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Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing Linda Honan Pellico, RN, PhD, CNS-BC 978-1-58255-877-6 • February 2012 • Hardbound • 8.375” x 10.875” • 1608 pp. • 351 Illus.• 237Tables

Introducing a fresh, new approach to Medical-Surgical Nursing.This text focuses on teaching students adult health content with a true clinical focus. By giving depth and breadth to essential content, Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing includes all of the necessary information beginning nurses need to know for safe and effective practice in a medical-surgical setting. Features • Evidence-Based Practice Boxes demonstrate nursing implications of important research. • Focus on Pathophysiology describes important pathophysiologic processes. • Focused Assessment Guides summarize important criteria related to a particular disorder. • Guidelines for Nursing Care provide steps and rationales for important procedures. • Unit Case Studies . Help engage critical thinking skills. • NCLEX ® -style Questions . Test comprehension and application of content. • Prep U for Pellico . Allowing students to practice and increase their mastery level. • Critical Thinking Exercises help students apply knowledge to patient care. • Gerontologic Considerations highlight information related to care of older adults. • Health Promotion include important points for nurses to discuss with patients. • Nursing Alerts offer brief tips or red-flag warnings for clinical practice. • Patient Education summarize patient teaching, home care, and discharge planning. • Risk Factors draw attention to factors that can impair health. • Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests tables include normal and critical values as well as nursing implications. • Nutrition Alerts highlight nutritional concerns for particular disorders. • Drug Alerts include key nursing considerations and drug safety information.

Table of Contents Unit 1: Basics of Adult Health Nursing Unit 2: Concepts and Challenges in Patient Management Unit 3: Problems Related to Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function Unit 4: Problems Related to Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function Unit 5: Problems Related to Hematologic Function Unit 6: Problems Related to Digestive, Gastrointestinal, and Metabolic Function Unit 7: Problems Related to Urinary Tract Function Unit 8: Problems Related to Endocrine Function Unit 9: Problems Related to Reproductive Function Unit 10: Problems Related to Immunologic Function Unit 11: Problems Related to Musculoskeletal Function Unit 12: Problems Related to Neurologic Function

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Study Guide for Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing Linda Honan Pellico 978-1-58255-886-8 •February2012 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •544pp. •124 Illus.