This colorful book for practicing nurses and nursing students provides a unique approach to learning important clinical concepts and techniques. It presents information in a remarkably clear and easy-to-understand fashion, using abundant illustrations to demonstrate hands-on treatments and explain disease pathophysiology. Fully visual text lets the nurse read less and understand more, improving her skills and gaining confidence as a health professional through pictures.
Contents
- Chapter 1: Basic assessment skills
- Chapter 2: Cardiovascular care
- Chapter 3: Respiratory care
- Chapter 4: Neurologic care
- Chapter 5: Gastrointestinal care
- Chapter 6: Musculoskeletal care
- Chapter 7: Renal and urologic care
- Chapter 8: Hematologic and immunologic care
- Chapter 9: Endocrine care
- Chapter 10: Integumentary care
- Chapter 11: Female reproductive care
- Chapter 12 Male reproductive care
- Index
Key Features
- Hundreds of color illustrations, photographs, wave forms, diagrams, and more creative visuals
- Concise, step-by-step instructions to help build nurse's confidence and alleviate fear of hands-on treatments
- Disease pathophysiology depicted clearly
- Visual presentation of topics, to make it simple to learn complicated techniques
- "Lesson Plans" icon signals important information to teach the patient
- "Picturing Patho" icon points to anatomical illustrations demonstrating what happens when a disease occcurs.
- "Hands On" icon shows the nurse how to perform nursing procedures and techniques and administer treatments.
New to this edition
- NEW: Addition of abdominal pressure monitoring skill.
- NEW: Addition of deep vein thrombosis, superficial vein thrombosis, and peripheral arterial disease.
- NEW: Peripheral vascular interventions such as aortic aneurysm resection, arterial bypass graft, aortic endovascular stent graft, embolectomy, and vena caval filters.
Product Details
- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Second edition (September 28, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1609136500
- ISBN-13: 978-1609136505
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
List Price: $59.95