New Health Sciences Books and More...

Arlene's Top Pick:

RC848.H425 H467 2009.
Hepatitis C methods and protocols / edited by Hengli Tang. Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2009.

With the development of robust cell-culturing systems capable of Hepatitis C Virus replication and infection, the past decade has witnessed an explosion of innovative research directed at understanding HCV biology in the context of the authentic replicative cycle of the virus. By providing a compilation of cutting-edge research techniques currently in use in HCV labs worldwide, Hepatitis C: Methods and Protocols, Second Edition fully updates the previous edition to reflect this progress which promises to unlock the remaining vital information regarding this human pathogen and its interactions. (Read more at Amazon.com.)


R118.6 .G74 2006.
Greenhalgh, Trisha.
How to read a paper : the basics of evidence-based medicine / Trisha Greenhalgh.
Malden, Mass. : BMJ Books/Blackwell Pub., 2006.

R119 .D58 2009.
Divan, Aysha.
Communication skills for the biosciences : a graduate guide / Aysha Divan.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.

R727.36 .L96 2008.
Lynch, Holly Fernandez.
Conflicts of conscience in health care : an institutional compromise / by Holly
Fernandez Lynch.
Cambridge : MIT Press, c2008.

R746.G4 H57 2009.
The history of the Mercer University School of Medicine, 1965/2007 / edited by
Martin L. Dalton Jr.
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2009.

RA418.5.T73 C853 2008.
Cultural competence in health education and health promotion / editors, Miguel
A. P{226}erez, Raffy R. Luquis.
San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2008.

RA771.5 .C75 2004.
Critical issues in rural health / edited by Nina Glasgow, Lois Wright Morton,
Nan E. Johnson.
Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., c2004.

RA977.A1 A46.
American Hospital Association guide to the health care field.
[Chicago, Ill.] : The Association, [c1974-

RA1211 .C296 2008.
Casarett and Doull's toxicology : the basic science of poisons / editor, Curtis
D. Klaassen.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.

RB38.2 .P337 2009.
Pagana, Kathleen Deska, 1952-
Mosby's diagnostic and laboratory test reference / Kathleen Deska Pagana,
Timothy James Pagana.
St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c2009.

RC848.H425 H467 2009.
Hepatitis C methods and protocols / edited by Hengli Tang.
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2009.

RC925.7 .C53 2000.
Clarkson, Hazel M.
Musculoskeletal assessment : joint range of motion and manual muscle strength /
Hazel M. Clarkson ; photography by Jacques Hurabielle ; illustrations by Heather
K. Doy and Joy D. Marlowe.
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2000.

RC925.7 .R44 2005.
Reese, Nancy Berryman.
Muscle and sensory testing / Nancy Berryman Reese ; contributors, Venita
Lovelace-Chandler, Gary L. Soderberg, Reta J. Zabel ; photographer, Michael A.
Morris.
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Saunders, c2005.

RC932 .O43 1999.
Ombregt, Ludwig.
Atlas of orthopedic examination of the peripheral joints / Ludwig Ombregt,
Pierre Bisschop.
Edinburgh ; New York : W.B. Saunders, 1999.

RC953.7 .D78 2009.
Drug-related problems in the elderly.
[S.l.] : Springer, 2009.

RD734 .H66 1976.
Hoppenfeld, Stanley, 1934-
Physical examination of the spine and extremities / Stanley Hoppenfeld, in
collaboration with Richard Hutton ; medical ill. by Hugh Thomas.
New York : Appleton, c1976.

RD734 .L68 2008.
Loudon, Janice K. (Janice Kaye), 1959-
The clinical orthopedic assessment guide / Janice Loudon, Marcie Swift,
Stephania Bell.
Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2008.

RD734 .N67 2009.
Norkin, Cynthia C.
Measurement of joint motion : a guide to goniometry / Cynthia C. Norkin, D.
Joyce White ; photographs by Jocelyn Greene Molleur and Lucia Grochowska
Littlefield ; illustrations by Timothy Wayne Malone ; technical advisor, George
Kalem, III.
Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, c2009.

RG136 .J8813 2008.
J{232}utte, Robert.
Contraception : a history / Robert J{232}utte ; translated by Vicky Russell.
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, c2008.

RG528 .P74 2008.
Prescribing in pregnancy / edited by Peter Rubin, Margaret Ramsay.
Malden, Mass ; Oxford : Blackwell/BMJ, 2008.

RM151 .W55 2003.
Williams, Adrian, 1963-
Transdermal and topical drug delivery from theory to clinical practice / Adrian
Williams.
London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2003.

RM170 .A445 2010.
Algozzine, Gary J.
Critical care intravenous infusion drug handbook / Gary J. Algozzine, Robert
Algozzine, Deborah J. Lilly.
St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2010.

RM301.28 .B38 2009.
Basic & clinical pharmacology / edited by Bertram G. Katzung ; associate editors,
Susan B. Masters, Anthony J. Trevor.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical ; London : McGraw-Hill [distributor], c2009.

RM301.3.G45 C38 2006.
Catania, Michael G., 1968-
An A-Z guide to pharmacogenomics / Michael G. Catania.
Washington, DC : AACC Press, c2006.

RM301.3.G45 H435 2004.
Hedgecoe, Adam.
The politics of personalised medicine : pharmacogenetics in the clinic / Adam
Hedgecoe.
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

RM301.3.G45 H86 2005.
Humma, Larisa M.
Lexi-Comp's pharmaco-genomics handbook / Larisa M. Cavallari, Vicki L. Ellingrod,
Jill M. Kolesar.
Hudson, Ohio : Lexi-Comp, c2005.

RM301.4 .B536 2008.
Biopharmaceutics applications in drug development / edited by Rajesh Krishna and
Lawrence Yu.
New York, NY : Springer, c2008.

RM315 .H52 2009.
Herzberg, David L. (David Lowell).
Happy pills in America : from Miltown to Prozac / David Herzberg.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.



RM388 .C635 2008.
Colbert, Bruce J.
Integrated cardiopulmonary pharmacology / Bruce J. Colbert, Barb J. Kennedy.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.

RM701 .G84 2003.
Guide to physical therapist practice.
Alexandria, Va. : American Physical Therapy Association, c2003.

RM701 .K46 1983.
Kendall, Florence Peterson, 1910-
Muscles, testing and function / Florence Peterson Kendall, Elizabeth Kendall
McCreary ; illustrations by Ranice W. Crosby ... [et al.] ; photographs by
Charles C. Krause, Jr.
Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins, c1983.

RS92 .S638 2010.
Social and behavioral aspects of pharmaceutical care / edited by Nathaniel M.
Rickles, Albert I. Wertheimer, Mickey C. Smith.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.

RS92.W38 2008.
Waterfield, Jon.
Community pharmacy handbook / Jon Waterfield.
London ; Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2008.

RS100.3 .M356 2009.
Managed care pharmacy practice / [edited by] Robert P. Navarro.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2009.

RS122 .K74 2004.
Kremer, Michael, 1964-
Strong medicine : creating incentives for pharmaceutical research on neglected
diseases / Michael Kremer and Rachel Glennerster.
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2004.

RS160 .T75 2009.
Evans, William Charles.
Trease and Evans pharmacognosy / William Charles Evans.
Edinburgh ; New York : Saunders/Elsevier, 2009.

RS201.S85 A45 2008.
Allen, Loyd V.
Suppositories / Loyd V Allen, Dennis B Worthen, and Bill Mink.
London : Pharmaceutical Press, 2008.

RS403 .F59 2006.
Florence, A. T. (Alexander Taylor).
Physicochemical principles of pharmacy / A.T. Florence and D. Attwood.
London : Chicago : Pharmaceutical Press, 2006.



RS424 .H36 2009.
Handbook of stability testing in pharmaceutical development : regulations,
methodologies, and best practices / Kim Huynh-Ba, editor.
New York : Springer, c2009.

RS431.A64 N68 2006.
Novel anticancer agents : strategies for discovery and clinical testing /
editors Alex A. Adjei, John K. Buolamwini.
Amsterdam ; London : Academic, c2006.

RT41 .P46 2010.
Perry, Anne Griffin.
Clinical nursing skills & techniques / Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia A. Potter ;
section editor, Wendy Ostendorf.
St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby Elsevier, c2010.

RT62 .H45 2009.
Hill, Signe S.
Success in practical/vocational nursing : from student to leader / Signe S. Hill,
Helen Stephens Howlett.
St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.

RT82 .N874 2009.
Nursing today : transition and trends / [edited by] JoAnn Zerwekh, Jo Carol
Claborn.
St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2009.

Changes for APA Style Manual (6th ed.)

A few changes were made to the APA Style Manual for the 6th edition. You can read about them here.

ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source Trial

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NUR 321: Required Nursing Orientation & Training

Attention NUR 321 students:

Go to the Library Training schedule and sign up for one of the required nursing orientation and training sessions or to see scheduled times. Space is limited so sign up right away.

Remember...

First come first served.

Do not erase another student's name.

Everyone must sign up.

These skills will be used in the assignments.

For additional information or if you have questions, please contact Arlene Desselles.

2009 Presidential Inauguration Live Campus Broadcast

On behalf of the Swilley Library, I cordially invite the Nursing faculty, staff, and students to join us in the campus viewing of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration. For those who have a Facebook account, you can RSVP at the Swilley Library - Mercer Atlanta Facebook page.

Come join the campus community in watching this historic Inauguration on Tuesday, January 20th in the Library lounge area. Watch the Inauguration on a large projection screen. All are welcome. Linger afterward to join in on a group discussion about the Inaugural events and other topics.

January 20, 2009
11:15 am — Pre-Inaugural get-together
Noon — Live broadcast of the ceremony
12:30 pm — Post-Inaugural gathering

Light snacks, coffee and hot chocolate will be served.

If you cannot make it to the campus event, watch live streaming video on CNN.com/live.

From CNN:On Tuesday, January 20th, watch President-elect Barack Obama become the next President of the United States on http://cnn.com/live. You can watch the live video online from anywhere with broadband access. Coverage begins at 8am EST, with the swearing-in ceremony at 12pm EST, followed immediately by Obama's inauguration address.

New Nursing Books: October 2008

Arlene's Recommended Book for October

RC630 .J64 2008.

Johnson, Joyce Young. Fluids and electrolytes demystified. New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, 2008.

"Need a solid foundation in fluids and electrolytes but finding this complex subject difficult to permeate? Here's the solution! Fluids and Electrolytes Demystified makes everything so easy to understand, you'll feel like you're learning through osmosis.
Written by a nursing professor, this accessible guide explains, clearly and concisely, the key elements underlying fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance and imbalances. You will learn about the various health conditions related to imbalances and get details on diagnostic testing, regulators, and treatment options. Useful charts and key terms throughout help you to remember important concepts. Complete with end-of-chapter quizzes to test your knowledge, this book will teach you the fundamentals of fluids and electrolytes in no time at all. Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Fluids and Electrolytes Demystified is your shortcut to mastering this essential nursing topic. This fast and easy guide offers: Learning objectives at the beginning of each chapter ; An NCLEX-style quiz at the end of each chapter to reinforce learning and pinpoint weaknesses ; Causes and symptoms of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalance-related conditions ; Coverage of diagnostic tests and treatment options. A time-saving approach to performing better on an exam or at work." Book cover and image from Amazon.com

New Nursing Books, October

RA643 .E465 2007.
Emerging infectious diseases : trends and issues / edited by Felissa R. Lashley
and Jerry D. Durham.
New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2007.

RA975.5.E5 E7 2007.
ER facts made incredibly quick!
Ambler : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RA1226 .C53 2000.
Chemicals, the environment, and you : explorations in science and human health /
[writing team, Juliane Hill ... et al.] ; under a contract from the National
Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Colorado Springs, Colo. : BSCS ; Seattle, Wash. : Videodiscovery, c2000.

RB155 .L372 2007.
Lashley, Felissa R., 1941-
Essentials of clinical genetics in nursing practice / Felissa R. Lashley.
New York : Springer Pub., c2007.

RC280.N43 C46 2005.
Central nervous system tumours of childhood / edited by Eddy Estlin and Stephen
Lowis.
London : Mac Keith Press, 2005.

RC630 .F596 2008.
Fluids & electrolytes made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RC630 .J64 2008.
Johnson, Joyce Young.
Fluids and electrolytes demystified / Joyce Y. Johnson, with contributions by
Edward Lyons, Bennita W. Vaughans.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2008.

RC674 .C3585 2009.
Cardiovascular care made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009.

RC734.A94 B74 2005.
Breath sounds made incredibly easy!
Ambler, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2005.

RD93 .W682 2007.
Wound care : a collaborative practice manual / edited by Carrie Sussman, Barbara
M. Bates-Jensen.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RD93.95 .W68 2007.
Wound care made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RG558.5 .B57 2005.
Birth, distress, and disease : placental-brain interactions / edited by Michael
L. Power and Jay Schulkin.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

RG951 .B87 2008.
Leifer, Gloria.
Maternity nursing : an introductory text / Gloria Leifer.
St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders Elsevier, c2008.

RG951 .I57 2009.
Intrapartum management modules : a perinatal education program / editors, Betsy
B. Kennedy, Donna Jean Ruth, E. Jean Martin.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009.

RG951 .M3143 2008.
Maternal-neonatal nursing made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RG951 .M872 2006.
Murray, Sharon Smith.
Study guide for Foundations of maternal-newborn nursing / Sharon Smith Murray,
Emily Slone Mckinney.
Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders, c2006.

RJ47.3 .W55 2006.
Wilson, Golder.
Preventive management for children with genetic conditions : providing a medical
home / Golder N. Wilson and W. Carl Cooley.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

RJ102 .S35 2006.
The science of healthy behaviors.
Colorado Springs, CO : BSCS, c2006.

RJ375 .S45 2005.
Shaking and other non-accidental head injuries in children / edited by Robert A.
Minns, J. Keith Brown.
London : Mac Keith Press : Distributed by Cambridge University Press, 2005.

RJ387.A25 H36 2006.
Handbook of pediatric HIV care / edited by Steven L. Zeichner and Jennifer S.
Read.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2006.

RK61 .O63 2000.
Open wide and trek inside / National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
Research.
Colorado Springs, CO : BSCS ; Seattle, WA : Videodiscovery, c2000.

RM262 .P478 2008.
Pharmacotherapeutics : clinical reasoning in primary care / [edited by] Kathleen
Gutierrez.
St. Louis ; Edinburgh : Saunders Elsevier, c2008.

RM263 .P56 2008.
Pharmacotherapy : a pathophysiologic approach / [edited by] Joseph T. DiPiro ...
[et al.].
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2008.

RM301.12 .S52 2008.
Health professional's drug guide 2007-2008 / Margaret T. Shannon ... [et al.].
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008.

RM302.5 .P53 2005.
Pharmacoepidemiology / edited by Brian L. Strom.
Chichester ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2005.

RT1 .N77.
The Nursing clinics of North America.
Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders Co., c1966-

RT41 .N869 2008.
Nursing care planning made incredibly easy.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RT48 .A876 2008.
Assessment made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RT48 .N863 2008.
Weber, Janet.
Nurses' handbook of health assessment / Janet R. Weber.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, c2008.

RT48 .W432 2007.
Weber, Janet.
Lab manual to accompany Health assessment in nursing, 3rd ed. / Jane Weber, Jane
Kelley, Ann Sprengel.
Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RT48.5 .D533 2002.
Diagnostic tests made incredibly easy!
Springhouse, Pa. : Springhouse, c2002.

RT48.6 .S66 2008.
Ralph, Sheila Sparks.
Nursing diagnosis reference manual / Sheila Sparks Ralph, Cynthia M. Taylor.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RT51 .M436 2008.
Medical-surgical nursing made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RT55 .N25 2008.
NCLEX-RN{170} live review on CD [sound recording]/ Sylvia Rayfield & Associates.
[S.l.] : I CAN Publishing. 2008.

RT62 .E53 2007.
End-of-life : a nurse's guide to compassionate care.
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RT73 .C66.
Communicating nursing research.
Boulder, Colo., Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 1968-

RT84.5 .M45 2007.
Meleis, Afaf Ibrahim.
Theoretical nursing : development and progress / Afaf Ibrahim Meleis.
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RT85 .B766 2008.
Burkhardt, Margaret A.
Ethics & issues in contemporary nursing / Margaret A. Burkhardt, Alvita K.
Nathaniel.
Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2008.

RT85 .H87 2008.
Husted, James H.
Ethical decision making in nursing and health care : the symphonological
approach / James H. Husted, Gladys L. Husted.
New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2008.

RT85 .P47 2008.
Perrin, Kathleen Ouimet.
Ethics and conflict / Kathleen Ouimet Perrin, James McGhee.
Sudbury, MA : Jones and Bartlett, c2008.

RT85.2 .O37 2008.
O'Brien, Mary Elizabeth.
Spirituality in nursing : standing on holy ground / Mary Elizabeth O'Brien.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett, c2008.

RT85.2 .S538 2006.
Shelly, Judith Allen.
Called to care : a Christian worldview for nursing / Judith Allen Shelly and
Arlene B. Miller.
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic/InterVarsity Press, c2006.

RT98 .H86 2009.
Hunt, Roberta.
Introduction to community-based nursing / Roberta Hunt.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2009.

RT120.E4 E44 2007.
Emergency nursing made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.

RT120.I5 C752 2006.
Thelan's critical care nursing : diagnosis and management / Linda D. Urden,
Kathleen M. Stacy, Mary E. Lough [editors].
St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby/Elsevier, c2006.

RT120.I5 C766 2008.
Critical care nursing made incredibly easy!
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008.

RT120.I5 K53 2006.
Wagner, Kathleen Dorman.
High-acuity nursing / Kathleen Dorman Wagner, Karen L. Johnson, Pamela Stinson
Kidd.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson/Prentice-Hall, c2006.

RT120.P37 H44 2006.
Hickman, Janet Susan.
Faith community nursing / Janet S. Hickman.
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2006.

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