Featuring a new two-color format, the Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing, second edition, is a useful reference of up-to-date information on more than 200 medical-surgical disorders and clinically related subjects. This pocket-sized book provides nurses and nursing students easy access to essential information needed when caring for patients with a variety of clinical problems in diverse settings. Additional information on patient and family education, collaborative care, and home health care has been integrated throughout the second edition. The Clincal Companion can be used independently as a reference or in conjunction with Lewis/Heitkemper/Dirksen's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, fifth edition. The Clinical Companion is divided into three sections: Part One focuses on commonly encountered medical-surgical disorders, Part Two highlights common treatments and procedures, Part Three contains reference material frequently used in nursing clinical practice.
The serum folate level is low (normal is 5–25 ng/mL [11–57 nmol/L]) and the serum cobalamin level is normal. ... A loss of 50 to 75 mL of blood from the upper GI tract is enough for stools to appear black (melena).
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Preceded by (work): Dirksen, Shannon Ruff. Clinical companion to Medical-surgical nursing. Title: Clinical companion to Medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems / prepared by Debra Hagler, Sharon L. Lewis ...
Cross-references to Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition make it easy to locate more in-depth information.
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The clinical placement is an important component of university, TAFE or polytechnic courses, and is a prerequisite ... the designated departmental liaison person and health agency staff □ Facilitates student learning according to the ...
Surgical options include transurethral incision of the diverticular neck, marsupialization (creation of a permanent opening) of the diverticular sac into the vagina (often referred to as a Spence procedure), and surgical excision.
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This edition features a unique focus on the concepts and exemplars found in the Ignatavicius textbook, along with updated content throughout that cross-references to the main text.
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