Medical-Surgical Nursing E-Book

Adrianne Dill Linton

Mary Ann Matteson

Saunders

Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this bestselling text discusses the care of adults and older adults while covering the full range of disorders that require medical, surgical, or psychiatric management. Written specifically for the LPN/LVN student, this text thoroughly explores the role of the LPN/LVN in a variety of care settings, and the new Companion CD takes learning to the next level with an extensive pharmacology tutorial, realistic 3-D A&amp;P animations, and a Dorland's audio glossary.
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<li>Presents foundational principles in the first five units, including basic concepts on patient and nursing care, health and illness, growth and development, acute care, emergencies, the older adult, the patient with cancer, and end-of-life care.</li>
<li>The nursing process provides a consistent organizational framework throughout all disorders chapters and is reinforced in sample nursing care plans.</li>
<li>Diagnostic Tests and Procedures tables in systems chapters include description, purpose, patient preparation information, and post-procedure nursing care.</li>
<li>Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each nursing care plan help students evaluate and apply the plan of care. Put On Your Thinking Cap! boxes stimulate further discussion.</li>
<li>Consider the Alternative boxes on complementary and alternative therapies summarize what nurses need to know about CAM as it relates specifically to medical-surgical disorders.</li>
<li>Cultural content is introduced in the Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care chapter and presented as a boxed feature, What Does Culture Have to Do With...? which presents disorder-specific cultural considerations.</li>
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<li>Bound-in companion CD includes an extensive pharmacology tutorial, over 250 3-D animations, and a Dorland's audio glossary</li>
<li>Health Promotion Considerations boxes focus on wellness and disease prevention.</li>
<li>Management and Supervision Considerations boxes discuss the LPN/LVN role in assigning tasks and care.</li>
<li>Legal and Ethical Considerations and HIV/AIDS chapters address basic legal and ethical information essential to nurses at all care levels and the latest HIV research and treatment.</li>
<li>New appendices address Spanish-English health care phrases; laboratory values; and JCAHO Lists of dangerous abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols.</li>
<li>New, timely content on bioterrorism and the role of the nurse provides a basic overview of how nursing care needs to adapt to patient needs during disasters and terrorist attacks.</li>
<li>New HIPAA content addresses legal rights and the issue of patient privacy in health care settings.</li>
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Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing

Medical Books

Nursing

Virtual Clinical Excursions is an innovative CD-ROM/workbook package that makes textbook content come alive and diminishes your anxiety about entering the clinical setting. VCE helps bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world by introducing you to clinical settings and critical thinking before you actually start clinical rotations ― making the transition from nursing student to caregiver a smoother process. In this virtual hospital setting, you will interact with a variety of patients and gain valuable experience with documentation, communication, prioritization, medication safety, critical thinking, patient education, and care planning.
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<li>Real-world nursing scenarios challenge you to set priorities for care, collect data, analyze and interpret data, and reach conclusions about complex problems within a health-illness transition.</li>
<li>The highly engaging format encourages active learning and provides opportunities to collect and process data for evidence-based patient care; work with data entry and retrieval screens; access available information resources; understand hospital information systems; manage information for decision-making; and maintain and improve your core computing skills.</li>
<li>Includes over 250 NCLEX® examination-style questions based on the VCE patients.</li>
<li>Augments knowledge of physical assessment by allowing you to examine and document vital signs, as well as assess information related to the head and neck, chest, back and spine, upper extremities, abdomen, pelvic, and lower extremities.</li>
<li>The software allows you to access realistic information essential for patient care, including: charts, medical administration records, electronic patient records, video clips of nurse-client interactions, and other related materials.</li>
<li>The realistic environment gives you the opportunity to monitor and care for one or more patients during three 45-minute periods of care within a 12-hour shift.</li>
<li>Clinical Alerts highlight changes in the patient's condition.</li>
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<li>New flash-based technology is easier to use and offers seamless navigation.</li>
<li>You can leave the software program at any time and return later to pick up where you left off without losing any information.</li>
<li>Six unique new patients/cases feature new patient data in the Electronic Patient Record, Patient Charts, KARDEX, and Medication Administration Record.</li>
<li>The workbook includes time icons that indicate how long it will take to complete a particular exercise.</li>
<li>Icons for linked activities alert you when a particular workbook exercise is linked to another exercise and cannot be completed independently.</li>
<li>A new Medication Room introduces you to a wide variety of drug storage areas, such as a Unit Dosage Cabinet, Automated Dispensing System, IV Storage, and a Refrigerator.</li>
<li>A medication administration feature enables you to select, prepare, and administer medications.</li>
<li>Over 50 common medication errors embedded within the software challenge you to think critically about safe medication practices and follow safe medication standards.</li>
<li>A Medication Scorecard provides instant feedback on what medications you administered correctly and which medications you administered incorrectly.</li>
<li>The Examination Report checklist tracks your performance on Baseline and Focused assessments.</li>
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Virtual Clinical Excursions for Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing

Kim D. Cooper

Study Guide based on the textbook chapter objectives is designed to assist students in mastering the content presented in the text and includes learning activities, multiple choice questions, and page references for each question. • Includes listing, matching, labeling, completion, and multiple-choice exercises • Text page references accompany each question

Study Guide for Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing

Nancy K. Maebius

With just the right level of information to equip you to effectively care for adults and older adults, Linton's Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 5th Edition is the leading LPN/LVN text in its field. Covering both med-surg and psychiatric mental health conditions and disorders, it addresses your role in a variety of care settings, emphasizes culturally competent care and holistic nursing, and thoroughly covers all relevant NCLEX-PN Test Plan content. Abundant real-life case studies clearly show how to apply what you've learned to clinical practice.
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<li>Features separate chapters on common, high-profile disorders (including hypertension, diabetes, and shock), providing an in-depth understanding for patient care.</li> <li>Offers foundational units on basic concepts related to the health care system, care settings, the nursing process, leadership, nutrition, the older adult, growth and nutrition, legal/ethical considerations, evidence-based nursing care, and many more essential topics, avoiding repetition later in the text</li> <li>Includes a separate, comprehensive unit on the older adult and related disorders ― no other LPN/LVN med-surg text has as much coverage of this primary patient group.</li> <li>Includes a separate, comprehensive unit on psychosocial responses to illness, psychiatric disorders, and substance abuse ― eliminating the need for a separate psychiatric mental health nursing text.</li> <li>Emphasizes content related to the NCLEX-PN Test Plan, including health promotion, nutrition, legal/ethical issues, HIPAA, and prevention of medication/medical errors.</li> <li>Offers in-depth pharmacology coverage: the Pharmacology Tutorial covers drug classifications, how drugs work, and nursing responsibilities; Pharmacology Capsules boxes provide medication information, precautions for use, interactions, and side/adverse effects; and Pharmacology and Medications tables in body systems chapters include classification, use/action, side/adverse effects, and nursing interventions ― all with the goal of reducing medication errors on the job and equipping you to pass the NCLEX exam.</li> <li>
Assists with assignment and supervision, helping you assign tasks to nurse assistants, patient care techs, and unlicensed assistive personnel, and making sure you understand the difference between delegation, management, supervision, and assignment of tasks on the health care team.</li> <li>Features Diagnostic Tests and Procedures tables for a quick reference to MRI, CT, Doppler flow, lumbar puncture tests for neurologic disorders, and much more.</li> <li>
Highlights timely information with Health Promotion boxes, Cultural Considerations boxes, Nutrition Considerations boxes, and Complementary and Alternative Therapies boxes.</li> <li>Provides bulleted lists of nursing instructions for Patient Teaching Plans, stressing the role and responsibility of the LPN/LVN to reinforce patient education.</li> <li>Provides consistent Nursing Care Plans that reinforce the nursing process and focus on critical thinking, and Put on Your Thinking Cap Critical Thinking boxes encourage you to pause and consider the practical implications of what you have just read.</li>
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Highlights safety and risk factors with a new Safety Considerations icon, alerting you to potential risks in the clinical setting.</li> <li>
Emphasizes evidence-based practice, providing specific examples of how scientific evidence can justify and support patient care.</li> <li>Offers a unique focus on prioritization throughout, with top priorities for each major disorder emphasized in all nursing care sections, to help you better prepare for the NCLEX exam.</li> <li>
Get Ready for the NCLEX-PN Examination! includes Key Points, Review Questions, and Case Studies that address the NCLEX Client Needs categories of Safe and Effective Care Environment, Physiological Integrity, Psychosocial Integrity, and Health Promotion and Maintenance. An excellent review for course assessments and the NCLEX exam!</li> </ul>
Enhanced resources on Evolve include: <ul>
<li>Get Ready for the NCLEX-PN Examination! includes interactive prioritization exercises, case studies, review questions, and a pharmacology tutorial.</li> <li>Fluids and Electrolytes Tutorial</li> <li>Body Spectrum A&amp;P Coloring Book</li> <li>Spanish/English Glossary</li> <li>Laboratory Reference Values</li> <li>Expanded Audio Glossary</li> <li>Animations of anatomy and physiology and procedures</li> </ul>

Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 5th Edition