Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care, 6e provides students with all of the practical knowledge and skills they need to care for adult patients—without overwhelming readers with diseases and disorders that are beyond the beginning nurse’s scope of practice. Carefully selected content focuses on the most salient concepts that new nurses will need to know when they first enter practice: how to promote health, facilitate recovery from illness and injury, and provide support when coping with disability or loss.
Throughout the text, the authors focus on individualized holistic nursing care as the crucial element in learning and practicing nursing, and the readers are given the tools they need to develop their clinical reasoning ability so that they can make safe and effective decisions on the job. With its understandable language, visual approach, and consistent teaching and learning format, it’s no surprise that students across the globe overwhelmingly report that they truly like reading this text.
About the Author
Priscilla LeMone, RN, DSN, FAAN
Associate Professor Emeritus
Sinclair School of Nursing
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri
Karen M. Burke, RN, MS
Education Consultant
Astoria, Oregon
Gerene Bauldoff, RN, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Paula Gubrud, RN, MS, EdD., FAAN
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Oregon Health & Science University
School of Nursing
Portland Oregon
Features
New and enhanced features
• Clinical Competencies at the beginning of each chapter have been revised to clearly reflect QSEN competencies
• New chapters on Informatics and Evidence-Based Practice in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Perioperative Nursing and Nursing Care of Patients with Communicable Diseases
• Priorities of Care help the student prioritize care, particularly in acute situations
• Moving Knowledge into Action provide students with opportunities to reflect on and apply their learning to patient care situations
• Expected Outcomes appear after every nursing diagnosis to help the student identify the goal of planned nursing interventions
• Continuity of Care focuses on the nurse’s responsibility for preparing the patient and caregivers for transitions of care from one healthcare setting to another or to the home
Table Content
About the Authors
Thank You
Preface
UNIT 1 Dimensions of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Chapter 1 Medical-Surgical Nursing in the 21st Century
Chapter 2 Informatics and Evidence-Based Practice in Medical-
Surgical Nursing
Chapter 3 Health and Illness Care of Adults
UNIT 2 Alterations in Patterns of Health
Chapter 4 Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery
Chapter 5 Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Loss, Grief, and
Death
Chapter 6 Nursing Care of Patients with Problems of Substance
Abuse
Chapter 7 Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Disasters
UNIT 3 Pathophysiology and Patterns of Health
Chapter 8 Genetic Implications of Adult Health Nursing
Chapter 9 Nursing Care of Patients in Pain
Chapter 10 Nursing Care of Patients with Altered Fluid, Electrolyte,
and Acid–Base Balance
Chapter 11 Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Trauma and
Shock
Chapter 12 Nursing Care of Patients with Infections
Chapter 13 Nursing Care of Patients with Altered Immunity
Chapter 14 Nursing Care of Patients with Cancer
UNIT 4 Responses to Altered Integumentary Structure
and Function
Chapter 15 Assessing the Integumentary System
Chapter 16 Nursing Care of Patients with Integumentary
Disorders
Chapter 17 Nursing Care of Patients with Burns
UNIT 5 Responses to Altered Endocrine Function
Chapter 18 Assessing the Endocrine System
Chapter 19 Nursing Care of Patients with Endocrine Disorders
Chapter 20 Nursing Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus
UNIT 6 Responses to Altered Gastrointestinal
Function
Chapter 21 Assessing the Gastrointestinal System
Chapter 22 Nursing Care of Patients with Nutritional Disorders
Chapter 23 Nursing Care of Patients with Upper Gastrointestinal
Disorders
Chapter 24 Nursing Care of Patients with Bowel Disorders
Chapter 25 Nursing Care of Patients with Gallbladder, Liver, and
Pancreatic Disorders
UNIT 7 Responses to Altered Urinary Elimination
Chapter 26 Assessing the Renal System
Chapter 27 Nursing Care of Patients with Urinary Tract Disorders
Chapter 28 Nursing Care of Patients with Kidney Disorders
UNIT 8 Responses to Altered Cardiovascular
Function
Chapter 29 Assessing the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic
Systems
Chapter 30 Nursing Care of Patients with Coronary Heart
Disease
Chapter 31 Nursing Care of Patients with Cardiac Disorders
Chapter 32 Nursing Care of Patients with Vascular and Lymphatic
Disorders
Chapter 33 Nursing Care of Patients with Hematologic
Disorders
UNIT 9 Responses to Altered Respiratory Function
Chapter 34 Assessing the Respiratory System
Chapter 35 Nursing Care of Patients with Upper Respiratory
Disorders
Chapter 36 Nursing Care of Patients with Ventilation Disorders
Chapter 37 Nursing Care of Patients with Gas Exchange
Disorders
UNIT 10 Responses to Altered Musculoskeletal
Function
Chapter 38 Assessing the Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 39 Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal
Trauma
Chapter 40 Nursing Care of Patients with Musculoskeletal
Disorders
UNIT 11 Responses to Altered Neurologic Function
Chapter 41 Assessing the Nervous System
Chapter 42 Nursing Care of Patients with Intracranial Disorders
Chapter 43 Nursing Care of Patients with Spinal Cord Disorders and
CNS Infections
Chapter 44 Nursing Care of Patients with Neurologic Disorders
UNIT 12 Responses to Altered Sensory Function
Chapter 45 Assessing the Eye and Ear
Chapter 46 Nursing Care of Patients with Eye and Ear Disorders
UNIT 13 Responses to Altered Reproductive
Function
Chapter 47 Assessing the Male and Female Reproductive
Systems
Chapter 48 Nursing Care of Men with Reproductive System and
Breast Disorders
Chapter 49 Nursing Care of Women with Reproductive System and
Breast Disorders
Chapter 50 Nursing Care of Patients with Sexually Transmitted
Infections
Additional Chapters
Chapter 51 Perioperative Nursing
Chapter 52 Nursing Care of Patients with Communicable
Diseases
Appendices
Glossary
Index
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