Monday, September 10, 2007

Nursing Master Degree: For A Better Future

The technological advancement in patient care and the newer discoveries in medical sector call for extra work force in the form of nurses. All this reinstates the fact that there is a huge demand for nurses not just quantitatively but qualitatively too. A nursing master degree can prepare you for the higher complexities of health care involved in this profession.

Nursing Master Degree: Preparing Future Nurse Force

Online nursing schools are there to prepare effective and capable nurse scholars who prove an asset to any organization. The curriculum of a nursing master degree program includes basic clinical skill development, introduction to research, integration of practice and theory and much more. In other words, it gives an additional depth to the knowledge you have already acquired through your associate or bachelor nursing degree. Even employers are seeking nurses who have qualification and skill to match the more complex demands of today’s patient care. Because when you are qualified and trained, you can adapt yourself in a better way.

You would not have any problem in getting an employment after acquiring a nursing master degree. The demand for nurses does not limit itself to just hospitals or private clinics. Nurses are required in a wide range of other settings as well like – public health agencies, primary care clinics, and home health care, out patient, surgicenters, health maintainence organizations, nursing homes, schools, mental health agencies and many more.

Although it is researched that employment opportunities in hospitals, the largest sector, will grow at a relatively slower pace but the opportunities in other sectors more than make up for that. These other sectors include home health care. There is a growing tendency among people to undergo complex medical treatments at home. Also even older people with functional disabilities prefer medical care at home. The technological advances in medical sector make all this possible but it also establishes the need for nursing degree professionals who are rightly qualified to perform complex medical procedures.

Then employment in nursing home is also expected to grow faster than usual due to increase in the number of elderly who would need special nursing care. The growth in long-term rehabilitation centers will also boost employment in nursing sector. You can take advantage of these job opportunities through an online nursing degree program that will prepare you to meet the growing challenges in this field.

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Saturday, September 8, 2007

Free Dentistry E-Book: Anatomy & Physiology for the Dental Professionals

Product Details

»Book Publisher: Minnay Educational Services
»ISBN: None (CD)
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»Amazon Rating: N/A

Book Description:
Five Products in one. This fast, effective multipurpose package has 5 products combined together at the comfort of your PC and has tutorials that will helps you master core anatomical and physiological concepts from cells, tissues, muscles to the immune system, respiratory system, cardiovascular and to reproductive and human development. It will help you get the best possible grade; It breaks down the A&P chapters to simple terms which can finally be the light bulb you’re looking for when dealing with complicated A&P topics. This package is written in a very simple and summarized lecture format which could be used as supplement to your class notes and lecture presentations, its designed for students to study after or before lectures and when preparing for a test or an exam. Each chapter and concepts are supplemented by movies and animations that are narrated to reinforce the concepts together with an interactive practice quiz. This product is also packed with more than 3300 practice questions and answers from all angles of Anatomy and Physiology topics covered in the entire course allowing students to adequately prepare for their exams. More than 17 topics includes comprehensive questions in the exam format (multiple choice and fill in the blank) allowing students to assess their strengths and weaknesses. This product is highly recommended for instructors interested in creating multiple customized tests for their topical or cumulative final exams. The Interactive Atlas includes picture for models used in most of the instructional labs for precise representation of color and structure. The Atlas gives students a much more realistic experience of spatial dimensions than pleasantly colored drawings could ever accomplish. A beginners guide to audio pronunciation is included for all anatomical terminologies. The Atlas is useful to students in the Health, Medical and Imaging Professions taking Anatomy and Physiology as a requirement to specialized course. This package is compiled by most qualified and experienced instructors including all possible questions in the Board Examinations and other regular evaluation tests.

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Free Medical E-Book: Harrison's Manual of Medicine

Overview

The authority of Harrison’s at the point of care! Covering the full scope of internal medicine, the new edition of this “mini-textbook” is thoroughly revised to reflect new content areas and quicker retrieval of clinical information. The manual continues to focus on diagnosis and therapy with an emphasis on patient care. Features a new section on Care of the Hospitalized Patient, with a new chapter on Procedures in Internal Medicine as well as a section on patient admittance orders.
Table of contents

SECTION 1: CARE OF THE HOSPITALIZED PATIENT

1 Initial Evaluation and Admission Orders (NEW)
2 Assessment of Nutritional Status
3 Fluids and Electrolytes
4 Enteral Nutrition
5 Transfusion and Pheresis Therapy
6 Pain and Its Management
7 Diagnostic Imaging Modalities (New)
8 Preoperative evaluation of the Medical Patient (NEW)

SECTION 2: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES

9 Care of the Patient in the Intensive Care Unit (NEW)
10 Cardiovascular Collapse and Sudden Death
11 Shock
12 Sepsis and Septic Shock
13 Acute Pulmonary Edema14 Respiratory Failure
15 Confusion, Stupor, and Coma
16 Stroke
17 Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
18 Increase Intracranial Pressure and Head Trauma
19 Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
20 Status Epilepticus
21 Poisoning and Drug Overdose
22 Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Coma
23 Hypoglycemia
24 Infectious Disease Emergencies
25 Oncologic Emergencies
26 Anaphylactic Reactions
27 Bites, Venoms, Stings, and Marine Poisonings
28 Hypothermia and Frostbite

SECTION 3: COMMON PATIENT PRENSENTATIONS

29 Chest Pain
30 Abdominal Pain
31 Headache and Facial Pain
32 Back and Neck Pain
33 Fever, Hyperthermia, Chills, and Rash
34 Pain or Swelling of Joints
35 Syncope and Faintness
36 Dizziness and Vertigo
37 Acute Visual Loss and Double Vision
38 Paralysis and Movement Disorders
39 Aphasias and Related Disorders
40 Sleep Disorders
41 Dyspnea
42 Cough and Hemoptysis
43 Cyanosis
44 Edema
45 Nausea, Vomiting, and Indigestion
46 Weight Loss
47 Dysphagia
48 Diarrhea, Constipation, and Malabsorption
49 Gastrointestinal Bleeding
50 Jaundice
51 Ascites
52 Urinary Abnormalities
53 Anemia and Polycythermia
54 Lymphadenopathy and Splenomegaly

SECTION 4: DISORDERS OF THE EYE, EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT

55 Common Disorders of the Eye
56 Hearing Disorders
57 Infections of the Upper Respiratory Tract

SECTION 5: DERMATOLOGY

58 General Examination of the Skin
59 Common Skin Conditions

SECTION 6: HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY

60 Examination of Blood Smears and Bone Marrow
61 Red Blood Cell Disorders
62 Leukocytosis and Leukopenia
63 Bleeding and Thrombotic Disorders
64 Cancer Prevention in At-Risk Populations (NEW)
65 Cancer Chemotherapy
66 Myeloid Leukemias, Myelodysplasia, and Myeleproliferative Syndromes
67 Lymphoid Malignancies
68 Skin Cancer
69 Head and Neck Cancer
70 Lung Cancer
71 Breast Cancer
72 Tumors of the Gastrointestinal tract
73 Genitourinary Tract Cancer
74 Gynecologic Cancer
75 Prostate Hyperplasia and carcinoma
76 Cancer of Unknown Primary Site
77 Sarcomas of Bone and Soft Tissues
78 Paraneoplastic Endocrine Syndromes
79 Neurologic Paraneoplastic Syndromes

SECTION 7: INFECTIOUS DISEASES

80 Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
81 Antimicrobial Therapy
82 Immunization and Advice to Travelers
83 Bioterrorism-Associated Infections (NEW)
84 Infective Endocarditis
85 Intraabdominal Infections
86 Infectious Diarrheas
87 Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Reproductive Tract Infections
88 Infections of the Skin, Soft Tissues, Joints, and Bones
89 Infections in the Immunocompromised Host
90 HIV Infection and AIDS
91 Hospital-Acquired Infections
92 Pneumococcal Infections
93 Staphylococcal Infections
94 Streptococcal and Entercoccal Infections
95 Meningococcal and Listerial Infections
96 Infections Caused by Haemophilus, Bordella, Moraxella, and HACEK Group Organisms
97 Diseases Caused by Gram-Negative Enteric Bacteria, Pseudomonas, and Legionella
98 Diseases Caused by Other Gram-Negative Bacteria
99 Anaerobic Infections
100 Nocardiosis and Actinomycosis
101 Tuberculosis and Other Mycobacterial Infections
102 Lyme Disease and Other Spirochetal Infections
103 Rickettsial Infections
104 Mycoplasma Infections
105 Chlamyhdial Infections
106 Herpesvirus Infections
107 Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus Infections
108 Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Diseases
109 Rubeola, Rubella, Mumps, and Parvovirus Infections
110 Enteroviral Infections
111 Insect-and Animal-Borne Viral Infections
112 Fungal Infections
113 Pneumocystis carinii Infection
114 Protozoal Infections
115 Helminthic Infections and Ectoparasite Infestations

SECTION 8: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

116 Physical Examination of the Heart
117 Electrocardiography and Echocardiography
118 Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult
119 Vavular Heart Disease
120 Cardiomyopathies and Myocarditis
121 Percardial Disease
122 Hypertension
123 Acute Myocardial Infarction
124 Unstable Angina (NEW)
125 Arrhythmias
126 Congestive Heart Failure and CorPulmonale
127 Disease of the Aorta
128 Peripheral Vascular Diseases
129 Pulmonary Hypertension (NEW)

SECTION 9: RESPIRATORY DISEASES

130 Respiratory Function and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Disease
131 Asthma and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
132 Environmental Lung Diseases
133 Chronic Bronchitis, Emphysema, and Acute or Chronic Respiratory Failure
134 Pneumonia and Lung Abscess
135 Pulmonary Thromboembolism
136 Interstitial Lung Disease
137 Disease of the Pleura, Mediastinum, and Diaphragm
138 Disorders of Ventilation, Including Sleep Apnea


SECTION 10: RENAL DISEASES

139 Approach to the Patient with Renal Disease
140 Acute Renal Failure
141 Chronic Renal Failure and Uremia
142 Dialysis
143 Renal Transplantation
144 Glomerular Disease
145 Renal Tubular Disease
146 Urinary Tract Infections
147 Renovascular Disease
148 Nephrolithiasis
149 Urinary Tract Obstruction

SECTION 11: GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES

150 Peptic Ulcer and Related Disorders
151 Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
152 Colonic and Anorectal Diseases
153 Cholelithiasis, Cholecystitis, and Cholangitis
154 Pancreatitis
155 Acute Hepatitis
156 Chronic Hepatitis
157 Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Liver Disease
158 Portal Hypertension



SECTION 12: ALLERGY, CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY, AND RHEUMATOLOGY

159 Diseases of Immediate Type Hypersensitivity
160 Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
161 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Rhematoid Arthritis, and Other Connective Tissue Diseases
162 Vaculitis
163 Ankylosing Spondylitis
164 Psoriatic Arthritis
165 Reactive Arthritis and Reiter’s Syndrome
166 Degenerative Joint Disease
167 Gout, Psedogout, and Related Diseases
168 Other Arthritides
169 Sarcoidosis
170 Amyloidosis

SECTION 13: ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

171 Disorders of the Anterior Pituitary and Hypothalmus
172 Disorders of the Posterior Pituitary
173 Disorders of the Thyroid
174 Disorders of Adrenal Gland
175 Obesity
176 Diabetes Mellitus
177 Disorders of the Male Reproductive System
178 Disorders of Female Reproductive System
179 Hypercalcemic and Hypocalcemis Disorders
180 Osteoporosis and Osteomalacia
181 Disorders of Lipid Metabolism
182 Hemochromatosis, Porphyrias, and Wilson’s Disease

SECTION 14: NEUROLOGY

183 The Neurologic Examination
184 Diagnostic Methods in Neurology
185 Seizures and Epilepsy
186 Tumors of the Nervous System
187 Acute Meningitis and Encephalitis
188 Chronic Meningitis
189 Multiple Sclerosis
190 Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias
191 Parkinson’s Disease and Other Disorder of Movement
192 Ataxic Disorders
193 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases
194 Cranial Nerve Disorders
195 Autonomic Nervous System Disorders
196 Spinal Cord Diseases
197 Peripheral Neuropathies Including Guillain-Barre Syndrome
198 Myasthenia Gravis
199 Muscle Disease
200 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (NEW)

SECTION 15: PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE

201 Psychiatric Disorders
202 Psychiatric Medications
203 Eating Disorders
204 Alcoholism
205 Narcotic Abuse

SECTION 16: ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS

206 Adverse Drug Reactions

SECTION 17: SCREENING AND DISEASE PREVENTION

207 Screening and Disease Prevention (NEW)


SECTION 18: LABORATORY VALUES

208 Laboratory Values of Clinical Importance

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