Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice

di Sandra M Nettina (Autore)

Wolters Kluwer Health, 2018

A classic nursing reference, the fully updated Lippincott Manual for Nursing Practice, 11th Edition , offers expert nursing knowledge and much-needed practical guidance on patient care. Authoritative yet easy to follow, this comprehensive text guides you through the nursing concepts and skills particularly vital for medical-surgical assessment, care, and treatment. Essential for both in-the-classroom and on-the-unit guidance, this is the expertise that all students, new nurses, and medical-surgical nurses need to grasp essential nursing concepts, care management, and procedures. Discover the insights and data that every nurse needs: NEW and updated features – Nursing, Gerontologic, Drug, and Transitional Care Alerts, evidence-based references, diagnostic methods, and drug treatment throughout the book Easy-to-read, well-illustrated outline format – practical, pertinent, and comprehensive content for the busy nurse, including: Patient education – essential self-care, prevention, and health promotion information Nursing assessments – important signs and symptoms and other clinical data to be on the alert for in all types of conditions Body system terminology – how anatomy and physiology are affected by disease in each body system Equipment use – utilizing technology for patient monitoring and therapy Nursing process and practice – systematic use of the nursing process for assessment, planning, and intervention Emergency nursing – emergent conditions Psychiatric Nursing – mental health problems Medical-surgical nursing – adult physical assessment, IV therapy, perioperative nursing, cancer nursing, and care of the older or disabled adult Patient care by body system – functions, problems, disorders, and therapies described for the respiratory, cardiovascular, neurologic and sensory, gastrointestinal, renal, genitourinary, reproductive, metabolic, endocrine, hematologic, immunologic, musculoskeletal, and integumentary systems Maternity and neonatal nursing – maternal and fetal health, nursing management during labor and delivery, care of mother and neonate in postpartum period, and complications of childbearing Pediatric nursing – pediatric growth and development, physical assessment, primary care, treatment of pediatric disorders of all body systems, and developmental disabilities eBook that includes step-by-step procedure guidelines – guidance on more than 150 procedures, with rationales and direction on what to do next and why Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS™, Android™, PC, and Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience: The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time—providing a seamless reading experience online or offline Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks

• Autore: Sandra M Nettina
• Editore: Wolters Kluwer Health
• Anno: 2018
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 1594 p.
• Peso: 3198 gr.
• EAN: 9781975106423

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