Get a unique, conceptual approach to nursing care in this rapidly-changing healthcare environment. Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition gives you a solid foundation in medical-surgical nursing. This thoroughly revised text includes an increased focus on nursing concepts, strong evidence-based content, coverage of clinical trends, and an essential pathophysiology review. Content is presented in a readable format and covers every unique approach to nursing care including health promotion, acute intervention, and ambulatory care. A variety of helpful boxes and tables make it easy for you to find essential information and a building-block approach throughout make even the most complex concepts simple to grasp. Key topics such as interprofessional care, delegation, safety, and prioritization are integrated throughout. Additionally, extensive drug therapy information and diagnostic studies tables help give you a full picture of care. Best of all - a complete collection of learning and study resources helps you learn more effectively and offers valuable, real-world preparation for clinical practice. Content written and reviewed by leading experts in the field ensures that information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate. Interprofessional Care tables and sections in all management chapters emphasize the importance of total patient care in today's health care settings and outline the role of each provider in managing disorders. Bridge to NCLEX Examination review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key content while helping you to prepare for the NCLEX examination with both standard and alternate item format questions. Check Your Practice boxes challenge you to think critically and interact with patient data. Informatics in Practice boxes discuss how technology is used by nurses and patients in healthcare settings. Evidence-based practice boxes help you understand how to apply the latest research to real-life patient care. Safety Alerts throughout the book highlight patient safety issues and focus on the latest National Patient Safety Goals. UNIQUE! Nursing management is presented in a consistent and comprehensive format, addressing the unique approaches to nursing care. Case studies throughout text emphasize prioritization, delegation, and concept mapping to help you learn to prioritize and delegate patient care. Separate chapter on Genetics focuses on practical application to nursing care of patients. Genetics in Clinical Practice boxes cover key topics such as genetic testing, Alzheimer's disease, sickle cell disease, and genetics-related ethics issues. Genetic Risk alerts and Genetic Link headings highlight specific genetic issues related to body system assessments and disorders. Ethical/Legal Dilemmas boxes promote critical thinking for timely and sensitive ethical and legal issues. Pathophysiology Map flow charts make it easier for you to visualize and understand changes occurring in major diseases. Focused Assessment tables reflect a realistic "assessment on the run" approach and offer brief checklists for evaluating the status of previously identified health problems and monitoring for signs of new problems. Extensive drug therapy content includes Drug Therapy tables and concise Drug Alerts highlighting important safety considerations for key drugs. Promoting Population Health tables summarize government health care goals as they relate to specific disorders and identify important strategies for the prevention and early detection of diseases. Nutritional Therapy tables summarize nutritional interventions and strategies for promoting healthy lifestyles in patients with various conditions. Promoting Health Equity boxes and a dedicated chapter on health disparities and culturally competent care highlight risk factors and important issues related to the nursing care of various ethnic groups. Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes summarize what you need to know about the clinical uses, effects, and nursing implications of herbal remedies and complementary and alternative treatment options. Nursing interventions and nursing diagnoses are listed in order of priority. Nursing Management boxes highlight the nurse's role in working with members of the interprofessional team and also cover specific topics and skills related to delegation. Assessment Abnormalities tables alert the nurse to frequently encountered abnormalities and their possible etiologies. Core clinical content focuses on highlighting and incorporating QSEN competencies. Emergency Management tables outline the treatment of health problems most likely to create medical emergencies. Learning Outcomes and Key Terms help you identify the key content for that chapter. Health History tables present key questions to ask patients related to a specific disease or disorder. Patient and Caregiver teaching tables provide critical information to help you educate others who will be helping to care for the patient. Gerontology and chronic illness included throughout the text under Gerontologic Considerations headings and in Gerontologic Assessment tables. Nursing Assessment tables summarize the key subjective and objective data related to common diseases. Gender Differences boxes discuss how women and men are affected differently by conditions such as pain and hypertension. Diagnostic Studies tables provide details of commonly used lab tests that help assess various body systems. Over 60 nursing care plans clearly shows the linkages among NIC, NOC, and nursing diagnoses, and applies them to nursing practice. Over 800 full-color illustrations and photographs clearly demonstrate disease processes and related anatomy and physiology. NEW! Conversational, reader-friendly writing style makes it easier to understand nursing concepts. NEW use of nursing diagnosis language (ICNP) smoothes your transition into practice, as the International Classification for Nursing Practice is a common language shared with many electronic health record documentation systems. NEW! Increased focus on concepts throughout the text includes a new Concepts Table of Contents that lists the most common exemplars with page number references, a new Problems Related to Comfort and Coping section, and the most relevant concepts listed at the start of each chapter. NEW! Additional body map images are added throughout text.

The Workbook for Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing is designed to help students practice and retain the knowledge gained from the textbook and provides a basis for applying that knowledge in nursing practice. Each chapter of the Workbook is divided into three sections: "Assessing Your Understanding," "Applying Your Knowledge," and "Getting Ready for NCLEX." The first section concentrates on the basic information of the textbook chapter and helps students remember key concepts, vocabulary, and principles with exercises like Fill in the Blanks, Labeling, Matching, Sequencing, and Short Answers. The second section consists of exercises that ask students to apply the knowledge gained through short answer questions, critical thinking exercises, and case study activities. The third and final section helps students practice answering NCLEX-PN questions to reinforce knowledge. The answers to the Workbook exercises are provided on the Instructor side of thePoint.

Developed specifically for surgical technologists, Alexander's Surgical Procedures provides proven, step-by-step coverage of essential surgical procedures from one of the most trusted sources in surgical technology. Building on the renowned content of Alexander's Care of the Surgical Patient, 14th Edition, respected authorities Jane Rothrock and Sherri Alexander (AST president 2007 - 2011) guide you through the pre-op set up, procedure pathology/steps, and post-op considerations for all required procedures. This approachable, easy-to-use resource complements the fundamental coverage in your other surgical technology textbooks, and detailed procedure videos on a companion Evolve website help you ensure success from the classroom to the OR. Content adapted from Alexander's Care of the Surgical Patient, 14th Edition provides comprehensive procedural coverage optimized for your specific needs as a surgical technologist. Surgical Technologist Considerations boxes detail practical strategies for applying chapter content to specialty procedures. Complete pre-op set up, draping, and other instructions for each procedure equip you to confidently perform all of the duties of surgical technologist in the OR setting. Chapter Outlines, Learning Objectives, and Chapter Summaries help you study chapter content more effectively. Review questions in the text and case studies on Evolve reinforce key concepts and encourage critical thinking. OR Live links on Evolve direct you to step-by-step procedure videos for commonly performed procedures. More than 700 full-color illustrations clarify surgical anatomy, instrumentation, procedures, and methods. Surgical Pharmacology tables provide quick, convenient access to generic/trade names, purpose/description, and pharmacokinetics for drugs most commonly associated with each specific surgical procedure. Cutting-edge content reflects the latest interventions and patient care techniques in surgical practice. Geriatric Consideration boxes help you manage surgical challenges unique to geriatric patients. Patient Safety boxes alert you to recent Joint Commission safety initiatives to ensure safe performance of key tasks. History boxes present chapter content in a broader context to enhance your understanding and retention. Ambulatory Surgical Considerations boxes highlight important changes to patient care within appropriate procedures. Risk Reduction Strategies boxes provide specific steps you can take to improve patient safety.

A handbook that will serve as a great teaching tool for medical students starting to learn physical diagnosis as well as during their third year surgical rotation. A ready reference that can fit in their lab coat pocket.

A handbook that will serve as a great teaching tool for medical students starting to learn physical diagnosis as well as during their third year surgical rotation. A ready reference that can fit in their lab coat pocket.

This notebook is a result of many years working in critical-care setting, knowledge gleaned from seminars and experienced colleagues. Written in outline form and to the point, it can serve as a quick handy guide in the practical application of skills needed by timeliness of care for the patient.

Perianesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide To Safe Recovery Is A Key Reference For Clinicians Practicing In Preoperative Areas, Phase I And Phase II PACU Nursing Areas, And Nurses Working In Critical Care, OB, And Other Specialty Recovery Units. Ideal For Perianesthesia Nursing Orientation And Perioperative Cross-Training Programs, This Text Is Beneficial For All Those Caring For Pre- And Postanesthesia Patients. Additionally, It Is A Valuable Tool For Nursing Students Specializing In Critical Care And Perianesthesia Nurses Preparing To Sit For The Certified Post Anesthesia Nursing (CPAN) And Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse (CAPA) Certification Examinations. Divided Into Three Sections That Cover The Lifespan, Perianesthesia Nursing Care: A Bedside Guide To Safe Recovery Is Specifically Designed To Be Functional For The Clinician And Grounding For The Student Nurse. The First Section Focuses On Core Concepts Applicable To All Perianesthesia Patients And Families, While The Second Is Population Specific, And The Third Concentrates On Particular Surgeries And Procedures That Follow Body Systems.

The transformation in the health care industry, begun over a decade ag o, will continue well into the 21st century. And the dominant theme in the new millennium is likely to be collaborative practice and outcome s-based health care delivery. A collection of the most current and inn ovative presentations in path-based, collaborative practices, this boo k focuses on the design, implementation and analysis of outcomes for t he heavy volume DRGs. For each DRG, the authors present two to three s tandard clinical pathways, and then show how those pathways can be man ipulated to alter outcomes. Health Care Outcomes covers topics in Resp iratory, Neonatal/Pediatric, General Surgery, Orthopaedic, and Geriatr ic Care. A comprehensive collection of critical pathways and outcomes maps being used by leading hospitals and health care agencies around t he country, this is an important reference for developing path-based c are models, or revising critical paths and outcomes maps.