Textbook of medical surgical nursing 12th edition

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. Nursing Process sections in each clinical chapter emphasize a nursing process approach to care and provide rationales in italics for all interventions.

Nutrition Notes cover the special nutritional needs of clients with certain types of conditions. Pharmacologic Considerations highlight the special considerations students need to remember when caring for clients who are receiving specific drugs. Evidence-Based Practice boxes, including a Clinical Question, Evidence , and Nursing Implication s, illustrate how research relates to practice. Gerontologic Considerations enhance understanding of how pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, and nursing care differ for the older population.

Stop, Think, and Respond exercises increase recall and practical assimilation of concepts. Pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, assessment and diagnostic findings, medical management, and nursing management are presented. Nurses assume many different roles when caring for patients. Many of the features in this textbook have been developed to help nurses fulfill these varied roles. One of the central roles of the nurse is to provide holistic care to patients and their families, both independently and through collaboration with other health care professionals.

The nursing process is the basis for all nursing practice. Plans of Nursing Care. This feature introduces the student to the NIC and NOC language and classifications and brings them to life in graphic form. Assessment charts. Risk Factor charts. Guidelines charts. These charts review key nursing interventions, and the rationales for those interventions, for specific patient care situations. Pharmacology charts and tables.

Pharmacology charts and tables remind the student of important considerations relative to administering medications and monitoring drug therapy. Nursing Alerts. These special sections offer brief tips for clinical practice and red-flag warnings to help students avoid common mistakes. Critical Care. These special sections highlight nursing process considerations for the critically ill patient. Gerontologic Considerations.