TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smeltzer, Suzanne C. O'Connell.
AU  - Brunner,Lillian Sholtis
AU  - Suddarth,Doris Smith
AU  - Bare,Brenda G.
TI  - Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing
SN  - 0397550731
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - J.B. Lippincott
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Surgical nursing
KW  - Nursing Care
KW  - Surgical Nursing
N1  - 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
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