The newest edition of this perennial best-seller covers more than 300 disorders and treatments, including such new and investigational treatments as gene therapy and minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Recurring topics include causes, potential complications, assessment findings, diagnostic test results, key nursing diagnoses, patient outcomes, and nursing interventions. Nurses working in hospitals, acute care units, home care, and long-term care facilities love the handbook's compact size, alphabetical format, and quick-reference illustrations and charts. The book also features nursing alerts, priority flow charts, age-specific patient care interventions, health promotion pointers, and collaborative management guidelines.
Now in its updated Fourth Edition, this best-selling handbook is the most comprehensive pocket-sized guide to medical-surgical nursing. More than 300 disorders and treatments are covered in alphabetical order in a consistent quick-reference format, with icons, sidebars, alerts, illustrations, and tables to highlight key points. This edition covers bioterrorism-related disorders and new treatments such as enhanced external counterpulsation therapy and cardiac resynchronization therapy. A new icon highlights gender differences. Laboratory test results now include SI values. A new appendix on emergency preparedness is included.
This concise clinical companion to the twelfth edition of Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing presents nearly 200 diseases and disorders in alphabetical format, allowing rapid access to need-to-know information on the most commonly clinical problems nurses are likely to encounter. The content is completely cross-referenced to the main text. Pages are tabbed alphabetically for speedy reference. Online Tutoring powered by Smarthinking--Free online tutoring, powered by Smarthinking, gives students access to expert nursing and allied health science educators whose mission, like yours, is to achieve success. Students can access live tutoring support, critiques of written work, and other valuable tools.
Concise, practical, and packed full of clinical information, the Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing is the essential resource for all those working in nursing practice surgery and its sub-specialties. Easily-accessible, this handbook provides all of the information and practical advice needed to care effectively and professionally for surgical patients. This handbook provides a thorough introduction to the principles and practice of the care of patients undergoing the range of surgical procedures. It covers all of the core elements of surgical care from point of diagnosis, through to discharge and rehabilitation. The Oxford Handbook of Surgical Nursing provides clinical knowledge and skills for managing complex cases in the hospital or clinic. This guide will assist the reader in understanding the core role of the surgical nurse within the modern surgical team, to plan, implement and evaluate patient care delivery, and to manage complications arising from surgery. Evidence-based, and following the latest national guidelines, you can be sure this will be an indispensable companion, for all nurses, whether new to the specialty, or more experienced in surgical care.
his concise clinical handbook companion to Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing has been revised and updated to reflect the changes found in the Ninth Edition of the text. You'll find selected diseases and disorders presented in an alphabetical format that allows quick access and ease of use. Designed to be used in the classroom or clinical setting, the Handbook presents nearly two hundred entries of the most common medical-surgical disorders. The content is summarised and cross-referenced with the textbook. The Handbook highlights every important aspect of medical-surgical nursing, including: gerontological considerations / patient and family education / home and community care / health promotion and health maintenance/ hypertension and neurological trauma
Known for its reliable, clinically focused content, Swearingen's Manual of Medical-Surgical Nursing provides a quick reference to 125 of the most commonly encountered medical-surgical conditions. Expert authors Fran Monahan, RN, PhD, ANEF, Marianne Neighbors, EdD, RN, and Carol Green, PhD, RN, CNE make it easy to find and use the information you need to know to provide optimal patient care. Unique to this manual, outcome criteria include specific and measurable timeframes to help in establishing realistic treatment goals and evaluating the effectiveness of care. For students, it's an ideal resource for care planning and clinicals; for practitioners, it's a great clinical reference! - More than 125 common medical-surgical conditions are organized by body system for convenient use as a clinical reference. - A quick-reference, easy-to-use format includes these headings for each med-surg disorder: - Overview/Pathophysiology - Assessment - Diagnostic Tests - Collaborative Management - Nursing Diagnoses and Interventions - Patient-Family Teaching and Discharge Planning - Outcome criteria feature specific and measurable timeframes for each outcome. - Patient teaching for each disorder helps you educate patients and their families for self-care and discharge. - Clinical notes and cautions stress key points or alerts related to various disorders and conditions. - An overview of nursing considerations for the hospitalized patient includes concepts relevant to many disorders, such as perioperative care, pain, prolonged bed rest, psychosocial support, and older adult care. - Attractive two-color design highlights key information for fast reference. - A durable, water-resistant cover prolongs the life of the book. - Thorough updates provide you with the latest evidence-based practice content and clinical developments, including the newest Joint Commission standards, latest screening recommendations, revised treatment guidelines, new drugs, and lab tests. - New Burns section covers the care of burns in the medical-surgical setting. - New Immunologic Disorders unit discusses transfusion reactions, hypersensitivity, and AIDS. - New Cancer Care unit updates and expands coverage of lung cancer, nervous system tumors, GI malignancies, neoplastic diseases of the hematopoietic system, head/neck cancers, breast cancer, and GI cancer. - An emphasis on patient safety addresses preventable patient safety issues.
This edition contains information on the most recent NANDA taxonomy II nursing diagnoses included for each disorder. It includes sections on pain and end-of-life care and information on infection prevention and control.
The Clinical Handbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care is a handy, pocket-sized reference for the care of patients with health problems often encountered in clinical situations. While primarily developed as a supplement to the Sixth Edition of Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care, to which it is cross-referenced by chapter, the Clinical Handbook may also be used as a stand-alone reference text. It provides nursing students essential information in an easy-to-follow format, allowing them to respond quickly when a patient's condition changes or when they are assigned to a new patient.
