Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing

By Adrianne Dill Linton

Book Overview

1424 pagesPresents foundational principles in the first five units, including basic concepts on patient and nursing care, health and illness, growth and development, acute care, emergencies, the older adult, the patient with cancer, and end-of-life care.The nursing process provides a consistent organizational framework throughout all disorders chapters and is reinforced in sample nursing care plans.Diagnostic Tests and Procedures tables in systems chapters include description, purpose, patient preparation information, and post-procedure nursing care.Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each nursing care plan help students evaluate and apply the plan of care. Put On Your Thinking Cap boxes stimulate further discussion.Consider the Alternative boxes on complementary and alternative therapies summarize what nurses need to know about CAM as it relates specifically to medical-surgical disorders.Cultural content is introduced in the Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care chapter and presented as a boxed feature, What Does Culture Have to Do With...? which presents disorder-specific cultural considerations.. UNIQUE Companion CD, bound with the text, includes realistic 3-D animations of
procedures and physiology from the ARCHIE-MD Patient Simulation Library, an audio glossary, Spanish-English Health Care Phrases, and a Mathematics Review.
. UNIQUE Health Promotion Considerations boxes focus on wellness and disease prevention.
. UNIQUE Management and Supervision Considerations boxes discuss the
LPN/LVN role in assigning tasks and care to nurse assistants, patient care techs, and unlicensed assistive personnel.
. Separate Legal and Ethical Considerations chapter covers the basic legal and ethical information that nurses at all levels need to provide appropriate care.
. Separate HIV/AIDS chapter provides up-to-date statistics and information on research and new treatment.
. New Appendicies: Spanish-English health care phrases, Laboratory Values, and JCAHO Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.
. New content on bioterrorism and the role of the nurse provides a basic overview of how nursing care needs to adapt to patient needs during disasters and terrorist attacks.
. New content on HIPAA and current patients' rights addresses legal rights and the issue of patient privacy in health care settings.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416031146
• ISBN13: 9781416031147
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Saunders
• Length: 1280 Pages
• Weight: 5.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 1.8" x 9.0"

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Great LPN Thread Series

Books that are written by this trend are great for the LPN student. They have excellent study guides that really have you search out the information, and makes it easy to learn and retain information. I am using another med-surg textbook, actually, but, for maternal child nursing, my school used Introduction to Maternal and Pediatric Nursing by Gloria Leifer. Got an A because of the way information was worded and that fantastic study guide. Once I knew that they had a med-surg text, I immediately purchased it, although I only have one semester left. I got an A on my first exam, while most people used the required text and got Bs. Also consider purchasing Basic Pharmacology for Nurses in this thread. That particular one can be for RNs OR LPNs. You'll be ahead of the class, trust me!