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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464877703321

Autore

Kent Kendra Menzies

Titolo

Adult CCRN certification review : think in questions, learn by rationale / / Kendra Menzies Kent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Springer Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8261-9834-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (512 p.)

Disciplina

616.025076

Soggetti

Critical care medicine - Examinations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Why Certification?; Adult CCRN Examination Information; Examination; Test Plan; Preparation; Day of the Test; Test-Taking Skills; Summary; 1.Cardiovascular System Review; Acute Coronary Syndrome; Pathophysiology; Prevention of ACS; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management of AMI; Complications; Cardiogenic Shock; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Surgical Management; Arrhythmias Associated with AMI; Pathophysiology; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Complications; Heart Failure; Pathophysiology

Symptoms/AssessmentDiagnosis; Management; Dissecting Thoracic and Abdominal Aorta Aneurysms; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Surgical Management; Complications; Cardiac Trauma; Pericardial Tamponade; Myocardial Contusion; Traumatic Aortic Aneurysm; Cardiomyopathies; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Surgical Management; Complications; Hypertensive Crisis; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Valvular Heart Disease; Pathophysiology; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Surgical Management

ComplicationsPeripheral Artery Disease; Pathophysiology;



Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Surgical/Interventional Management; Complications; Hypovolemic Shock; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Cardiac Surgeries; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis/Postoperative Monitoring; Management; Complications; Testable Nursing Actions; Hemodynamic Monitoring; Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Counterpulsation; Pacemakers; Bibliography; Questions; 2.Pulmonary System Review; Acute Respiratory Failure; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment

DiagnosisManagement; Complications; Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Pulmonary Embolism; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Copd Exacerbations/Severe Asthma/Status Asthmaticus; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Acute Respiratory Infections; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Air-Leak Syndromes; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Aspirations

PathophysiologySymptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Pulmonary Hypertension; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Medical Management; Surgical Management; Complications; Thoracic Trauma; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management; Complications; Mechanical Ventilation; Pulmonary Therapeutic Interventions; Weaning from the Ventilator; Respiratory Monitoring Devices; Bibliography; Questions; 3.Endocrine System Review; Diabetic Ketoacidosis/Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome; Pathophysiology; Symptoms/Assessment; Diagnosis; Management

Complications

Sommario/riassunto

This innovative review for experienced critical care nurses preparing for the Adult Critical Care certification exam (CCRN) has been finely honed to provide an effective balance of clinical judgment-enhancing content review, practice Q & A, test-taking skills, and thorough coverage of the CCRN test blueprint. Written by a well-known CCRN instructor, the review features a unique format called ""Think in Questions"" that is designed specifically to assist the user in thinking critically throughout the exam. This format guides the candidate through each exam topic with a short content review foll



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459444303321

Autore

Pine Lisa

Titolo

Education in Nazi Germany [[electronic resource] /] / Lisa Pine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2010

ISBN

1-282-90784-0

9786612907845

1-84788-765-1

9781847887658

Edizione

[English ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Disciplina

370.942/09043

Soggetti

Education - Germany - History - 20th century

Education and state - Germany - History - 20th century

Education - Political aspects - Germany - History - 20th century

National socialism and education - Germany

National socialism and youth - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Historical Context; 2 Nazi Education Policy; 3 The Curriculum and School Textbooks; 4 The Nazi Elite Schools; 5 The Hitler Youth; 6 The League of German Girls; Conclusion; Glossary of Abbreviations and Terms; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines how Nazism took shape in the classroom and offers a compelling new analysis of Nazi educational policy. The author convincingly argues that in order to understand National Socialism, we need to understand its policies on youth.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786834703321

Autore

Hoorn Johan

Titolo

Creative confluence / / Johan F. Hoorn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, Netherlands ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-272-7057-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Linguistic Approaches to Literature ; ; Volume 16

Disciplina

153.3/5

Soggetti

Creativity (Linguistics)

Problem solving

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Creative Confluence; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Make - Take; Table of contents; Introduction; 1.Puzzled; 2.Urgency of creativity; 3.Creativity in theory; 3.1Creativity in the humanities; 4.Creativity in application; 5.Heading for common ground; 6.The Confluence Theory of Creativity; 7.About this book; Acknowledgements; chapter 1; Confluence; 1.Cooling down; 2.Thermodynamics; 3.Assembling; 4.Blind variation, selective retention; 5.Brain architecture; 6.Selective attention: Survival or opportunities; 7.Two types of problem solving; 8.Cultural history

9.Epistemics and perceptual flaws10.The need for transformation; 11.The creative process; 12.Conditions of creativity; 13.Probabilism, determinism, and the rule of rules; 14.Creative output: Sigmoid accumulation of innovations; 15.Creative Sigmoid at three scales; 16.Fractal recursion of the sigmoid; Acknowledgement; chapter 2; Two world views; 1.A world view follows from what we believe; 2.Survival versus opportunity thinking; 2.1Old brain, young brain; 3.Ontological classification, epistemic appraisal; 4.Determinism, probabilism; 5.Two world views leading to three theories

5.1The ordered universe: A vision of continuity and determinism5.1.1Analytic decomposition; 5.1.2Hierarchical; 5.1.3No free will, no heroes, no revolutions; 5.1.4Creative drivers; 5.1.5Slow evolution; 5.1.6Invention is social; 5.1.7Copying from others; 5.1.8Harmony and



perfection; 5.2A subversive universe: Discontinuity and the outlier; 5.2.1Against dehumanization; 5.2.2Deviation and disharmony; 5.2.3Genius: the freedom of formidable spirits; 5.2.4Iconic heroes; 5.2.5Hop, step, jump; 5.3Chaos: Coincidence and non-random variance; 5.3.1Pure coincidence; 5.3.2Mechanized coincidence

5.3.3Serendipity: The human hunch5.3.4Mean and variance: Playing with partial determinism; 5.3.5Fractal recursion; 6.Classic, Romantic, Chaotic; 7.Reconciliation: Serendipity in a partly deterministic system; 8.Creativity on three scales; 8.1The breakdown of determinism or why Rutherford was wrong; 8.2The law of 'anything can happen' or why Rutherford is sometimes right; chapter 3; Problem solving; 1.The two ways; 2.Problems are not problematic; 3.Commonalities; 4.Convergent and divergent thinking; 4.1Conventional computing systems are "convergent"; 4.2Humans can do both

5.Rational problem solving5.1Breaking down the problem; 5.2Forward and backward reasoning; 5.3Difference reduction; 5.4Means-end analysis; 5.5Problem complexity; 6.Intelligence and creativity; 7.Switching perspectives: narrow vs. wide; 8.The balance between convergence and divergence; 8.1Intelligence: first convergence, then divergence; 8.2Creativity: first divergence, then convergence; 9.Analogy: An associative reasoning strategy; 9.1Solving an analogy; 9.2Limitations of analogy use; 10.Experts and novices; 10.1Experts converge; 10.2Novices diverge; 10.2.1Alternate uses

10.3Being knowledgeable

Sommario/riassunto

The ACASIA process accounted for the way combinatory creativity unfolds and the ensuing Creative Sigmoid explained the accumulation of creations, both being nourished or impeded by a host of factors, most importantly, having access to the largest possible diversity in the information universe. How much of that information universe is available to the creator or audience is a matter of openness of perception and the level of tolerance to deviation. The current chapter discusses the relation between perception and creation: After all, all creators start out as creators of fiction because, previo