Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

• Main Author: Harding, Mariann M. author
• Other Authors: Kwong, Jeffrey (Editor), Roberts, Dottie (Editor), Hagler, Debra (Editor), Reinisch, Courtney (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: ©2020
• Edition: Eleventh Edition
• Subjects: Nursing > Textbooks; Surgical nursing > Textbooks
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Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition' gives you a solid foundation in medical-surgical nursing. This thoroughly revised text includes a more conversational writing style, an increased focus on nursing concepts and clinical trends, strong evidence-based content, and an essential...

Table of Contents:

• Professional nursing
• Health equity and culturally competent care
• Health history and physical examination
• Patient and caregiver teaching
• Chronic illness and older adults
• Stress management
• Sleep and sleep disorders
• Pain
• Palliative and end-of-life care
• Substance use disorders
• Inflammation and healing
• Genetics
• Immune responses and transplantation
• Infection
• Cancer
• Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances
• Preoperative care
• Intraoperative care
• Postoperative care
• Assessment and management: visual problems
• Assessment and management: auditory problems
• Assessment: Integumentary system
• Integumentary problems
• Burns
• Assessment: Respiratory system
• Upper respiratory problems
• Lower respiratory problems
• Obstructive pulmonary diseases
• Assessment: Hematologic system
• Hematologic problems
• Assessment: Cardiovascular system
• Hypertension
• Coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndrome
• Heart failure
• Dysrhythmias
• Inflammatory and structural heart disorders
• Vascular disorders
• Assessment: Gastrointestinal system
• Nutritional problems
• Obesity
• Upper gastrointestinal problems
• Lower gastrointestinal problems
• Liver, biliary tract, and pancreas problems
• Assessment: Urinary system
• Renal and urologic problems
• Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease
• Assessment: Endocrine system
• Diabetes mellitus
• Endocrine problems
• Assessment: Reproductive system
• Breast disorders
• Sexually transmitted infections
• Female reproductive problems
• Male Reproductive problems
• Assessment: Nervous system
• Acute intracranial problems
• Stroke
• Chronic neurologic problems
• Dementia and delirium
• Spinal cord and peripheral nerve problems
• Assessment: Musculoskeletal system
• Musculoskeletal trauma and orthopedic surgery
• Musculoskeletal problems
• Arthritis and connective tissue diseases
• Critical care
• Shock, sepsis, and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
• Acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Emergency and disaster nursing
• Appendix A: Basic life support for health care providers
• Appendix B: Nursing diagnoses
• Appendix C: Laboratory reference intervals.