cover image - Medical-Surgical Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition
ISBN: 9780323595162
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 03-07-2019
Page Count: 1344
Imprint: Saunders
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Medical-Surgical Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 7th Edition

by Adrianne Dill Linton, BSN, MN, PhD, RN, FAAN and Mary Ann Matteson, PhD, RN, FAAN

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ISBN: 9780323595162
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 03-07-2019
Page Count: 1344
Imprint: Saunders
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Gain the knowledge and skills you need to effectively care for adult patients. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition covers both medical-surgical and psychiatric mental health conditions and disorders while building on the fundamentals of nursing. This essential text focuses on nursing roles, settings, trends, body systems and their disorders, and emergency and disaster management. Unique to this edition is the gerontologic nursing unit which addresses physiologic and psychosocial changes in the older adult, along with related disorders common to the elder patient - the primary patient group population you’ll encounter in practice. It also emphasizes culturally competent care and holistic nursing, while thoroughly covering all relevant NCLEX-PN® test plan content. With updated guidelines on diabetes, heart failure, asthma, COPD, and cancer treatment protocols, no other resource offers the breadth of topics at a level that is so perfectly tailored to the LPN/LVN student.

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    • UNIQUE! Gerontologic nursing unit covers physiologic and psychosocial changes in the older adult, along with related disorders common to the elder patient, the primary patient group for whom LPNs provide care.
    • UNIQUE! In-depth pharmacology coverage includes: the Pharmacology Tutorial covering drug classifications, how drugs work, and nursing responsibilities; Pharmacology Capsules boxes providing medication information, precautions for use, interactions, and side/adverse effects; and Pharmacology and Medications tables including classification, use/action, side/adverse effects, and nursing interventions.
    • Nursing care plans reinforce the nursing process and focus on critical thinking.
    • Get Ready for the NCLEX-PN® Examination! sections at the end of chapters include key points, review questions, and case studies that address the various NCLEX® Client Needs categories.
    • Coordinated Care boxes highlight team approach to patient care, helping you to prioritize tasks and assign them safely to assistive personnel.
    • Patient Teaching Plans provide bulleted lists of nursing instructions for patients, stressing the role and responsibility of the LPN/LVN to reinforce patient education.
    • Health Promotion Considerations boxes highlight timely wellness and disease prevention topics.
    • Cultural Considerations boxes discuss the importance of providing culturally competent care related to various clinical situations.
    • Put on Your Thinking Cap boxes allow you to pause and consider the practical implications of what you have just read.
    • Nutritional Considerations boxes are spotlighted at appropriate points throughout the text to emphasize the role that nutrition plays in disease and nursing care.
    • Complementary and Alternative Therapies focus on nontraditional therapies along with precautions and possible side effects.
    • Key terms with phonetic pronunciations help improve terminology and language skills of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students and students with limited proficiency in English before they enter clinical practice.
    • NEW! Organization of disorders units consolidates anatomy and physiology, nursing assessment/data collection, and diagnostic tests into one chapter.
    • NEW! Updated guidelines on diabetes, heart failure, asthma, COPD, and cancer provides you with latest treatment protocols.
  • UNIT I: Medical-Surgical Nursing
    1. Aspects of Medical-Surgical Nursing
    2. Medical-Surgical Practice Settings

    UNIT II: Populations Receiving Medical-Surgical Care
    3. Medical-Surgical Patients: Individuals, Families, and Communities

    UNIT III:  Pathology Processes and Effects
    4. Health, Illness, Stress, and Coping
    5. Immunity, Inflammation, and Infection
    6. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
    7. Cancer
    8. Pain
    9. Shock

    UNIT IV: Special Problems of the Older Adult Patient
    10. The Older Adult Patient
    11. Falls
    12. Immobility
    13. Delirium & Dementia
    14. Incontinence

    UNIT V: Therapeutics
    15. Nutrition
    16. Intravenous Therapy
    17. Surgery
    18. Ostomy
    19. Palliative and Hospice Care
    20. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

    UNIT VI: Neurological System
    21. Neurological System Introduction
    22. Neurological Disorders
    23. Cerebrovascular Accident
    24. Spinal Cord Injury

    UNIT VII:  Respiratory System
    25. Respiratory System Introduction
    26. Upper Respiratory Disorders
    27. Acute Lower Respiratory Disorders
    28. Chronic Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders

    UNIT VIII: Hematologic and Immunologic Systems
    29. Hematologic System Introduction
    30. Hematologic Disorders
    31. Immunologic System Introduction
    32. Immunologic Disorders

    UNIT IX: Cardiovascular System
    33. Cardiovascular System Introduction
    34. Cardiac Disorders
    35. Vascular Disorders
    36. Hypertension

    UNIT X: Digestive System
    37. Digestive System Introduction
    38. Upper Digestive Tract Disorders
    39. Lower Digestive Tract Disorders
    40. Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreatic Disorders

    UNIT XI: Urologic System
    41. Urologic System Introduction
    42. Urologic Disorders

    UNIT XII: Musculoskeletal System
    43. Musculoskeletal System Introduction
    44. Connective Tissue Disorders
    45. Fractures
    46. Amputations

    UNIT XIII:  Endocrine System
    47. Endocrine System Introduction
    48. Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders
    49. Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
    50. Diabetes and Hypoglycemia

    UNIT XIV: Reproductive Systems
    51. Female Reproductive System Introduction
    52. Female Reproductive Disorders
    53. Male Reproductive System Introduction
    54. Male Reproductive Disorders
    55. Sexually Transmitted Infections

    UNIT XV: Integumentary Systems
    56. Integumentary System Introduction
    57. Skin Disorders

    UNIT XVI: Special Senses
    58. Special Senses Introduction
    59. Eye and Vision Disorders
    60. Ear and Hearing Disorders

    UNIT XVII: Medical-Surgical Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
    61. Psychobiologic Disorders
    62. Substance Abuse

    UNIT XVIII:  Nursing in Disasters and First Aid
    63. First Aid, Emergency Care, and Disaster Management

  • Adrianne Dill Linton, BSN, MN, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Texas San Antonio School of Nursing. and Mary Ann Matteson, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of Family Nursing at the University of Texas San Antonio School of Nursing
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