Lippincott Certification Review Medical-Surgical Nursing

Contents

CONTRIBUTORS AND CONSULTANTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . VII

FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX

MEDICAL–SURGICAL NURSING CERTIFICATION. . . . . . . . . 1

Chapter 1

FOUNDATIONSOFNURSING.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Chapter 2

LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF NURSING . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 3

PRINCIPLES OF MEDICAL–SURGICAL NURSING. . . . . . . . . 37

Chapter 4

PRINCIPLESOFWOUNDCARE.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Chapter 5

DISRUPTIONS IN HOMEOSTASIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 6

CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Chapter 7

HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Chapter 8

RESPIRATORY DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Chapter 9

NEUROLOGICDISORDERS.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Chapter 10

MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Chapter 11

GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Chapter 12

SKINDISORDERS.........................221

Chapter 13

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RENAL AND URINARY TRACT DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Chapter 15

REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM DISORDERS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Chapter 16

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