Nursing

Victoria, B.C.: Royal Jubilee Nursing School, Class of 1959, 1959 Unpaginated. Includes valedictory address by Dorothy Mary Anne Peacock with her photo. Prior owner's name neatly written inside front board else unmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. Looking through this yearbook will bring a smile to your face!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Victoria, B.C.: Victoria General Hospital, 1981 164 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white, plus some colour photos. Very heavily worn former library copy with usual markings. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Reading Copy. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Victoria, B.C.: Royal Jubilee Hospital, School of Nursing 16 pages. Black and white photos. Undated - circa 1950s? Includes a blank three-page application form for use by applicants to the school. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A lovely copy of this fascinating and informative memento.. Stapled. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 1995 190 pages including index. Helps you explore and expand your innate critical thinking abilities - abilities vital to your effectiveness as a nurse in today's tumultuous health care environment. Lots of wear and some soiling but no writing found inside. Solid working copy.. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: F. A. Davis Company, 1995 470 pages including index. Presents state-of-the-art thinking on this subject. Covers normal and abnormal processes of aging with an emphasis on the normal aging process, a wellness lifestyle, and promotion of functional ability in the presence of illness. Light wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Very nice copy.. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.: Mosby-Year Book, Inc., 1994 329 pages including index and bibliography. Has reference library markings but is not heavily worn like a traditional ex-library book. Written for nursing students and nurses who are interested in learning more about effective health education and client teaching. Academic prerequisites to using this text include introductory courses in psychology, growth and development, and sociology. Purpose of book is to assist in further developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for becoming more effective in teaching clients. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Former Reference Copy. more information

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USA: Mosby, Incorporated, 1996 471 pages. "A must for every nurse and nursing student!" - from back cover. Moderate wear. Discard ink stamp to half-title page and top edge else clean and unmarked. Solid working copy. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: F A Davis Co, 2001 676 pages. Usual library markings. Somewhat above-average wear. Solid working copy. . Third Edition. Soft Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Australia: Permagon, 1985 106 pages. "Describes, with the aid of photographs and diagrams, the most up-to-date methods and procedures for effective stomal care." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Numerous photographic plates in colour and black and white. Nice copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Norwich Cathedral 16 pages. Undated - appears to be circa 1940s. Provides information about the heroic British nurse who helped Belgian and British soldiers slip through German lines in the first world war, and was shot by the German authorities for her efforts. Unmarked with average wear. Foxing to first and last pages. Modest age toning to covers. Bonus: includes two unused black and white picture postcards, the first showing Mount Edith Cavell in the Canadian Rockies, the second a photo of the majestic Edith Cavell memorial erected in Brussels. . Stapled. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Boston, MA: Jones & Bartlett Publishers, Incorporated, 1995 360 pages including index and glossary. Moderate quantity of yellow highlighting. Former owner's name blacked out upon half-title page. Moderate wear. Covers remain glossy. Written to inspire enthusiasm among nursing students twoard the research process. Helps students explore the basics of research in a systematic fashion. Presented in a way that makes it easier for students to understand and simplify the principles of research.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA: W. B. Saunders Company, 1992 619 pages including index. A pioneering work developed to fill a void. Until the first edition was published, little attention had been paid to the conceptualization and identification of nursing interventions. Several library markings, else unmarked. Appears unread. Minimal wear. Excellent copy.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Former Reference Copy. more information

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Ottawa: Canadian Nurses, 2000 294 pages. Index. "Provides nurses with an excellent and complete guide on how to go from silence to media savvy." - Echo Heron, RN. Bit of writing on title page and underlining on page 5 only, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Appleton & Lange, 1997 Massive and very heavy 13 volume set complete in slipcase. Moderate wear. Trace of cigarette ordour. Some ink markings. Some pages rumpled in volume 1. Nice solid set. . Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: W.B. Saunders Company, 1991 638 pages including index. Assists gerontological nurses to fulfill their role in providing health care to older clients in all clinical settings. Provides in-depth, research-based information and specific guidelines for nurses to effectively assess and manage the major clinical problems of older clients. Front endpaper removed. Infrequent high-lighting and pencil notations. Faint wear and soiling.. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Redwood City, CA, USA: Addison-Wesley, 1991 748 pages including index. Contains all the necessary information about mental health nursing without being overwhelming in size. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.: Mosby, Incorporated, 1989 635 pages including index and 175 illustrations. Written for both undergraduate and graduate students in nursing. Should be a helpful reference for new graduates practicing in rehabilitation settings. Clean and bright with very light wear. Usual library markings. Very nice copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1956 230 pages including index. Minor spine lean to right. Provides concisely, clearly and simply just that quantity of information which the nurse needs to possess, gathered together in a well-illustrated easily read and easily carried volume. Author, by virtue of her training and subsequent responsibilities at Moorfields Eye Hospital, and latterly as Matron of Bristol Eye Hospital, two of the only three centres in Britain to grant a special Opthalmic Nursing Diploma to student nurses, is well qualified to produce this book. Red boards with black writing thereon.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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USA: Appleton & Lange, 1987 466 pages. "This complete clinical reference provides nurses with essential information for the care of patients recovering from anesthesia. Broad in scope, it includess relevant theory, research, and nursing process guidelines, highlighted by case studies that show how to apply research findings to clinical practice." - from back board. Clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.: C.B. Mosby Company, 1986 472 pages including index. Provides obstetric nurses, practitioners, clinicians, and upper-division undergraduate and graduate students a text and reference for rendering high-risk maternal and fetal nursing care. Moderate wear and quantity of markings to contents. Solid square copy. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1981 277 pages including index. Provides the RN or RN student with a practical guide to procedures or situations frequently encountered in the critical care setting. Average wear. Unmarked. Solid working copy.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Saunders, 1985 263 pages. Many experienced nursing educators make their experience available to students preparing to write registration and licensure examinations. Provides practice at writing multiple choice comprehensive nursing examinations. Clean and unmarked. Light wear. Nice copy.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1994 354 pages. A self-directed, comprehensive course of study for nursing students and practising nurses working or preparing to work in the emergency-room setting. Information is integrated with real-life case examples and study questions. Illustrated. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Excellent copy. . Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Norwalk Connecticut: Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1985 500 pages including index. A complete self-care book for nurses covering theory, process, and application. Special emphasis upon the role of nurse as a model of self-care. Contents clean and unmarked. Above average wear to extremities with creasing to covers and some pages dog-eared. Binding sound. . Reprint. Soft Cover. Fair+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: W. B. Saunders Company, 1997 393 pages including index. "Outstanding. The authors have converted high level, current research material from the business, neurophysiology, and psychosocial fields into an interesting book for student Practical Nurses." -Nursing and Health Care. Some light moisture-induced waviness to upper portion of book. Unmarked. Moderate to average wear.. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Delmar, 1999 922 pages. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Sound working copy. . Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.: Mosby, Incorporated, 1991 313 pages including index. Chapters include: A critical history of ethics; The First Step of Bioethical Decision Making; The Nurse/Patient Agreement; Contemporary Ethical Standards; Theories and Standards; The Ethical Standards; The Ethical Context; Context and Ethical Action; Conflicts Among the Bioethical Standards; Agreements Without Standards. Usual library markings. Surprisingly light wear. Clean, rock-solid copy. . Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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USA: Mosby Lifeline, 1994 453 pages. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Much underlining and many notations to contents. Average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Worthy working copy. . Second Edition. Soft Cover. Fair+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill Companies, The, 1984 852 pages including index. Takes a holistic approach to assessing human beings and their response to the life process. Focuses upon organizing data collection around a nursing model. Describes in elaborate detail a range of expected responses which the nurse can then evaluate in light of such variables as the client's age, developmental process, and present health status. Contents clean and unmarked. Boards show average wear and soiling. Remainder mark upon bottom edge. Patch of peeling to front board from sticker removal. Solid copy.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: W.B. Saunders, 1993 1218 pages. Minor quantity of high-lighting else clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice tight copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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USA: Mosby Inc, 1996 124 pages. "Focuses upon current issues in community health nursing from a Canadian perspective with an emphasis on Primary Health Care." - from back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. . Soft Cover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.: Mosby-Year Book Inc., 1993 197 pages including index. Describes and advocates the philosphy of transformational leadership, discusses related concepts and research, and identifies strategies and tools for implementation. Intended as an inspirational yet practical resource for nursing leaders. Book is organized around the strategies Warren Bennis and Burt Nanus identified in their research about leaders: attention through vision, meaning through communication, trust through positioning, deployment of self, and empowerment. Lightly to moderately worn. No markings noticed.. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1953 428 pages including index and black and white plates. Represents the outcome of many years' experience in the coaching of midwifery students for the examination of the Central Midwives Board. Contents follow an arrangement in which normal pregnancy, labour, and the puerperium are explained on simple lines while the complications of childbearing are introduced later as a separate section. Revised to reflect the trend towards hospital confinements and the necessity for ante-natal care. Further, advances in medicine have benefitted midwifery and are reflected. Average wear. Binding narrowly open behind front free endpaper. Gift greetings upon front flyleaf else unmarked. Blue boards and spine partially faded, moderately soiled and showing average wear with significant bump to bottom corner of front board. . Fourth Edition. Hard Cover. Binding Copy/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited, 1988 506 pages. A comprehensive guide for orthopedic nursing that uses the nursing format. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Decent copy.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Self-Published 51 pages. Index, References, Bibliography. Circa 1985. Chapters include: Lupus Erythematosus - An Overview; Nursing Care of the Lupus Patient; Teaching Records; Laboratory Tests; Psychosocial Implications of Lupus. Clean and unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. . Second Edition. Cirlox. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Oncology Nursing Society, 2001 Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice set. . Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1992 696 pages including author and subject indeces. Minimal light pencil underlining. Represents 35 years of thinking and discussion by nurse scholars on the subject of nursing theory. A compilation of some of the most widely read and frequently cited articles on the subject of theory for nursing, thus it is useful to students, teachers, practicing nurses, and others interested in the theoretical development of nursing. Very clean and only lightly worn.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.: C.V. Mosby, 1983 422 pages including index. Seeks to enhance the knowledge of nursing students and nurses regarding different cultural approaches that will improve patient care by providing alternative perspectives in the delivery of nursing care to persons of different cultural backgrounds and by identifying specific cultural factors and their influences on nursing care. Seeks to enhance to knowledge of nurses interested in acting as change agents in developing health service programs, nursing curricula, and staff development programs that have cultural relevance by increasing their awareness of important factors in ethnic nursing care and by proposing and illustrating some change strategies useful in developing culturally relevant programs. Usual library markings. Average wear. Some lean to spine. Solid working copy. . Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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USA: John Wiley & Sons, 1984 624 pages including index. Intended for use as a reference by practicing emergency nurses. Can also be used as a nursing textbook. First four chapters discuss the role of both the emergency department and the emergency nurse within the health care system. The unique organization of the 26 clinical chapters reflects the usual process of patient flow in the emegency department setting. This begins with the triage action (assessment). Next comes enacting the plan of action. Finally we have patient education. The last section includes discussions on disaster planning and the future of emergency nursing. This is a nursing book written by nurses dedicated to upgrading and improving their profession. Unmarked and moderately worn.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1950 325 pages including index and black and white illustrations. Twenty chapters include Town Planning and House Construction; Lighting; Water Supplies; Personal Cleanliness; Exercise, Recreation and Rest; Parasites and Insects; Milk and Milk Derivatives/Eggs; Preservation of Foods; Infectious Diseases, Notification, Disinfection; and much more. Prior owner's details upon each endpaper and bookplate upon front endpaper. Browning to each endpaper. Some markings to text. Well-worn but intact. Spine leaning.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Fair+/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: W. B. Saunders Company, 1984 415 pages including index. Makes several contributions to the literature on models for nursing practice. The author's presentation of one faculty's synthesis of ideas and of content development that was successful over a period of years will serve to promote the scientific basis of nursing by assisting the teaching and application of one model to nursing practice and by continuing to raise questions to clarify the theoretical and philosophical basis of the Roy Adaptation Model of nursing. Clean. Prior owner's name stroked out upon title page else unmarked. Light wear. Book mildly warped. Nice copy.. Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Delmar, 1991 376 pages. Designed to present nurses with information and learning tools to adapt nursing skills to the aging population receiving health care in a variety of settings. Usual library markings. Light wear. Rigid library binding. Nice clean copy. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. more information

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Toronto, ON, Canada: W.B. Saunders Canada, 1995 813 pages. The standard reference for nursing students, practitioners, educators, researchers, and theoreticians. Bridges a gap in Canadian nursing literature by recording the significant contributions of community health nurses to the health of Canadians, by identifying future challenges, and by suggesting strategies for change. Minimal high-lighting. Prior owner's name inside front cover. Contents clean and lightly worn. Spine beginning to loosen from textblock; a minor issue at this point. Moderate twist to spine. Decent copy. . Soft Cover. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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England: Haigh & Hochland Publications Ltd, 1993 178 pages including title and author indeces. A classified survey of the entire range of available books applicable to midwifery has never existed before. This book has been created to fill this need and thereby to assist the continuing growth in the standards of training and professionalism in midwifery today.. Revised. Soft Cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Appleton & Lange, 1989 337 pages. Black and white illustrations. "Designed to provide valuable information for the nephrology nurse of today regardless of the sub-specialty or practice setting. Minimal markings to contents else clean with light wear. Binding tight. Quality copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Ottawa, Canada: Canadian Nurses Association, 1995 145 pages. Intended to enhance the quality of nursing care for clients living with HIV/AIDS. Includes two books: Practice Issues - ethics, sexuality and homophobia, counselling and social support, dying, death and grieving; Curriculum Guidelines - epidemiology, pathophysiology, values, ethics and legalities, nursing care, care for the caregiver, health promotion and disease prevention, community. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Prior owner's name clipped from front cover. Solid copy.. Second Printing. Spiral Bound. Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Jordan Hilll, Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993 236 pages including index. Former owner's name blacked out atop half-title page. Small quantities of highlighting and pencil underlining in first portion of book. Brings together material about many disciplines which is normally scattered against a wide range of sources. Will help nurses identify ways in which the knowledge they acquire through study or experience can be used constructively to develop the service they offer patients. Price sticker still on back cover.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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London: The Scientific Press/Faber and Gwyer, Ltd., 1929 163 pages including index. Includes black and white illustrations. Chapters include: air, ventilation, heating, lighting, humidity; Water; Disposal of Refuse; Infection and Infectious Diseases; Insects and Parasites; Food; Infants; Personal Hygiene. Issued under the auspices of the Press Committee of the Middlesex Hospital. Prior owner's name and information upon front endpaper. Her name also written upon several additional pages and upon top and fore-edges. Olive-coloured boards well-worn. Spine leaning to right. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fair to Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Norwalk Connecticut: Appleton-Century Crofts, 1986 293 pages including index. A comprehensive text covering all aspects of the nurse's role as health teacher, with specific strategies for teaching different tyupes of learners in a variety of health-care settings. Moderate quantity of yellow high-lighting else unmarked. Light wear. . Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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USA: Mosby, Incorporated, 1997 1278 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. CD not included. Very nice copy.. Fifth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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