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North American Edition / Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-5136-4 / (US$84.99(t) / £N/A / €N/A)
Worldwide
International Edition / Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-8683-0 / (US$84.99(t) / £N/A / €N/A)
World ex. USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands
(St. Thomas & St. Croix)
Approx. 640 pp. / Approx. 71 Illus. / 71 in Full Color / 7 x 10 / October 2017
Note to Booksellers:
The previous edition published in October, 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-4511-8792-2)
Leddy & Pepper’s Professional Nursing
Ninth Edition
By
Lucy Hood, RN, DNSc
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fession, addressing philosophical, developmental, sociocultural, environmental, political,
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line. Lippincott RN to BSN Online, a full curriculum online course solution aligned to the
guiding nursing curriculum standards
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