Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 2-Volume Set / Edition 8 available in Paperback
Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 2-Volume Set / Edition 8
- ISBN-10:
- 1455772585
- ISBN-13:
- 9781455772582
- Pub. Date:
- 02/10/2015
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
- ISBN-10:
- 1455772585
- ISBN-13:
- 9781455772582
- Pub. Date:
- 02/10/2015
- Publisher:
- Elsevier Health Sciences
Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 2-Volume Set / Edition 8
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Overview
- UNIQUE! Collaborative care approach organizes all medical, surgical, nursing, and other interventions within the framework of the nursing process, mirroring the nurse’s role in the coordination/management of care in the real world of medical-surgical nursing.
- Easy to read, direct-address writing style makes this one of the most readable medical-surgical nursing textbooks available.
- UNIQUE! A focus on QSEN emphasizes patient safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes including Drug Alerts, Critical Rescues, and Action Alerts.
- UNIQUE! Emphasis on clinical judgment teaches you to develop skills in clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making when applying concepts to clinical situations, with Clinical Judgment Challenge questions throughout the chapters.
- An emphasis on prioritization stresses the most important patient problems and nursing interventions, with patient problems presented in a single prioritized list of nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.
- UNIQUE! NCLEX preparation tools include chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections organized by NCLEX® Client Needs Categories, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions, with an answer key in the back of the book and on the Evolve companion website.
- UNIQUE! A focus on nursing concepts relates concepts learned in Nursing Fundamentals with the disorders you will study in Medical-Surgical Nursing.
- Practical learning aids include NCLEX Examination Challenges, Clinical Judgment Challenges, Best Practice for Patient Safety & Quality Care charts, common examples of drug therapy, concept maps, laboratory profiles, and more.
- A clear alignment with the language of clinical practice reflects the real world of nursing practice with NANDA diagnostic labels where they make sense, and non-NANDA diagnostic labels when these are more common descriptions of patient problems.
- Student Resources on an Evolve companion website help you prepare for class, clinicals, or lab with video and audio clips, animations, case studies, a concept map creator, NCLEX exam-style review questions, and more.
- UNIQUE! Concentration on essential knowledge for the RN level of medical-surgical nursing practice focuses your attention on need-to-know content to pass the NCLEX Examination and practice safety as a beginning nurse.
- NEW! Enhanced focus on QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) competencies includes new icons identifying QSEN competency material and new Quality Improvement boxes describing projects that made a dramatic difference in patient outcomes.
- UPDATED learning features include an expanded emphasis on developing clinical judgment skills; on prioritization, delegation, and supervision skills; on long-term care issues; and on preparation for the NCLEX® Examination and consistency with the 2013 NCLEX-RN® Test Plan.
- NEW! UNIQUE! Care of Transgender Patients chapter discusses the unique health care needs and issues specific to the transgender community.
- Improved delineation of NANDA-I nursing diagnoses clearly differentiate NANDA diagnoses from collaborative problems.
- NEW photos and drawings show patient care skills as well as the latest in nursing education and practice.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781455772582 |
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Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
Publication date: | 02/10/2015 |
Edition description: | Older Edition |
Pages: | 1872 |
Product dimensions: | 9.00(w) x 11.50(h) x 3.60(d) |
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Table of Contents
Unit 1: Foundations for Medical-Surgical Nursing1. Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice2. Common Health Problems of Older Adults3. Assessment and Care of Patients with Pain4. Genetic Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing5. Evidence-Based Practice in Health Care6. Rehabilitation Concepts for Chronic and Disabling Health Problems7. End-of-Life CareUnit II: Concepts of Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness8. Concepts of Emergency and Trauma Nursing9. Care of Patients with Common Environmental Emergencies10. Concepts of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness
Unit III: Management of Patients with Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances11. Assessment and Care of Patients with Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances12. Assessment and Care of Patients with Acid-Base Imbalances13. Infusion Therapy
Unit IV: Management of Perioperative Patients14. Care of Preoperative Patients15. Care of Intraoperative Patients16. Care of Postoperative Patients
Concept Overview: Protection
Unit V: Problems of Protection: Management of Patients with Problems of the Immune System17. Inflammation and Immunity18. Care of Patients with Arthritis and Other Connective Tissue Diseases19. Care of Patients with HIV Disease and Other Immunodeficiencies20. Care of Patients with Immune Function Excess: Hypersensitivity (Allergy) and Autoimmunity21. Cancer Development22. Care of Patients with Cancer23. Care of Patients with Infection
Unit VI: Problems of Protection: Management of Patients with Problems of the Skin, Hair, and Nails24. Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails25. Care of Patients with Skin Problems26. Care of Patients with Burns
Concept Overview: Oxygenation and Tissue Perfusion
Unit VII: Problems of Oxygenation: Management of Patients with Problems of the Respiratory Tract27. Assessment of the Respiratory System28. Care of Patients Requiring Oxygen Therapy or Tracheostomy29. Care of Patients with Noninfectious Upper Respiratory Problems30. Care of Patients with Noninfectious Lower Respiratory Problems31. Care of Patients with Infectious Respiratory Problems32. Care of Critically Ill Patients with Respiratory Problems
Unit VIII: Problems of Cardiac Output and Tissue Perfusion: Management of Patients with Problems of the Cardiovascular System33. Assessment of the Cardiovascular System34. Care of Patients with Dysrhythmias35. Care of Patients with Cardiac Problems36. Care of Patients with Vascular Problems37. Care of Patients with Shock38. Care of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
Unit IX: Problems of Tissue Perfusion: Management of Patients with Problems of the Hematologic System39. Assessment of the Hematologic System40. Care of Patients with Hematologic Problems
Concept Overview: Mobility, Sensory Perception, and Cognition
Unit X: Problems of Cognition, Mobility, and Sensory Perception: Management of Patients with Problems of the Nervous System41. Assessment of the Nervous System42. Care of Patients with Problems of the Central Nervous System: The Brain43. Care of Patients with Problems of the Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord44. Care of Patients with Problems of the Peripheral Nervous System45. Care of Critically Ill Patients with Neurologic Problems
Unit XI: Problems of Sensation: Management of Patients with Problems of the Sensory System46. Assessment of the Eye and Vision47. Care of Patients with Eye and Vision Problems48. Assessment and Care of Patients with Ear and Hearing Problems
Unit XII: Problems of Mobility: Management of Patients with Problems of the Musculoskeletal System49. Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System50. Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Problems51. Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma
Concept Overview: Nutrition, Metabolism, and Bowel Elimination
Unit XIII: Problems of Digestion, Nutrition, and Elimination: Management of Patients with Problems of the Gastrointestinal System52. Assessment of the Gastrointestinal System53. Care of Patients with Oral Cavity Problems54. Care of Patients with Esophageal Problems55. Care of Patients with Stomach Disorders56. Care of Patients with Noninflammatory Intestinal Disorders57. Care of Patients with Inflammatory Intestinal Disorders58. Care of Patients with Liver Problems59. Care of Patients with Problems of the Biliary System and Pancreas60. Care of Patients with Malnutrition: Undernutrition and Obesity
Unit XIV: Problems of Regulation and Metabolism: Management of Patients with Problems of the Endocrine System61. Assessment of the Endocrine System62. Care of Patients with Pituitary and Adrenal Gland Problems63. Care of Patients with Problems of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands64. Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
Concept Overview: Urinary Elimination
Unit XV: Problems of Excretion: Management of Patients with Problems of the Renal/Urinary System65. Assessment of the Renal/Urinary System66. Care of Patients with Urinary Problems67. Care of Patients with Kidney Disorders68. Care of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease
Concept Overview: Sexuality
Unit XVI: Problems of Reproduction: Management of Patients with Problems of the Reproductive System69. Assessment of the Reproductive System70. Care of Patients with Breast Disorders71. Care of Patients with Gynecologic Problems72. Care of Patients with Male Reproductive Problems73. Care of Transgender Patients74. Care of Patients with Sexually Transmitted Disease
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