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Medical Surgical
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
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.
available