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Medical-Surgical Nursing 3 Volume Set

Medical-Surgical Nursing 3 Volume Set

Critical Thinking for Person-Centred Care

by Lorna MoxhamTrudy Dwyer Karen M. Burke and others
Publication Date: 15/10/2013

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The focus of this product package is to provide students with a strong knowledge base, an understanding of contemporary practice issues in Australia and the capacity for sound clinical reasoning.

You will use these professional attributes in order to provide safe and effective nursing care. This easily understood, straightforward Australian edition integrates the following concepts: epidemiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, legal and ethical issues, therapeutic communication, interprofessional communication and cultural safety.

Multiple learning strategies have been developed to help the student succeed: MyNursingLab includes audio files, case studies, self-study material and videos, while the text includes boxes, tables, special features, illustrations as well as synthesis and critical thinking exercises to help students build skills for class and clinical learning for practice as a professional nurse.

ISBN:
9781442562028
9781442562028
Category:
Nursing
Publication Date:
15-10-2013
Publisher:
Pearson Education Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Edition:
2nd Edition
Lorna Moxham

Prof. Lorna Moxham is a Professor of Mental Health Nursing at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at the University of Wollongong.

Lorna is a Board member of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

Trudy Dwyer

Dr. Trudy Dwyer is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at CQUniversity Australia, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering & Health, CQ University.

She is interested in the facilitating of learning in a clinical context.

Karen M. Burke

Karen Burke has been a nurse educator for much of her career, teaching basic and advanced medical-surgical nursing and pathophysiology. She retired as director of the nursing and health occupations programs at Clatsop Community College in Astoria, Oregon, subsequently serving as nursing education consultant and program manager for the Oregon State Board of Nursing. She currently provides consulting services for nursing and higher education.

Ms Burke earned her diploma in nursing from Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing in Portland, Oregon, later completing baccalaureate studies at Oregon Health & Science University, and a master’s degree in nursing at the University of Portland. She has been actively involved in nursing education and clinical nursing education reform, as well as in initiatives to address the nursing faculty shortage.

Ms. Burke is co-author of another text, Medical–Surgical Nursing Care (3rd edition), with Elaine Mohn-Brown and Linda Eby. Ms Burke highly values the nursing profession and the importance of providing a strong education in the art and science of nursing for students preparing to enter the profession, no matter which educational path is being pursued.

Priscilla LeMone

Associate Professor Emeritus, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri; Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing, College of Nursing, the Ohio State University Priscilla LeMone spent most of her career as a nurse educator, teaching medical–surgical nursing and pathophysiology at all levels from diploma to doctoral students.

She has a diploma in nursing from Deaconess College of Nursing (St. Louis, Missouri), baccalaureate and master’s degrees from Southeast Missouri State University, and a doctorate in nursing from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. She is retired as an Associate Professor Emeritus, Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, but continues to keep up to date in nursing both as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Ohio State University, College of Nursing and as an author of nursing textbooks.

Dr LeMone had numerous awards for scholarship and teaching during her more than 30 years as a nurse educator. She is most honoured for receiving the Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence from the University of Missouri, the Unique Contribution Award from the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, and for being selected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

Dr LeMone currently lives in Ohio. She enjoys travelling, gardening, knitting and reading fiction. She believes that her education gave her solid and everlasting roots in nursing. Her work with students has given her the wings that have allowed her love of nursing and teaching to continue through the years.

Tracy Levett-Jones

Professor Tracy Levett-Jones is the Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning), School of Nursing and Midwifery and the Director of the Research Centre for Health Professional Education at the University of Newcastle. Her research interests include: clinical reasoning, interprofessional education, empathy, belongingness, cultural competence, simulation and patient safety.

Tracy has authored ten books, the most recent being Clinical Reasoning: Learning to Think Like a Nurse and Critical Conversations for Patient Safety; as well as over 150 book chapters, reports and peer reviewed journal articles. Tracy has been the recipient of nine research awards and ten teaching awards including an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Award for Teaching Excellence (2010); a NSW Minister for Education and Training Quality Teaching Award (2007); and a Pearson/Australian Nurse Teacher Society Nurse Educator of the Year Award (2011). She has been awarded nearly two million dollars in grant funding and has led and been involved in a number of Category 1 funded projects.

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