Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing (eBook, ePUB)

A Systems Approach
Redaktion: Brady, Anne-Marie; Mccann, Margaret; Mccabe, Catherine

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing A Systems Approach Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of medical and surgical nursing, designed specifically to support all nursing students learning to care for the adult patient. Highly illustrated and with an easy-to-follow systems-based structure, it provides a thorough foundation in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for the full spectrum of adult health conditions. KEY FEATURES: * Extensive coverage of principles of nursing assessment, medication administration, infection prevention and control, and nutritional care * Key need-to-know-information and definitions for the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of a range of illnesses and conditions * Detailed overviews of nursing care, including patient education, treatment, and complications * An online resource centre with a range of extras for both lecturers and students, including case studies, reflective activities, interactive multiple choice questions, and further reading lists Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is the ideal textbook to help students succeed on their adult nursing course. with online self-test www.wileyfundamentalseries.com/medicalnursing * Interactive multiple-choice questions * Reflective questions for downloading * Case studies * Links to online resources When you purchase the book you also receive access to the Wiley E-Text: Powered by VitalSource. This is an interactive digital version of the book, featuring downloadable text and images, highlighting and notetaking facilities, bookmarking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and abbreviations. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is also available on CourseSmart, offering extra functionality as well as an immediate way to access the book. For more details, see www.coursesmart.co.uk/9780470658239.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118490938
• Artikelnr.: 39938619

Autorenporträt

ABOUT THE EDITORS Anne-Marie Brady, Catherine McCabe and Margaret McCann are Assistant Professors at Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.

Inhaltsangabe

About the series ix Preface x About the editors xii Contributors xiii How
to get the best out of your textbook xviii About the companion website xxi
Part 1: Common Principles Underlying Medical and Surgical Nursing Practice
1 Chapter 1 Principles of nursing assessment 2 Naomi Elliott Chapter 2
Principles of drug administration 12 Sue Jordan Chapter 3 Principles of
intravenous therapy 26 Lisa Dougherty Chapter 4 Principles of nutritional
care 44 Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings Chapter 5 Principles of infection
prevention and control 58 Sile Creedon and Maura Smiddy Chapter 6
Principles of acute care for older people 78 Louise Daly, Debbie Tolson and
Anna Ayton Chapter 7 Principles of end of life care 90 Kevin Connaire
Chapter 8 Principles of perioperative nursing 104 Joy O'Neill, Bernie
Pennington and Adele Nightingale Chapter 9 Principles of high-dependency
nursing 124 Tina Day Chapter 10 Principles of emergency nursing 142 Valerie
Small, Gabrielle Dunne and Catherine McCabe Part 2: Adult Medical and
Surgical Nursing 155 Chapter 11 Nursing care of conditions related to the
skin 156 Zena Moore and Julie Jordan O'Brien Chapter 12 Nursing care of
conditions related to the respiratory system 176 Anne Marie Corroon and
Geralyn Hynes Chapter 13 Nursing care of conditions related to the
circulatory system 210 Kate Olson and Tracey Bowden Chapter 14 Nursing care
of conditions related to the digestive system 240 Joanne Cleary-Holdforth
and Therese Leufer Chapter 15 Nursing care of conditions related to the
urinary system 262 Margaret McCann, Ciara White and Louisa Fleure Chapter
16 Nursing care of conditions related to the endocrine system 298 David
Chaney and Anna Clarke Chapter 17 Nursing care of conditions related to the
neurological system 326 Elaine Pierce and Mary E. Braine Chapter 18 Nursing
care of conditions related to the immune system 364 Michael Coughlan and
Mary Nevin Chapter 19 Nursing care of conditions related to haematological
disorders 386 Mairead Ni Chonghaile and Laura O'Regan Chapter 20 Nursing
care of conditions related to the musculoskeletal system 422 Sonya Clarke
and Julia Kneale Chapter 21 Nursing care of conditions related to the ear,
nose, throat and eye 448 Dympna Tuohy, Jane McCarthy, Carmel O'Sullivan and
Niamh Hurley Chapter 22 Nursing care of conditions related to reproductive
health 478 Debra Holloway and Louisa Fleure Index 510

Rezensionen

"This is book is aimed at pre-registration nursing students and other healthcare students but would also be appropriate for training or qualified assistant practitioners. It would also be useful to newly qualified nurses working in medical or surgical areas." (Nursing Times, 1 August 2014)