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The Skills of Document Use: From Text Comprehension to Web-Based Learning examines functional literacy from a psychological standpoint. It offers a comprehensive discussion of the cognitive skills involved in reading, comprehending, and making use of complex documents. Understanding such skills is important at times when printed and online informat

A comprehensive, yet concise, introduction to the use of documents as tools within social science research.

"National Physical Education Standards, Fourth Edition, articulates new, revised standards for physical education, including rationale, grade-span indicators, and progressions. It also includes assessment strategies and best practices"--

Learn the clinical nursing skills you will use every day and prepare for success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 11th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework, and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and make timely decisions. Written by a respected team of experts, this trusted text is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market! - Comprehensive coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced nursing skills and procedures. - Rationales for each step within skills explain the "why" as well as the "how" of each skill and include citations from the current literature. - Clinical Judgments alert you to key steps that affect patient outcomes and help you modify care as needed to meet individual patient needs. - UNIQUE! Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions sections highlight what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene. - Clinical Review Questions at the end of each chapter provides case-based review questions that focus on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making. - More than 1,200 full-color photos and drawings help you visualize concepts and procedures. - Nursing process format provides a consistent presentation that helps you apply the process while learning each skill. - NEW! All-new Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice chapter incorporates concepts of the NCSBN clinical judgment model. - Updated evidence-based literature is incorporated throughout the skills. - NEW! End-of-chapter questions and end-of-unit unfolding case studies provide optimal preparation for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN).

Do you find yourself feeling blank when you face the blank page? Do you have a lot to say but don't know where to, or how to, start? Do you suspect your writing tends to go on too long and is not as organized or as focused as it could (or should) be? Have you ever used ASAP in an email message? Do you want to write more effective email messages, letters, proposals or reports? Do you want to write in a more effective and efficient manner? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, Harness the Business Writing Process is for you. This comprehensive business writing book: introduces you to the writing process, shows you how to eliminate the blank page before you write, shows you how to (and why to) capture attention, maintain interest, and influence attitude - before you ask for action, helps you quickly outline and write short messages, helps you structure and outline long documents and write them in manageable chunks, helps you define (and start with) your purpose, includes sample e-mails, letters, and other documents, includes a number of editing and proofreading hints and tips.