Medical-surgical Nursing
Concepts and Clinical Practice
6th Edition
Published on 8. February 1999
Book
Mixed media product
2200 pages
978-0-323-00310-0 (ISBN)
Description
MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING has maintained a long standing tradition as a solid, well respected, comprehensive text. Detailed content focuses on presenting the complete diagnosis and treatment of the most common conditions encountered in the care of adults. The book is well known for its solid, balanced presentation of the medical and nursing management and its in-depth coverage of pathophysiology. The sixth edition features a full-colour and streamlined design to enhance the overall visual appeal. Important changes incorporated throughout include collaborative management, patient/family teaching, and health promotion and prevention to address today's nursing practice. Features: * Provides a consistent disorder format presentation for both medical and nursing management to facilitate student learning and understanding of key concepts. * Employs a consistent 5-step nursing process format to encourage students to develop a practice-oriented, problem-solving approach to patient care. * Nursing Care Plans include clinical situations and use nursing diagnosis and expected outcomes to guide the student in selecting interventions for patients with specific disorders.
* Home care considerations are presented in a dedicated chapter and integrated throughout as a special subheading in the presentation of major conditions to provide the student with information to help the patient and family manage a condition in the home. * Gerontologic considerations are presented in a dedicated chapter and integrated throughout as a special subheading in the presentation of major conditions to provide an understanding of the older adult's special care needs. * Consistent pedagogy includes Chapter Objectives at the beginning of each chapter and Chapter Summaries and Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each chapter to enhance learning and to reinforce critical thinking skills. * Research boxes are integrated throughout to provide applications to today's nursing practice. New to this edition: * NEW attractive, Full-Color Design and illustration program enhances the overall visual appeal. * Interactive CD-ROM packaged free with the book includes critical thinking case studies, matching and fill-in-the blank questions, NCLEX review questions, and a vocabulary review with sound pronunciations.
* Collaborative Management heading in the presentation of each condition stresses the importance of collaboration in care. * Patient/Family Teaching is integrated throughout in special boxes and in special subheadings to Nursing Interventions to provide students with critical information to include in teaching patients and their families about care of conditions. * Health Promotion & Prevention is integrated throughout as a special head to Patient/Family Education and in boxed summaries of Healthy People 2000 goals to highlight important information related to promoting healthy lifestyles and preventing disease. * Incorporates actual examples of 18 critical pathways in the body system chapters to provide students with samples of this collaborative clinical tool. * New Chapter 2, Cultural Care Nursing, provides the most up-to-date information for understanding cultural diversity in providing adult health care. * Guidelines for Care boxes provide step by step instructions for the nurse. * Common Medication boxes highlight drugs commonly used to treat specific conditions. * Clinical Manifestation boxes summarize important indications related to specific conditions.
* Gerontologic Assessment boxes in each assessment chapter highlight unique elements to consider in care of the older adult. * Risk Factor boxes alert the student to important considerations in the care of specific conditions. * Critical Care Management included, where appropriate, within the Evaluation stage of the nursing process stresses important considerations for the critically ill patient within the critical care environment.
* Home care considerations are presented in a dedicated chapter and integrated throughout as a special subheading in the presentation of major conditions to provide the student with information to help the patient and family manage a condition in the home. * Gerontologic considerations are presented in a dedicated chapter and integrated throughout as a special subheading in the presentation of major conditions to provide an understanding of the older adult's special care needs. * Consistent pedagogy includes Chapter Objectives at the beginning of each chapter and Chapter Summaries and Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each chapter to enhance learning and to reinforce critical thinking skills. * Research boxes are integrated throughout to provide applications to today's nursing practice. New to this edition: * NEW attractive, Full-Color Design and illustration program enhances the overall visual appeal. * Interactive CD-ROM packaged free with the book includes critical thinking case studies, matching and fill-in-the blank questions, NCLEX review questions, and a vocabulary review with sound pronunciations.
* Collaborative Management heading in the presentation of each condition stresses the importance of collaboration in care. * Patient/Family Teaching is integrated throughout in special boxes and in special subheadings to Nursing Interventions to provide students with critical information to include in teaching patients and their families about care of conditions. * Health Promotion & Prevention is integrated throughout as a special head to Patient/Family Education and in boxed summaries of Healthy People 2000 goals to highlight important information related to promoting healthy lifestyles and preventing disease. * Incorporates actual examples of 18 critical pathways in the body system chapters to provide students with samples of this collaborative clinical tool. * New Chapter 2, Cultural Care Nursing, provides the most up-to-date information for understanding cultural diversity in providing adult health care. * Guidelines for Care boxes provide step by step instructions for the nurse. * Common Medication boxes highlight drugs commonly used to treat specific conditions. * Clinical Manifestation boxes summarize important indications related to specific conditions.
* Gerontologic Assessment boxes in each assessment chapter highlight unique elements to consider in care of the older adult. * Risk Factor boxes alert the student to important considerations in the care of specific conditions. * Critical Care Management included, where appropriate, within the Evaluation stage of the nursing process stresses important considerations for the critically ill patient within the critical care environment.
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
732 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Weight
3700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-323-00310-0 (9780323003100)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Book
02/1995
5th Edition
Mosby
€57.14
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Content
PART I: PERSPECTIVES for NURSING PRACTICE with ILL ADULTS.UNIT I: PERSPECTIVES for HEALTH and ILLNESS.Issues Affecting Adult Health Care .Cultural Care Nursing .Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.Nursing Practice with Elders .Ethical Decision Making in Nursing .UNIT II: COMMON CONCEPTS for CARE of ILL ADULTS.Stress, Stressors, And Stress Management.Chronic Illness and Rehabilitation .Loss, Grief, And Dying .Impact of Illness on Mentation.UNIT III: COMMON PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED in CARE of ILL ADULTS.Inflammation & Infection.Cancer .Pain .Sleep Disorders .Substance Abuse .Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalance.Acid-Base Imbalance.Shock .UNIT IV: SURGERY: PERIOPERATIVE NURSING.Preoperative Nursing .Intraoperative Nursing .Postoperative Nursing .UNIT V: SPECIAL ENVIRONMENTS of CARE .Emergency Care Environment .Critical Care Environment .Home Care Environment.PART II: ALTERATIONS in HUMAN FUNCTIONING: .UNIT VI: ALTERATIONS in GAS TRANSPORT.Section One Cardiovascular System.Assessment of the Cardiovascular System .Management of Persons with Coronary Artery Disease & Dysrhythmias .Management of Persons with Inflammatory Heart Disease, Heart Failure, And Persons Undergoing Cardiac Surgery .Management of Persons with Problems of the Vascular System.Section Two Hematologic System.Assessment of the Hematologic System .Management of Persons with Hematologic Problems.Section Three Respiratory System.Assessment of the Respiratory System .Management of Persons with Problems of the Upper Airway .Management of Persons with Problems of the Lower Airway .UNIT VII: ALTERATIONS in METABOLISM.Section One Endocrine System.Assessment of the Endocrine System .Management of Persons with Problems of the Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid and Adrenal Glands .Management of Persons W/ Diabetes Mellitus & Hypoglycemia .Section Two Hepatic System.Assessment of the Hepatic System .Management of Persons with Problems of the Hepatic System .UNIT VIII: ALTERATIONS in DIGESTION and ELIMINATION.Section One Gastrointestinal, Biliary, And Exocrine Pancreatic Systems.Assessment of the Gastrointestinal, Biliary, And Exocrine Pancreatic Systems .Management of Persons with Problems of the Mouth and Esophagus .Management of Persons with Problems of the Stomach and Duodenum .Management of Persons with Problems of the Intestines .Management of Persons with Problems of the Gallbladder & Exocrine Pancreas .Section Two Renal System.Assessment of the Renal System .Management of Persons with Problems of the Kidney & Urinary Tract .Management of Persons with Renal Failure .UNIT IX: ALTERATIONS in REPRODUCTION and SEXUALITY.Assessment of the Reproductive System and Sexuality .Management of Women with Reproductive Problems .Management of Persons with Problems of the Breast .Management of Men with Reproductive Problems .Management of Persons with Sexually Transmitted Diseases .UNIT X: ALTERATIONS in COGNITION, SENSATION, And MOTION.Section One Nervous System.Assessment of the Nervous System .Management of Persons with Traumatic & Neoplastic Problems of the Brain .Management of Persons with Vascular, Degenerative, And Autoimmune Problems of the Brain.Management of Persons with Problems of the Spinal Cord & Peripheral Nerves .Section Two Visual and Auditory Systems.Assessment of the Visual System .Management of Persons with Problems of the Eye .Assessment of the Auditory and Vestibular Systems .Management of Persons with Problems of the Ear .Section Three Musculoskeletal System.Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System .Management of Persons with Trauma to the Musculoskeletal System .Management of Persons with Degenerative Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System .UNIT XI: ALTERATIONS in DEFENSE and PROTECTION.Section One Integumentary System.Assessment of Skin .Management of Persons with Problems of the Skin .Management of Persons with Burns .Section Two Immune System.Assessment of the Immune System .Management of Persons with Problems of the Immune System .Management of Persons with HIV Infection and AIDS .Management of Persons with Organ Transplantation.