Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

-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-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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