Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems
ISBN-10
1926648706
ISBN-13
9781926648705
Category
Nursing
Pages
2126
Language
English
Published
2013-06
Publisher
Mosby Canada
Authors
Sharon Mantik Lewis, Sandra Goldsworthy, Donna Goodridge

Description

Completely revised and updated, Medical-Surgical Nursing in Canada: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 3rd Edition explores patient care in various clinical settings and focuses on key topics such as prioritization, clinical decision-making, evidence-informed practice, and patient safety. A variety of boxes and tables, in addition to an accessible writing style, make it easy to comprehend both essential information and the most complex concepts. Best of all, a complete collection of interactive learning and study tools help you learn more effectively and offer valuable, real-world preparation for clinical practice. UNIQUE! Key nursing management content using a "levels of care" approach shows you how nursing care varies for different levels of health and illness. More than 50 comprehensive nursing care plans with defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems, help you understand how information in the book applies to real-life situations. Examination Review Questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key content, preparing you for the licensure examination with MCQ format questions. Convenient tables offer quick access to vital data on drug therapy, nutritional therapy, emergency management, health history, collaborative care, nursing assessment, common assessment abnormalities, and more. Helpful boxes throughout the text highlight important information on key topics such as complementary and alternative therapies, nursing research, ethics, determinants of health, genetics, and evidence-informed practice. Over 1,400 full-color illustrations clearly demonstrate disease processes and related anatomy and physiology. Unique! A separate chapter covering "Sleep Disorders" expands your knowledge on this key topic that impacts multiple disorders and body systems. New Cultural Competence and Health Equity content introduces the important role that culture plays in nursing care and outlines the determinants of health equity/inequity in Canada. Safety Alerts highlight patient safety issues. Pathophysiology Map flow charts make it easier to visualize and understand changes occurring in major diseases. Focused Assessment boxes provide you with a realistic "assessment on the run" approach, offering brief checklists for evaluating the status of previously identified health problems and monitoring for signs of new problems. Assessment Case Studies for all assessment chapters help you with integrating and prioritizing assessment findings, empowering you to apply key concepts to real-world practice.

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