| Description |
xxix,1247 pages,4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations(some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Unit I. Patient Care Concepts. Ch. 1. The Health Care System. Ch. 2. Patient Care Settings. Ch. 3. The Leadership Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse. Ch. 4. The Nurse-Patient Relationship. Ch. 5. Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care. Ch. 6. The Nurse and the Family. Ch. 7. Health and Illness. Ch. 8. Nutrition. Ch. 9. Developmental Processes. Ch. 10. The Older Patient. Ch. 11. The Nursing Process -- Unit II. Physiologic Responses to Illness. Ch. 12. Inflammation, Infection, and Immunity. Ch. 13. Fluid and Electrolytes. Ch. 14. Pain Management / Mary L. Heye and Kathleen A. Reeves -- Unit III. Medical-Surgical Care. Ch. 15. First Aid and Emergency Care. Ch. 16. Surgical Care. Ch. 17. Intravenous Therapy -- Unit IV. Long-term Care and Home Health Care. Ch. 18. Falls. Ch. 19. Immobility. Ch. 20. Confusion. Ch. 21. Incontinence. Ch. 22. Loss, Death, and End-of-Life Care / Cheryl Ross Staats -- Unit V. Cancer. Ch. 23. The Patient with Cancer. Ch. 24. The Ostomy Patient -- Unit VI. Neurologic Disorders. Ch. 25. Neurologic Disorders / Gayle Dasher and Adrianne Dill Linton. Ch. 26. Cerebrovascular Accident. Ch. 27. Spinal Cord Injury / Gayle Dasher -- Unit VII. Respiratory Disorders. Ch. 28. Acute Respiratory Disorders. Ch. 29. Chronic Respiratory Disorders / Adrianne Dill Linton and Louis K. Linton -- Unit VIII. Hematologic and Immunologic Disorders. Ch. 30. Hematologic Disorders / Stacey Young-McCaughan. Ch. 31. Immunologic Disorders / Stacey Young-McCaughan -- Unit IX. Cardiovascular Disorders. Ch. 32. Cardiac Disorders / Judy L. Maltas. Ch. 33. Peripheral Vascular Disorders. Ch. 34. Hypertension -- Unit X. Digestive Disorders. Ch. 35. Digestive Tract Disorders. Ch. 36. Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas -- Unit XI. Urologic Disorders. Ch. 37. Urologic Disorders / Beverly F. Halter -- Unit XII. Musculoskeletal Disorders. Ch. 38. Connective Tissue Disorders. Ch. 39. Fractures. Ch. 40. Amputations -- Unit XIII. Endocrine Disorders. Ch. 41. Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders. Ch. 42. Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders. Ch. 43. Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia -- Unit XIV. Reproductive Disorders. Ch. 44. Female Reproductive Disorders. Ch. 45. Male Reproductive Disorders. Ch. 46. Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- Unit XV. Integumentary Disorders. Ch. 47. Skin Disorders -- Unit XVI. Disorders of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat. Ch. 48. Eye and Vision Disorders. Ch. 49. Ear and Hearing Disorders. Ch. 50. Nose, Sinus, and Throat Disorders -- Unit XVII. Mental Health and Illness. Ch. 51. Psychological Responses to Illness. Ch. 52. Psychiatric Disorders. Ch. 53. Substance Abuse |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: c1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nursing.
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Nursing Care.
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Nursing Process.
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| Author |
Maebius, Nancy K.
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Matteson, Mary Ann.
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| LC no. |
99019721 |
| ISBN |
0721680690 : |
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