Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes, 8th Edition takes you from basic to advanced medical-surgical nursing with an enhanced multimedia package that makes it easier to learn and apply concepts. This text provides a reliable foundation in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for the full spectrum of adult health conditions. The roles of various healthcare professionals in managing each disorder and are clearly outlined, and evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines are integrated throughout the text.
Key Features
- UNIQUE! Evidence-Based Practice icons identify statements based on primary research or standardized guidelines and teach you to base your practice on solid research evidence.
- Translating Evidence into Practice boxes present a topic in the form of a clinical question and summarize the conclusions of 4-5 research articles, encouraging you to judge the research for yourself and consider how it relates to the nursing setting.
- Care Plans highlight nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, expected outcomes, interventions with rationales, and evaluation to help you prioritize tasks and determine the appropriate treatment.
- Thinking Critically questions at the end of each nursing care chapter pose short, typical client scenarios followed by questions about what actions to take to test your critical thinking skills.
- Concept Maps illustrate the links among pathophysiological processes, clinical manifestations, medical treatment, and nursing interventions.
- Integrating Pharmacology boxes help you understand how medications can be used for disease management by exploring common classifications of routinely used medications.
- Bridge to Critical Care and Bridge to Home Health Care boxes introduce you to critical care and home health nursing by connecting these related specialties to medical-surgical nursing.
- Feature boxes highlight issues in Critical Monitoring, Management and Delegation, Genetics, Terrorism, Community-Based Practice, and Physical Assessment in the Healthy Adult.
New to This Edition
- UNIQUE! Completely revised and newly illustrated chapter on structural cardiac disorders provides the latest information on the expected outcomes of transplantation and the related nursing care.
- UNIQUE! Chapter on management of clients with integumentary disorders includes author Joyce Black's cutting-edge research on pressure ulcers.
- Chapter on critical thinking helps you to establish a foundation for high-level nursing care.
- Expanded infectious diseases chapter includes vital content on bioterrorism.
- Revised health assessment chapter introduces the assessment format used throughout the text.
- NIC and NOC labels incorporated throughout in the Nursing Care Plans demonstrate the application of these standardized nursing taxonomies to everyday clinical practice.
- UNIQUE! Integrating Diagnostic Studies boxes in every assessment chapter provide examples of laboratory and imaging studies that may be ordered during the course of a client's illness.
- Safety Alert icons identify common hospital emergencies and The Joint Commission's patient safety goals and sentinel events to help you keep your patients safe.
Contents
Unit I - Foundations of Practice
- 1. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- 2. Health Assessment
- 3. Critical Thinking
- 4. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Unit II - Health Care Delivery Systems
- 5. Ambulatory Health Care
- 6. Acute Health Care
- 7. Critical Care
- 8. Home Health Care
- 9. Long-Term Care
- 10. Rehabilitation
Unit III - Foundations of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Anatomy and Physiology Review: Body Fluid Compartments and Cellular Function
Anatomy and Physiology Review: Body Fluid Compartments and Cellular Function
- 11. Clients with Fluid Imbalances
- 12. Clients with Electrolyte Imbalances
- 13. Acid-Base Balance
- 14. Clients Having Surgery
Unit IV - Physiologic Foundations
Anatomy and Physiology Review: Physiologic Genomics
Anatomy and Physiology Review: Physiologic Genomics
- 15. Perspectives in Genetics
- 16. Perspectives in Oncology
- 17. Clients with Cancer
- 18. Clients with Wounds
- 19. Perspectives on Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism
Unit V - Psychosocial Foundations
Anatomy and Physiology Review: Arousal, Pain, and Conscious Awareness
Anatomy and Physiology Review: Arousal, Pain, and Conscious Awareness
- 20. Clients with Pain
- 21. Perspectives in Palliative Care
- 22. Clients with Sleep and Rest Disorders and Fatigue
- 23. Clients with Psychosocial and Mental Health Concerns
- 24. Clients with Substance Abuse Disorders
Unit VI - Musculoskeletal Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Musculoskeletal System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Musculoskeletal System
- 25. Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System
- 26. Management of Clients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
- 27. Management of Clients with Musculoskeletal Trauma or Overuse
Unit VII - Nutritional Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Nutritional (Gastrointestinal) System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Nutritional (Gastrointestinal) System
- 28. Assessment of Nutrition and the Digestive System
- 29. Management of Clients with Malnutrition
- 30. Management of Clients with Ingestive Disorders
- 31. Management of Clients with Digestive Disorders
Unit VIII - Elimination Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Elimination Systems
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Elimination Systems
- 32. Assessment of Elimination
- 33. Management of Clients with Intestinal Disorders
- 34. Management of Clients with Urinary Disorders
- 35. Management of Clients with Renal Disorders
- 36. Management of Clients with Renal Failure
Unit IX - Sexuality and Reproductive Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Reproductive Systems
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Reproductive Systems
- 37. Assessment of the Reproductive System
- 38. Management of Men with Reproductive Disorders
- 39. Management of Women with Reproductive Disorders
- 40. Management of Clients with Breast Disorders
- 41. Management of Clients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
Unit X - Metabolic Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Metabolic Systems
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Metabolic Systems
- 42. Assessment of the Endocrine and Metabolic Systems
- 43. Management of Clients with Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
- 44. Management of Clients with Adrenal and Pituitary Disorders
- 45. Management of Clients with Diabetes Mellitus
- 46. Management of Clients with Exocrine Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders
- 47. Management of Clients with Hepatic Disorders
Unit XI - Integumentary Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Integumentary System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Integumentary System
- 48. Assessment of the Integumentary System
- 49. Management of Clients with Integumentary Disorders
- 50. Management of Clients with Burn Injury
Unit XII - Vascular Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Vascular System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Vascular System
- 51. Assessment of the Vascular System
- 52. Management of Clients with Hypertensive Disorders
- 53. Management of Clients with Vascular Disorders
Unit XIII - Cardiac Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Heart
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Heart
- 54. Assessment of the Cardiac System
- 55. Management of Clients with Structural Cardiac Disorders
- 56. Management of Clients with Functional Cardiac Disorders
- 57. Management of Clients with Dysrhythmias
- 58. Management of Clients with Myocardial Infarction
Unit XIV - Oxygenation Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Respiratory System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Respiratory System
- 59. Assessment of the Respiratory System
- 60. Management of Clients with Upper Airway Disorders
- 61. Management of Clients with Lower Airway Disorders
- 62. Management of Clients with Parenchymal and Pleural Disorders
- 63. Management of Clients with Acute Pulmonary Disorders
Unit XV - Sensory Impairments
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Eyes and Ears
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Eyes and Ears
- 64. Assessment of the Eyes and Ears
- 65. Management of Clients with Visual Disorders
- 66. Management of Clients with Hearing and Balance Disorders
Unit XVI - Cognitive and Perceptual Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Neurologic System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Neurologic System
- 67. Assessment of the Neurologic System
- 68. Management of Comatose or Confused Clients
- 69. Management of Clients with Cerebral Disorders
- 70. Management of Clients with Stroke
- 71. Management of Clients with Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
- 72. Management of Clients with Degenerative Neurologic Disorders
- 73. Management of Clients with Neurologic Trauma
Unit XVII - Protective Disorders
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Hematopoietic System
Anatomy and Physiology Review: The Hematopoietic System
- 74. Assessment of the Hematopoietic System
- 75. Management of Clients with Hematologic Disorders
- 76. Management of Clients with Immune Disorders
- 77. Management of Clients with Rheumatic Disorders
- 78. Management of Clients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- 79. Management of Clients with Leukemia and Lymphoma
Unit XVIII - Multisystem Disorders
- 80. Management of Clients Requiring Transplantation
- 81. Management of Clients with Shock and Multisystem Disorders
- 82. Management of Clients in the Emergency Department
About the Authors
- Joyce M. Black, PhD, RN, CPSN, CWCN, FAPWCA, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE.
- Jane Hokanson Hawks, DNSc, RN, BC, Professor of Nursing, Midland Lutheran College, Fremont, NE.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 2496 pages
- Publisher: Saunders; 8 edition (2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1416046879
- ISBN-13: 978-1416046875
- Product Dimensions: 12 x 9.7 x 5.1 inches
List Price: $138.00