Contemporary medical-surgical nursing /
Rick Daniels, Laura John Nosek, Leslie H. Nicoll
- Clifton Park, NY : Thomson Delmar Learning, c2007
- 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [R1]-R42) and index
Unit I: Nursing and the health care system. The health care system and contemporary nursing -- Clinical decision making and evidence-based practice -- Health education and promotion -- Culturally sensitive care -- Legal and ethical aspects of health care -- Nursing of adults across the life span -- Palliative care -- Unit II: Supportive patient care. Health assessment -- Genetics and the multiple determinants of health -- Stress, coping, and adaptation -- Inflammation and infection management -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances -- Infusion therapy -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Cancer management -- Pain management -- Pharmacology : nursing management -- Unit III: Settings for nursing care. Health care agencies -- Critical care -- Unite IV: Perioperative patient care. Preoperative nursing management -- Intraoperative nursing management -- Postoperative nursing management -- Unit V: Alterations in cardiovascular and hematological function. Assessment of cardiovascular and hematological function -- Coronary artery dysfunction : nursing management -- Heart failure and inflammatory dysfunction : nursing management -- Arrhythmias : nursing management -- Vascular dysfunction : nursing management -- Hypertension : nursing management -- Hematological dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit VI: Alterations in respiratory function. Assessment of respiratory function -- Upper airway dysfunction : nursing management -- Lower airway dysfunction : nursing management -- Obstructive pulmonary disease : nursing management -- Unit VII: Alterations in neurological function. Assessment of neurological function -- Dysfunction of the brain : nursing management -- Dysfunction of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system : nursing management -- Degenerative neurological dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit VIII: Alterations in sensory function. Assessment of sensory function -- Visual dysfunction : nursing management -- Auditory dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit IX: Alterations in immunological function. Immunodeficiency and HIV infection/AIDS : nursing management -- Allergic dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit X: Alterations in integumentary function. Assessment of integumentary function -- Dermatological dysfunction : nursing management -- Burns : nursing management -- Unit XI: Alterations in gastrointestinal function. Assessment of gastrointestinal function -- Nutrition, malnutrition, and obesity : nursing management -- Upper gastrointestinal tract dysfunction : nursing management -- Lower gastrointestinal tract dysfunction : nursing management -- Hepatic, biliary tract, and pancreatic dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit XII: Alterations in renal function. Assessment of renal function -- Urinary dysfunction : nursing management -- Renal dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit XIII: Alterations in endocrine function. Assessment of endocrine function -- Endocrine dysfunction : nursing management -- Diabetes mellitus : nursing management -- Unit XIV: Alterations in musculoskeletal function. Assessment of musculoskeletal function -- Musculoskeletal dysfunction : nursing management -- Musculoskeletal trauma : nursing management -- Unit XV: Alterations in reproduction function. Assessment of reproductive function -- Female reproductive dysfunction : nursing management -- Breast alterations : nursing management -- Male reproduction dysfunction : nursing management -- Unit XVI: Special considerations in medical and surgical nursing. Multisystem failure -- Mass casualty care
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
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Nursing Surgical nursing Nursing Care Perioperative Nursing