it seems like a regular Med Surg book
924836
Book came really quickly, it seems like a regular Med Surg book, in terms of how it reads.
4948587
It's simply an outline of facts for nearly everything encompassing Infusion Nursing. This would be a good reference material for nurses in the field to simply read a quick outline of something they may have forgotten. But as a nurse studying for the CRNI exam, this is literally just a list of facts via outline. No thorough physiological explanations, no points of interest, no concepts or themes. Just one book of outlines. The best way to study for the CRNI exam by far is the INS DVD series they offer. It's kind of pricey so if you had to pick, definitely pick the DVDs. Then you can use this book as a quick reference on specific questions. Or better yet, the book Infusion Nursing: An Evidence Based Approach is awesome.
1236890
I try to read many books about Ems, and healthcare.  This was not targeted to me, as I have been in the field for many years, but I am open to new ideas, and I often work we new medics.  The book can be divided into three parts.  Didn't need covered, opinion, and covered well.  The scary part is someone new could mistake the first two parts, for the last part.
238033
I purchased this as a quick reference and differential check.  It seems to be missing some important basics.  For example, I looked up urinary tract infection today - bread and butter - and there's no basic entry but it has pages and pages about obstruction and such.  There are no lab values either.  I think the other small animal consult is more helpful.
4694678
It just tells you the number of breaths to compressions etc,and a few things I didn't remember which are where and with what hands to do infant and child CPR. Not an extensive book.
2438610
They say all the pictures from pediatrics boards are taken straight out of this book. I'm not sure about that, but its a useful book for diagnosing visually and initial workup. You definitely need a different resource for management of a disease
2867621
The content in the book seems fine for brief descriptions of common OT conditions. The type in the book is miniscule, though. It should simply be a larger book.
4441080
While interesting to see inside an OB's head, her opinions didn't inform me much at all  -- I thought the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist's book Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth in the current edition is more thorough, more neutral and less aggravating.  Neither are my source of choice for unmedicated childbirth info, but I plan on throwing out Advice From in favor of the ACOG book.
237532
This book reads more like a medical journal then a story.  If you suffer from OCD then this book could be helpfu, or interestingl to you. If you want to read a story about someone with OCD then you will be very disappointed.
4317041
im just gonna rate it for the shipping and how efficient they were, but my take ...........if your  are still in med school a good book to have around in wards or maybe an introductory , but dnt think its any more useful for the usmle exams than the materials around...
1477253
Although not new, it appeared to be. My husband and I have not read it all, however, what we have read was good advice. My husband's arm was sore and he did some exercises in the book which really helped. It covers a large range of health issues including mental as well as phyical. Focus is on preventive care. A Good medical resource, easy to read, wide range of interesting topics from, "The Heathy Family" to "Growing Older".
2949621
This book is marketed for patients but reads like a text for medical students. I also found it to be a little too self promoting.
4169830
I don't like the book. In my opinion, it makes med-surg even more complicated, because the text is not easy and the information is presented not in a good way
4498171
As a triage nurse I was looking for a quick reference to jog my memory. This is really geared for med students.  I find it has limited use for my needs.
3155860
I used this for my Advanced Professional Practice Management class. It had some good information, however I felt it was geared more towards primary care. I found this to not be as helpful to me as an acute care student.
4153167
This is the required text for the current rotation in my nursing program. I don't know that there are better books out there, but I wish this one wasn't so verbose and redundant. It is a book that is used for only one rotation (half pediatrics, half maternity), but it is as large as the main text we use for the entire rest of the program (as if the large size makes the authors think they really know their stuff).

It feels like at the end of every disease in the "Nursing Management" section is the same information repeated again and again and again: Provide support for the parents, monitor vital signs, meet the child's nutritional needs, etc. with pages and pages spent on this. Books like this should condense their information, as in "most children need x, y, and z" and have that information in a single place. Then it would only be necessary to mention the differences in care that a particular disease has from the main pattern. This would make learning and memorizing easier, drastically reduce the size of the text, and make us pay attention because we know that what's written is only mentioned in one place.

The information is so verbose and redundant that it doesn't seem worth reading for the one different detail buried somewhere in the sea of similar information. I am really considering just reading online continuing education modules or the Merck Manual or the ATI guides that we got for our program.

This book just doesn't seem worth the time necessary to get through its verbosity.
1584910
not a fan of the text it is identical to many others and health teachers tend to use this book in college. general health isn't mentioned often