Learn the clinical judgment skills you need to succeed on the
Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam and in medical-surgical nursing
practice with Iggy's trendsetting, concept-based approach! From a
team of nursing experts led by Donna Ignatavicius, Medical-Surgical
Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care,
11th Edition provides a solid foundation in medical-surgical
nursing care that is patient-centered, evidence-based, and
collaborative. In each chapter, content is organized by the most
important concepts of care followed by commonly occurring exemplars
for each concept. This perennial bestseller helps you learn to
think like a nurse and learn how to apply your knowledge in the
classroom, simulation laboratory, and clinical settings. UNIQUE!
Unparalleled focus on clinical judgment and systems thinking
ensures alignment with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement
Model and emphasizes the six cognitive skills that you'll need in
order to develop effective clinical judgment, to succeed when
taking the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN), and to enter
clinical practice as a safe, competent, compassionate generalist
nurse. UNIQUE! Data-driven Concept and Exemplar selections provide
a strong foundation in professional nursing concepts and health and
illness concepts, with application in each chapter. UNIQUE!
Exceptional emphasis on NGN preparation includes chapter-opening
Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the
Next-Generation NCLEX Examination! sections, plus NCLEX Examination
Challenge questions and Mastery and NGN Questions, with an answer
key including rationales on the Evolve website. Consistent use of
interprofessional terminology promotes interprofessional
collaboration through the use of a common healthcare language,
instead of using nursing-specific diagnostic language. Emphasis on
patient safety highlights safety and evidence-based practice with
Nursing Safety Priority boxes, as well as Drug Alert, Critical
Rescue, and Action Alert boxes. Focus on care coordination and
transition management addresses the continuity of care between
acute care and community-based care. Direct, easy-to-read writing
style features concise sentences and straightforward vocabulary,
making this one of the most readable medical-surgical nursing
textbooks available. Sherpath (sold separately) for Ignatavicius et
al. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition provides an interactive,
adaptive learning experience! NEW! Updated content throughout
reflects the most current, evidence-based clinical practice in
medical-surgical nursing, including the latest national and
international guidelines. NEW and UNIQUE! Key components of AACN's
2021 Essentials are integrated throughout, including the four
"spheres" of nursing care: health promotion/disease prevention,
chronic disease care, regenerative or restorative care, and
hospice/palliative/supportive care. NEW! One unfolding case for the
Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) in each Concepts of Care chapter
replaces the previous open-ended Clinical Judgment Challenge
questions, and each includes multiple questions for the NGN, or 2-3
Bowtie or Trend questions for the NGN. NEW! Enhanced emphasis on
need-to-know content with streamlined A&P and pathophysiology
content provides a solid foundation for beginning nurse
generalists, including the most important patient problems for each
health condition and an emphasis on what is most relevant to
nursing care. NEW and UNIQUE! Iggy's approach to care views medical
and nursing management through the lens of the nursing process and
the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement
Model, and aligns with the Interprofessional Education
Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional
Collaborative Practice. NEW! Case Studies for the NGN on the Evolve
website are updated from the previous open-ended question style to
questions for the NGN. NEW and UNIQUE! Key Points in Concepts of
Care chapters summarize essential information for each of the
nursing spheres with a four-quadrant matrix corresponding to the
four spheres of care from the 2021 AACN Essentials. NEW! Essential
Points for Assessment are included at the end of chapters to
emphasize critical information in alignment with the 2021 AACN
Essentials. NEW and UNIQUE! The six domains recommended for
inclusion in nursing education in the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing
Report are incorporated into the textbook, including new Nurse
Well-Being boxes, covering the domains of health equity and health
care equity, social determinants of health, ethics, environmental
health, disaster/public health emergencies, and nurse well-being.
NEW! Coverage of COVID-19 is expanded into an Exemplar disorder,
highlighting the multifaceted aspects of care including critical
care, and COVID-19 content is also interwoven into other body
systems chapters. NEW! Enhanced index includes all figures, tables,
and special boxes, as well as the following types of content:
Legal/ethical issues (including boxes) Health equity (including
boxes) Veteran health (including boxes) Older adult health
(including boxes) Health promotion/disease prevention Critical care
topics Trauma topics Physical disability topics Chronic disease
topics Interprofessional collaboration topics (including IPEC
boxes) Healthcare technologies Evidence-based practice (including
boxes) Quality improvement/systems thinking (including boxes) NEW!
Ethical/Legal Considerations boxes are changed to Legal/Ethical
Considerations boxes and increased in number throughout the book to
reflect the growing challenges of clinical practice. NEW!
Sequential numbering systems (one for boxes, one for tables) are
used for special boxes and Drug Therapy and Lab Profile tables
throughout each chapter for quicker and more concise referencing.
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