Contemporary medical surgical nursing / Rick Daniels, Leslie H. Nicoll, Laura John Nosek

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.