition also available, ISBN: 84-8174-342-9</li>
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Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques

Perry, Anne G.

Trinitas School of Nursing, Elizabeth, NJ. Programmed workbook provides an evaluation tool to determine competence at performing the skills presented in the parent text, a Brandon/Hill title (#106), which listed in approval week 2001-27. Three-hole punched with perforated pages.

Skills Performance Checklist to accompany Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques

Clinical Nursing Skills and Techniques - Text & Checklists Package

Building on the strengths of the fourth edition, Basic Nursing: Essentials for Practice is back in a new edition! Thoroughly updated and revised to provide a more focused and engaging presentation, this new edition offers the basic principles, concepts, and skills needed by nursing students. The five-step nursing process returns to provide a consistent, logical organizational framework, with a clear writing style and numerous learning aids. An increased emphasis on caring, along with new boxes on Focused Client Assessment and Outcome Evaluation, reflect current practice trends. This new edition is better than ever!
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<li>Five-Step Nursing Process provides a consistent organizational framework.</li>
<li>More than 40 nursing skills are presented in a clear, 2-column format with rationales for all steps.</li>
<li>Procedural Guidelines boxes provide streamlined step-by-step instructions for performing basic skills.</li>
<li>Growth and Development chapter and age-related considerations throughout clinical chapters help prepare students to care for clients of all ages.</li>
<li>Sample Nursing Care Plans highlight defining characteristics in assessment data, include client goals and expected outcomes in the planning section, and provide rationales for each nursing intervention.</li> <li>Progressive Case Studies follow the interactions of a client and nurse throughout the chapter to illustrate steps in the nursing process and develop critical thinking skills.</li>
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<li>Brief coverage of higher level concepts including research, theory, professional roles, and management, maintains the text's focus on essential, basic content.</li>
<li>The narrative style makes the text more engaging and appealing.</li>
<li>Focused Client Assessment boxes provide specific guidelines for factors to assess, questions and approaches, and physical assessment.</li>
<li>Content on delegation is discussed throughout the narrative and specific guidelines are included for each skill.</li>
<li>Skills now include Unexpected Outcomes and Interventions to alert for potential undesirable responses and provide appropriate nursing actions.</li>
<li>Caring in Nursing is presented in a new chapter and as a thread throughout the text.</li>
<li>Outcome Evaluation are based on the chapter's case study and provide guidelines on how to ask questions and evaluate care based on the answers received.</li>
<li>NIC and NOC are discussed in the Nursing Process chapter to provide an overview of these taxonomies encountered in practice.</li>
<li>NCLEX-style multiple-choice questions at the end of each chapter help students evaluate learning.</li>
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Basic Nursing: Essentials for Practice

Basic Sciences

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