Medical-Surgical Nursing: Foundations for Clinical Practice

This exhaustively revised New Edition features tightly focused, state-of-the-art, and highly readable discussions of medical-surgical nursing across the continuum for the full range of disorders seen in adult patients. The text is organized by body systems, and offers both foundational knowledge and precise guidance on the medical treatment and nursing care of specific disorders. Clinical pathways, research abstracts, internet connections, and sociocultural essays are only some of the features that will help equip readers for nursing in the twenty-first century.