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With over 120,000 followers, Dr. Kansagra has become social media's most popular source for advice on medical education. Now he delivers his medical advice through The Medical School Manual... your guide for every part of the journey. Whether you're in high school, college, or medical school, this book has something for everyone. Want to learn the most amazing memorization trick to make studying a breeze? It's in here. Want to get honors on your medical school rotations? We've got that too. Need help with test-taking anxiety? Sure thing! This book is your secret weapon to not only getting ...

This book has been created by an accomplished and dedicated professor to provide you, the nursing student, with tools, tips, and strategies so that you can survive and succeed at nursing school. Some of these strategies, will indeed help you to learn the material, retain the material, and be able to execute it on an exam and do well.

Breeze through your nursing school and NCLEX testing exam and pass with ease. This book is set up so that you can take the test in the first section without answers and rationales. The second section includes the questions, answers, and rationales. Practicing multiple tests in nursing school is one of the keys to passing. Getting a handle on the types of test questions will help you gain the confidence and knowledge to pass the test easily.

Our Nursing Review series are intended to be used by nursing students, with each audiobook being an in-depth explanation of the topic mentioned. Our goal is to help students transition to successfully practicing nurses. We thus divided the curriculum into sections based on the organ system review. This audiobook is focused on the endocrine system, and it includes high-yield concepts to help you do well in nursing school, HESI, and NCLEX exams.

It’s no secret that the Black community tops the list of groups afflicted by hypertension, stroke, diabetes, heart disease, kidney failure, and cancer. What the statistics do not show is the pain, misery, and despair that these conditions create—not only for the individual but also for family and friends. As an African-American doctor, Dr. Richard Walker has studied these conditions among his patients for many years. Now, in BLACK HEALTH MATTERS, Dr. Walker offers a number of commonsense ways to prevent, manage, and possibly eliminate these killers, turning the tide of African-American health.

As residents, we understand the burnout epidemic is driven by the system - but the system won't change overnight. This book can help you reduce stress and improve your performance with practical solutions that won't take years to implement or permission to start. Using best practices and evidence-based research, this step-by-step guide outlines a series of practical solutions proven to decrease burnout for those with no time, no money, and no power.

Practice questions to help prepare for MCAT.

The goal of CPR is to save lives. Compressions must be started within 10 seconds of cardiac arrest. This simplified handbook will teach you the basic concepts you need to save a life through cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Spirituality in Patient Care has earned a reputation as the authoritative introduction to the subject for health professionals interested in identifying and addressing the spiritual needs of patients. The body of research on religion, spirituality, and health continues to grow at a dramatic rate, creating an urgent need for a new edition of this landmark work. In this, the third edition, Harold G. Koenig, M.D., updates every chapter by incorporating the newest research and introducing sensible ways of translating that research into caring for patients.

The United States does not have enough doctors. Every year, since the 1950s, internationally trained and osteopathic medical graduates have been needed to fill residency positions - because there are too few American-trained MDs. Doctors’ Orders offers a groundbreaking examination of the construction, and consequences, of status distinctions between physicians. Offering a rare, ethnographic look at the inner workings of an elite profession, this sheds new light on the formation of informal status hierarchies, and their significance for both doctors and patients.

“The shortest distance between a human being and the truth,” so goes the saying, “is a story.” These stories, told by Dr. Scott Abramson based on his 40 years of medical experience and from coaching colleagues in the mission of physician communication, embody some of these human truths: truths about listening, connection, faith, bereavement, death, teamwork, empathy, courage, grace, joy, leadership, parenting, burnout, the challenges of work-life balance, and the secret of happiness.

Prepare to excel on the NCLEX-RN exam with "NCLEX-RN Next Gen Success: Ultimate Prep for Health Promotion and Maintenance Questions." This essential guide is meticulously aligned with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) guidelines and testing matrix, ensuring you study the exact content needed to pass the exam. Health Promotion and Maintenance is a crucial component of nursing care, encompassing knowledge of growth and development, prevention and early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal health. This book offers comprehensive coverage of these...

Andy Beal suffered a massive stroke and heart attack at the age of 44. The entire right side of his body was paralyzed. He had trouble thinking, talking, and answering the simplest of questions. Just two days later, Beal walked out of the hospital in what doctors call a "remarkable recovery". That remarkable recovery was in part due to the heart health improvements Andy Beal made just eight months earlier.

Whether you are a PharmD, PhD, MD, DPT, DC, or DNP, you likely have a credit card, student loan, and/or mortgage debt you would like to pay down. While your professors worked hard to teach you the ins and outs of clinical practice, it's unlikely they talked about personal finance as often making money is an anathema to being a good clinician and an unwelcome conversation. While debt prevention isn't as sexy as the person who overcame hundreds of thousands of student loan debt, the principles that the authors follow can help you find yourself in a much better financial place.

Have you been thinking about conceiving a baby, but with no luck so far? Have you gone through a terrible loss with your pregnancy and wish to avoid it happening again? Do you want to possess the knowledge about your fertility that you deserve to have? There is plenty of information about our bodies that we, as women, are just expected to have. Although we learn the basics of reproduction and anatomy, there is simply so much more to fertility and healthy pregnancy that we aren’t told.

This book is a guide for medical students who are preparing for the USMLE Step 1, 2 CK, 3 and COMLEX Level 1, 2 CE, and 3 board exams. Our goal was to give you a step-wise approach to preparing for these two exams. USMLE and COMLEX (for osteopathic students) are two different examinations, and preparations for these exams are different.

Practicing optometrists are fully qualified, privileged, as well as obligated and responsible to their patients to provide an advanced level of primary medical eye care. Laboratory medicine and imaging is absolutely critical in caring for and managing patients.

If you're a nurse, then you know that staying up-to-date on clinical pathophysiology is essential to providing the best possible care for your patients. But keeping your knowledge base fresh can be a challenge. That's why we created Gastrointestinal System Nursing Review, a comprehensive study guide that covers all the major GI disease processes.

Learn everything you need to know about Vitamin K! Read on your PC, Mac, smartphone, tablet or Kindle device! In Vitamin K: The Ultimate Guide to What It Is, Where to Find It, Core Benefits, and Why You Need It, you'll learn the various health benefits and powers of Vitamin K. Have you ever wondered why your mother always told you leafy green vegetables were healthy? Well one of the reasons is because of the power of Vitamin K in your every day life.

Save a Life Certifications by NHCPS has just released its newest course: Bloodborne Pathogens Course. This course is intended to help you prepare to address the health concerns inherent in caring for others and the possible damage the microscopic world can inflict.