Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
, by Dirksen, Shannon Ruff; Lewis, Sharon L.; Heitkemper, Margaret McLean; Bucher, Linda- ISBN: 9780323066624 | 0323066623
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/19/2010
-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