Gain the knowledge and skills you need to provide safe, effective perioperative nursing care! Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, 17th Edition is the definitive resource for nurses and surgical technologists training for a career in the operating room. Illustrated, step-by-step instructions cover patient care in more than 400 surgical interventions, including patient positioning, instrumentation, and postoperative care. Along with the latest on robotic surgery and a review of evidence...

Now students can learn Microsoft Project efficiently and painlessly!

- Quickly start a new plan, build task lists, and assign resources

- Share plans and track progress

- Capture and fine-tune work and cost details

- Use Gantt charts and other views and reports to visualize project schedules

- Share resources across multiple plans and consolidate projects

- Master project management best practices while learning Project

- Look up just the tasks and lessons ...

In this newly revised 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth.

From his youth as the son of a French Canadian handyman to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment, Let My People Go Surfing is...

Melissa Schilling's Strategic Management of Technological Innovation is the #1 innovation strategy text in the world. It approaches the subject of innovation management as a strategic process, and is organized to mirror the strategic management process used in most strategy textbooks, progressing from assessing the competitive dynamics of a situation to strategy formulation, to strategy implementation. While the book emphasizes practical applications and examples, it also provides systemic co...

For principles of economics courses. An engaging, practice-oriented approach to understanding core economic principles Foundations of Economics introduces economic principles students can use to navigate the financial decisions of their futures. Each chapter concentrates on 3 to 4 ideas, with each idea reinforced several times throughout the text. This patient approach helps guide learners through unfamiliar terrain and focuses them on key concepts and skills, like reading and interpreting gr...

Now in its fourth edition, this bestselling title provides an easy to navigate roadmap for anyone undertaking a research project in the applied social sciences

"The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy quickly established itself as a classic when it first appeared in 1981. This edition makes it even better, incorporating as it does new material about the Cold War and up-dating to include subsequent developments. Filled with insights and penetrating analysis, this volume is truly indispensable."

-Robert Jervis, Author of How Statesmen Think

"Freedman and Michaels have written a thorough and thought-provoking guide to nuclear strategy. The authors analyze th...

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. A new edition of Shon Harris' bestselling exam prep guide fully updated for the 2021 version of the CISSP exam. This up-to-date self-study guide fully prepares candidates for the challenging CISSP exam and offers 100% coverage of all eight exam domains. This edition has been thoroughly revised to cover the ...

The 11th edition of A First Look at Communication Theory encourages students who are encountering the field for the first time to tackle theories without fear. The authors' conversational style and relevant examples keep complex theories within the grasp of first-time theory students. They introduce over 30 diverse theories that are a mix of foundational and recent scholarship and, with the benefit of numerous examples and connections to pop culture, help students apply them to their own live...

What will you learn from this book? Ready to learn Java? This book combines puzzles, strong visuals, mysteries, and soul-searching interviews with famous Java objects to engage you in many different ways. It's fast, it's fun, and it's effective. And despite its playful appearance, Head First Java is serious stuff: a complete introduction to object-oriented programming and Java.

You'll learn everything from the fundamentals to advanced topics. The new third edition brings the book up-to-date f...