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Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-5133-3 / (US$92.99(t) / £72.00(t) / €85.00(t)) Worldwide
Approx. 1,328 pp. / October 2017
Note to Booksellers:
The previous edition published in October, 2013. (ISBN: 978-1-4511-7732-9)
Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing
Twelfth Edition
By
Barbara Kuhn Timby, RN, BSN, MA
, Professor Emeritus, Medical-
Surgical Nursing, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, MI and
Nancy E.
Smith, MS, RN
, Professor Emeritus and Former Chair, Department of Nursing,
Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME
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NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts
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Concept Care Maps
present a visual diagram focusing on the priority problem, expected outcomes, and nursing
interventions of the client in the accompanying
Clinical Scenario.
Critical thinking questions follow the scenarios.
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Over 30 Nursing Care Plans
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a solid understanding of nursing care.
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Nursing Process
sections in each clinical chapter emphasize a nursing process approach to care and provide
rationales in italics for all interventions.
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Nutrition Notes
cover the special nutritional needs of clients with certain types of conditions.
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Pharmacologic Considerations
highlight the special considerations students need to remember when caring for
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Evidence-Based Practice boxes,
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research relates to practice.
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Gerontologic Considerations
enhance understanding of how pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and nursing
care differ for the older population.
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Stop, Think, and Respond
exercises
increase recall and practical assimilation of concepts.
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Drug Therapy Tables
list examples of generic and trade names, mechanisms of action, common side effects, and
nursing considerations.
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An unparalleled suite of online Instructors Resources
includes new LPN Concept-Based Curriculum Maps, test
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This leading content is also incorporated into
Lippincott CoursePoint
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