Description
Expanded and completely updated for its Ninth Edition, this full-color classic reference is the one source every nurse needs for essential information on patient care. In an easy-to-read outline format, this clinically focused guide covers all disorders and patient problems in medical-surgical, maternal-neonatal, pediatric, and psychiatric nursing, and includes over 150 step-by-step procedures.
Each chapter incorporates official guidelines that shape clinical practice, including those from the National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Nurses Association, Joint Commission, AWHONN, and others. Highlights of this Ninth Edition include updated photos and illustrations, updated references at the end of each chapter, a new Drug Therapy icon to spotlight nursing interventions related to drug therapy, expanded coverage of leadership and management, an expanded psychiatric care chapter, and expanded coverage of documentation, especially ensuring security in electronic medical records.
A companion Website includes medication tips, a dosage calculator, videos and animations on medication administration and safety, drug-related NCLEX®-style questions, FDA updates, and new clinical studies.
Features
--NEW! Drug therapy icon, especially in the Nursing Interventions sections, to spotlight nursing interventions related to drug therapy and draw attention to important nursing concerns such as risks/benefits, I.V. administration techniques, drug compatibility,
--NEW! Expanded coverage of documentation, especially ensuring security in electronic medical records
--NEW! Expanded coverage of leadership and management (leading a team, managing workload, patient care management, dealing with regulatory bodies).
--NEW! Expanded psychiatric care chapter
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Asterisk marks most important new features:
- Increased page count -- to 1,920 pages
- Revised and updated text throughout
- Updated photos and illustrations
- Updated references at end of each chapter, to boost evidence base and faculty appeal (national guidelines, meta-analyses, society position papers, etc.)
--All core areas of nursing: med-surg, maternity and neonatal, pediatric, and psych/mental health.
--Appealing full-color design that makes the format easily understandable
--Basic outline format for easy readability, with color-coded sections and sidebars for ready access to information.
--Current Standards of Care guidelines from the forces that shape clinical practice (Joint Commission, NIH, American Diabetes Assn, American Heart Assn, CDC, AWHONN, etc.)
--Detailed nursing care plans incorporating the latest NANDA nursing diagnoses.
--Drug alerts, Nursing alerts, and Gerontologic alerts -- graphic icons that highlight potential clinical challenges.
--More than 100 detailed procedure guidelines with step-by-step explanations and rationales for actions.
--Subheads that follow both the medical and the nursing models (Medical: patho, etiology, clinical manifestation, diagnostic evaluation, management, and complications) (Nursing model: nsg assessment, nsg diagnosis, nsg interventions, community and home heal.
About the Author(s)
- Sandra M Nettina MSN, ANP-BC
- SANDRA M. NETTINA, MSN, ANP-BCNurse PractitionerColumbia Medical PracticeColumbia, MarylandClinical PreceptorJohns Hopkins University School of NursingBaltimore, Maryland
Specs
- Edition: Ninth
- Product Format: Hardbound
- ISBN: 9780781798334
- Trim Size: 8 x 10
- Pages: 1920
- Pub Date: Apr 21, 2009
- Weight: 7.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
PART ONE NURSING PROCESS AND PRACTICE
- 1 Nursing Practice and the Nursing Process
- 2 Standards of Care, Ethical and Legal Issues
- 3 Health Promotion and Preventive Care
- 4 Genetics and Health Applications
- 5 Adult Physical Assessment
- 6 I.V. Therapy
- 7 Perioperative Nursing
- 8 Cancer Nursing
- 9 Care of the Older or Disabled Adult
- 10 Respiratory Function and Therapy
- 11 Respiratory Disorders
- 12 Cardiovascular Function and Therapy
- 13 Cardiac Disorders
- 14 Vascular Disorders
- 15 Neurologic Disorders
- 16 Eye Disorders
- 17 Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders
- 18 Gastrointestinal Disorders
- 19 Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Disorders
- 20 Nutritional Problems
- 21 Renal and Urinary Disorders
- 22 Gynecologic Disorders
- 23 Breast Conditions
- 24 Endocrine Disorders
- 25 Diabetes Mellitus
- 26 Hematologic Disorders
- 27 Transfusion Therapy and Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation
- 28 Asthma and Allergy
- 29 HIV Disease and AIDS
- 30 Connective Tissue Disorders
- 31 Infectious Diseases
- 32 Musculoskeletal Disorders
- 33 Dermatologic Disorders
- 34 Burns
- 35 Emergent Conditions
- 36 Maternal and Fetal Health
- 37 Nursing Management during Labor and Delivery
- 38 Care of Mother and Neonate during the Postpartum Period
- 39 Complications of the Childbearing Experience
- 40 Pediatric Growth and Development
- 41 Pediatric Physical Assessment
- 42 Pediatric Primary Care
- 43 Care of the Sick or Hospitalized Child
- 44 Pediatric Respiratory Disorders
- 45 Pediatric Cardiovascular Disorders
- 46 Pediatric Neurologic Disorders
- 47 Pediatric Eye and Ear Problems
- 48 Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Disorders
- 49 Pediatric Renal and Genitourinary Disorders
- 50 Pediatric Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders
- 51 Pediatric Oncology
- 52 Pediatric Hematologic Disorders
- 53 Pediatric Immunologic Disorders
- 54 Pediatric Orthopedic Problems
- 55 Pediatric Integumentary Disorders
- 56 Developmental Disabilities
- 57 Problems of Mental Health
- A Diagnostic Studies and Interpretation
- B Conversion Tables
- C Pediatric Laboratory Values
- D Sources of Additional Information
- Art Credits
PART TWO MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING
UNIT I General Health Considerations
UNIT II Respiratory Health
UNIT III Cardiovascular Health
UNIT IV Neurologic and Sensory Health
UNIT V Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Health
UNIT VI Renal, Genitourinary, and Reproductive Health
UNIT VII Metabolic and Endocrine Health
UNIT VIII Hematologic Health
UNIT IX Immunologic Health
UNIT X Musculoskeletal Health
UNIT XI Integumentary Health
UNIT XII Emergency Nursing
PART THREE MATERNITY AND NEONATAL NURSING
PART FOUR PEDIATRIC NURSING
UNIT XIII General Practice Considerations
UNIT XIV Pediatric Health
PART FIVE PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
APPENDICES
Index
