nursing

Provides information about more than six hundred diseases, arranged within twenty-one subject categories, and describes their causes, complications, signs and symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments.

Describes the work of a nurse in simple text and photographs.

Presents an overview of the nursing field, including employment outlook, educational requirements, and salary opportunities for specific careers.

Simple text and photographs introduce the roles of a nurse.

Text and color photos introduce different kinds of nurses, including school nurses, military nurses, home health nurses, and nurses in doctors' offices, and present many of the duties nurses perform in hospitals.

Explains what a nurse does and how to decide whether to become one; also includes a glossary, a bibliography, and a list of related organizations.