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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Learning Approach. 2022

Maybauer, Marc O.

Allied Health Services; Anesthesiology; Cardiology; Critical Care; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Respiratory Therapy; Surgery

Access link: EBSCO

Challenging Cases in Pleural Diseases. 2023

Rahman, Najib M.; Banka, Radhika

Clinical Medicine; Diagnostic Imaging; General Medicine; Pleural Effusions Disease & Treatment; Pneumothorax Diagnosis & Treatment; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Radiography

Access link: EBSCO

An Introduction to Orthodontics, Fifth edition. 2019

Littlewood, Simon J.; Mitchell, Laura

Corrective Orthodontics; Orthodontics

Access link: EBSCO

Preventive Hepatology. 2025

Bhadoria, Ajeet Singh; Nundy, Samiran

Gastroenterology; Hepatology; Internal Medicine; Liver Diseases

Access link: EBSCO

Therapeutic Plants: Recent Advances in the Use of Herbs as Alternative Medications. 2025

Uddandrao, V. V. Sathibabu; Saravanan, G.

Alternative & Complementary Medicine; Health & Fitness; Herbal Medications

Access link: EBSCO

Werner & Ingbar's The Thyroid: A Fundamental and Clinical Text, Eleventh edition. 2020

Braverman, Lewis E.; Cooper, David S.; Kopp, Peter A.

Endocrinology & Metabolism; Internal Medicine; Thyroid Gland Diseases; Thyroid Gland Physiology

Access link: EBSCO

The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery, Second edition. 2019

Nguyen, Ninh T.; Brethauer, Stacy A.; Morton, John M.; Ponce, Jaime; Rosenthal, Raul J.

General Surgery; Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery; Obesity

Access link: EBSCO

Echocardiography and Ultrasonography in the ICU. 2025

Lanspa, Michael J.; Levinson, Andrew T.

Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine

Access link: EBSCO

Healthcare Operations Management, Third edition. 2017

McLaughlin, Daniel B.; Olson, John R.

Decision Support Techniques; Health Care Quality Assurance; Medical Care Quality Control; Organizational Efficiency; Total Quality Management

Access link: R2

Leadership and Management in Nursing Test Success : An Unfolding Case Study Review. 2013

Wittmann-Price, Ruth A.; Cornelius, Frances H.

Leadership; Management; Nurse Administrators; Nursing Care; Nursing Process; Supervisory Nursing; Test Preparation & Review

Access link: EBSCO ProQuest

Nursing Leadership and Management for Patient Safety and Quality Care. 2017

Murray, Elizabeth J.

Health Care Quality Assurance; Leadership; Nurse's Role; Nursing Care; Nursing Care Organization & Administration; Patient Safety

Access link: EBSCO

Certification Review for PeriAnesthesia Nursing, Fifth edition. 2025

Clifford, Theresa; O'Brien, Denise

Anesthesiology; Nurse Anesthetists; Nursing; Post Anesthesia Nursing

Access link: EBSCO

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (30th anniv.), 2020 edition. 2020

Covey, Stephen R.; Covey, Sean

Character; Success

Access link: ProQuest

Fogoros' Electrophysiologic Testing, Seventh edition. 2023

Fogoros, Richard N.; Mandrola, John

Arrhythmia Diagnosis; Arrhythmia Therapy; Cardiac Electrophysiologic Techniques; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Diseases; Physiology

Access link: EBSCO

Manual of Perioperative Care in Adult Cardiac Surgery, Sixth edition. 2021

Bojar, Robert M.

Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Heart Surgery; Perioperative Care; Surgical Therapeutics

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Culture, Foodways & Counseling: A Guide to Culturally Sensitive Nutrition Care in the United States, Second edition. 2025

Briggs, Kathaleen; Duyff, Roberta; Mason, Kamaria; Robinson, Shamera

Diabetes Diet Therapy; Ethnic Groups; Food Habits; Nutrition

Access link: EBSCO

Patient-Centered Weight Management: The Six Factor Professional Program and Toolkit. 2025

Kushner, Robert F.; Kushner, Nancy

Diet Therapy; Obesity Prevention; Patient-Centered Health Care; Physical Fitness; Weight Loss

Access link: EBSCO

Safety-I and Safety-II : The Past and Future of Safety Management. 2014

Hollnagel, Erik

Aeronautics Safety Measures; Business & Economics; Industrial Engineering; Industrial Health & Safety; Industrial Safety Management; Medical Care Safety Measures; Nuclear Power Plant Safety Measures; Political Science; Psychological Aspects of Industrial Safety; Public Policy; Social Policy; Technology & Engineering

Access link: EBSCO