He tried to win friends with his fists. But true companions are found with the heart. As a fifth grader at a new school, Alex finds it tough to make friends. Especially since he spent summer vacation in big trouble for bullying a classmate and accidentally breaking his collarbone. But this new grade doesn't seem any easier, and Alex soon finds himself back in the principal's office.With his dad urging him to make better choices, Alex knows he needs to change his ways or risk being friendless forever.Can Alex learn to make new buddies without being a bully? I Am Alex: I'm Back is a middle grade juvenile fiction novel. If you and your child like stories about friendship, reformed bullies, and heartwarming messages, then you'll both love Vicki Joseph's motivational tale. Buy I Am Alex: I'm Back to help your child discover the secret to making friends today
Ever felt wronged and wanted to get back at the people who have hurt you, but weren't quite sure how? Ever wondered what really makes people want to seek revenge on others? Sweeter than Sweet by Vicki Joseph, a delicious murder novel is just the book for you Sweeter than Sweet tells the story of Danielle, a young woman who is tired of being stepped on, pushed around, and generally abused by her friends and coworkers. After trying to solve her problems the usual ways, Danielle gets fed up and decides that enough is surely enough, and she no longer wants to be a doormat. Revenge is sweet when Danielle decides to lace tasty goodies with poison and serve them up to her tormentors. But since Danielle is in no mood to be caught and punished for her crimes, she hatches a plan to pin the crime on someone else. Can she get away with this nefarious plan? Or will the scales of justice tip the other way?
I AM ALEX IT'S NOT FAIR is the third installment of a boy named Alex. Alex started out as a bully and through growth and development learns that being a bully is not an okay place to be. When he comes the victim, he sets out on a quest to stop bullying at his middle school.
Porky the Porcupine Fish loves to poke other fish. He gets in trouble at school at lot. His teacher sends home a note about Porky's behavior. He gets mad at his teacher and tries to get even. Can he get away with it?
Pepper thinks the smell from the table is food. He thinks everything smells good. One day he jumps up on the table, thinking what he smells is food. But is it?
Pepper thinks the smell from the table is food. He thinks everything smells good. One day he jumps up on the table, thinking what he smells is food. But is it?
Alex is a fourth grade boy who gets into trouble. He fights with his friends, teases and makes fun of girls, and makes life difficult for his teacher. Alex's behavior is so out of control that Ms. Hunter, his teacher, and his dad put him on a contract. Alex puts little effort into changing his behavior that he pays the ultimate price.
A Doody's Core Title for 2024 & 2023!The #1 Textbook in Pharmacotherapy providing optimal patient outcomes using evidence-based medication therapies—updated with the latest advances and guidelinesFor more than 30 years, DiPiro’s Pharmacotherapy has been the essential textbook for learning how to properly select, administer, and monitor drugs-everything needed to provide safe, effective drug therapy across all therapeutic categories. This new edition has been fully updated with the latest evidence-based information and recommendations.With content from 300 expert contributors, this valuable resource offers detailed descriptions of common and uncommon disease states, including treatment by pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic means. Each disease chapter opens with a Patient Care Process, helping readers understand the collaborative care model in which pharmacists work and communicate with other healthcare providers for effective coordinated care.Here's why DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach is the perfect learning tool for students, pharmacists, and other healthcare providers:All chapters provide the most current, reliable, and relevant information availableKey concepts are included at the beginning of each chapterClinical Presentation boxes concisely outline disease signs and symptomsNew: Beyond the Book feature points readers to multimedia resources to deepen their understanding of the materialDiagnostic flow diagrams, treatment algorithms, dosing guideline recommendations, and monitoring approaches clearly distinguish treatment pathwaysNew: Drug monitoring tables have been addedPatient care process boxes help readers know how to communicate with other health care providersNew: Additional E-chapters are available with a subscription to AccessPharmacyNew: Over 2000 Review Questions to help prepare students!
The drug information you need to pass the boards and make effective drug therapy decisions―all in one convenient portable guide Accessible and expertly written, DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers key content to help you study for board examinations. It's also filled with information necessary for successful clinical practice. While it's concise enough for a quick read, the text provides comprehensive background information on drug therapy, establishing it as an extremely effective study resource. The Handbook addresses over 140 diseases and disorders frequently encountered in clinical settings. Each chapter follows a consistent structure, which includes the definition of the disease, state, clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of therapeutic outcomes. DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy Handbook provides: - A thorough understanding about what drugs to use and why - Crucial information about adverse effects, interactions, and pharmacokinetics - Informative flowcharts, tables, and charts - Essential JNC-VI drug therapy and pharmaceutical care guidelines - Concise chapter summaries that save precious study time
What's in the Syringe? offers a succinct overview of the psychological skills of outpatient palliative care, teaching clinicians how to help patients live well and acknowledge end of life as patients meet five challenges of serious illness. It explores how to help patients develop prognostic awareness, through which they pair hopes and worries and see themselves with clarity and empathy. The book also teaches clinicians how to support patients' coping skills. As patients use these skills, they improve their quality of life and deepen their prognostic awareness, helping them make informed medical and personal decisions as they approach end of life. Illustrated, case-based chapters are organized from diagnosis to end of life and draw on two decades of research and clinical experience. Each chapter describes how palliative care and oncology clinicians can collaborate and explains the interpretive role of the palliative care clinician in helping the patient and oncologist understand each other. What's in the Syringe? is an essential resource for palliative care fellows, trainees, and clinicians, for oncologists, primary care clinicians, and medical students, and for all care providers working with patients facing serious illness.
The drug information you need to pass the boards and make effective drug therapy decisions-all in one convenient portable guideExpertly written and easy to read, Pharmacotherapy Handbook delivers key content for students studying for their boards, and it offers the essential information required for effective clinical practice. While it’s concise enough to read quickly, it provides ample background information about drug therapy—making it a highly effective study tool. Pharmacotherapy Handbook covers 140+ diseases and disorders most commonly encountered in a clinical setting. Each chapter is organized in a consistent format: • Disease state definition•Pathophysiology• Clinical presentation• Diagnosis• Treatment• Evaluation of therapeutic outcomesProviding a thorough understanding about what drugs to use and why, this unmatched guide includes flowcharts, tables, and charts, provides JNC-VI drug therapy and pharmaceutical care guidelines, and offers concise chapter summaries that save precious study time.
Wilber the pig loved living with his mother, three brothers, and three sisters on Farmer Wilson's farm where he had yummy food and snuggles from his mother, but one day, everything changed when he is taken away to live on another farm. When Wilber runs away from Farmer Brown, his new owner, and ends up lost, he meets Cornelius the frog who gives him some good advice and tells him he must learn to ROG. (Rely On God).Will Wilber find his way back to his new home? And what will happen when he gets there? Find out as you read "Wilber's story."
Victory Lee is a kid living in the Chinatown area of Downtown L.A. when she was accidentally kidnapped and taken to South Central in the month of April 1992. No cell phones, no CCTV, no high speed internet. This is just a day in the life of an Asian American kid who ended up hanging out with a bunch of gangsters. Just a quick little story to find moments of comedy between the intersection of race, culture, education, immigrants, and economic inequality with the backdrop of the L.A. riots.
In Book 2 of the Vicki Barr Flight Stewardess series, Vicki Barr is now a graduate of the Federal Airlines Stewardess School or, a ?proud possessor of a career in the clouds.? On a flight to New York, Vicki meets a troubled passenger named Joan Purnell. Reluctantly, Joan confides in Vicki that she is running away from home because her father is in debt and may lose his lumber business. Vicki convinces Joan to stay with her aunt that night, promising to take her back home the next day. Determined to help her new friend, Vicki persuades hot shot pilot Dean to fly her out to the Purnell's lumbermill in Norfolk, Virginia. There Vicki discovers that Mr. Purnell's partner is sending shipments of lumber via more expensive routes than necessary, creating false losses in an attempt to pressure Joan's father into selling his half the business. Vicki has no proof of her suspicions and must work quickly before Mr. Parnell loses everything and before Joan does something rash in an attempt to help her father?
This essential book features practical information on guiding your children through your divorce. Topics include: how to tell the children, keeping your ex from becoming an ex-parent, handling the holidays, learning "divorce-speak", dating and more.
