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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
DESCRIPTION
This updated 12th Edition of
Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing
and
its online resources equips LPN/LVN students with the practical knowledge
and skills necessary to provide safe and effective nursing care to adult med-
ical-surgical clients in today’s changing healthcare environment. This edi-
tion reflects current medical and nursing practice through accessible content
enhanced by photos and illustrations that bring the information to life and
reinforce learning. Online videos, animations, audio, NCLEX-PN
®
review
questions, and much more combine with text content to prepare students for
real-world nursing and NCLEX-PN success.
FEATURES
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NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts
highlight and clarify commonly misunderstood concepts.
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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
(with rationales) address such issues as Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, myocardial
infarction, stroke, diabetes mellitus, modified radical mastectomy, and chronic renal failure to help students develop
a solid understanding of nursing care.
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Revised NCLEX-PN questions, as well as NEW alternate format questions,
now align with the latest NCLEX-
PN text plan.
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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
clients who are receiving specific drugs.
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Evidence-Based Practice boxes,
including a
Clinical Question, Evidence
, and
Nursing Implication
s, illustrate how
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
generator, image bank, QSEN Competency KSAs, syllabus, guided lecture notes, discussion topics, lesson plans,
PowerPoint Presentations, LMS Course Cartridges, case studies, strategies for effective teaching, assignments,
pre-lecture quizzes, and more.
This leading content is also incorporated into
Lippincott CoursePoint
, a dynamic learning solution that integrates this
book’s curriculum, adaptive learning tools, real-time data reporting, and the latest evidence-based practice content to-
gether into one powerful student education solution.
Lippincott CoursePoint
improves nursing students’critical thinking
and clinical reasoning skills to prepare them for practice. Learn more at
NursingEducationSuccess.com/CoursePoint.NURSING
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