The Clinical Companion for Ignatavicius & Workman: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 7th Edition, is an easy-to-use, A-Z guide to 245 common medical-surgical conditions and their management. Written in a reader-friendly, direct-address style, this handbook is a convenient quick reference that you can carry with you on clinical days. A-Z synopses of 245 diseases and disorders, along with related collaborative care, serve as both a quick reference for clinical days and a study resource for essential information Streamlined format helps you focus more effectively on nursing care priorities Consistent collaborative care format helps you prepare for clinical days more efficiently. Special Considerations highlights call your attention to important aspects of nursing care, such as Genetic/Genomic Considerations, Considerations for Older Adults, Women's Health Considerations, and Cultural Considerations. National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) icons help you provide safe and effective care by highlighting safety information identified in The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals. Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing sections provide a quick, one-stop review of eight concepts that are critical to medical-surgical nursing practice. A-Z thumb tabs along the edges of the pages facilitate quick access to clinical information for just-in-time learning and review at the bedside. 10 quick-reference appendices provide need-to-know, quick-reference coverage of common or important clinical topics Guide to Head-To-Toe Physical Assessment of Adults Terminology Associated With Fluid and Electrolyte Balance Laboratory Values Interventions for Common Environmental Emergencies Chemical and Biological Agents of Terrorism Discharge Planning Electrocardiographic Complexes, Segments, and Intervals The Patient Requiring Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation The Patient Requiring Chest Tubes Communication Quick Reference for Spanish-Speaking Patients Updated content matches the Ignatavicius & Workman textbook for a reliably seamless reference and study experience. UNIQUE! Nursing Safety Priorities highlights have been refined and divided into three types of Nursing Safety Priority highlights: Drug Alert!, Critical Rescue!, and Action Alert! to help you recognize critical situations in which the patient's health or very life may be in jeopardy. Increased use of color improves table readability and highlights headings and new Nursing Safety Priority boxes.
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).
NEW! Simplified and streamlined chapters make the book easier to use and information easier to find.
The sixth edition includes a new emphasis on clinical decision-making for patient-centered collaborative care and more streamlined and balanced coverage of the core body of knowledge needed for safe clinical practice.
NEW! Updated content matches the 8th edition of the Ignatavicius & Workman textbook for a reliably seamless reference and study experience. NEW!
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Clinical Companion for Medical-Surgical Nursing - Text and E-Book Package: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care
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.
Cross-references to Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition make it easy to locate more in-depth information.