Medical-Surgical Nursing (Single Volume): Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems (MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING (LEWIS))
by Sharon L. Lewis
from Mosby
The bestselling Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition provides a well-rounded and comprehensive approach to nursing care. It covers patient care in various clinical settings by employing a unique levels of care approach, discussing nursing implementation at multiple levels. Special features highlight the content that is most relevant and challenging for today's nursing students, including patient teaching, nutrition, drug therapy, cultural and ethnic disparities, and more.
- Identifies and discusses all levels of nursing management, including Health Promotion, Acute Intervention, and Ambulatory and Home Care, to prepare the nurse to effectively intervene at various stages of illness.
- Online podcasts feature audio key points summaries for each chapter highlighting important information.
- Extensive gerontologic content discusses age-related changes for each body system and alerts the nurse to differences often encountered in older patients.
- Attractive four-color design and over 1,400 full-color illustrations enhance learning by presenting disease processes and related anatomy and physiology more clearly.
- About 55 thoroughly updated, comprehensive nursing care plans incorporate current NANDA diagnoses, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and more.
- New chapters on Health Disparities, Stress and Stress Management, Infection and HIV, and Nursing Management: Obesity provide a more comprehensive look at the world of medical-surgical nursing.
- Electronic Resource Summary at chapter openers alert students to additional electronic resources available on companion CD and Evolve.
- Gender Differences boxes summarize how women and men are affected differently by medical conditions.
- Drug Alert boxes highlight important considerations applicable to key drugs.
- A glossary of key terms and definitions contains definitions and page references.
- NCLEX examination style review questions in each chapter include a focus on prioritization of patient care.
- All nursing care plans now incorporate NIC and NOC.
Companion CD: - More than 50 interactive case studies with realistic, 3-D animations to help you visualize disease processes from the inside out
- A unique Stress-Busting Kit for Nursing Students with strategies for managing your (and your patients') stress
- A collection of Multimedia Supplements with audio and video clips, plus additional animations
- 375 NCLEX® examination-style review questions
Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2008 (Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment)
by Stephen J. McPhee
from McGraw-Hill Medical
The ultimate clinical companion: know what the experts know -- and make it part of your practice!
In this trusted text, you'll find the most current insights into symptoms, signs, epidemiology, etiology, and treatment for over 1,000 diseases and disorders. Turn to any topic, and you'll find on-the-spot answers to your questions for both hospital and ambulatory medicine. This streamlined, authoritative reference gets you up to speed-fast-on the latest medical advances, prevention strategies, cost-effective treatments, and more. No wonder it's the most popular annually updated text in internal medicine!
CURRENT Medicine in the right dose: exactly what you need for optimum patient care - in exactly the right amount of information
- Comprehensive coverage of inpatient and outpatient care, highlighting only the diagnostic and treatment tools pertinent to your practice
- A-to-Z overview of internal medicine and primary care topics from gynecology and neurology to toxicology and urology
- Only text with an annual HIV infection update
- “Essentials of Diagnosis” for most diseases/disorders
- Hundreds of drug treatment tables, with indexed trade names and updated prices-plus helpful diagnostic and treatment algorithms
- Recent references with PMID numbers for fast access to abstracts or full-text articles
Evidence-based standards for 1,000+ diseases and disorders
New to this edition:
- New 8-page color insert
- Extensively revised chapters on Ear, Nose and Throat; Hypertension; Disorders of the Blood Vessels and Lymphatics; and Protozoal and Helmithic Diseases
- Updated chapter on preventive medicine emphasizes disease prevention and health promotion
- Revamped cancer chapter delivers the very latest treatment advances
- Common Symptoms chapter expanded to provide more information on treatment
- Reworked chapter on end-of-life now addresses palliative care and pain management
Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, North American Edition: In Two Volumes (Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing)
by Suzanne C Smeltzer
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
by Sharon L. Lewis
from Mosby
The Study Guide contains over 500 pages of thoroughly revised review material including a wide variety of exercises and activities, Alternate Item questions to better prepare for NCLEX exams. Answers for all the exercises are printed in the back of the study guide to facilitate self-study.
Clinical Anesthesiology, 4th Edition
by G. Edward Morgan
from McGraw-Hill Medical
Clinical Anesthesiology integrates succinct coverage of basic principles and clinical considerations in the anesthetic management of patients. It features up-to-date discussion of all relevant areas within anesthesiology, including equipment, pharmacology, regional anesthesia, pathophysiology, pain management, anesthetic management, and critical care. Extensive use of case discussions, figures, and tables in each chapter promotes application of the concepts to practice.
Essentials of Pathophysiology: Concepts of Altered Health States (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins))
by Carol Mattson Porth
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
A Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests
by Frances T Fischbach
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Rnotes: Nurse's Clinical Pocket Guide
by Ehren Myers
from F. A. Davis Company
Clinical Nursing Skills: Basic to Advanced Skills (7th Edition) (MyNursingLab Series)
by Sandra F. Smith
from Prentice Hall
This book targets new skills — based on clinical standards of AANC, CDC, and the National Society for IV Nurses — necessary for successful entry into clinical practice. It also focuses on practical information now an integral part of the Nurse Licensure Exam. Coverage includes over 560 basic to advanced skills that explore the abilities needed for nursing, step-by-step illustrations that demonstrate these skills, the effects of cultural diversity, 6-step physical assessment, OASIS requirements for home care, and management guidelines — such as delegation of responsibilities and information/flow reporting. For nursing professionals interested in their field's latest issues and trends, and individuals considering making the profession of nursing their own.
Study Guide to Accompany Smeltzer and Bare, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins))
by Suzanne C Smeltzer
from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Delaware County Community College, Media, PA. Companion to Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th edition. Designed to explain concepts, techniques, and disease processes detailed in the textbook. Features hundreds of questions and answers. For student nurses. Previous edition: c2003. Three-hole punched with perforated pages. Softcover.
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