Medical-surgical nursing
Subtitle: critical thinking for collaborative care
By: [edited by] Donna D. Ignatavicius, M. Linda Workman.
Contributors: Ignatavicius, Donna D.; Workman, M. Linda.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Saunders
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1856
Subjects: Perioperative Nursing; Critical Pathways
Other titles: Critical thinking for collaborative care; Medical-surgical nursing across the health care continuum.
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Medical-surgical nursing across the health care continuum. 3rd ed. c1999.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unit 1: Health promotion and illness.; title: unit 2: Biopsychosocial concepts related to health care.; title: unit 3: Management of clients with fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances.; title: unit 4: Management of perioperative clients.; title: unit 5: Problems of protection: management of clients with problems of the immune system.; title: unit 6: Problems of oxygenation: management of clients with problems of the respiratory tract.; title: unit 7: Problems of cardiac output and tissue perfusion: management of clients with problems of the cardiovascular system.; title: unit 8: Problems of tissue perfusion: management of clients with problems of the hematologic system.; title: unit 9: Problems of mobility, sensation, and cognition: management of clients with problems of the nervous system.; title: unit 10: Problems of sensation: management of clients with problems of the sensory system.; title: unit 11: Problems of mobility: management of clients with problems of the musculoskeletal system.; title: unit 12: Problems of digestion, nutrition, and elimination: management of clients with problems of the gastrointestinal system.; title: unit 13: Problems of regulation and metabolism: management of clients with problems of the endocrine system.; title: unit 14: Problems of protection: management of clients with problems of the skin, hair, and nails.; title: unit 15: Problems of excretion: management of clients with problems of the renal/urinary system.; title: unit 16: Problems of reproduction: management of clients with problems of the reproductive system.; title: Appendix 1: Abbreviations.; title: Appendix 2: Screening guidelines for secondary prevention of selected cancers in asymptomatic people.; title: Appendix 3: Clinical pathways.