V2 NEW_FULL_NPA_Mar-Jun2019_web_wholebook 27.02.19

NURSING Diseases

Professional Guide to Diseases 11th Edition

By LauraWillis, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, DNPsAPRN-CNP, CMSRN , is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Urbana Family Medicine and Pediat-

rics in Urbana, Ohio DESCRIPTION

Get ready to provide efficient, informed patient care, with the newly updated Professional Guide to Diseases , 11th Edition. This comprehensive guide offers the causes, signs and symptoms for more than 600 disorders, with expert nursing direction on tests, assessments, diagnosis, treatments and special considerations. Whether you are a student preparing for board certification or are a new or expe- rienced nurse, this is vital support for understanding correct treatment of the com- mon conditions seen almost daily. FEATURES Build up your ground-floor knowledge of a wide range of common disorders and diseases:

▶ ▶ NEW  full-color figures and illustrations ▶ ▶ Boxed text on pathophysiology and prevention that helps reinforce difficult concepts ▶ ▶ Icons that emphasize important concepts: Elderly Tip, Pediatric Tip, Clinical Alert, Life-Threatening Disorder and Confirming Diagnosis ▶ ▶ Consistent template that makes information quick and easy to find yet comprehensive enough to offer complete coverage of a group of similar diseases ▶ ▶ Expert guidance that leads you to targeted, cost-effective testing ▶ ▶ Chapters offering a thorough grounding in: • Disorders found in individual body systems – Cardiovascular; respiratory; neurologic; gastrointestinal; hepatobiliary; musculoskeletal; renal and urologic; immune; hematologic; metabolic and nutritional; endocrine; eye; ear, nose and throat; skin; genetic; obstetric and gynecologic; sexual; and psychiatric • Malignant neoplasms – Head, neck and spine; thorax; abdomen and pelvis; male and female genitalia; bone, skin and soft tissue; blood and lymph • Infection – Gram-positive cocci, gram-negative cocci, gram-positive bacilli, gram-negative bacilli, spirochetes and mycobacteria, mycoses, respiratory viruses, rash-producing viruses, enteroviruses, arbovirus, miscellaneous viruses, rickettsia, protozoa, helminths • Trauma – Head, neck and spine, thorax, abdomen, extremities, whole body ▶ ▶ Updated information on rare diseases, potential agents of bioterrorism, and complementary and alternative therapies for specific conditions, with additional coverage for more than 50 life-threatening disorders ▶ ▶ Detailed guidance on hundreds of commonly seen disorders and diseases in easy-to-read language — ideal for both graduate and undergraduate study ▶ ▶ Offers new nurses the confidence to function fully while building on-the-unit skills and know-how ▶ ▶ Small enough size to carry with you as a solid resource — informative, concise and organized for easy reference Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS™, Android™, PC and Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: ▶ ▶ The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time — providing a seamless reading experience online or offline ▶ ▶ Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech ▶ ▶ Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks

Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-0772-7 / ($6 9 .99(t) / £ 53.00 / € 61.00 ) World Approx 1,296 pp / 330 in Full Color / 6 x 9 / June 2019

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in April 2012 (ISBN: 978-1-4511-4460-4).

38