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New Core Curriculum eBook Set from the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society

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The MSK Library has recently added 3 new titles from the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society Core Curriculum series. They are the 2nd editions of Wound Management, Ostomy Management, and Continence Management.

These texts are a main source for expert guidance, training and wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) certification exam preparation. This is essential content for those seeking WOC certification, including nursing students in WOC programs; nurses involved in wound care, ostomy management, or continence management; nurses in gastroenterology, urology, and surgical nursing; and graduate nursing students and nursing faculty.

Chapter features include: Objectives at the start of each chapter, Key Points that expand on important concepts, Tables that offer clinical guidelines and care strategies, Case Studies that optimize clinical decision-making, and End-of-Chapter Review Q&A’s — multiple choice questions followed by answers and rationales.

 

New eBook: Principles and Practice of Lymphedema Surgery

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The MSK library recently added the second edition of Principles and Practice of Lymphedema Surgery. This text provides step-by-step guidance on how to incorporate or expand the treatment of lymphedema in one’s practice. Principles and Practice of Lymphedema Surgery provides the latest surgical and nonsurgical approaches, from preoperative assessment to postoperative care. Major topics include the principles of the lymphatic system, diagnostic imaging, lymphedema treatment, and postoperative management.

Contributors to this text include MSK’s own Dr. Michelle Coriddi, Dr. Joseph H. Dayan, Dr. Raghu P. Kataru, and Dr. Babak J. Mehrara.

New eBook: Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine

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The second edition of the Encyclopedia of Respiratory Medicine is a six volume set that explores the key processes of lung diseases and their diagnosis and management.

This reference work covers molecular and cellular biology, physiology and immunology that underpin normal lung function, along with the aberrations that occur in respiratory diseases, from common disorders such as asthma and COPD to rarer lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary hypertension.