Medical-surgical NursingPart of the popular Lippincott’s Review Series, this book offers an inexpensive, outline-format, paperback review for nursing students. The books in this series can be used for course/subject review, or NCLEX preparation. Core nursing content is presented in a comprehensive outline format review, plus chapter study questions and a comprehensive examination, both with answer key with rationales for correct and incorrect responses. This edition includes new NCLEX-style innovative item questions. A new, user-friendly back-of-book CD-ROM contains multiple choice and innovative item questions and a drop-down calculator. |
Contents
Nursing health assessment | 1 |
Homeostasis | 35 |
Fluids and electrolytes | 49 |
Pain | 70 |
Respiratory disorders | 87 |
Cardiovascular disorders | 116 |
Peripheral vascular disorders | 153 |
Gastrointestinal disorders | 185 |
Musculoskeletal disorders | 402 |
Liver biliary and pancreatic disorders | 430 |
Urinary and renal disorders | 457 |
Hematologic disorders | 485 |
Infectious disorders | 525 |
Cancer nursing | 549 |
Perioperative nursing | 572 |
Questions | 594 |
Endocrine and metabolic disorders | 216 |
Reproductive and sexual disorders | 245 |
Immunologic disorders | 277 |
Integumentary disorders | 304 |
Neurologic disorders | 331 |
Eye ear nose sinus and throat disorders | 369 |
Answers | 608 |
Bibliography | 625 |
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Glossary of terms | 630 |
Index | 638 |
Common terms and phrases
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