Presents Florence Nightingale's notes on nursing based on her fourteen years of observation and thought on the bedside care of the sick, originally published in 1860.

This newly expanded and completely revised guide provides all the comprehensive information needed to master the official certification exams. Inside are: Five complete practice exams based on the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) standards; A complete breakdown of the exam and practical information on state requirements and how to become a CNA; A sample practical skills assessment to master the tasks and prepare candidates for the clinical...

Three years after a tragic accident left her a widow, ER nurse Taylor Cabot is determined to move on, checking off one item on her survival list after another. Her relationship with a handsome plastic surgeon even gives her hope for the last point--"fall in love again." At least until crisis chaplain Seth Donovan steps back into her life, reawakening unanswered questions about her husband's death. While in San Diego to train community volunteers,...

Working in the shadow of her infamous police officer father, SWAT medic Maggie O'Brien struggles with the temptation to mete out her own form of justice and discovers evidence that someone else may be doing the same.

"After almost twenty years together, Stella and Simon are starting to run into problems. An up-and-coming rock musician when they first met, Simon has been clinging to dreams of fame even as the possibility of it has grown dimmer, and now that his band might finally be on the brink again, he wants to go on the road, leaving Stella behind. But when she falls into a coma on the eve of his departure, he has to make a choice between stardom and his wife-and...

Her choice. His consequences. Nurse Sophie Mattuchi has seen a lot of angry patients in the ER, but no one's ever rattled her like Jack Carter. He has no right to blame her for his friend's death. Sophie did everything she could. Didn't she? Yet his accusations sting, and that sets off all kinds of internal alarms. She's never cared this much about any man's opinion of her. But Jack is different. He stirs up feelings. Strong feelings. Guilt. Anger....

Master the NCLEX-PN is a comprehensive source of information that helps prospective nursing students score their best on the licensing exam to become a practical nurse. With a review of the Practical Nursing studies content in outline form, this self-tutor guide gives students the most effective practice with the content they can expect to see on the actual exam. This essential guide provides 4 full-length practice tests, including access to 2 online,...

These sketches, taken from letters hastily written in the few leisure moments of a very busy life, make on pretension to literary merit, but are simply a brief record of one person's hospital experience.

Winter of change: At twenty-one, Mary Jane Pettigrew was perfectly able to look after herself, but it came as quite a surprise to discover she had inherited a large house and an income to go with it. There was, of course, a catch, and his name was Fabian van der Blocq, who had been appointed Mary Jane's guardian. She couldn't even marry without his consent! Mary Jane wasn't going to let Fabian have it all his own way. But that was easier said than...

The story of a brutal shark attack that cost a woman her arm and much of her leg, and her death-defying recovery. One of the most dreadful experiences humans fear is a shark attack. This horrifying agony is exactly what happened to Nicole Moore, a nurse from Orangeville, Ontario. It was an assault all the more brutal for being so unlikely ; she was standing in waist-deep water at a Mexican resort. She came very close to dying, losing 60 percent of...