The eighth edition is designed as a key interactive reference for nursing students and
professional nurses. It has been updated and expanded to include new understandings of patient-…

Wide‐scale application of biochar to soil has been suggested as a mechanism to offset
increases in CO 2 emissions through the long‐term sequestration of a carbon rich and inert …

Considerable evidence indicates that the general blockade of protein synthesis prevents
both the initial consolidation and the postretrieval reconsolidation of long-term memories. …

CA1 neurons in epileptic animals are vulnerable to selective changes in ion channel
expression, called acquired channelopathies, which can increase the excitability of a neuron. …

Persistent forms of synaptic plasticity are widely thought to require the synthesis of new
proteins. This feature of long-lasting forms of plasticity largely has been demonstrated using …

Purpose Traditional-age undergraduate college students are embarking into the world of
autonomous decision making. These decisions encompass not only academics but also …

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Health care professionals and their patients each bring a personalized cultural background
and perspective, with associated values and beliefs, to health care discussions. A person’s …

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An overarching goal of Healthy People 2020 is to “promote quality of life, healthy development,
and healthy behaviors across all life stages”(US Health & Human Services, 2013, p. 3). …