Mosby's Clinical Nursing, 5th Edition

By combining the traditional body system-disease approach with contemporary nursing practice, this unique and practical resource provides practicing nurses and nursing students with comprehensive nursing information for hundreds of diseases, detailed information on diagnostic studies, nursing diagnoses, and related background information on pathophysiology and medical treatments. A new section on health promotion has been added.

· Provides a complete, yet concise presentation of pathophysiology for each disease to help nurses understand the disease process and plan appropriate nursing care
· Lists diagnostic studies and findings for each specific condition, disease or disorder in table or outline format to provide a quick and easy review of the appropriate tests and related findings
· Follows the nursing process, presenting the nursing care for each disorder in an organized and logical
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· Features Patient Education/Continuum of Care Plan (discharge, home, and rehabilitation) information for each disease, condition, and disorder to support a comprehensive plan of care
· Discusses the multidisciplinary plan for each disease, condition, or disorder with outlined information on surgery, medications, general management, and (where appropriate) pre and postprocedural guidelines
· Includes detailed coverage of accepted nursing diagnoses, arranged by functional health patterns, based on the current (2001-2002) NANDA taxonomy. Each nursing diagnosis description features a definition, risk factors/defining characteristics, expected patient outcomes, nursing interventions, and rationales for nursing interventions
· Provides detailed illustrations throughout to clarify difficult concepts
· Integrates Emergency Alert boxes with key assessment parameters and interventions for selected diseases and conditions to help nurses recognize situations requiring immediate intervention
· Features a chapter on mental disorders in the elderly that focuses on those psychological disorders for which the elderly are at increased risk, such as depression, anxiety and insomnia

· Displays a color-coded, detailed explanation (inside front cover) of how to use the book to find desired information or to develop a plan of care. The color-coded keys help the user link and integrate the appropriate sections of the book
· Presents the nursing care process in a logical, streamlined format - Assessment, Potential Complications, Patient Problems, Nursing Diagnoses (uses NIC and NANDA taxonomy), Interventions (with rationales), Patient Education/Continuum of Care Plan, and Patient Evaluation/Outcomes to provide a comprehensive guide to creating and implementing an optimum plan of care
· Uses icons to identify Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) taxonomy and Patient Education/Continuum of Care Plans to highlight key information
· Identifies older adult information found within Normal Findings and Common Abnormal Findings content with a special icon
· Offers a new introductory section on health promotion to support the role of the nurse in promoting and teaching responsible health care practices
· Includes a new chapter on complementary and alternative medicine to familiarize the nurse with non-traditional treatment options patients might want to consider
· Highlights Healthy People 2010 prevention goals and objectives with distinctive Healthy People 2010 boxes