- Increased global considerations relevant to international context of critical care nursing alongside its key focus within the ANZ context - Aligned to update NMBA RN Standards for Practice and NSQHS Standards - An eBook included in all print purchases
With each edition, ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing has built on its highly respected reputation. Its contributors aim to encourage and challenge practising critical care nurses and students to develop world-class critical care nursing skills in order to ensure delivery of the highest quality care. Endorsed by the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), this 3rd edition presents the expertise of foremost critical care leaders and features the most recent evidence-based research and up-to-date advances in clinical practice, technology, procedures and standards. Expanded to reflect the universal core elements of critical care nursing practice authors, Aitken, Marshall and Chaboyer, have retained the specific information that captures the unique elements of contemporary critical care nursing in Australia, New Zealand and other similar practice environments. Structured in three sections, ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing, 3rd Edition addresses all aspects of critical care nursing, including patient care and organisational issues, while highlighting some of the unique and complex aspects of specialty critical care nursing practice, such as paediatric considerations, trauma management and organ donation. Presented in three sections: - Scope of Critical Care - Principles and Practice of Critical Care - Speciality Practice Focus on concepts that underpin practice - essential physical, psychological, social and cultural care New case studies elaborate on relevant care topics Research vignettes explore a range of topics Practice tips highlight areas of care particularly relevant to daily clinical practice Learning activities support knowledge, reflective learning and understanding Additional case studies with answers available on evolve NEW chapter on Postanaesthesia recovery Revised coverage of metabolic and nutritional considerations for the critically ill patient Aligned with the NEW ACCCN Standards for Practice
With each edition, ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing has built on its highly respected reputation. Its contributors aim to encourage and challenge practising critical care nurses and students to develop world-class critical care nursing skills in order to ensure delivery of the highest quality care. Endorsed by the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), this 3rd edition presents the expertise of foremost critical care leaders and features the most recent evidence-based research and up-to-date advances in clinical practice, technology, procedures and standards. Expanded to reflect the universal core elements of critical care nursing practice authors, Aitken, Marshall and Chaboyer, have retained the specific information that captures the unique elements of contemporary critical care nursing in Australia, New Zealand and other similar practice environments. Structured in three sections, ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing, 3e addresses all aspects of critical care nursing, including patient care and organisational issues, while highlighting some of the unique and complex aspects of specialty critical care nursing practice, such as paediatric considerations, trauma management and organ donation. Presented in three sections: - Scope of Critical Care - Principles and Practice of Critical Care - Speciality Practice Focus on concepts that underpin practice - essential physical, psychological, social and cultural care New case studies elaborate on relevant care issues Practice tips highlight areas of care particularly relevant to daily clinical practice Learning activities support knowledge, reflective learning and understanding Additional case studies with answers available on evolve NEW chapter on Postanaesthesia recovery Revised coverage of metabolic and nutritional considerations for the critically ill patient Aligned with the NEW ACCCN Standards for Practice
This book focuses on diversity, concentrating on issues of race and ethnicity and on the contributions made, and challenges faced, by the nation's racial and ethnic communities. The easy-to-read, graphically highlighted materials in the book invite students to confront the challenges of living in a diverse society by looking at the past, present, and future. Following an introduction, chapters in the book are: (1) "The Ideal of Equality"; (2) "A Diverse Nation"; (3) "The Civil Rights Movement"; (4) "Issues and Policies"; and (5) "Bringing Us Together." Includes sources for each chapter and an index. (BT)
This teacher's guide focuses on diversity and concentrates on issues of race and ethnicity. It is designed to provide instructional support for classroom use of "The Challenge of Diversity," (student text). The guide outlines recommended lesson sequences incorporating readings, directing discussions, and offering interactive activities, supported by 16 reproducible student handouts. Instructions for utilizing the 'Civil Conversation' feature, a culminating lesson, and a final assessment are included. Each lesson is structured with an overview; learning objectives; standards addressed in the lesson; preparations needed for the lesson; and step-by-step procedures for the lesson. Standards listed are National Standards for Civics and U.S. History. After an introduction and an overview, the guide is divided into the following chapters: (1) "The Ideal of Equality"; (2) "A Diverse Nation"; (3) "The Civil Rights Movement"; (4) "Issues and Policies"; and (5) "Bringing Us Together." (BT)
Contains five simulations in which students take on the roles of people involved in a mayoral campaign in order to learn about campaigning for political office.
This document addresses violence as one of the key challenges facing the democratic and pluralistic republic under the framework of the Constitution and its Bill of Rights. Primary focus is on criminal violence and the factors and behaviors that contribute to violent crime. The text is organized into three chapters: (1) "The Problem of Violence"; (2) "Law and Public Policy"; and (3) "Taking Action Against Violence." Chapter 1 examines the history, costs, and causes of crime. Chapter 2 explores the constitutional context of the political debate over violence and the question of how government works to stem the tide of violence without compromising the individual rights of U.S. citizens. Students are invited to engage in major policy discussions about gun control and youth curfews. Chapter 3 presents a survey of what citizens around the country are doing to protect themselves from violence and to make their communities and schools safer places. A teacher's guide designed to provide instructional support is included. (MM)
This book, a comprehensive and interactive introductory text on criminal justice, consists of six units: (1) Crime: covers victims' rights, gangs, violent crime, white-collar crime, elements of crimes, legal defenses, methods for measuring crime, hate crime, computer crime, and a history of crime in the United States; (2) Police: explores local police, attitudes toward police, community policing, criminal investigation, search and seizure, "Miranda," the exclusionary rule, racial profiling, corruption, use of force, policing the police, and an history of law enforcement; (3) The Criminal Case: examines courts, judges, and lawyers and explores a hypothetical criminal case from arrest through trial; (4) Corrections: looks into sentencing, prisons, alternatives to prison, capital punishment, theories of punishment, history of corrections, and debates such as those over mandatory-minimums and the high number of imprisoned persons; (5) Juvenile Justice: explores the separate system for juveniles and examines delinquency, status offenses, steps in a juvenile case, rights of juveniles, juvenile corrections, waiver to adult court, the death penalty, how the system developed, and current controversies; and (6) Solutions: looks at debates over the causes of crime, racism in the justice system, crime in schools, vigilantism, policy options to reduce crime and to make the system more just, and options for individual citizens. Appendices contain excerpts from the U.S. Constitution, a glossary, and a table of cases cited. (BT)
This teacher's guide and student text is the fourth volume in the W. M. Keck Foundation Series. The guide, which is designed to provide instructional support for classroom use of "The Challenge of Governance," gives teachers an opportunity to review content from the National Standards for Civics and Government for High School with students in a systematic and comprehensive manner. In addition, the materials use interactive methodology that provides students with intellectual and critical thinking skill building, also required by the standards. The guide provides recommended lesson sequences incorporating readings, directed discussions, and interactive activities supported by reproducible handouts. Each lesson is structured with an overview, learning objectives, standards addressed, preparation needed for the lesson, and step-by-step procedures. The student text considers one of the basic challenges of every society: establishing and maintaining a proper government. The text is designed to supplement U.S. government courses and to help students gain proficiency in meeting the National Standards for Civics and Government. The text also provides background readings, directed discussions, and interactive activities addressing both intellectual and participatory skill development. Both the teacher's guide and the student text contain the following lessons: (1) "The Constitution and Governance"; (2) "Constitutional Limitations on Government"; (3) "A Democratic Republic"; (4) "The Civil Society"; (5) "Diversity and Equality"; (6) "Conflicts"; (7) "National Government and Taxation"; (8) "State and Local Government"; (9) "The Role of the Judiciary"; (10) "Setting the Public Agenda"; (11) "Voting and Selecting Political Leaders"; (12) "Public Policy"; (13) "America's Foreign Policy"; (14) "America and New Global Realities"; (15) "Citizenship and Rights"; and (16) "Civic Participation and Responsibility." (BT)
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