Smeltzer Bares Textbook Of Medical Surgical Nursing

Annotation. Smeltzer subsequent chapters cover management of specific disorders, their etiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, assessment and findings, and leadership and management. A wide-range of free online resources round out the learning experience. Key features include: -NEW! Cultural Considerations boxes explore issues such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Indigenous Australian and Maori populations. -NEW! Practice Nurse boxes illustrates real-world nursing in general practice. -The Thoughtful Practice model introduces students to person-centered care, reflective practice, and clinical reasoning. -Case Studies opening each unit provide examples of nursing problems, nursing interventions, and outcomes. -Evidence-Based Practice exercises encourage thinking about specific nursing interventions. -Nursing management and leadership issues and considerations are included throughout. -Nursing Care guidelines clarify the nurse,,s patient-care responsibilities systematically, under the headings Assessment, Nursing Interventions, and Expected Patient Outcomes. -Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter give an overview and focus. -Clinical Reasoning exercises foster independent critical thinking. -Risk Factor, Guidelines, and Pharmacological charts also support learning.

The first chapter in each Unit reviews the normal anatomy and physiology of the body system being discussed. Subsequent chapters cover management of specific disorders, definition, aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, assessment and diagnostic findings, medical and nursing management.

The best-selling textbook of medical-surgical nursing is now in its Twelfth Edition—with updated content throughout and enhanced, state-of-the-art ancillaries. Highlights include a new art program and design, integrated case studies in the text, and increased use of popular features such as guidelines charts, health promotion charts, geriatric charts, and ethnic and related issues charts. This edition's enhanced ancillaries include online case studies, over 6,000 NCLEX®-style review questions, and numerous three-dimensional animations of key concepts in anatomy and physiology and pathophysiology.