Nursing Concepts: Oxygenation (Nursing Concepts Series)

Oxygenation is a unique book that combines anatomy and physiology with interventions to provide a useful approach to a specific nursing concept. Beginning with a review of anatomy and progressing through specific disorders, this text applies nursing knowledge to actual nursing and medical diagnoses in adult patients. Since many disorders of oxygenation are treated in a collaborative manner, both medical and nursing interventions are included in each chapter. Actual case studies help to apply the facts and concepts reviewed in each chapter. Thought-provoking questions help to reinforce learning. Diagrams help the reader to visualize anatomy and equipment. Tables help with concepts such as blood gas interpretations. The entire concept of oxygenation, from the respiratory and circulatory systems to the role of the hematological system, is reviewed because of the variety of ways that disorders can affect the individual patient.