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Black's Medical-Surgical Nursing, First South Asia Edition

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  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Malarvizhi S., Renuka Gugan
  • Language: English

Black’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes, First South Asia Edition, takes you from basic to advanced medical-surgical nursing with a number of… Read more

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Black’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes, First South Asia Edition, takes you from basic to advanced medical-surgical nursing with a number of online resources that make it easier to teach and learn concepts. This text provides a reliable foundation in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for the full spectrum of adult health conditions. The roles of various health care professionals in managing each disorder and disease are clearly outlined, and evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines are integrated throughout the text.

Key features

  • UNIQUE! Evidence-Based Practice
  • icons identify statements based on primary research or standardized guidelines and teach you to base your practice on solid research evidence.

  • Translating Evidence into Practice
  • boxes present a topic in the form of a clinical question and summarize the conclusions of 4-5 research articles, encouraging you to judge the research for yourself and consider how it relates to the nursing setting.

  • Care Plans
  • highlight nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, expected outcomes, interventions with rationales, and evaluation to help you prioritize tasks and determine the appropriate treatment.

  • Thinking Critically
  • questions at the end of each nursing care chapter pose short, typical client scenarios followed by questions about what actions to take to test your critical thinking skills.

  • Concept Maps
  • illustrate the links among pathophysiological processes, clinical manifestations, medical treatment, and nursing interventions.

  • Integrating Pharmacology boxes help you understand how medications can be used for disease management by exploring common classifications of routinely used medications.
  • Bridge to Critical Care and Bridge
  • to Home Health Care boxes introduce you to critical care and home health nursing by connecting these related specialties to medical-surgical nursing.

  • Feature boxes
  • highlight issues in Critical Monitoring, Management and Delegation, Genetics, Terrorism, Community-Based Practice, and Physical Assessment in the Healthy Adult.

  • UNIQUE!
  • Completely revised and newly illustrated chapter on structural cardiac disorders provides the latest information on the expected outcomes of transplantation and the related nursing care.

  • UNIQUE!
  • Chapter on management of clients with integumentary disorders includes author Joyce Black's cutting-edge research on pressure ulcers.

  • NIC and NOC labels incorporated throughout in the Nursing Care Plans demonstrate the application of these standardized nursing taxonomies to everyday clinical practice.
  • UNIQUE!
  • Integrating Diagnostic Studies boxes in every assessment chapter provide examples of laboratory and imaging studies that may be ordered during the course of a client's illness.

  • Safety Alert
  • icons identify common hospital emergencies and The Joint Commission's patient safety goals and sentinel events to help you keep your patients safe.

    Table of contents

    Unit 1. Foundations of Practice

    1. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

    2. Health Assessment

    3. Critical Thinking

    4. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
    Unit 2. Health Care Delivery Systems

    5. Ambulatory Health Care

    6. Acute Health Care

    7. Critical Care

    8. Home Health Care

    9. Long-Term Care

    10. Rehabilitation
    Unit 3. Foundations of Medical-Surgical Nursing

    11. Geriatric Nursing

    12. Clients with Fluid Imbalances

    13. Clients with Electrolyte Imbalances

    14. Acid-Base Balance

    15. Clients Having Surgery: Promoting Positive Outcomes
    Unit 4. Physiologic Foundations

    16. Perspectives in Genetics

    17. Perspectives in Oncology

    18. Clients with Cancer

    19. Clients with Wounds

    20. Perspectives on Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism
    Unit 5. Psychosocial Foundations

    21. Clients with Pain

    22. Perspectives in Palliative Care

    23. Clients with Sleep and Rest Disorders and Fatigue

    24. Clients with Psychosocial and Mental Health Concerns

    25. Clients with Substance Abuse Disorders
    Unit 6. Musculoskeletal Disorders

    26. Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System

    27. Management of Clients with Musculoskeletal Disorders

    28. Management of Clients with Musculoskeletal Trauma or Overuse
    Unit 7. Nutritional Disorders

    29. Assessment of Nutrition and the Digestive System

    30. Management of Clients with Malnutrition

    31. Management of Clients with Ingestive Disorders

    32. Management of Clients with Digestive Disorders
    Unit 8. Elimination Disorders

    33. Assessment of Elimination

    34. Management of Clients with Intestinal Disorders

    35. Management of Clients with Urinary Disorders

    36. Management of Clients with Renal Disorders

    37. Management of Clients with Renal Failure
    UNIT 9. Sexuality and Reproductive Disorders

    38. Assessment of the Reproductive Systems

    39. Management of Men with Reproductive Disorders

    40. Management of Women with Reproductive Disorders

    41. Management of Clients with Breast Disorders

    42. Management of Clients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
    UNIT 10. Metabolic Disorders

    43. Assessment of the Endocrine and Metabolic Systems

    44. Management of Clients with Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders

    45. Management of Clients with Adrenal and Pituitary Disorders

    46. Management of Clients with Diabetes Mellitus

    47. Management of Clients with Exocrine Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders

    48. Management of Clients with Hepatic Disorders
    UNIT 11. Integumentary Disorders

    49. Assessment of the Integumentary System

    50. Management of Clients with Integumentary Disorders

    51. Management of Clients with Burn Injury
    Unit 12. Vascular Disorders

    52. Assessment of the Vascular System

    53. Management of Clients with Hypertensive Disorders

    54. Management of Clients with Vascular Disorders
    UNIT 13. Cardiac Disorders

    55. Assessment of the Cardiac System

    56. Management of Clients with Structural Cardiac Disorders

    57. Management of Clients with Functional Cardiac Disorders

    58. Management of Clients with Dysrhythmias

    59. Management of Clients with Myocardial Infarction
    Unit 14. Oxygenation Disorders

    60. Assessment of the Respiratory System

    61. Management of Clients with Upper Airway Disorders

    62. Management of Clients with Lower Airway and Pulmonary Vessel Disorders

    63. Management of Clients with Parenchymal and Pleural Disorders

    64. Management of Clients with Acute Pulmonary Disorders
    UNIT 15. Sensory Disorders

    65. Assessment of the Eyes and Ears

    66. Management of Clients with Visual Disorders

    67. Management of Clients with Hearing and Balance Disorders
    UNIT 16. Cognitive and Perceptual Disorders

    68. Assessment of the Neurologic System

    69. Management of Comatose or Confused Clients

    70. Management of Clients with Cerebral Disorders

    71. Management of Clients with Peripheral Nervous System Disorders

    72. Management of Clients with Stroke

    73. Management of Clients with Degenerative Neurologic Disorders

    74. Management of Clients with Neurologic Trauma
    UNIT 17. Protective Disorders

    75. Assessment of the Hematopoietic System

    76. Management of Clients with Hematologic Disorders

    77. Management of Clients with Immune Disorders

    78. Management of Clients with Rheumatic Disorders

    79. Management of Clients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

    80. Management of Clients with Leukemia and Lymphoma
    UNIT 18. Multisystem Disorders

    81. Management of Clients Requiring Transplantation

    82. Management of Clients with Shock and Multisystem Disorders

    83. Management of Clients in the Emergency Department

    Product details

    • Edition: 1
    • Latest edition
    • Published: April 15, 2019
    • Language: English