Clinical Companion to Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing , 12th Edition

Description

Designed for portability, this Clinical Companion provides at-a-glance access to key information on more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the 12th edition of Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. Organized alphabetically for quick reference, it includes a variety of full-color illustrations and summary tables, as well as a handy reference appendix with laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice.

Key Features

• Part One: Disorders offers practical information in a consistent format: Definitions and Descriptions, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, Complications, Diagnostic Studies, Interprofessional Care and Drug Therapy, and Nursing Management.
• Treatments and Procedures section summarizes need-to-know content about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as basic life support, enteral nutrition, and artificial airway management.
• Patient and caregiver teaching content is highlighted with a special icon to identify appropriate information to share with patients and caregivers about the care of various conditions.
• Cross-references to the main text direct you to more in-depth information.
• Handy reference appendix contains information frequently used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, Spanish translations of key phrases, and much more.
• Attractive four-color design makes it quick and easy to locate specific information.

New to this Edition

• Updated content reflects the revisions and updates in the Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12th Edition text.

Companion Products

• Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book, 12th Edition : Clinical Companion to Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book
• Clinical Companion to Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 12th Edition : Clinical Companion to Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

Readership

Undergraduate nursing students in medical-surgical nursing courses in ADN, BSN, RN-to-BSN, and accelerated BSN programs (344,944 students in BSN and RN-to-BSN programs, AACN 2017-2018) Nursing students in master's-entry RN programs (134,777 students in master’s programs, AACN 2017-2018)

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Debra Hagler, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHSE, ANEF, FAAN, Clinical Professor,Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation,Arizona State University,Phoenix, Arizona ; Mariann M. Harding, PhD, RN, CNE, FAADN, Professor of Nursing Technology,Kent State University Tuscarawas,New Philadelphia, Ohio ; Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, Program Director, Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner Program; Program Director, HIV Sub-specialty; Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York and Courtney Reinisch, RN, DNP, FNP-BC, Director of Undergraduate Nursing, School of Nursing, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey