Book
Understanding medical-surgical nursing
Record details
- ISBN: 9780803622197
- ISBN: 0803622198
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Physical Description:
print
xxxii, 1,459 p. : ill ; 29 cm. - Publisher: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis Co., 2011.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes CD. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Unit one: Understanding health care issues: Critical thinking and the nursing process -- Evidence-based practice -- Issues in nursing practice -- Cultural influences on nursing care -- Complementary and alternative modalities -- Unit two: Understanding health and illness: Nursing care of patients with fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances -- Nursing care of patients receiving intravenous therapy -- Nursing care of patients with infections -- Nursing care of patients in shock -- Nursing care of patients in pain -- Nursing care of patients with cancer -- Nursing care of patients having surgery -- Nursing care of patients with emergent conditions and disaster/bioterrorism response -- Unit three: Understanding life span influences on health and illness: Developmental considerations in the nursing care of adults -- Nursing care of older adult patients -- Nursing care of patients at home -- Nursing care of patients at the end of life -- Unit four: Understanding the immune system: Immune system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with immune disorders -- Nursing care of patients with HIV disease and AIDS -- Unit five: Understanding the cardiovascular system: Cardiovascular system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with hypertension -- Nursing care of patients with valvular, inflammatory, and infectious cardiac or venous disorders -- Nursing care of patients with occlusive cardiovascular disorders -- Nursing care of patients with cardiac dysrhythmias -- Nursing care of patients with heart failure -- Unit six: Understanding the hematologic and lymphatic systems: Hematologic and lymphatic system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with hematologic and lymphatic disorders -- Unit seven: Understanding the respiratory system: Respiratory system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with upper respiratory tract disorders -- Nursing care of patients with lower respiratory tract disorders -- Unit eight: Understanding the gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic systems: Gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic systems function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with upper gastrointestinal disorders -- Nursing care of patients with lower gastrointestinal disorders -- Nursing care of patients with liver, pancreatic, and gallbladder disorders -- Unit nine: Understanding the urinary system: Urinary system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with disorders of the urinary system -- Unit ten: Understanding the endocrine system: Endocrine system function and assessment -- Nursing care of patients with endocrine disorders -- Nursing care of patients with disorders of the endocrine pancreas -- Unit eleven: Understanding the genitourinary and reproductive system: Genitourinary and reproductive system function and assessment -- Nursing care of female patients with reproductive system disorders -- Nursing care of male patients with genitourinary disorders -- Nursing care of patients with sexually transmitted diseases -- Unit twelve: Understanding the musculoskeletal system: Musculoskeletal system function and assessment -- Nursing care of patients with musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders -- Unit thirteen: Understanding the neurologic system: Neurologic system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with central nervous system disorders -- Nursing care of patients with cerebrovascular disorders -- Nursing care of patients with peripheral nervous system disorders -- Unit fourteen: Understanding the sensory system: Sensory system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures, vision and hearing -- Nursing care of patients with sensory disorders : Vision and hearing -- Unit fifteen: Understanding the integumentary system: Integumentary system function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with skin disorders -- Nursing care of patients with burns -- Unit sixteen: Understanding mental health care: Mental health function, assessment, and therapeutic measures -- Nursing care of patients with mental health disorders -- Appendix A: North American nursing diagnosis association (NANDA) nursing diagnosis -- Appendix B: Normal adult reference laboratory values -- Appendix C: Answers to review questions -- Appendix D: Medical abbreviations -- Appendix E: Prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms -- Appendix F: Glossary -- Index -- Full bibliography (online at DavisPlus). |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Cranbrook Campus | RT 41 .W576 2011 (Text) | 31111000119584 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - | ||
| Cranbrook Campus | RT 41 .W576 2011 WORKBOOK (Text) | 31111000119592 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
