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Peppa & Friends: Molly Mole
KShs 495.00Peppa loves playing with her friend Molly Mole. They like to visit exciting places together.
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Writing for Nursing and Midwifery Students
Combining a theoretical approach with practical activities, this book is invaluable for nursing and midwifery students and will help them to master the basics of writing at university. It equips students with the skills needed to examine cognitive processes such as reflection and critical thinking and includes essential information on referencing correctly and avoiding plagiarism. Going beyond the traditional essay, it provides support and guidance on producing care critiques, action plans, portfolios and journal article reviews alongside complex argumentative writing and undergraduate dissertation proposals.
Written in an engaging and accessible style, this is a comprehensive writing toolkit for students of nursing, midwifery, health and social care. Suitable for students of all levels, it is ideal for use in class or for independent study.
New to this Edition:
– A new section on writing systematic reviews and responding to case studies for assessment purposes
– Extended content on referencing, engaging with sources and critical and argumentative writing, featuring new examples and exercises -
The New Midwifery: Science and Sensitivity in Practice 2nd Edition
KShs 9,150.00Discover modern midwifery with The New Midwifery, 2nd Edition. Combines scientific knowledge with compassionate care for effective maternity practice.
Practicing as a midwife today requires not only good clinical skills but also a broad understanding of the social and emotional changes a woman experiences before and after birth. This book combines scientific knowledge with the more intangible skills needed for sensitive communication to provide the best possible care to the mother and her family. The second edition of this celebrated text vividly explores the various skills and approaches that lead to successful midwifery practice and uses care stories to bring these to life.
Provides a refreshingly new approach to key areas of midwifery practice in a way that brings practice to life.
Illustrates and supports the fundamental changes currently taking place in midwifery around the world.
Builds on the most up-to-date, evidence-based research to suggest guidelines for best practices.
Explores the impact of parenthood and offers strategies for effectively supporting individuals during this period of transition.
Includes “care stories” – case studies that highlight positive midwifery care and successful childbirth experiences.
Offers contrasting stories from around the world, illustrating how maternity care in industrialized society differs from that in a non-industrial or third world environment.
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You Are Your Choices: 50 Ways to Live the Good Life Hardcover
KShs 1,295.00As a pioneering writer and lecturer on personal happiness for the past twenty years, Alexandra has inspired millions to break the “rules” and pursue fulfillment. Now, as scientists have begun to discover the benefits of living a happy life, Alexandra provides practical ways to live happily every day. She puts us in charge of our choices, reminding us that we always have a choice about what we think, feel, and do. When we are true to ourselves, we can fly above stress and conflict, contented and confident that we are the right path.
Featuring essays that help us trust ourselves (“Intuition is your guiding light”), stay steady in a storm (“Your choices count most in a crisis”), embrace the new (“Accept opportunity”), address unfinished business (“Have as few regrets as possible”), surround ourselves with delights (“Redefine what is beautiful”), and remember to have fun (“Cheap thrills are thrilling”).
Every choice you make is an opportunity to delight in life. You Are Your Choices offers insight and companionship each step of the way.
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Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach 2nd Edition
KShs 11,800.00Awarded second place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Information Technology category. See how information technology intersects with health care! Health Informatics: An Interprofessional Approach, 2nd Edition prepares you for success in today’s technology-filled healthcare practice. Concise coverage includes information systems and applications such as electronic health records, clinical decision support, telehealth, ePatients, and social media tools, as well as system implementation. New to this edition are topics including data science and analytics, mHealth, principles of project management, and contract negotiations. Written by expert informatics educators Ramona Nelson and Nancy Staggers, this edition enhances the book that won a 2013 American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award!
Experts from a wide range of health disciplines cover the latest on the interprofessional aspects of informatics ― a key Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative and a growing specialty area in nursing.
Case studies encourage higher-level thinking about how concepts apply to real-world nursing practice.
Discussion questions challenge you to think critically and to visualize the future of health informatics.
Objectives, key terms and an abstract at the beginning of each chapter provide an overview of what you will learn.
Conclusion and Future Directions section at the end of each chapter describes how informatics will continue to evolve as healthcare moves to an interprofessional foundation.
NEW! Updated chapters reflect the current and evolving practice of health informatics, using real-life healthcare examples to show how informatics applies to a wide range of topics and issues.
NEW mHealth chapter discusses the use of mobile technology, a new method of health delivery ― especially for urban or under-served populations ― and describes the changing levels of responsibility for both patients and providers.
NEW Data Science and Analytics in Healthcare chapter shows how Big Data ― as well as analytics using data mining and knowledge discovery techniques ― applies to healthcare.
NEW Project Management Principles chapter discusses proven project management tools and techniques for coordinating all types of health informatics-related projects.
NEW Contract Negotiations chapter describes strategic methods and tips for negotiating a contract with a healthcare IT vendor.
NEW Legal Issues chapter explains how federal regulations and accreditation processes may impact the practice of health informatics.
NEW HITECH Act chapter explains the regulations relating to health informatics in the Health Information Technology for Education and Clinical Health Act as well as the Meaningful Use and Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015. -
Essentials of Medical Pharmacology
KShs 9,960.00This new edition is a complete guide to medical pharmacology for students. The eighth edition has been fully revised to provide the latest advances in the field. New drugs and the latest treatment guidelines have been added. Most chapters conclude with an exercise in therapeutic decision making and topics are extensively referenced. The text is highly illustrated with figures, charts and tables, and includes comprehensive appendices. Previous edition (9789350259375) published in 2013.
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The 4 Day Diet
KShs 1,500.00With over twenty years of experience watching how and why dieters lose weight―and how they don’t―Dr. Ian developed a program that actually retrains the brain to diet naturally. In The 4 Day Diet, Dr. Ian distills that program into the acronym SMARTER:
–Sense of where you are: don’t fool yourself about your habits and what kind of shape you’re in
–Make realistic goals: don’t sabotage your success by trying to do too much too fast
–Activate your motivational engine: learn how to be your own best diet coach
–Resist temptation: how to put yourself in an environment that supports your diet and keeps you disciplined
–Think thin: why visualization works
–Every bite counts: track your intake, but learn how to enjoy what you eat more at the same time
–Reward yourself: indulge yourself in small and big ways along the road to permanent weight loss -
The Bourne Identity
KShs 400.00He was dragged from the sea, his body riddled with bullets. There are a few clues: a frame of microfilm surgically implanted beneath the skin of his hip; evidence that plastic surgery has altered his face; strange things he says in his delirium, which could be code words. And a number on the film negative that leads to a bank account in Zurich, four million dollars, and a name for the amnesiac: Jason Bourne. Now he is running for his life. A man with an unknown past and an uncertain future, the target of assassins and at the heart of a deadly puzzle. He’s fighting for survival and no one can help him – except the one woman who once wanted to escape him …
KShs 650.00
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Essentials of Business Communication-10th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey (Author), Dana Loewy (Author)
master workplace communication with Essentials of Business Communication, 10th Edition by Mary Ellen Guffey—a practical guide to writing, speaking, and digital skills for business success.
This unique four-in-one learning package includes an authoritative text, practical workbook, grammar/mechanics handbook at the end of the book, and premium Web site (access code is included with new copies of the text). You’ll learn basic writing skills and then apply these skills to a variety of e-mails, memos, letters, reports, and resumes. Realistic, updated model documents and new exercises and activities introduce the latest business communication practices. Extraordinary exercises help you build confidence as you review grammar, punctuation, and writing guidelines. You’ll find increased coverage of professional social media communication, electronic messages and digital media. Please note that the Premium Website access code is included in new copies of the text. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
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Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice
KShs 60,000.00Forensic Pathology is a comprehensive reference that uses a case-oriented format to address, explain and guide the reader through the varied topics encountered by forensic pathologists. Developed in response to a severe void in the literature, the book addresses topics ranging from medicolegal investigation of death to death scene investigation, forensic autopsy, and artifacts of resuscitation as well as complications of medical therapy, forensic osteology, forensic odontology, forensic photography, and death certification. The book includes various types of cases, including sudden natural death, asphyxia, motor vehicle collisions, death in custody, child abuse and elder abuse, acute psychiatric and emotional deaths, and pregnancy. It contains sample descriptions of pathological lesions which serve to aid pathologists in reporting their findings to law enforcement agencies, attorneys, and others involved in investigations of sudden death. The concepts outlined in the text are beautifully illustrated by large, colorful photographs. There are also “Do and Don’t” sections at the end of each chapter that provide guidance for handling the types of cases examined. This work will benefit not only experienced forensic pathologists, but also hospital pathologists who occasionally performs medicolegal autopsies; doctors in training; medical examiners; law enforcement personnel; crime scene investigators; attorneys; and fellows and students of the medical sciences.