Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems (1987)

Section One: Concepts in Nursing Practice * Contemporary Nursing Practice * Health Disparities and Culturally Competent Care * Health History and Physical Examination * Patient and Caregiver Teaching * Chronic Illness and Older Adults * Community-Based Nursing and Home Care * Complementary and Alternative Therapies * Stress and Stress Management * Sleep and Sleep Disorders NEW CHAPTER! * Pain * Palliative Care at End of Life * Addictive Behaviors Section Two: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms of Disease * Inflammation and Would Healing * Genetics, Altered Immune Responses, and Transplantation * Infection * Cancer * Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances Section Three: Perioperative Care * Nursing Management: Preoperative Care * Nursing Management: Intraoperative Care * Nursing Management: Postoperative Care Section Four: Problems Related to Altered Sensory Input * Nursing Assessment: Visual and Auditory Systems * Nursing Management: Visual and Auditory Problems * Nursing Assessment: Integumentary System * Nursing Management: Integumentary Problems * Nursing Management: Burns Section Five: Problems of Oxygenation: Ventilation * Nursing Assessment: Respiratory System * Nursing Management: Upper Respiratory Problems * Nursing Management: Lower Respiratory Problems * Nursing Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Section Six: Problems of Oxygenation: Transport * Nursing Assessment: Hematologic System * Nursing Management: Hematologic Problems Section Seven: Problems of Oxygenation: Perfusion * Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System * Nursing Management: Hypertension * Nursing Management: Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Coronary Syndrome * Nursing Management: Heart Failure * Nursing Management: Dysrhythmias * Nursing Management: Inflammatory and Structural Heart Disorders * Nursing Management: Vascular Disorders Section Eight: Problems of Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption, and Elimination * Nursing Assessment: Gastrointestinal System * Nursing Management: Nutritional Problems * Nursing Management: Obesity * Nursing Management: Upper Gastrointestinal Problems * Nursing Management: Lower Gastrointestinal Problems * Nursing Management: Liver, Pancreas, and Biliary Tract Problems Section Nine: Problems of Urinary Function * Nursing Assessment: Urinary System * Nursing Management: Renal and Urologic Problems * Nursing Management: Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease Section Ten: Problems Related to Regulatory and Reproductive Mechanisms * Nursing Assessment: Endocrine System * Nursing Management: Diabetes Mellitus * Nursing Management: Endocrine Problems * Nursing Assessment: Reproductive System * Nursing Management: Breast Disorders * Nursing Management: Sexually Transmitted Diseases * Nursing Management: Female Reproductive Problems * Nursing Management: Male Reproductive Problems Section Eleven: Problems Related to Movement and Coordination * Nursing Assessment: Nervous System * Nursing Management: Acute Intracranial Problems * Nursing Management: Stroke * Nursing Management: Chronic Neurologic Problems * Nursing Management: Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, and Delirium * Nursing Management: Peripheral Nerve and Spinal Cord Problems * Nursing Assessment: Musculoskeletal System * Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Trauma and Orthopedic Surgery * Nursing Management: Musculoskeletal Problems * Nursing Management: Arthritis and Connective Tissue Diseases Section Twelve: Nursing Care in Specialized Settings * Nursing Management: Critical Care * Nursing Management: Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome * Nursing Management: Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome * Nursing Management: Emergency, Terrorism, and Disaster Nursing Appendixes: A. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Basic Life Support B. Nursing Diagnoses C. Laboratory Values