Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing
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Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing
Lippincott, c1992
7th ed. / [edited by] Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Brenda G. Bare, with 39 contributors
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Textbook of medical-surgical nursing
Medical-surgical nursing
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Rev. ed. of: Textbook of medical-surgical nursing / [edited by] Lillian Sholtis Brunner, Doris Smith Suddarth. 6th ed. c1988
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text strikes a balance between pathophysiological concepts and nursing care, making use of the nursing process and including the latest nursing research and information. This edition has details of more disorders in a nursing process format and places greater emphasis on its role as a learning/teaching tool by featuring learning objectives, important terminology and summaries at the end of all chapters. It includes new chapters on ethical issues, providing health care for the homeless and alterations in sleep and activity patterns.
Table of Contents
- Health maintenance and health needs
- health assessment of the client/patient
- biophysical and psychological concepts related to health and illness
- concepts and challenges in patient management
- perioperative management of the surgical patient
- problems affecting oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange and respiration
- cardiovascular, circulatory and haematologic problems
- digestive and gastrointestinal problems
- metabolic and endocrine problems
- renal and urinary problems
- sexual and reproductive problems
- immunology-related problems
- integumentary problems
- sensorineural problems
- musculoskeletal and locomotion problems
- other problems.
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