Focus on adult health : medical-surgical nursing / [edited by] Linda Honan Pellico. - 1st ed. - xxviii, 1577 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basics of adult health nursing -- Concepts and challenges in patient management -- Problems related to gas exchange and respiratory function -- Problems related to cardiovascular and circulatory function -- Problems related to hematologic function -- Problems related to digestive, gastrointestinal, and metabolic function -- Problems related to urinary tract function -- Problems related to endocrine function -- Problems related to reproductive function -- Problems related to immunologic function -- Problems related to musculoskeletal function -- Problems related to neurologic function -- Problems related to sensorineural function -- Problems related to integumentary function -- Other acute problems.

Designed to prepare students to succeed as practicing nurses by focusing on the most important medical disorders and key nursing responsibilities, this title prepares students for both the NCLEX exam and for daily nursing practice by focusing on the need-to-know content.



9781582558776 (alk. paper)

2011041570


Perioperative Nursing--methods.
Nursing Care--methods.
Nursing Process.

RT41 / .F53 2013

617.0231/F68

WY 161