For courses in Medical Surgical Nursing.
Students and instructors alike love this text's organization and clear presentation of patient care, with its consistent format and multiple methodologies for student learners—narrative text, boxes, tables, graphics, photographs. The text is built around functional health patterns, a framework used by many schools of nursing. With a focus on developing decision-making skills, the authors encourage students to think critically, thoughtfully, and realistically through an abundance of case studies and examples. Because nursing care is organized around prioritized diagnoses with interventions and rationales, students quickly understand the rationale of each action.
PART 1. MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING PRACTICE
Unit 1. Dimension of Medical-Surgical Nursing
1. Medical-Surgical Nursing
2. Health and Illness in the Adult Client
3. Community-Based and Home Care of the Adult Client
Unit 2. Alterations in Patterns of Health
4. Nursing Care of Clients Having Surgery
5. Nursing Care of Clients Experiencing Loss, Grief, and Death
6. Nursing Care of Clients with Problems of Substance Abuse
7. Nursing Care of Clients Experiencing Disasters
Unit 3. Pathophysiology and Patterns of Health
8. Genetic Implications of Adult Health
9. Nursing Care of Clients in Pain
10. Nursing Care of Clients with Alterations in Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
11. Nursing Care of Clients Experiencing Trauma and Shock
12. Nursing Care of Clients with Infections
13. Nursing Care of Clients with Altered Immunity
14. Nursing Care of Clients with Cancer
PART 2. NUTRITIONAL- METABOLIC PATTERNS
Unit 4. Responses to Altered Integumentary Structure and Function
15. Assessing Clients with Integumentary Disorders
16. Nursing Care of Clients with Integumentary Disorders
17. Nursing Care of Clients with Burns
Unit 5. Responses to Altered Endocrine Function
18. Assessing Clients with Endocrine Disorders
19. Nursing Care of Clients with Endocrine Disorders
20. Nursing Care of Clients with Diabetes Mellitus
Unit 6. Responses to Altered Nutrition
21. Assessing Clients with Nutritional and Gastrointestinal Disorders
22. Nursing Care of Clients with Nutritional Disorders
23. Nursing Care of Clients with Gastric Disorders
24. Nursing Care of Clients with Gallbladder, Liver, and Pancreatic Disorders
PART 3. ELIMINATION PATTERNS
Unit 7. Responses to Altered Bowel Elimination
25. Assessing Clients with Bowel Elimination Disorders
26. Nursing Care of Clients with Bowel Disorders
Unit 8. Responses to Altered Urinary Elimination
27. Assessing Clients with Urinary Elimination Disorders
28. Nursing Care of Clients with Urinary Tract Disorders
29. Nursing Care of Clients with Kidney Disorders
PART 4. ACTIVITY-EXERCISE PATTERNS
Unit 9. Responses to Altered Cardiac Function
30. Assessing Clients with Cardiac Disorders
31. Nursing Care of Clients with Coronary Heart Disease
32. Nursing Care of Clients with Cardiac Disorders
Unit 10. Responses to Altered Peripheral Tissue Perfusion
33. Assessing Clients with Hematologic, Peripheral Vascular, and Lymphatic Disorders
34. Nursing Care of Clients with Hematologic Disorders
35. Nursing Care of Clients with Peripheral Vascular and Lymphatic Disorders
Unit 11. Responses to Altered Respiratory Function
36. Assessing Clients with Respiratory Disorders
37. Nursing Care of Clients with Upper Respiratory Disorders
38. Nursing Care of Clients with Ventilation Disorders
39. Nursing Care of Clients with Gas Exchange Disorders
Unit 12. Responses to Altered Musculoskeletal Function
40. Assessing Clients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
41. Nursing Care of Clients with Musculoskeletal Trauma
42. Nursing Care of Clients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
PART 5. COGNITIVE-PERCEPTUAL PATTERNS
Unit 13. Responses to Altered Neurologic Function
43. Assessing Clients with Neurologic Disorders
44. Nursing Care of Clients with Cerebrovascular and Spinal Cord Disorders
45. Nursing Care of Clients with Intracranial Disorders
46. Nursing Care of Clients with Neurologic Disorders
Unit 14. Responses to Altered Visual and Auditory Function
47. Assessing Clients with Eye or Ear Disorders
48. Nursing Care of Clients with Eye and Ear Disorders
PART 6. SEXUALITY-REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS
Unit 15. Responses to Altered Reproductive Function
49. Assessing Clients with Reproductive and Breast Disorders
50. Nursing Care of Men with Reproductive and Breast Disorders
51. Nursing Care of Women with Reproductive and Breast Disorders
52. Nursing Care of Clients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
Appendices
Appendix A: Standard Precautions
Appendix B: NANDA DX
Appendix C: Test Answers