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Critical Care Nursing: science and practice, 2nd edition

There are many critical care books that encompass knowledge, skills and expertise in critical care nursing. As a nurse who is very hands-on and spends most of her time in the clinical area, I value a textbook that combines clinical practice and knowledge. This textbook is ideal for nurses who want to understand practical issues that may be experienced while caring for the critically ill at the bedside. The authors obviously have great knowledge and experience in this arena, and have ensured that they have updated topics from the first edition such as sepsis and neurointensive care. All chapters have sections on trouble shooting, such as resolving outflow problems in peritoneal dialysis and problems associated with electrocardiogram monitoring. These are the sorts of clinical problem that inexperienced nurses have concerns about and want to be able to remedy systematically at the bed space. This book will also appeal to experienced critical care nurses, especially as a reminder if they have not made use of certain skills or experienced certain illnesses for a long time. It will also appeal to pre-registration and post-registration courses in intensive care nursing, especially as it has a 'test yourself' section at the end of each chapter – but it is very easy to cheat because the answers are just under the questions! The book is in a logical order, and highlights the need for critical care skills to be expanded outside the geographical area, improving early recognition of critical illness and improving ward care of the critically ill. As a critical care outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist, this is music to my ears. All critical care nurses need to be aware of the bigger picture, and not isolate themselves from the rest of the hospital. Each chapter discusses care of the critical care patient but further reading would be needed to have in-depth knowledge. It will definitely give all readers a good foundation in critical care nursing. You will need to have a great love of pink and red, as there really is a lack of colour and pictures in the text. I felt the book was easy to read and kept me interested, and I would recommend it to my colleagues.

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Acid–base tutorial

The Acid–Base Tutorial is a comprehensive and interactive resource devoted to abolishing the stigma of complexity with which students associate acid–base imbalances. This is a learning site that provides interactive explanations of many aspects of acid–base physiology utilizing chemical, mathematical, and graphical representations. The tutorial homepage offers a colourful, box-structured table of contents made up of 21 main links covering topics such as the physiology of acid–base disorders, the interpretation of blood gases, respiratory and metabolic treatments, and also includes a direct e-mail link to the author. There is a 'Terminology' link that provides detailed definitions and descriptions of 22 common terms, 'Index' and 'References' links, and a 'Plastic Cards' link that provides the option of ordering a pocket 'acid–base card'. Most of the main links open a separate pop-up window containing numerous sublinks through which the user can navigate. Key terms are highlighted throughout the text and are linked to their definition or corresponding sections within the website, with references linked to their full citation. This may cause confusion for some, as it is easy to lose one's navigational path after more than a few links have been opened. The interactive aspects of the site are innovative, and are very helpful. An interactive option called the 'pH Playground' allows the user to manipulate blood gas values, and provides explanation of the corresponding disorder that results. 'Test Yourself' is an interactive multiple choice test for sample blood gases, with automatic assessment and evaluation of the overall acid–base scenario. The Acid–Base Tutorial is an innovative tool that students at all levels can use to build a better understanding of acid–base physiology and the clinical interpretation. The website provides a complete approach to learning with visually appealing graphics, and interactive illustrations of difficult concepts.

DSM-IV-TR Case Studies

Article Abstract Because this piece does not have an abstract, we have provided for your benefit the first 3 sentences of the full text. DSM-IV-TR Case Studies is an ambitious attempt toprovide a clinically relevant guide to differential diagnosisof psychiatric illness. The book is organized into 16 chapters coinciding with major diagnostic categories of DSMIV-TR and a very useful, final "Test Yourself" chapter.The authors of the text faced a tough challenge: collecting and creating clinical vignettes that would reflect thediagnostic criteria in a comprehensive and accurate way,yet represent what clinicians may encounter in the "realworld." Illustrations needed to be complex enough toshowcase the diversity of presentation of psychopathology,yet not mislead or obfuscate.

Test yourself on RENAL nursing

Test yourself on RENAL nursing

Test yourself with sample NCLEX questions.

Test yourself with sample NCLEX questions.

Taking chances: winning the probability

1. What is probability? 2. Lotteries 3. Football Pools, Premium Bonds 4. One coin, many games 5. Dice 6. Games with few choices 7. Waiting, waiting, waiting 8. Let's play best of three 9. TV games 10. Casino games 11. Bookies, the Tote, spread betting 12. This sporting life 13. Lucky for some-miscellenea 14. Probability for lawyers Appendix I: Counting Appendix II: Probability Appendix III: Averages and variability Appendix IV: Goodness-of-fit tests Appendix V: The Kelly strategy Solutions to Test Yourself quizzes Literature cited Index

Communicative skills—A matter of negligence?

Communicative skills—A matter of negligence?

Book Review 1

Book Review 1

Master the Basics: Italian

Volumes in the Master the Basics Series provide concise summaries of grammar, and cover parts of speech, sentence structure, punctuation, and verb forms. Each book also includes Test Yourself and Diagnostic Analysis sections.

Task-based small group learning in large classes: Design and implementation in a second year university botany course

We describe the introduction of task-orientated cooperative group work in a second year Botany course in Phycology (the study of algae) to accommodate a large class of students with varying academic and linguistic skills and a tendency to learn by rote. Students were issued with workbooks, containing study questions, readings, a discussion worksheet, and a “test yourself” quiz. Each of six weekly topics was introduced by a lecture or slide-tape presentation, after which students were asked to answer study questions as homework. This was followed by group discussion work in the classroom. Group discussion worksheets were collected weekly and used together with a 10-question multiple choice spot test for continuous evaluation. Interviews with students, and the results of a questionnaire indicated that they enjoyed the approach, and found that it stimulated their interest in the subject. A subjective assessment by the lecturer, based on student performance, suggests that they improved their use of higher intellectual processes.

Test yourself: how much do you know about international communications? (International numbering systems)

We like to think of international telephone communications as 'transparent', the successful outcome of 100 years of technical progress and standards setting, but the author shows us that it is not. The user still has to be something of an expert to understand how to make international calls, and there are chaotically differing numbering systems for telephony, telex, and electronic mail. We should be reminded that usability of services, not just their usefulness, is a critical component of communications. Simplicity, consistency, and rationality of service features and the 'human interface' that allows users to invoke them should be a high priority for communications engineers as they work toward the integrated services networks of the future. >

Test Yourself in Toxicology

Test Yourself in Toxicology

Rules of behavior and expected utility theory. Compatibility versus dependence

We have seen that many decision rules which are intuitively and/or empirically supported and compatible with MEU, are compatible with it but not dependent on it. There are of course rules of behavior which are implied in MEU and also depend on it like this: If the hope of winning any of the prizes in a lottery motivates you to buy a ticket, and if you win half the amount of the highest prize, you should play double or nothing with your prize. Suppose you would prefer a one in a million chance of winning $2 million to a two in a million chance of winning $1 million, but your first choice is not available so you buy a ticket for $1 million. If you win, you should play 50–50 double or nothing with your prize. Generalize: put x in the place of $1 million and p in the place of 1/1 000000, and test yourself against this principle (Pf = preferred to): (p, 2x)Pf(2p, x) ⇒ (0.5, 2x)Pf(1, x). See Friedmann and Savage (1968). In the real world lotteries are multiprize, i.e., composite games of elements like these. The same applies: If you would not have preferred the highest prize exchanged for a higher probability of some lower prize, then winning a lower prize would put you in the market for some simple bet like above. If you stand up to this test, you are a unique person because, as we know, such bets are not made. While in the process of finishing the final draft, I got hold of (Samuelson, 1983). He expresses grave doubts as to what he calls the dogma of Expected Utility maximizing. In a somewhat apologetic way, he preserves some formulations deriving behavior from EUM because, as he states in a general way, they do not depend on that particular “dogma”. More specifically: many models incompatible with EUM imply risk aversion, which would result also from maximizing the expectation of a concave utility function, In view of the authoritarian disposition of some of the strongest defenders of EUM and of Samuelson's (well deserved) authority and his leading role in the school of EUM theory, his open expression of doubt may well mark the beginning of the last chapter in the history of the rise and fall of the most powerful school that has so far been active in 20th century decision theory.

Women Employment Issues: Test Yourself

The author clarifies major issues of women employment by means of a self‐administered true‐false questionnaire. Answers may surprise and, perhaps, enlighten employment counseling professionals.

Questions About Numbers Outside The Mathematics Classroom

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“...exactly the point of this Test Yourself‘ quiz.”

“...exactly the point of this Test Yourself‘ quiz.”

A Contest of Titles

Programs for the German Club pose a real challenge to a teacher who wishes to stimulate enthusiasm among her club members. The following suggestions may be welcomed by some teacher who desires to combine instruction and pleasure. Often the popular trends of the moment can be elevated and utilized for instruction in a language. That is what I tried to do in this instance; namely, to capitalize on the popularity of the Test Yourself game that stimulates readers and listeners to compare their reading experiences. It happened one day that I mentioned the name of a familiar classic, Dickens' Der Raritatenladen, and the students were amused at the thought that Old Curiosity Shop should be meaningful under a different title. Moreover, they were proud to have made the translation and transition with one bound of the imagination. Thereupon our program committee members grew interested in collecting similar examples of titles in translation.: From such a list they wished to prepare a contest that would whet the intellect of German Club members at a later meeting. There was no dearth of titles for their purpose. From the most recent catalogues of American and German book publishers they selected and rejected an abundant and impressive array of titles. Naturally all titles which would be identical or too obvious, e.g., Allen's