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Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 19 min., 30 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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This program helps the healthcare assistant to understand the causes of pressure ulcers and what nursing actions can be taken to prevent or minimize them. You will also learn the definition of a pressure ulcer and discover the common areas on which they form.
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Scot Harvath thrillers volume 11
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When his name is added to a top-secret government list of individuals slated for assassination, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath engages in a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game of survival while struggling to prevent a cataclysmic terrorist attack and learn who has framed him for treason.
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"Every morning, millions of Americans watch Jeff Rossen explain how to solve our most harrowing problems, such as: how to put out a kitchen fire, find bedbugs, avoid rip-offs, and even how to survive a plane crash. In Rossen to the Rescue, he includes daring experiments, expert advice, and game plans for handling all the wild cards in life―big and small―while sharing personal, and sometimes embarrassing, anecdotes that he couldn’t tell on television....
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 48 min., 33 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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The role of infection control in health care has become more important than ever before. This is due, in part, to some bacteria being resistant to antibiotics, and the increasing survival rates of the chronically ill and the elderly. This program will teach you to effectively treat infection and prevent the transfer of diseas.
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Marcus Ryker novels volume 5
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"The world's most wanted terrorist is dead. Marcus Ryker recommended the drone strike himself. The intelligence was rock-solid. But what if it was wrong? Abu Nakba-the man responsible for lethal attacks in Washington, D.C., London, and Jerusalem-is finally dead. Marcus Ryker has been tasked with hunting down and destroying what's left of the terror group Kairos. But before Ryker can mobilize his team of CIA operatives with their new assignment, a...
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Bazelon defines what bullying is and, just as important, what it is not; explores when intervention is essential and when kids should be given the freedom to fend for themselves; dispels persistent myths about bullying; and takes her readers into schools that have succeeded in reducing bullying and examines their successful strategies.
7) Fire safety
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 120 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Fire safety involves everyone in your facility, including residents, nursing staff, dietary, housekeeping and visitors. This program explains OSHA standards that require employers to provide proper exits, fire fighting equipment and employee training to prevent fire deaths and injuries in the workplace.
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New edition of an acclaimed manual which uses the solution focused approach to take an empathetic and validating approach to working with individuals considering suicide.
• Offers invaluable guidance for suicide prevention by showing "what works" in treating those struggling with suicidal thoughts
• Provides straightforward ways to deal frankly with the subject of suicide, along with a range of tools and techniques that are helpful to clients
•...
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Effective transaction monitoring begins with proper implementation
“Anti-Money Laundering Transaction Monitoring Systems Implementation” provides comprehensive guidance for bank compliance and IT personnel tasked with implementing AML transaction monitoring. Written by an authority on data integration and anti-money laundering technology, this book offers both high-level discussion of transaction monitoring concepts and direct clarification of...
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2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 60 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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The goal of this program is to promote safe drug administration by medical personnel, as well as by the layperson. Part I covers information related to factors that impact the occurrence of medication errors, methods of prevention, and educational guidelines. Part II reviews basic medication administration information.
12) Fall prevention
Pub. Date
2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 18 min., 34 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Prevention of falls should be a focus in your facility. Two-thirds of seniors who have fallen will have a repeat fall within six months. The focus on preventative action needs to be centered on awareness of conditions that predispose a person to fall. This program provides practical guidelines to identify risks.
13) The worry trick: how your brain tricks you into expecting the worst and what you can do about it
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"Using powerful, evidence-based therapies, The Worry Trick is designed to help you break the cycle of anxiety and worry. Filled with tips and techniques, this book will show you how to identify the "trick" that underlies your anxious thoughts and help you keep worry from getting the best of you. With this book, you'll learn to observe your anxious feelings with distance and clarity--and finally conquer worry once and for all."--Back cover.
15) The Departure
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2017.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned-Buddhist priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come increasingly at the cost of his own family and health, as he refuses to draw lines between those he counsels and himself.
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[2023]
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xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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"In Young Forever, Dr. Mark Hyman challenges us to reimagine our biology, health, and the process of aging. To uncover the secrets to longevity, he explores the biological hallmarks of aging, their causes, and their consequences--then shows us how to overcome them with simple dietary, lifestyle, and emerging longevity strategies. You'll learn how to turn on your body's key longevity switches; reduce inflammation and support the health of your immune...
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2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 27 min., 46 sec.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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In this program, we discuss why long term care residents are highly susceptible to infection. We will also examine common infections that occur in long term care facilities and how to prevent them.
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This book offers a view of the lives of the world's poorest people, helping to explain why the poor tend to borrow in order to save, why they miss out on free life-saving immunizations but pay for drugs that they do not need, and the cointerintuitive challenges faced by those living on less than 99 cents a day. Billions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of...
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2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, 52 min.)
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HIV/AIDS has ravaged entire populations in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet educational efforts to prevent the acceleration of the epidemic continue to clash with traditional cultural attitudes that view protected sex as unmanly. Protection provides a fascinating look at the origins of these attitudes, and examines how they are being kept alive by a set of hyper masculine myths that extol risk taking as an emblem of strength, virility, and potency. An eye-opening...
