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Neoplastic Disorders
DECEMBER 1986, VOL. 44, NO 6
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This is neither a text on how to do research, nor The text is a good reference for nurses working is it designed for advanced researchers. It is a with adult patients; additional references may be helpful guidebook for beginning researchers who required for those working with pediatric patients, have specific writing questions.The book addresses elderly, or prenatal patients. I recommend this how to write (1) a research proposal, (2) a thesis, book for both nursing students and professional dissertation, or research report, and (3) an article nurses. reporting research. It also provides miscellaneous R. MARRONE, RN, MS STEPHEN information on the standard format of a thesis CARDIOTHORACIC PERIOPERATIVE NURSE MOUNTSINAIMEDICAL CENTER or dissertation, using and citing references, NEWYORKC ~ T Y appendixes, abstracts, research presentations, query letters, and grant proposals. It also lists other Law Every Nurse Should Know, fifth ed. Helen books on writing references. Creighton. W B Saunders, W Washington Sq, This book is a concise, practical, informative Philadelphia, PA 19105, 1986, 335 pp, $21.95 guide-it is a necessary first step in writing about paperback. nursing research. It is readable and easily understood, and the novice researcher is not This fifth edition employs the same methodical bombarded with uncomprehensible information. format of previous editions, enhanced with 35% The manual is interestingenough to read straight new material covering legal and ethical problems, through. It is the kind of book you refer to often, such as in vitro fertilization, Baby Doe cases, and which would make a hardcover edition more termination of life-support systems. Each chapter practical, although more expensive. concludes with a complete text reference and an This book should be a required supplemental excellent bibliography of current literature. With text for all students who will be writing nursing the case index and subject index, the reader can research papers. quickly obtain specific understandable MARJORIE A. COLLINS,BA information. CLEARWATER, FLA The author uses her admirable background in nursing, law, and teaching in writing this book. Neoplastic Dhorders. Nurse’s Clinical Library” Areas addressed include licensure, contracts, Springhouse Corp, 1111 Bethlehem Pike, malpractice, nurses’ rights and responsibility, Springhouse, PA 19477, 1985, 192 pp, $19.95 restraint, autopsy proceedings, living wills, and clothbound. organ transplantations. Case histories punctuate Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the lessons to be learned. It would be difficult to practice nursing today the United States, and nurses today are expected to be aware of recent advances in cancer and not encounter any of the situations found in this book. While one can consult the book prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. This book for a particular issue, the entire book should be will meet the needs of oncological nurses and read by the conscientious nurse who wishes to others who work with cancer patients and their provide the best care possible within the families in a health care facility. parameters of the law. The book provides information on pathophysC. EDWARDS, RN, BA MARYJANE iology, prevention, diagnostic methods, medical NEWYORKCITY therapy, nursing skills, family dynamics, teaching techniques, and thanatology. The introduction From Proposal to Publication: An Informal Guide brings the nurse up to date on cancer theories, to Writing about Nursing Research. Elizabeth M. risk factors, grading and staging. There is excellent Tornquist. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, 2725 information on patient assessment and the Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, 1986,216 psychological aspects for the patient, family, and pp, $9.95 paperback. care giver. 1039
DECEMBER 1986, VOL. 44, NO 6
AORN JOURNAL
addresses assessment, health maintenance, health The main part of the book addresses specific restoration, clinical disorders, and psychological/ malignant disorders. Appendixes provide informapsychiatric problems. It is a resource guide in the tion on rare tumors, oncologic emergencies, and chemotherapeutic agents. acute care setting, as well as the primary health Special features include anatomical drawings, care setting because it contains assessment illustrations, charts, diagrams, patient teaching guidelines. aids, and a good index. The material in the book reflects a heavy influencefrom Lucille Whaley and Donna Wong's This is another excellent reference book in the Clinical Handbook of Pediatric Nursing, which Nurse's Clinical Library"" series. is the bible for pediatric nursing. It is helpful to SISTERKANE,RHSJ, RN, MED ADMINISTRATOR have all the material in a single reference book. MACDONELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL It reviews the major components of pediatric CORNWALL, ONTARIO, CANADA nursing in a clear, concise manner, and can be used by either pediatric or nonpediatric nurses. Because of its comprehensive coverage and In Shortaccessible style, this is the most useful reference book of its kind. Nursing Ethics in the Life Span Elsie L. Bandman, RHONDA P. EDWARDS, RN, CNOR Betram Bandman. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 25 COLUMBUS, MISS Van Zant St, Norwalk, CT 06855, 1985,290 pp, $19.95 paperback. Computerized Clinical Nursing Reference InforThe three sections of this book-moral foundamation System Kathleen St Lawrence. Oryn tions of nurse-patient-physician relationships, Publications, Inc, 2000 L St NW, Washington, ethical decision making in nursing, and nursing DC 20036,1985, 101 pp, $24.95 paperback. ethics through the life span-are used as a building block for each other. The reader gains insight from The professional nurse must be able to recall each section, but when used together, a theme knowledge instantaneously, but is being hindered for the professional nurse to use in ethical decision by increasing administrative concerns (ie, making develops. maintaining patient care, managing patient risks, The authors give guidelines for certain difficult and preventing equipment and supply loss). A computerized clinical nursing reference areas but do not attempt to place values or judgements on them. The professional nurse must system can help today's nurse effectively use time use individual values and morals in each situation. and resources and assist with decision making. I feel this is a thought-provoking book with exThis book addresses unit management, nursing cellent case studies; I recommend its use as a catpractice, and patient care. Policy and procedure, drug calculations and compatibility, and health alyst for indepth discusions. The book is well organizedand easy to read. One only wishes the authors education resources are discussed in detail. This book shows how to apply computers in could give easy answers to diflicult situations. nursing. Computer system designs and sample PATRICIA BRANNAN, RN WEST CHESTER, PA screen layouts for each reference classification are illustrated. Quick Reference to Pediatric Nursing. Carol M. Computers are not meant to replace nursing Murphy. J B Lippincott Co, E Washington Sq, care, but to supplement nursing in today's health Philadelphia, PA 19105, 1984, 646 pp, $14.50 care environment. This book will be useful to paperback. unit managers as a guide to the development of such a system. The author has filled a void in the field of pediatric JANICE L. DAVIS,RN, BSN, CNOR JACKSONVILLE, FLA nursing with this quick reference guide. The book
AORN JOURNAL
This is neither a text on how to do research, nor The text is a good reference for nurses working is it designed for advanced researchers. It is a with adult patients; additional references may be helpful guidebook for beginning researchers who required for those working with pediatric patients, have specific writing questions.The book addresses elderly, or prenatal patients. I recommend this how to write (1) a research proposal, (2) a thesis, book for both nursing students and professional dissertation, or research report, and (3) an article nurses. reporting research. It also provides miscellaneous R. MARRONE, RN, MS STEPHEN information on the standard format of a thesis CARDIOTHORACIC PERIOPERATIVE NURSE MOUNTSINAIMEDICAL CENTER or dissertation, using and citing references, NEWYORKC ~ T Y appendixes, abstracts, research presentations, query letters, and grant proposals. It also lists other Law Every Nurse Should Know, fifth ed. Helen books on writing references. Creighton. W B Saunders, W Washington Sq, This book is a concise, practical, informative Philadelphia, PA 19105, 1986, 335 pp, $21.95 guide-it is a necessary first step in writing about paperback. nursing research. It is readable and easily understood, and the novice researcher is not This fifth edition employs the same methodical bombarded with uncomprehensible information. format of previous editions, enhanced with 35% The manual is interestingenough to read straight new material covering legal and ethical problems, through. It is the kind of book you refer to often, such as in vitro fertilization, Baby Doe cases, and which would make a hardcover edition more termination of life-support systems. Each chapter practical, although more expensive. concludes with a complete text reference and an This book should be a required supplemental excellent bibliography of current literature. With text for all students who will be writing nursing the case index and subject index, the reader can research papers. quickly obtain specific understandable MARJORIE A. COLLINS,BA information. CLEARWATER, FLA The author uses her admirable background in nursing, law, and teaching in writing this book. Neoplastic Dhorders. Nurse’s Clinical Library” Areas addressed include licensure, contracts, Springhouse Corp, 1111 Bethlehem Pike, malpractice, nurses’ rights and responsibility, Springhouse, PA 19477, 1985, 192 pp, $19.95 restraint, autopsy proceedings, living wills, and clothbound. organ transplantations. Case histories punctuate Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the lessons to be learned. It would be difficult to practice nursing today the United States, and nurses today are expected to be aware of recent advances in cancer and not encounter any of the situations found in this book. While one can consult the book prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. This book for a particular issue, the entire book should be will meet the needs of oncological nurses and read by the conscientious nurse who wishes to others who work with cancer patients and their provide the best care possible within the families in a health care facility. parameters of the law. The book provides information on pathophysC. EDWARDS, RN, BA MARYJANE iology, prevention, diagnostic methods, medical NEWYORKCITY therapy, nursing skills, family dynamics, teaching techniques, and thanatology. The introduction From Proposal to Publication: An Informal Guide brings the nurse up to date on cancer theories, to Writing about Nursing Research. Elizabeth M. risk factors, grading and staging. There is excellent Tornquist. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, 2725 information on patient assessment and the Sand Hill Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025, 1986,216 psychological aspects for the patient, family, and pp, $9.95 paperback. care giver. 1039
DECEMBER 1986, VOL. 44, NO 6
AORN JOURNAL
addresses assessment, health maintenance, health The main part of the book addresses specific restoration, clinical disorders, and psychological/ malignant disorders. Appendixes provide informapsychiatric problems. It is a resource guide in the tion on rare tumors, oncologic emergencies, and chemotherapeutic agents. acute care setting, as well as the primary health Special features include anatomical drawings, care setting because it contains assessment illustrations, charts, diagrams, patient teaching guidelines. aids, and a good index. The material in the book reflects a heavy influencefrom Lucille Whaley and Donna Wong's This is another excellent reference book in the Clinical Handbook of Pediatric Nursing, which Nurse's Clinical Library"" series. is the bible for pediatric nursing. It is helpful to SISTERKANE,RHSJ, RN, MED ADMINISTRATOR have all the material in a single reference book. MACDONELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL It reviews the major components of pediatric CORNWALL, ONTARIO, CANADA nursing in a clear, concise manner, and can be used by either pediatric or nonpediatric nurses. Because of its comprehensive coverage and In Shortaccessible style, this is the most useful reference book of its kind. Nursing Ethics in the Life Span Elsie L. Bandman, RHONDA P. EDWARDS, RN, CNOR Betram Bandman. Appleton-Century-Crofts, 25 COLUMBUS, MISS Van Zant St, Norwalk, CT 06855, 1985,290 pp, $19.95 paperback. Computerized Clinical Nursing Reference InforThe three sections of this book-moral foundamation System Kathleen St Lawrence. Oryn tions of nurse-patient-physician relationships, Publications, Inc, 2000 L St NW, Washington, ethical decision making in nursing, and nursing DC 20036,1985, 101 pp, $24.95 paperback. ethics through the life span-are used as a building block for each other. The reader gains insight from The professional nurse must be able to recall each section, but when used together, a theme knowledge instantaneously, but is being hindered for the professional nurse to use in ethical decision by increasing administrative concerns (ie, making develops. maintaining patient care, managing patient risks, The authors give guidelines for certain difficult and preventing equipment and supply loss). A computerized clinical nursing reference areas but do not attempt to place values or judgements on them. The professional nurse must system can help today's nurse effectively use time use individual values and morals in each situation. and resources and assist with decision making. I feel this is a thought-provoking book with exThis book addresses unit management, nursing cellent case studies; I recommend its use as a catpractice, and patient care. Policy and procedure, drug calculations and compatibility, and health alyst for indepth discusions. The book is well organizedand easy to read. One only wishes the authors education resources are discussed in detail. This book shows how to apply computers in could give easy answers to diflicult situations. nursing. Computer system designs and sample PATRICIA BRANNAN, RN WEST CHESTER, PA screen layouts for each reference classification are illustrated. Quick Reference to Pediatric Nursing. Carol M. Computers are not meant to replace nursing Murphy. J B Lippincott Co, E Washington Sq, care, but to supplement nursing in today's health Philadelphia, PA 19105, 1984, 646 pp, $14.50 care environment. This book will be useful to paperback. unit managers as a guide to the development of such a system. The author has filled a void in the field of pediatric JANICE L. DAVIS,RN, BSN, CNOR JACKSONVILLE, FLA nursing with this quick reference guide. The book