Summary: Wherever people need wellness services, acute care for an illness or injury, or medical support when bedridden or shut-in, nurses are standing by. This video introduces students to the rewarding career of nursing, the largest healthcare profession in America. Incorporating interviews with working nurses from a range of medical specialties, the program describes the challenges that nurses face...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Progressing from the late 18th century to the present day, this program offers a capsule summary of nursing in America. The tireless work of the U.S. Army and Navy nursing corps, the American Red Cross, and the countless nurses affiliated with hospitals and other organizations is celebrated while honoring the courage and self-sacrifice of those who put themselves in harm's way in order to help...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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DiGregorio, Sarah
Summary: "Nurses have always been vital to human existence. A nurse was likely there when you were born and a nurse might well be there when you die. Familiar in hospitals and doctors' offices, these dedicated health professionals can also be found in schools, prisons, and people's homes; at summer camps; on cruise ships, and even at NASA. Yet despite being celebrated during the Covid-19 epidemic,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610.73 DIGSummary: The aim of rehabilitative nursing is to assist the patient with overcoming disability and chronic illness in the restoration and maintenance of maximum health. That means the goal is not just care-taking, but teaching and reinforcing positive self-awareness so that the resident can live as independently as possible. Exploring the reasons why optimal wellness is critical regardless of disability...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Hogan, Paul
Summary: "Choosing the best care for your aging parents and other seniors in your life is not only complex, with multiple options available, it's also highly personal and often emotional. This essential resource -- written by the founders of Home Instead Senior Care, the world's largest provider of nonmedical care for seniors -- guides you through a comprehensive range of things to consider, step by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.61 HOGSummary: Peterson's Nursing Programs 2016 is published in cooperation with the prestigious American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)-the only U.S. organization dedicated exclusively to advancing baccalaureate and graduate nursing education. Nursing Programs 2016 profiles more than 3,700 undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral options at more than hundreds of institutions in the United States...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peterson's 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 610 PETEdney, A. T. B.
Summary: Includes chapters on basic care, feeding, grooming, problem cat, cat's health, nursing, breeding, first aid, and showing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.8 EDNCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 636.8 EDNSaavedra, Mary Jo
Summary: "A toolbox of critical resources that assists families and eldercare professionals with the navigation of aging loved ones based on the author's Six Pillars of Aging Wellbeing"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Aging SaavedraClifford, Denis
Summary: Covers the basics of estate planning, including wills, trusts, and health care directives. It prepares readers to start planning their estate, with or without an attorney. The 10th edition is updated with the latest laws and tax information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2020
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Summary: Covers the basics of estate planning, including wills, trusts, and health care directives. It prepares readers to start planning their estate, with or without an attorney. The 9th edition is updated with the latest laws and tax information.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Until the day that wood comes perfectly flat and square from the lumberyard, there will be planing. This video shows students how to plane surface and end grains to perfection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Matthews, J. L.
Summary: To find the right kind of long-term care, you may need to make difficult personal, medical, and financial decisions during emotionally tough times. Long-Term Care helps you and your family understand the range of available choices. Even more important, it guides you toward the best care you can afford. You'll learn how to: explore your options for home care, assisted living, and nursing homes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nolo 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.16 MATSummary: This is an excellent program for anyone owning and operating a motor vehicle, in particular beginning auto mechanics courses and driver's education classes. It brings a basic owner's manual "to life" and summarizes the tasks that can and should be done without the use of specialized tools. The program covers checking and adding fluids, inspecting for obvious problems with belts and hoses,...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Careful observation is vital to being an effective part of a health care team, helping all team members provide better care for the client and ensuring a reliable medical record. This program focuses on knowing how to make good objective observations, gathering the client's subjective input, and reporting and recording all pertinent information. It shows how to use sight, hearing, smell, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2003
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Summary: Nurses from Asia make up a growing percentage of nursing professionals in the United States. In this program, certified transcultural nurse Philip Yu Xu, Ph.D., RN, addresses major differences between Eastern and Western nursing so that RNs from China, Korea, India, the Philippines, and elsewhere can better acclimate themselves to the practice of medicine in American acute care settings....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Currently, three-quarters of all U.S. healthcare dollars are spent on 100 million people with chronic illnesses and conditions. Will a cost-conscious healthcare system, increasingly driven by the market and oriented toward acute care, give them the proper care? This program examines how the chronically ill are faring today in seeking the high-quality, long-term care they need. Special reports...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: True or false? "A good product will sell itself. In this program, a swashbuckling swordsman and other experts answer that question with a thorough summary of the marketing process-covering mission statements, business and marketing objectives, and market share-and the marketing plan, which addresses situational analysis and goals. The tools involved in creating a marketing plan are described as...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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MacLeod, Susan (Susan J.)
Summary: "When Susan MacLeod accompanied her 90-year-old mother through a labyrinthine long-term care system, it was a nine-year journey navigating a government without a heart in a system without compassion. Her family, much like the system, erected walls rather than opening arms. She found herself involuntarily placed at the pivot point between her frail, elderly mother's need for love and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.1 MACSummary: After the Bears catch the Feeling Flu, all their usual feelings are switched; until Harmony leads them to a cure. Then it's Share Bear to the rescue when twin sisters need help with their friendship issues, and when Funshine is overcome by fears, Grumpy inspires him by bringing happiness to a boy in need.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CARSummary: Celebrate the season of caring and sharing as the Care Bears give thanks. The Care Bears learn about being true to themselves, being kind to others, and how to make tasty Thanksgiving treat. Learn: the importance of being yourself; the value of being kind to others; why it's important to be thankful.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV CARSummary: This program will help new mothers understand what to expect during the postpartum period and how to avoid complications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program will help new mothers understand what to expect during the postpartum period and how to avoid complications.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: A chronic condition is a long-term or permanent illness with no known cure. This program provides a framework for dealing with chronic illnesses-such as stroke, emphysema, or rheumatoid arthritis-whether viewers are seeking general knowledge, attending to their own health concerns, or caring for a loved one. The program explores ways for family members and other caregivers to participate in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Kane, Robert L.
Contents: Background -- The stroke -- Rehabilitation -- Assisted living -- The dementia unit -- Nursing home -- Doctors, other medical personnel, and hospitals -- Informal care -- The roads not taken -- End of life -- What kind of long-term care do we want? -- What can we do about it?.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vanderbilt University Press 2005