Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing.

Smeltzer, Suzanne C. O'Connell.

Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing. Textbook of medical-surgical nursing Medical-surgical nursing Suzanne C. Smeltzer, Brenda G. Bare. - 8th edition. - Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, c1996. - xxxi, 2066, 78 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. +

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit 1. Health Maintenance and Health Needs
1. Health Care Delivery and Nursing Practice
2. Community-Based Nursing Practice
3. Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process
4. Health Education and Health Promotion
5. Ethical Issues in Medical-Surgical Nursing
Unit 2. Health Assessment of the Client/Patient
6. Clinical Interviewing: The Health History
7. Physical Assessment and Nutritional Assessment
Unit 3. Biophysical and Psychosocial Concepts
8. Homeostasis and Pathophysiologic Processes
9. Stress and Adaptation
10. Human Response to Illness
11. Transcultural Perspectives in Nursing
12. Health Care of the Older Adult
Unit 4. Concepts and Challenges in Patient Management
13. Pain Management
14. Fluids and Electrolytes: Balance and Disturbances
15. Shock and Multisystem Failure
16. Oncology: Nursing the Patient With Cancer
17. Chronic Illness
18. Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation
Unit 5. Perioperative Concepts and Management
19. Preoperative Nursing Management
20. Intraoperative Nursing and Anesthesia
21. Postoperative Nursing Management
Unit 6. Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Exchange and Respiratory Function
22. Assessment of Respiratory Function
23. Management of Patients With Conditions of the Upper Respiratory Tract
24. Management of Patients With Conditions of the Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract
25. Respiratory Care Modalities
Unit 7. Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Hematologic Function
26. Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
27. Management of Patients With Dysrhythmias and Conduction Problems
28. Management of Patients With Cardiac Disorders and Related Complications
29. Management of Patients With Structural, Infectious, or Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
30. Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient
31. Assessment and Management of Patients With Vascular Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
32. Assessment and Management of Patients With Hematologic Disorders
Unit 8. Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
33. Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
34. Management of Patients With Ingestive Problems and Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders
35. Gastrointestinal Intubation and Special Nutritional Management
36. Management of Patients With Gastric and Duodenal Disorders.

0397550731 9780397550739

95002835


Nursing.
Surgical nursing.
Nursing Care.
Surgical Nursing.

WY 150 B638b 1996