Medical-surgical nursing : assessment and management of clinical problems / Sharon Mantik Lewis, Margaret McLean Heitkemper, Shannon Ruff Dirksen

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Section 1. General Concepts of Nursing Practice
1. Applying Critical Thinking in the Nursing Process
2. Community-Based Nursing and Home Care Culturally Competent Care
3. Adult development
4. Gerontologic Consideration
5. Health History and Physical Examination
6. Patient and Family Teaching
7. Nursing Management: Stress
8. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
9. Nursing Management: Pain
10. Nursing Management: Substance Abuse and Dependence

Section 2. Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease
11. Nursing Management: Inflammation, Infection, and Healing
12. Nursing Management: Altered Immune Responses
13. Nursing Management: Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
14. Nursing Management: Cancer
15. Nursing Management: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances

Section 3. The Surgical Experience
16. Nursing Management: Preoperative Care
17. Nursing Management: Patient During Surgery
18. Nursing Management: Postoperative Patient

Section 4. Problems Related to Altered sensory input
19. Nursing Assessment: Visual and Auditory Systems
20. Nursing Management: Visual and Auditory Problems
21. Nursing Assessment: Integumentary System
22. Nursing Management: Integumentary Problems
23. Nursing Management: Patients with Burns


Section 5. Problems of Oxygenation Ventilation
24. Nursing Assessment: Respiratory System
25. Nursing Management: Upper Respiratory Problems
26. Nursing Management: Lower Respiratory Problems
27. Nursing Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases

Section 6. Problems of Oxygenation: Transport
28. Nursing Assessment: Hematologic System
29. Nursing Management: Hematologic Problems

Section 7. Problems of Oxygenation: Perfusion
30. Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System
31. Nursing Management: Hypertension
32. Nursing Management: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome
33. Nursing Management: Heart Failure and Cardiomyopathy
34. Nursing Management: Arrhythmias
35. Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Valvular Heart Diseases
36. Nursing Management: Vascular Disorders

Section 8. Problems of Ingestation, Digestion and Elimination
37. Nursing Assessment: Gastrointestinal System
38. Nursing Management: Nutritional Problems
39. Nursing Management: Upper Gastrointestinal Problems
40. Nursing Management: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems
41. Nursing Management: Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas Problems

Section 9. Problem of Urinary Function
42. Nursing Assessment: Urinary System
43. Nursing Management: Renal and Urologic Problems
44. Nursing Management: Acute Renal Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease


Section 10. Problems Related to Regulatory Mechanisms
45. Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System
46. Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus
47. Nursing Management: Endocrine Problems
48. Nursing Assessment: Reproductive System
49. Nursing Management: Breast Disorders
50. Nursing Management: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
51. Nursing Management: Female Reproductive Problems
52. Nursing Management: Male Reproductive Problems

Section 11. Problems Related to movement and Coordination
53. Nursing Assessment: Nervous System
54. Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems
55. Nursing Management: Stroke
56. Nursing Management: Chronic Neurologic Problems
57. Nursing Management: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia
58. Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems
59. Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal System
60. Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery
62. Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Problems
63. Nursing Management: Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases
64. Nursing Management: Critical Care

Section 12. Nursing Care in Specialized Settings
61. Nursing Management: Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
62. Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
63. Nursing Management: Emergency Care Situation

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