Medical-Surgical Nursing - 2-Volume Set: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems / Edition 9 available in Paperback
Medical-Surgical Nursing - 2-Volume Set: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems / Edition 9
- ISBN-10:
- 0323100899
- ISBN-13:
- 9780323100892
- Pub. Date:
- 12/05/2013
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- ISBN-10:
- 0323100899
- ISBN-13:
- 9780323100892
- Pub. Date:
- 12/05/2013
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
Medical-Surgical Nursing - 2-Volume Set: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems / Edition 9
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Overview
- Highly readable format gives you a strong foundation in medical-surgical nursing.
- Content written and reviewed by leading experts in the field ensures that the information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate.
- Bridge to NCLEX Examination review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key content while helping you prepare for the NCLEX examination with both standard and alternate item format questions.
- UNIQUE! "Levels of Care" approach explains how nursing care varies for different levels of health and illness.
- More than 50 comprehensive nursing care plans in the book and online incorporate NIC, NOC, and current NANDA diagnoses, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems.
- Over 800 full-color illustrations and photographs clearly demonstrate disease processes and related anatomy and physiology.
- Completely revised and revamped content is more readable, concise, and user-friendly.
- Reorganized coverage reflects an increased emphasis on more common disorders versus rare disorders.
- An increased focus on prioritization is featured throughout the text and in the review questions, nursing care plans, and case studies.
- Expanded coverage of delegation includes Delegation Decisions boxes throughout the text that highlight specific topics and skills related to delegation.
- End-of-chapter Clinical Decision-Making Exercises feature case scenarios that emphasize prioritization, delegation, and concept mapping.
- End-of-chapter review sections now feature alternate item-format questions.
- Safety Alerts highlight patient safety issues and focus on the latest National Patient Safety Goals.
- Pathophysiology Map flow charts make it easier to visualize and understand changes occurring in major diseases.
- Focused Assessment boxes reflect a realistic "assessment on the run" approach and offer brief checklists for evaluating the status of previously identified health problems and monitoring for signs of new problems.
- Assessment Case Studies for all assessment chapters help reinforce the importance of integrating and prioritizing assessment findings.
- UNIQUE! A separate Sleep and Sleep Disorders chapter expands upon this key topic that impacts multiple disorders and body systems, as well as nearly every aspect of daily functioning.
- UNIQUE! The Patient and Caregiver Teaching chapter emphasizes the increasing importance and prevalence of patient management of chronic illnesses and conditions, as well as the role of the caregiver in patient care.
- The Emergency, Terrorism, and Disaster Nursing chapter features expanded coverage of terrorism.
- Revised Infection chapter features updated infection control guidelines, an expanded section on emerging and reemerging infections, and new information about prions and H1N1 flu.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780323100892 |
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Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
Publication date: | 12/05/2013 |
Edition description: | Older Edition |
Pages: | 1936 |
Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Shannon Ruff Dirksen, RN, PhD
Margaret M. Heitkemper, RN, PhD, FAAN
Linda Bucher, RN, PhD, CEN, CNE
Table of Contents
Section One: Concepts in Nursing Practice- Contemporary Nursing Practice
- Health Disparities and Culturally Competent Care
- Health History and Physical Examination
- Patient and Caregiver Teaching
- Chronic Illness and Older Adults
- Community-Based Nursing and Home Care
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Stress and Stress Management
- Sleep and Sleep Disorders NEW CHAPTER!
- Pain
- Palliative Care at End of Life
- Addictive Behaviors
- Inflammation and Would Healing
- Genetics, Altered Immune Responses, and Transplantation
- Infection
- Cancer
- Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances
- Nursing Management: Preoperative Care
- Nursing Management: Intraoperative Care
- Nursing Management: Postoperative Care
- Nursing Assessment: Visual and Auditory Systems
- Nursing Management: Visual and Auditory Problems
- Nursing Assessment: Integumentary System
- Nursing Management: Integumentary Problems
- Nursing Management: Burns
- Nursing Assessment: Respiratory System
- Nursing Management: Upper Respiratory Problems
- Nursing Management: Lower Respiratory Problems
- Nursing Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
- Nursing Assessment: Hematologic System
- Nursing Management: Hematologic Problems
- Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System
- Nursing Management: Hypertension
- Nursing Management: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Nursing Management: Heart Failure
- Nursing Management: Dysrhythmias
- Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders
- Nursing Management: Vascular Disorders
- Nursing Assessment: Gastrointestinal System
- Nursing Management: Nutritional Problems
- Nursing Management: Obesity
- Nursing Management: Upper Gastrointestinal Problems
- Nursing Management: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems
- Nursing Management: Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Problems
- Nursing Assessment: Urinary System
- Nursing Management: Renal and Urologic Problems
- Nursing Management: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
- Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System
- Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus
- Nursing Management: Endocrine Problems
- Nursing Assessment: Reproductive System
- Nursing Management: Breast Disorders
- Nursing Management: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Nursing Management: Female Reproductive Problems
- Nursing Management: Male Reproductive Problems
- Nursing Assessment: Nervous System
- Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems
- Nursing Management: Stroke
- Nursing Management: Chronic Neurologic Problems
- Nursing Management: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, and Delirium
- Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems
- Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal System
- Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery
- Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Problems
- Nursing Management: Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases
- Nursing Management: Critical Care
- Nursing Management: Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
- Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
- Nursing Management: Emergency, Terrorism, and Disaster Nursing
Section Two: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease
Section Three: Perioperative Care
Section Four: Problems Related to Altered Sensory Input
Section Five: Problems of Oxygenation: Ventilation
Section Six: Problems of Oxygenation: Transport
Section Seven: Problems of Oxygenation: Perfusion
Section Eight: Problems of Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
Section Nine: Problems of Urinary Function
Section Ten: Problems Related to Regulatory and Reproductive Mechanisms
Section Eleven: Problems Related to Movement and Coordination
Section Twelve: Nursing Care in Specialized Settings
Appendixes:
A. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support
B. Nursing Diagnoses
C. Laboratory Values
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