The Lippincott manual of nursing practice

• Corporate Author: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2006
• Edition: Eighth Edition
• Subjects: Nursing Care > Handbook
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• Physical Description: xvii, 1866 pages colour illustrations 26 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781582553429; 1582553424

Completely updated for its Eighth Edition, this full-color classic reference is the one source every nurse needs for essential patient assessment and treatment guidelines. In an easy-to-read outline format, this clinically focused guide covers all disorders and patient problems in Medical-Surgical, Maternal-Neonatal, Pediatric, and Psychiatric nursing, and includes over 150 step-by-step procedures. Each Eighth Edition chapter incorporates and identifies official guidelines that shape clinical practice. New and expanded material includes several new orthopaedic, connective tissue, infectious, and dermatologic conditions, patient safety, personal safety, culturally sensitive care, HIPAA, palliative care, advocacy for the disabled, chest physical therapy, interventional cardiology, hyperbaric therapy, neurologic findings, intracranial monitoring systems, vertebral compression fracture, immunization information, emerging infections, biological weapons preparedness, pediatric asthma guidelines, substance-related disorders, and adolescent problems