Full Description
Providing a solid foundation in medical-surgical nursing, Susan deWit's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Practice, 3rd Edition ensures you have the information you need to pass the NCLEX-PN (R) Examination and succeed in practice. Part of the popular LPN/LVN Threads series, this uniquely understandable, concise text builds on the fundamentals of nursing, covering roles, settings, and health care trends; all body systems and their disorders; emergency and disaster management; and mental health nursing. With updated content, chapter objectives, and review questions, this new edition relates national LPN/LVN standards to practice with its integration of QSEN competencies, hypertension, diabetes, and hypoglycemia.Concept Maps in the disorders chapters help you visualize difficult material, and illustrate how a disorder's multiple symptoms, treatments, and side effects relate to each other.Get Ready for the NCLEX (R) Examination! section includes Key Points that summarize chapter objectives, additional resources for further study, review questions for the NCLEX (R) Examination, and critical thinking questions. Nursing Care Plans with critical thinking questions provide a clinical scenario and demonstrate application of the nursing process with updated NANDA-I nursing diagnoses to individual patient problems. Anatomy and physiology content in each body system overview chapter provides basic information for understanding the body system and its disorders, and appears along with Focused Assessment boxes highlighting the key tasks of data collection for each body system.Assignment Considerations, discussed in Chapter 1 and highlighted in feature boxes, address situations in which the RN delegates tasks to the LPN/LVN, or the LPN/LVN assigns tasks to nurse assistants, per the individual state nurse practice act.Gerontologic nursing presented throughout in the context of specific disorders with Elder Care Points boxes that address the unique medical-surgical care issues that affect older adults.Safety Alert boxes call out specific dangers to patients and teach you to identify and implement safe clinical care. Evidence-based Practice icons highlight current references to research in nursing and medical practice. Patient Teaching boxes provide step-by-step instructions and guidelines for post-hospital care - and prepare you to educate patients on their health condition and recovery. Health Promotion boxes address wellness and disease prevention strategies that you can provide in patient teaching.NEW! Content updated with the most current health care standards, including QSEN competencies, hypertension, diabetes, and hypoglycemia, to relate national standards to LPN/LVN practice.UPDATED! Revised chapter objectives and content reflects higher-level critical thinking, communication, patient safety, and priority setting.UPDATED! Get Ready for the NCLEX (R)! review questions updated per the 2014 NCLEX-PN (R) test plan.
Contents
Unit One1. Caring for Medical-Surgical Patients2. Critical Thinking and Nursing ProcessUnit Two: Medical-Surgical Patient Care Problems3. Fluids, Electrolytes, Acid-Base Balance, and Intravenous Therapy4. Care of Preoperative and Intraoperative Surgical Patients5. Care of Postoperative Surgical Patients6. Infection Prevention and Control7. Care of Patients with Pain8. Care of Patients with Cancer9. Chronic Illness and RehabilitationUnit 3: Immune System10. The Immune and Lymphatic Systems11. Care of Patients with Immune and Lymphatic Disorders and HIV/AIDSUnit 4: Respiratory System12. The Respiratory System13. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Upper Respiratory System14. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Lower Respiratory SystemUnit 5: Hematologic System15. The Hematologic System16. Care of Patients with Hematologic DisordersUnit 6: Cardiovascular System17. The Cardiovascular System18. Care of Patients with Hypertension and Peripheral Vascular Disease19. Care of Patients with Cardiac Disorders20. Care of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease and Cardiac SurgeryUnit 7: Neurologic System21. The Neurologic System22. Care of Patients with Head and Spinal Cord Injuries23. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Brain24. Care of Patients with Degenerative Neurologic DisordersUnit 8: Sensory System25. The Sensory System: Eye and Ear26. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Eyes and EarsUnit 9: Gastrointestinal System27. The Gastrointestinal System28. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Upper Gastrointestinal System29. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Lower Gastrointestinal System30. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Gallbladder, Liver, and PancreasUnit 10: Musculoskeletal System31. The Musculoskeletal System32. Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue DisordersUnit 11: Urinary System33. The Urinary System34. Care of Patients with Disorders of the Urinary SystemUnit 12: Endocrine System35. The Endocrine System36. Care of Patients with Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, and Adrenal Disorders37. Care of Patients with Diabetes and HypoglycemiaUnit 13: Reproductive System38. Care of Women with Reproductive Disorders39. Care of Men with Reproductive Disorders40. Care of Patients with Sexually Transmitted InfectionsUnit 14: Integumentary System41. The Integumentary System42. Care of Patients with Integumentary Disorders and BurnsUnit 15: Emergency and Disaster Management43. Care of Patients in Disasters or Bioterrorism Attack44. Care of Patients with Emergencies, Trauma, and ShockUnit 16: Mental Health Nursing of the Adult45. Care of Patients with Anxiety, Mood, and Eating Disorders46. Care of Patients with Substance Abuse Disorders47. Care of Patients with Cognitive Disorders48. Care of Patients with Thought and Personality DisordersAppendices. Appendix A: Standards of Practice and Educational Competencies of Graduates of Practical/Vocational Nursing Programs . Appendix B: NFLPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse. Appendix C: American Hospital Association: The Patient Care Partnership - Understanding Expectations, Rights, and ResponsibilitiesBibliographyGlossaryIndex
