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Nursing > Nursing: Medical and Surgical
Davis Advantage for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Making Connections to Practice: Making Connections to Practice
Hoffman, Janice J.
ISBN 13: 
9780803644175
ISBN 10: 
0803644175
Category: 
Nursing: Medical and Surgical
Edition: 
1
Publisher: 
F.A. Davis Company
Format: 
Cloth
Status: 
Out of Print
Imprint: 
F.A. Davis Company
Dimensions: 
11.25 x 2.5 x 9.0 in
Pages: 
1728
Weight: 
8.28
Retail Price: 
199.95
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0
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Synopsis:

Text

  • Connects the concepts students are learning in class to the real world in which they will practice.
    • Creates a learning environment that strengthens their understanding and mastery of the content.
    • Promotes critical thinking and clinical decision making.
    • Emphasizes patient care by highlighting the how and why of clinical presentation and treatment plans.
  • Focuses on the patient-centered role of the nurse.
    • Presents nursing management using the nursing process to identify and reinforce the nurse's responsibilities as a member of an inter-professional care team.
    • Focuses on the diseases and disorders that will be encountered most frequently in practice.
    • Correlates nursing interventions with the relevant physiologic and pathophysiologic content.
    • Incorporates the critical care content important for new nurses.

 

Personalized Learning Plans for Students

  • Creates a Personalized Learning Plan for each student, beginning with a pre-test for each module that assesses their strengths and weaknesses.
  • Charts the path for each student to follow to ensure they master the content.
  • Creates personalized learning plans that ensure students master the content.
  • Offers multiple paths to learning success through an immersive, interactive, multi-media experience with a wealth of quizzes, animations, and dynamic exercises.
  • Tracks each student’s progress every step of the way in their Gradebooks; students know exactly how they’re doing and where they need to focus their studies.

 

Davis Edge Med-Surg

  • Features progressive quizzing, customized to each student’s knowledge level that challenges them to reach higher levels of understanding, and identify the areas in which they need additional review.
  • Provides comprehensive rationales for correct and incorrect answers that teach students how to analyze questions critically—ensuring they understand why they answered a question correctly, and when they don’t, how to improve.
  • Includes self-grading that provides immediate feedback as each quiz is completed.
  • Test-taking strategies and tips prepare students for course exams, ATI, HESI, and NCLEX® exams.
  • Alternate-format questions build confidence for these more difficult question types, including “select all that apply” and “ordered response.”
  • Quiz builder lets students select practice quizzes by specific topics or concepts. 
  • Student Success Center monitors students’ overall progress and identifies their strengths and weaknesses.

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