Medical Surgical Nursing, 6e

Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care, 6e provides students with all of the practical knowledge and skills they need to care for adult patients—without overwhelming readers with diseases and disorders that are beyond the beginning nurse’s scope of practice. Carefully selected content focuses on the most salient concepts that new nurses will need to know when they first enter practice: how to promote health, facilitate recovery from illness and injury and provide support when coping with disability or loss. Throughout the text, the authors focus on individualized holistic nursing care as the crucial element in learning and practicing nursing and the readers are given the tools they need to develop their clinical reasoning ability so that they can make safe and effective decisions on the job. With its understandable language, visual approach and consistent teaching and learning format, it’s no surprise that students across the globe overwhelmingly report that they truly like reading this text. 

• New and enhanced Clinical Competencies at the beginning of each chapter have been revised to clearly reflect QSEN competencies 
• New chapters on Informatics and Evidence-Based Practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Perioperative Nursing and Nursing Care of Patients with Communicable Diseases
• Priorities of Care help the student prioritize care, particularly in acute situations 
• Moving Knowledge into Action provide students with opportunities to reflect on and apply their learning to patient care situations 
• Expected Outcomes appear after every nursing diagnosis to help the student identify the goal of planned nursing interventions
• Continuity of Care focuses on the nurse’s responsibility for preparing the patient and caregivers for transitions of care from one healthcare setting to another or to the home

Table of contents:

• Preface 
• Unit 1 Dimensions of Medical-Surgical Nursing 
• Chapter 1 Medical-Surgical Nursing in the 21st Century
•  Chapter 2 Informatics and Evidence-Based Practice in Medical- Surgical Nursing 
• Chapter 3 Health and Illness Care of Adults
• Unit 2 Alterations in Patterns of Health
• Chapter 4 Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery 
• Chapter 5 Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Loss, Grief and Death 
• Chapter 6 Nursing Care of Patients with Problems of Substance Abuse 
• Chapter 7 Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Disasters 
• Unit 3 Pathophysiology and Patterns of Health 
• Chapter 8 Genetic Implications of Adult Health Nursing 
• Chapter 9 Nursing Care of Patients in Pain 
• Chapter 10 Nursing Care of Patients with Altered Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid–Base Balance 
• Chapter 11 Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Trauma and Shock 
• Chapter 12 Nursing Care of Patients with Infections 
• Chapter 13 Nursing Care of Patients with Altered Immunity 
• Chapter 14 Nursing Care of Patients with Cancer 
•  Unit 4 Responses to Altered Integumentary Structure and Function 
• • Chapter 15 Assessing the Integumentary System
  • Chapter 16 Nursing Care of Patients with Integumentary Disorders \
  • Chapter 17 Nursing Care of Patients with Burns 

• Unit 5 Responses to Altered Endocrine Function 
• • Chapter 18 Assessing the Endocrine System 
  • Chapter 19 Nursing Care of Patients with Endocrine Disorders 
  • Chapter 20 Nursing Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus 
• Unit 6 Responses to Altered Gastrointestinal Function 
• • Chapter 21 Assessing the Gastrointestinal System 
  • Chapter 22 Nursing Care of Patients with Nutritional Disorders 
  • Chapter 23 Nursing Care of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal Disorders 
  • Chapter 24 Nursing Care of Patients with Bowel Disorders 
  • Chapter 25 Nursing Care of Patients with Gallbladder, Liver and Pancreatic Disorders 
• Unit 7 Responses to Altered Urinary Elimination 
• • Chapter 26 Assessing the Renal System 
  • Chapter 27 Nursing Care of Patients with Urinary Tract Disorders
  • Chapter 28 Nursing Care of Patients with Kidney Disorders 
• Unit 8 Responses to Altered Cardiovascular Function 
• • Chapter 29 Assessing the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems 
  • Chapter 30 Nursing Care of Patients with Coronary Heart Disease 
  • Chapter 31 Nursing Care of Patients with Cardiac Disorders 
  • Chapter 32 Nursing Care of Patients with Vascular and Lymphatic Disorders 
  • Chapter 33 Nursing Care of Patients with Hematologic Disorders 
• Unit 9 Responses to Altered Respiratory Function 
• • Chapter 34 Assessing the Respiratory System 
  • Chapter 35 Nursing Care of Patients with Upper Respiratory Disorders 
  • Chapter 36 Nursing Care of Patients with Ventilation Disorders 
  • Chapter 37 Nursing Care of Patients with Gas Exchange Disorders 
• Unit 10 Responses to Altered Musculoskeletal Function 
• • Chapter 38 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System 
  • Chapter 39 Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma 
  • Chapter 40 Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders 
• Unit 11 Responses to Altered Neurologic Function 
• • Chapter 41 Assessing the Nervous System 
  • Chapter 42 Nursing Care of Patients with Intracranial Disorders 
  • Chapter 43 Nursing Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Disorders and CNS Infections 
  • Chapter 44 Nursing Care of Patients with Neurologic Disorders 
• Unit 12 Responses to Altered Sensory Function 
• • Chapter 45 Assessing the Eye and Ear 
  • Chapter 46 Nursing Care of Patients with Eye and Ear Disorders 
• Unit 13 Responses to Altered Reproductive Function 
• • Chapter 47 Assessing the Male and Female Reproductive Systems 
  • Chapter 48 Nursing Care of Men with Reproductive System and Breast Disorders 
  • Chapter 49 Nursing Care of Women with Reproductive System and Breast Disorders 
  • Chapter 50 Nursing Care of Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections Additional Chapters
  • Chapter 51 Perioperative Nursing 
  • Chapter 52 Nursing Care of Patients with Communicable.