2015 LWW Nursing Education Catalogue

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Handbook forFocusonAdultHealth: Medical-SurgicalNursing LindaHonanPellico, RN, PhD, CNS-BC 978-1-58255-887-5 • February2012 • Softbound •4.25” x7.25” •544pp. • 1 Illus.

This comprehensive yet concise clinical reference presents need-to- know informationonover 170 commonly encountereddiseases and disorders. The easy-to-use, colorful, consistent, and alphabetized format enables readers to gainquick access to vital informationon: • Pathophysiology • Risk Factors • ClinicalManifestations andAssessments • DiagnosticMethods • Medical andNursingManagement • Complications Features • NursingProcessSections that includeall of the stepsof the nursingprocess:Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning,Nursing Interventions, andEvaluation. • NursingAlerts thatoffer brief tipsor highlight red-flagwarnings for clinical practice. • GerontologicConsiderations that highlight informationpertaining specifically to the careof older adults,who comprise the fastest- growing segmentof our population. • Cross-referenced to FocusonAdultHealth:Medical-Surgical Nursing . • Tabbed forquick access to thealphabetical listingof diseases and disorders.

Table of Contents A: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV Infection) AcuteCoronary Syndrome andMyocardial Infarction AcuteRespiratoryDistress Syndrome Addison’sDisease (Adrenocortical Insufficiency) Alzheimer’sDisease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Anaphylaxis Anemia Anemia, Aplastic Anemia, IronDeficiency Anemia,Megaloblastic (VitaminB12 and FolicAcidDeficiency) Aneurysm, Aortic Angina Pectoris AorticRegurgitation (Insufficiency) Aortic Stenosis Appendicitis Arthritis, Rheumatoid Asthma Asthma: Status Asthmaticus B: BackPain, Low Bell’s Palsy BoneTumors

Medical Surgical

BowelObstruction, Large BowelObstruction, Small BrainTumors Bronchitis, Chronic Burn Injury C: Cancer

Cancer of theBladder Cancer of theBreast Cancer of theCervix Cancer of theColon andRectum (Colorectal Cancer) Cancer of the Endometrium Cancer of the Esophagus Cancer of the Larynx . . . Abridged tofit