Test Bank for Medical-Surgical Nursing, 8th Edition: Sharon L. Lewis

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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0323065805
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0323065801
• Author: Shannon Ruff Dirksen; Sharon L. Lewis

Provides a strong foundation in medical-surgical nursing in a highly readable format.All content is written and reviewed by leading experts in the field to ensure that information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate.Colorful design and over 1,400 full-color illustrations clearly demonstrate disease processes and related anatomy and physiology.UNIQUE! A complete collection of study tools and resources, including the innovative Stress-Busting Kit for Nursing Students, offers engaging, interactive exercises and activities that make learning more effective and help prepare you for clinical practice.UNIQUE! Presents key nursing management content using a “levels of care” approach that explains how nursing care varies for different levels of health and illness.Approximately 55 comprehensive nursing care plans incorporate NIC, NOC, and current NANDA diagnoses, defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems. Bridge to NCLEX Examination Review Questions at the end of each chapter focus on prioritization and help reinforce your understanding of key content.Evidence-Based Practice boxes summarize key interdisciplinary research and clearly demonstrate how it applies to nursing practice.Collaborative Management headings and Collaborative Care tables emphasize the importance of total patient care in today’s health care settings and provide a clear understanding of each provider’s role in managing disorders.Drug Alert boxes highlight important considerations applicable to key drugs.Healthy People boxes summarize government health care goals as they relate to specific disorders and identify important strategies for the prevention and early detection of diseases.Drug Therapy tables highlight vital medication information for quick reference.Nutritional Therapy tables summarize nutritional interventions and strategies for promoting healthy lifestyles in patients with various conditions.Cultural and ethnic health disparities content includes a dedicated chapter on health disparities and culturally competent care, as well as summary boxes highlighting important issues (including risk factors) related to the nursing care of various ethnic populations.Extensive gerontologic content discusses age-related changes for each body system and alerts you to differences often encountered in older patients.Emergency Management tables outline the treatment of health problems most likely to create medical emergencies.Health History tables summarize the key questions you should ask, as well as important assessment parameters.Patient and Caregiver Teaching Guides provide critical information to help you educate others who will be helping to care for the patient.Ethical Dilemmas boxes promote critical thinking for timely and sensitive issues such as informed consent, patient adherence, guardianship, confidentiality, and sterilization.Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes summarize what you need to know about the clinical uses, effects, and nursing implications of herbal remedies, acupuncture, biofeedback, and moreGenetics in Clinical Practice boxes cover key topics such as genetic testing, Alzheimer’s disease, sickle cell disease, and genetics-related ethics issues.A glossary of key terms and definitions in the back of the book provides definitions and page references.

Table of contents:

SECTION 1 Concepts in Nursing Practice
1 Professional Nursing
2 Social Determinants of Health
3 Health History and Physical Examination
4 Patient and Caregiver Teaching
5 Chronic Illness and Older Adults
6 Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, and Gender Diverse Patients
SECTION 2 Problems Related to Comfort and Coping
7 Stress Management
8 Sleep and Sleep Disorders
9 Pain
10 Palliative and End-of-Life Care
11 Substance Use Disorders in Acute Care
SECTION 3 Problems Related to Homeostasis and Protection
12 Inflammation and Healing
13 Genetics
14 Immune Responses and Transplantation
15 Infection
16 Cancer
17 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances
SECTION 4 Perioperative and Emergency Care
18 Preoperative Care
19 Intraoperative Care
20 Postoperative Care
21 Emergency and Disaster Nursing
SECTION 5 Problems Related to Altered Sensory Input
22 Assessment and Management: Visual Problems
23 Assessment and Management: Auditory Problems
24 Assessment: Integumentary System
25 Integumentary Problems
26 Burns
SECTION 6 Problems of Oxygenation: Ventilation
27 Assessment: Respiratory System
28 Supporting Ventilation
29 Upper Respiratory Problems
30 Lower Respiratory Problems
31 Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases
32 Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
SECTION 7 Problems of Oxygenation: Transport
33 Assessment: Hematologic System
34 Hematologic Problems
SECTION 8 Problems of Oxygenation: Perfusion
35 Assessment: Cardiovascular System
36 Hypertension
37 Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome
38 Heart Failure
39 Dysrhythmias
40 Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders
41 Vascular Disorders
42 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
SECTION 9 Problems of Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination
43 Assessment: Gastrointestinal System
44 Nutrition Problems
45 Obesity
46 Upper Gastrointestinal Problems
47 Lower Gastrointestinal Problems
48 Liver, Biliary Tract, and Pancreas Problems
SECTION 10 Problems of Urinary Function
49 Assessment: Urinary System
50 Renal and Urologic Problems
51 Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

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