Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 8e (Lewis, Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of C)
Author Information
Sharon L. Lewis RN PhD FAAN, Shannon Ruff Dirksen RN PhD, Margaret M. Heitkemper RN PhD FAAN, Linda Bucher RN PhD CENProduct Details
ISBN: 9780323066624
Publish Date: 12/03/2010
Publisher: Mosby
Number of pages: 832
Description
- Disorders section covers commonly encountered medical-surgical conditions in a consistent, clinically relevant presentation that includes:
- Definition/Description
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Manifestations
- Complications
- Diagnostic Studies
- Collaborative Care (including Drug Therapy, where relevant)
- Nursing Management
- Goals
- Nursing Diagnoses (using the most current NANDA terminology)
- Nursing Interventions
- Patient and Caregiver Teaching
- Treatments and Procedures section provides need-to-know information on common medical-surgical treatments and procedures.
- Reference Appendix features key reference information commonly used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, and Spanish translations of key phrases.
- Patient teaching content is highlighted with a special icon, identifying information that patients and caregivers need to know about the care of various conditions.
- Cross-references to Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition make it easy to locate more in-depth information.
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