TY  - BOOK
AU  - Daniels,Rick
AU  - Nicoll, Leslie H.
AU  - Nosek, Laura John
TI  - Contemporary medical surgical nursing
SN  - 1401837204
U1  - WY 150 D186e 2007 Vol.2 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Australia
PB  - Thomson / Delmar Learning
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Surgical nursing
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents

Unit I: Nursing and the health care system. 
1.The health care system and contemporary nursing 
2.Clinical decision making and evidence-based practice 
3.Health education and promotion 
4.Culturally sensitive care 
5.Legal and ethical aspects of health care 
6.Nursing of adults across the life span
7.Palliative care 

Unit II: Supportive patient care. 
8. Health assessment 
9. Genetics and the multiple determinants of health 
10.Stress, coping, and adaptation 
11.Inflammation and infection management 
12.Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances 
13.Infusion therapy 
14.Complementary and alternative therapies 
15.Cancer management 
16.Pain management 
17.Pharmacology : nursing management 

Unit III: Settings for nursing care. 
18.Health care agencies 
19.Critical care 

Unit IV: Perioperative patient care. 
20.Preoperative nursing management 
21.Intraoperative nursing management 
22.Postoperative nursing management 

Unit V: Alterations in cardiovascular and hematological function. 23.Assessment of cardiovascular and hematological function 
24.Coronary artery dysfunction : nursing management 
25.Heart failure and inflammatory dysfunction : nursing management 
26. Arrhythmias : nursing management 
27.Vascular dysfunction : nursing management 
28.Hypertension : nursing management 
29.Hematological dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit VI: Alterations in respiratory function. 
30.Assessment of respiratory function 
31.Upper airway dysfunction : nursing management 
32.Lower airway dysfunction : nursing management 
33.Obstructive pulmonary disease : nursing management 

Unit VII: Alterations in neurological function. 
34.Assessment of neurological function 
35.Dysfunction of the brain : nursing management 
36.Dysfunction of the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system : nursing management --
37.Degenerative neurological dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit VIII: Alterations in sensory function. 
38.Assessment of sensory function 
39.Visual dysfunction : nursing management 
40.Auditory dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit IX: Alterations in immunological function. 
41.Assessment of immunological function 
42.Immunodeficiency and HIV infection/AIDS : nursing management 
43.Allergic dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit X: Alterations in integumentary function. 
44.Assessment of integumentary function 
45.Dermatological dysfunction : nursing management 
46.Burns : nursing management 

Unit XI: Alterations in gastrointestinal function. 
47.Assessment of gastrointestinal function 
48.Nutrition, malnutrition, and obesity : nursing management 
49.Upper gastrointestinal tract dysfunction : nursing management
50.Lower gastrointestinal tract dysfunction : nursing management 
51.Hepatic, biliary tract, and pancreatic dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit XII: Alterations in renal function. 
52.Assessment of renal function 
53.Urinary dysfunction : nursing management 
54.Renal dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit XIII: Alterations in endocrine function. 
55.Assessment of endocrine function 
56.Endocrine dysfunction : nursing management 
57.Diabetes mellitus : nursing management 

Unit XIV: Alterations in musculoskeletal function. 
58.Assessment of musculoskeletal function 
59.Musculoskeletal dysfunction : nursing management 
60.Musculoskeletal trauma : nursing management 

Unit XV: Alterations in reproduction function. 
61 Assessment of reproductive function 
62. Female reproductive dysfunction : nursing management 
63. Breast alterations : nursing management 
64.Male reproductive dysfunction : nursing management 

Unit XVI: Special considerations in medical and surgical nursing. 
65. Multisystem failure 
66. Mass casualty care

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