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,
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Manager, Nursing Education and Practice Content: Jamie Blum
Acquisitions Editor: Michael Kerns
Senior Development Editor: Meredith L. Brittain
Editorial Coordinator: Julie Kostelnik
Marketing Manager: Brittany Clements
Editorial Assistant: Molly Kennedy
Production Project Manager: Barton Dudlick
Design Coordinator: Steve Druding
Art Director: Jennifer Clements
Manufacturing Coordinator: Karin Duffield
Prepress Vendor: Absolute Service, Inc.
Tenth edition
Copyright © 2022 Wolters Kluwer.
Copyright © 2018 Wolters Kluwer. Copyright © 2014, 2010 by Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins. Copyright © 2006, 2001 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Copyright © 1997 Lippincott-Raven
Publishers. Copyright © 1993, 1989, 1985 J. B. Lippincott Company. All rights reserved. This book is protected
by copyright. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, including as
photocopies or scanned-in or other electronic copies, or utilized by any information storage and retrieval system
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and reviews. Materials appearing in this book prepared by individuals as part of their official duties as U.S.
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medical advice or guidance, and this work is merely a reference tool. Health care professionals, and not the
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