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FocusonAdultHealth:Medical-SurgicalNursing LindaHonanPellico, RN, PhD, CNS-BC 978-1-58255-877-6 • February2012 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1608pp. •351 Illus.•237Tables

Introducingafresh,newapproachtoMedical-SurgicalNursing.Thistext focuses on teaching students adult health content with a true clinical focus. By giving depth and breadth to essential content, Focus on AdultHealth:Medical-SurgicalNursing includes all of the necessary information beginning nurses need to know for safe and effective practice inamedical-surgical setting. Features • Evidence-BasedPracticeBoxes demonstratenursing implications of important research. • FocusonPathophysiology describes important pathophysiologic processes. • FocusedAssessmentGuides summarize important criteria related toaparticulardisorder. • Guidelines forNursingCare provide steps and rationales for important procedures. • UnitCaseStudies . Helpengage critical thinking skills. • NCLEX ® -styleQuestions .Test comprehensionandapplicationof content. • PrepU forPellico .Allowing students topracticeand increase their mastery level. • CriticalThinkingExercises help students apply knowledge to patient care. • GerontologicConsiderations highlight information related to care of older adults. • HealthPromotion include important points for nurses todiscuss withpatients. • NursingAlerts offer brief tipsor red-flagwarnings for clinical practice. • PatientEducation summarizepatient teaching, home care, and dischargeplanning. • RiskFactors drawattention to factors that can impair health. • LaboratoryandDiagnosticTests tables includenormal and critical values aswell as nursing implications. • NutritionAlerts highlight nutritional concerns for particular disorders. • DrugAlerts include keynursing considerations anddrug safety information.

Table of Contents Unit1: BasicsofAdultHealthNursing Unit2: Concepts andChallenges in PatientManagement Unit3: ProblemsRelated toGas ExchangeandRespiratoryFunction Unit4: ProblemsRelated to Cardiovascular andCirculatory Function Unit5: ProblemsRelated to Hematologic Function Unit6: ProblemsRelated toDigestive, Gastrointestinal, andMetabolic Function Unit7: ProblemsRelated toUrinary Tract Function Unit8: ProblemsRelated toEndocrine Function Unit9: ProblemsRelated to ReproductiveFunction Unit10: ProblemsRelated to Immunologic Function Unit11: ProblemsRelated to Musculoskeletal Function Unit12: ProblemsRelated to Neurologic Function

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StudyGuide for FocusonAdultHealth: Medical-SurgicalNursing LindaHonanPellico 978-1-58255-886-8 •February2012 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •544pp. •124 Illus.