Category: Textbooks

Caring for the Vulnerable: Perspectives in Nursing Theory, Practice, and Research 5th edition (PDF) focuses on vulnerable populations and how nurses can care for them, conduct research, develop programs for them, and influence health policy. Units 1 and 2 focus on theories and concepts; Unit 3 on research; Units 4,

This volume, Emerging Genres in New Media Environments (PDF) explores cultural innovation and transformation as revealed through the emergence of new media genres. New media have enabled what impresses most observers as a dizzying proliferation of new forms of communicative interaction and cultural production, provoking multimodal experimentation, and artistic and

Global Occupational Safety and Health Management Handbook (PDF) is a broad presentation and discussion of the obstacles and issues facing the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) profession today in providing safe workplaces globally. Readers can use this ebook to find resources to help in the development of their programs and to

Modern analytical theories of fatigue combined with a knowledge of processing effects on metals make up the complete basis for designing machine parts that are free from unanticipated failure. Fatigue Design: Life Expectancy of Machine Parts (PDF) offers the tools and the information needed for optimal design. It stresses practical

Ideal for orthopaedic fellows, residents, and practicing surgeons alike, Operative Techniques: Knee Surgery, 2nd Edition, (PDF) provides all the step-by-step supervision you need to perform the newest techniques in knee surgery. As part of the highly visual Operative Techniques 2e series, it claims a clean layout and brief bulleted descriptions