Here's everything you need to know to care for adult medical-surgical patients and pass the NCLEX-PN. Easy-to-understand guidance helps you confidently grasp the principles, concepts, and skills essential for practice.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Reviewers
• UNIT ONE Understanding Health Care Issues
• Chapter 1 Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process
• Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Practice
• Chapter 3 Issues in Nursing Practice
• Chapter 4 Cultural Influences on Nursing Care
• Chapter 5 Complementary and Alternative Modalities
• UNIT TWO Understanding Health and Illness
• Chapter 6 Nursing Care of Patients With Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances
• Chapter 7 Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy
• Chapter 8 Nursing Care of Patients With Infections
• Chapter 9 Nursing Care of Patients in Shock
• Chapter 10 Nursing Care of Patients in Pain
• Chapter 11 Nursing Care of Patients With Cancer
• Chapter 12 Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery
• Chapter 13 Nursing Care of Patients With Emergent Conditions and Disaster/ Bioterrorism Response
• UNIT THREE Understanding Life Span Influences on Health and Illness
• Chapter 14 Developmental Considerations in the Nursing Care of Adults
• Chapter 15 Nursing Care of Older Adult Patients
• Chapter 16 Nursing Care of Patients at Home
• Chapter 17 Nursing Care of Patients at the End of Life
• UNIT FOUR Understanding the Immune System
• Chapter 18 Immune System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 19 Nursing Care of Patients With Immune Disorders
• Chapter 20 Nursing Care of Patients With HIV Disease and AIDS
• UNIT FIVE Understanding the Cardiovascular System
• Chapter 21 Cardiovascular System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 22 Nursing Care of Patients With Hypertension
• Chapter 23 Nursing Care of Patients With Valvular, Inflammatory, and Infectious Cardiac or Venous Disorders
• Chapter 24 Nursing Care of Patients With Occlusive Cardiovascular Disorders
• Chapter 25 Nursing Care of Patients With Cardiac Dysrhythmias
• Chapter 26 Nursing Care of Patients With Heart Failure
• UNIT SIX Understanding the Hematologic and Lymphatic Systems
• Chapter 27 Hematologic and Lymphatic System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 28 Nursing Care of Patients With Hematologic and Lymphatic Disorders
• UNIT SEVEN Understanding the Respiratory System
• Chapter 29 Respiratory System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 30 Nursing Care of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
• Chapter 31 Nursing Care of Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders
• UNIT EIGHT Understanding the Gastrointestinal, Hepatic, and Pancreatic Systems
• Chapter 32 Gastrointestinal, Hepatobiliary, and Pancreatic Systems Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 33 Nursing Care of Patients With Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Chapter 34 Nursing Care of Patients With Lower Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Chapter 35 Nursing Care of Patients With Liver, Pancreatic, and Gallbladder Disorders
• UNIT NINE Understanding the Urinary System
• Chapter 36 Urinary System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 37 Nursing Care of Patients With Disorders of the Urinary System
• UNIT TEN Understanding the Endocrine System
• Chapter 38 Endocrine System Function and Assessment
• Chapter 39 Nursing Care of Patients With Endocrine Disorders
• Chapter 40 Nursing Care of Patients With Disorders of the Endocrine Pancreas
• UNIT ELEVEN Understanding the Genitourinary and Reproductive System
• Chapter 41 Genitourinary and Reproductive System Function and Assessment
• Chapter 42 Nursing Care of Women With Reproductive System Disorders
• Chapter 43 Nursing Care of Male Patients With Genitourinary Disorders
• Chapter 44 Nursing Care of Patients With Sexually Transmitted Infections
• UNIT TWELVE Understanding the Musculoskeletal System
• Chapter 45 Musculoskeletal Function and Assessment
• Chapter 46 Nursing Care of Patients With Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Disorders
• UNIT THIRTEEN Understanding the Neurologic System
• Chapter 47 Neurologic System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 48 Nursing Care of Patients With Central Nervous System Disorders
• Chapter 49 Nursing Care of Patients With Cerebrovascular Disorders
• Chapter 50 Nursing Care of Patients With Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
• UNIT FOURTEEN Understanding the Sensory System
• Chapter 51 Sensory System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures: Vision and Hearing
• Chapter 52 Nursing Care of Patients With Sensory Disorders: Vision and Hearing
• UNIT FIFTEEN Understanding the Integumentary System
• Chapter 53 Integumentary System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 54 Nursing Care of Patients With Skin Disorders
• Chapter 55 Nursing Care of Patients With Burns
• UNIT SIXTEEN Understanding Mental Health Care
• Chapter 56 Mental Health Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures
• Chapter 57 Nursing Care of Patients With Mental Health Disorders
• Appendix A Diagnostic Tests
• Appendix B Normal Adult Reference Laboratory Values
• Appendix C Answers to Review Questions
• Appendix D Medical Abbreviations
• Appendix E Prefixes, Suffixes, and Combining Forms
• Appendix F Glossary