Mosby's Clinical Nursing

Using a consistent format to present disorders and conditions, including definition, pathophysiology, medical management, diagnostic studies and findings, and nursing management, this 3rd edition has been revised and updated. The book presents nursing care in a nursing process framework that includes rationales for interventions and content on patient education; discusses approximately 150 different types of diagnostic procedures presenting indications, complications and associated nursing care; includes a new section on perioperative care with up-to-date information on preoperative assesment, intra-operative nursing care, and postanaesthesia care; and identifies related factors or risk factors for all nursing diagnoses. A free quick reference for clinical nursing comes shrink-wrapped with the text.