Medical-surgical nursing : focus on clinical judgment / [edited by] Linda Honan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Honan, Linda, 1955- editor.

Standardized Title:

Focus on adult health.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nursing.

Medical-Surgical Nursing.

Nursing Care--methods.

Nursing Process.

Medical Subjects:

Medical-Surgical Nursing.

Nursing Care--methods.

Nursing Process.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 1786 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2024]

Summary:

"The third edition includes The Nurse's Role and Health Education and Health Promotion combined to provide more concise coverage of this material. This edition includes bias-free, gender-neutral language used throughout the text. All NEW content on social and structural determinants of health, COVID-19, continued focus and enhancement of clinical judgment, updated Determinants of health align with new standards outlined in Healthy People 2030, LGBTQIA updated content is reflected in applicable chapters. Each chapter contains all NEW end-of-chapters questions in NexGen (NGN) formatting in those question types that we could translate well for print for every chapter, along with Brand NEW Clinical Judgment Case Studies, incorporating NCSBN's Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, written by Dr. Honan"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Unit 1. Basics of adult health nursing. The nurse's role in adult health nursing ; Chronic illness and end-of-life care

Unit 2. Concepts and challenges in patient management. Fluid and electrolyte and acid-base imbalances ; Perioperative nursing ; Cancer care ; Pain management

Unit 3. Problems related to gas exchange and respiratory function. Nursing assessment: respiratory function ; Nursing management: patients with upper respiratory tract disorders ; Nursing management: patients with chest and lower respiratory tract disorders ; Nursing management of patients diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma

Unit 4. Problems related to cardiovascular and circulatory function. Nursing assessment: cardiovascular and circulatory function ; Nursing management: patients with hypertension ; Nursing management: patients with coronary vascular disorders ; Nursing management: patients with complications from heart disease ; Nursing management: patients with structural, inflammatory and infectious cardiac disorders ; Nursing management: patients with arrhythmias and conduction problems ; Nursing management: patients with vascular disorders and problems of peripheral circulation

Unit 5. Problems related to hematologic function. Nursing assessment: hematologic function ; Nursing management: patients with hematologic disorders

Unit 6. Problems related to digestive, gastrointestinal, and metabolic function. Nursing assessment: digestive, gastrointestinal, and metabolic function ; Nursing management: patients with oral and esophageal disorders and patients receiving gastrointestinal intubation, enteral, and parenteral nutrition ; Nursing management: patients with gastric and duodenal disorders ; Nursing management: patients with intestinal and rectal disorders ; Nursing management: patients with hepatic and biliary disorders

Unit 7. Problems related to urinary tract function. Nursing assessment: renal and urinary tract function ; Nursing management: patients with renal disorders ; Nursing management: patients with urinary disorders

Unit 8. Problems related to endocrine function. Nursing assessment: endocrine function ; Nursing management: diabetes mellitus ; Nursing management: patients with endocrine disorders

Unit 9. Problems related to reproductive function. Nursing assessment: assigned female at birth (AFAB) and assigned male at birth (AMAB) reproductive function ; Nursing management: patients with breast and female reproductive disorders ; Nursing management: care of the assigned male at birth (AMAB) patients with reproductive disorders ; Nursing management: patients with sexually transmitted infections

Unit 10. Problems related to immunologic function. Nursing assessment: immune function ; Nursing management: patients with immunodeficiency, HIV infection, and AIDS ; Nursing management: patients with rheumatic disorders ; Nursing management: patients with rheumatic disorders

Unit 11. Problems related to musculoskeletal function. Nursing assessment: musculoskeletal function ; Nursing management: patients with musculoskeletal disorders ; Nursing management: patients with musculoskeletal trauma

Unit 12. Problems related to neurologic function. Nursing assessment: neurologic function ; Nursing management: patients with oncologic disorders of the brain and spinal cord ; Nursing management: patients with neurologic trauma ; Nursing management: patients with neurologic disorders ; Nursing management: patients with cerebrovascular disorders

Unit 13. Problems related to sensorineural function. Nursing assessment: sensorineural function ; Nursing management: patients with eye and vision disorder ; Nursing management: patients with hearing and balance disorders

Unit 14. Problems related to integumentary function. Nursing assessment: integumentary function ; Nursing management: patients with dermatologic problems ; Nursing management: patients with burn injuries

Unit 15. Other acute problems. Nursing management: shock and multisystem failure ; Nursing Management: critical care ; Nursing management: emergencies and disasters.

Notes:

Preceded by: Focus on adult health : medical-surgical nursing / [edited by] Linda Honan. Second edition. 2019.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Medical-surgical nursing

ISBN:

9781975190941

1975190947

OCLC:

1384445304

Publisher Number:

90100934640