cover image - Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing - Binder Ready, 12th Edition
ISBN: 9780323825191
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 09-01-2022
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $150.99

Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing - Binder Ready, 12th Edition

by Mariann M. Harding, PhD, RN, CNE, FAADN, Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Debra Hagler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN and Courtney Reinisch, RN, DNP, FNP-BC

Binder Ready

cover image - Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing - Binder Ready, 12th Edition
ISBN: 9780323825191
Copyright: 2023
Publication Date: 09-01-2022
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $150.99
    • Content written and reviewed by leading experts in the field ensures that information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate.
    • Interprofessional care is addressed in special Interprofessional Care sections and Interprofessional Care tables.
    • Bridge to the NCLEX® Examination review questions reinforce key content and include both standard and alternate item format questions to help you prepare for the NCLEX exam.
    • Coverage of cultural and ethnic health disparities highlights important issues such as risk factors, economic aspects, and access to health care.
    • Coverage of gerontology and chronic illness is addressed in a separate chapter and highlighted in special gerontologic tables.
    • Pathophysiology maps use flowcharts to outline complex concepts related to diseases, making them easier to understand.
    • Focused Assessment boxes provide brief checklists for a practical "assessment on the run" or bedside approach to assessment, and can be used to evaluate the status of previously identified health problems and monitor for signs of new problems.
    • Safety Alert boxes highlight patient safety issues and focus on the National Patient Safety Goals.
    • Nutritional Therapy tables summarize nutritional interventions and strategies for promoting healthy lifestyles.
    • Promoting Population Health boxes summarize health care goals as they relate to specific disorders such as cancer and diabetes, and identify strategies for health promotion.
    • Drug Therapy tables and Drug Alerts highlight important safety considerations for key drugs.
    • Check Your Practice boxes challenge you to think critically, analyze patient assessment data, and implement appropriate interventions.
    • Coverage of genetics includes a separate chapter on genetics, Genetics in Clinical Practice boxes covering disorders and genetic testing, risk alerts, and links to disorders.
    • Focus on patient and caregiver teaching shows how you can help patients and caregivers learn to manage chronic illnesses and conditions.
    • Ethical / Legal Dilemmas boxes introduce key topics such as informed consent, advance directives, and confidentiality.
  • Mariann M. Harding, PhD, RN, CNE, FAADN, Nursing Program Director and Professor of Nursing, Kent State University Tuscarawas, USA, Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, Professor, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA, Debra Hagler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN, Clinical Professor, Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, USA and Courtney Reinisch, RN, DNP, FNP-BC, Director of Undergraduate Nursing, School of Nursing, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, USA