What was it like the first time a nurse witnessed death? How do nurses cope with death when it becomes almost routine? What lessons can we learn from their experiences? Twenty-five nurses-from hospitals, private practices, and in home health care-tell about their experiences with death. Hear from people new to the field as well as those who have been in nursing for decades about how they deal with grief, the controversies about end-of-life decisions, the challenges of caring for people as they die, and the harrowing experience of telling their family members. Edited and introduced by a registered nurse, the book is a resource for both nurses and anyone who wants to better understands death and dying.

Final Moments: Nurses' Stories about Death and Dying (Kaplan Voices Nurses)

Politics & Social Sciences

Sherman, Deborah Witt

Sociology

Kaplan Trade

Imagine that you're a young internist, with a waiting room full of sick and anxious people, a man with chest pains in Exam Room 1, a teenager with a mystery ailment in Exam Room 2, and several patients waiting for test results. On top of that, you have to deliver bad news to the woman in Exam Room 3, whose headaches may be something more sinister than you previously thought. Every one of those patients is a story. Unusual diagnoses. Heartbreaking losses. Triumphant healing. From med student to intern to practicing specialist, The Real Life of an Internist traces the careers of internists, the largest specialization among doctors. This anthology features first-person narratives from students and doctors studying internal medicine at every stage of their careers, and offers an unblinking look at daily life in the field. Other books in the Kaplan Voices: Doctors series will focus on pediatrics, family practice, psychiatry, anesthesiology, oncology, geriatrics, and surgery, the most prominent specialties today.

The Real Life of an Internist (Kaplan Voices: Doctors)

Medical Books

Medicine

In riveting first-person narratives focused on the first 28 days of an infant's life, nurses remember the babies they've delivered and cared for. In turns joyous, humorous, and heartbreaking, these stories from neonatal and perinatal nurses, midwives, labor & delivery nurses, pediatric nurses, and others tell what it's like to care for these small wonders at the starts of their lives. Edited and introduced by a registered nurse, the book is a resource for both nurses and anyone who is fascinated by their extraordinary stories.

New Lives: Nurses' Stories about Caring for Babies (Kaplan Voices: Nurses)

Biographies & Memoirs

Huggins, Kathleen

Professionals & Academics

Edited and introduced by bestselling author Tilda Shalof, this is a collection of stories by 25 nurses about the highs and lows of ICU nursing, also known as critical care nursing. Intensive care nurses typically handle patients who have had major invasive surgery, accidents and traumas, or even multiple organ failure. These nurses care for patients whose lives hang in the balance, between life and death. This fascinating collection of stories allows us to peer over their shoulders to hear them speak with patients or provide life-saving care.

Lives in the Balance: Nurses' Stories from the ICU (Kaplan Voices Nurses)

Shalof, Tilda

First hand stories by teachers for teachers on one of the most difficult topics to teach: diversityAccording to recent surveys, almost half of all students belong to a minority group, and that number is increasing yearly. Coping with the challenges associated with diversity and dealing with others in a sensitive and appropriate manner can be one of the more difficult aspects of teaching. Although much has changed in the landscape of diversity, there is still a long way to go both in and out of the classroom. Educating students on how to be culturally aware is invariably a challenge and a sensitive process in its own right. One Size Does Not Fit All addresses many of the challenges of diversity education by offering sage advice from teachers. With a wonderful mixture of voices and points of view, from big cities to small towns, these stories of how teachers have dealt with this very sensitive topic will provide a reassuring guide to fellow educators. Stories range from those about students with strong cultural identities, to stories of how teachers handle issues of sexual orientation, religion, and world conflicts.

One Size Does Not Fit All: Diversity in the Classroom

Education & Teaching

Howe, Randy

Schools & Teaching

What Sticks is the one book that explains exactly how marketing and advertising works today! Based on new insights from analysis of over $1 billion worth of advertising. Decades ago it was okay to believe, as retail magnate John Wanamaker did, that "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is, I don't know which half." However, today the stakes are much higher. Marketing thought leaders Rex Briggs and Greg Stuart estimate that $112 billion in advertising spending in the U.S. alone is wasted, cutting deeply into company profits. What Sticks uncovers bold new insights from the largest-ever global marketing research project among 30 Fortune 200 companies, including: Procter &amp; Gamble, Johnson &amp; Johnson, Kraft, McDonalds, Unilever, Ford and others. This is a comprehensive and solutions-oriented book that outlines how any marketer, at any level, can guarantee their advertising succeeds. Marketers cannot ignore the findings or the solutions revealed in What Sticks, such as: Why 47% of the advertising campaigns studied didn't work and what you can do to guarantee yours does How to spend the same advertising budget, but get better results How to get your C.F.O. and C.E.O. to eagerly increase your marketing &amp; advertising budget How to forecast next year's advertising budget (Hint: It's not by using last year's spending!) How to immediately fix your advertising by applying these principles and real nuggets of wisdom Revitalize your advertising and join the new marketing revolution at www.whatsticks.NET

What Sticks: Why Most Advertising Fails and How to Guarantee yours Succeeds

Business & Money

Rex Briggs

Marketing & Sales

Effective leadership is a journey, not a destination. Rising through the Ranks will be the starting point in that journey for thousands of men and women in law enforcement. Telling real stories of leadership and courage from police departments and investigative agencies, former DEA agent and Pittsfield, Massachusetts Police Chief Mike Wynn is the perfect author. As the only book of its kind, Rising through the Ranks will prepare effective leaders from local police officers to federal agents.

Rising Through the Ranks: Leadership Tools and Techniques for Law Enforcement

Mike Wynn

Management & Leadership

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