It is with this history and the collective experience of 70 contributors that we present to you the ninth edition of the Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice. This manual is meant to guide students and nurses in every setting and specialty. The focus is on the art and science of nursing, with clinical and scientific evidence to back up medical—as well as psychosocial—interventions that help people improve on the wellness continuum.
This new edition continues to follow a basic outline format for easy readability and access of information. The subheadings continue to follow a medical model—Pathophysiology and Etiology, Clinical Manifestations, Diagnostic Evaluation, Management, and Complications—and a nursing process model—Nursing Assessment, Nursing Diagnoses, Nursing Interventions, Community and Home Care Considerations, Patient Education and Health Maintenance, and Evaluation: Expected Outcomes. Medical model information is presented because nurses need to understand the medical disorder, diagnostic workup, and treatment that are the basis for nursing care. The nursing process section provides a practical overview of step-by-step nursing care for almost any patient scenario.
This new edition is divided into five parts to present a comprehensive reference for all types of nursing care.
Part One discusses the role of the nurse in the health care delivery system. It comprises chapters on Nursing Practice and the Nursing Process, Standards of Care and Ethical and Legal Issues, Health Promotion and Preventive Care, and Genetics and Health Applications.
Part Two encompasses medical-surgical nursing. General topics are presented in Unit 1, including Adult Physical Assessment, I.V. Therapy, Perioperative Nursing, Cancer Nursing, and Care of the Older or Disabled Adult. Units ll through Xll deal with body system function and dysfunction and the various disorders seen in adult medical and surgical nursing.
Part Three covers Maternity and Neonatal Nursing. Chapters include Maternal and Fetal Health, Nursing Management during Labor and Delivery, Care of the Mother and Newborn during the Postpartum Period, and Complications of the Childbearing Experience. Chapters reflect the routine childbearing experience as well as frequently encountered high-risk situations and problems that may arise for the mother as well as the infant.
Part Four focuses on Pediatric Nursing. Chapters are divided into two units. One unit covers General Practice Considerations comprising Pediatric Growth and Development, Pediatric Physical Assessment, Pediatric Primary Care, and Care of the Sick or Hospitalized Child. The other unit contains chapters based on body systems to describe the various disorders and corresponding nursing care seen in pediatric nursing.
Part Five discusses Psychiatric Nursing. Entries follow the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV-TR) classification of mental illness. Treatments and nursing management for each are discussed.
New and Expanded Material
Information has been added to or extensively updated throughout chapters in these areas:
- Chapter 1—clinical nurse leader, patient safety
- Chapter 2—adverse event reduction
- Chapter 3—Millennium Development Goals, U.S. Preventive Services Task Force screening guidelines, dietary and exercise guidelines
- Chapter 4—Essential Nursing Competencies and Curricula Guidelines for Genetics and Genomics
- Chapter 5—reorganized and clarified history taking
- Chapter 6—Standards of Practice from the Infusion Nursing Society
- Chapter 7—preoperative skin preparation, preoperative medication, anesthesia, The Surgical Care Improvement Project
- Chapter 8—human papilloma virus immunization, antiemetic regimens, new biologic therapies, National Comprehensive Cancer Network Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Chapter 9—The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations for older adults for cancer screenings, National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel staging system
- Chapter 10—diagnostic imaging, respiratory procedures, thoracic surgeries
- Chapter 11—Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines
- Chapter 12—cardiovascular testing, percutaneous coronary interventions
- Chapter 14—anticoagulant therapy, applying compression gradient stockings, hypertension drugs
- Chapter 15—diagnostic imaging, management of many disorders
- Chapter 16—ophthalmic procedures
- Chapter 18—diagnostic imaging, diagnostic criteria for irritable bowel syndrome
- Chapter 19—comparison of acute and chronic pancreatitis
- Chapter 20-—prostate surgery techniques
- Chapter 22—cervical cancer prevention, screening, and treatment
- Chapter 23—magnetic resonance imaging screening, hormonal treatment
- Chapter 25—American Diabetic Association Standards of Care, new insulins and oral antidiabetic agents
- Chapter 28—Expert Panel Report 3 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma
- Chapter 29—highly active antiretroviral therapy, updated guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Chapter 31—Avian flu, community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections
- Chapter 33—skin type and reaction to the sun
- Chapter 35—induced hypothermia post cardiac arrest
- Chapter 37—fetal monitoring
- Chapter 42—immunization update
- Chapter 44—updated asthma guidelines that divide treatment by age, 0 to 4 and 5 to 12
- Chapter 49—vesicoureteral reflux
- Chapter 50—American Diabetic Association Standards of Care for type 1 diabetes
- Chapter 53—transition to adult HIV care
You will also find updated information on diagnostic tests and medical care for almost every entry. Nursing care has also been extensively updated to reflect new treatments and best practice information.
Evidence Base
Brand new to this edition is the inclusion of references within the text that reflect the evidence base for much of the medical and nursing care. While the Lippincott Manual has always been prepared based on a combination of research review, extensive literature search, and expert clinical review, many nurses and students wanted to see a more direct line of evidence to the information. We have used a variety of evidence sources, including accepted guidelines and position statements, large research studies and meta-analyses, specialty texts, and review articles from authoritative sources. Based on this evidence base, information has been updated, and procedure guidelines have been altered. Evidence has come from accepted sources worldwide.
Graphics
Many new figures, boxes, and tables have been added. Several new procedure guidelines have been developed. All of these features will make it easier to access information in the busy clinical setting and translate that information to patient care.
It has been my pleasure preparing the ninth edition of the Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice for you. It will serve you well in providing patient care and bring good health to those you touch.
About the Editor
- Sandra M. Nettina MSN, ANP-BC, Nurse Practitioner, Columbia Medical Practice, Columbia, Md. Clinical Preceptor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 1920 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Ninth edition (2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781798337
- ISBN-13: 978-0781798334
- Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 2.4 inches
List Price: $95.95