Black’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes (South Asia Edition)

Description

Black’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Clinical Management for Positive Outcomes, First South Asia Edition, takes you from basic to advanced medical-surgical nursing with a number of online resources that make it easier to teach and learn concepts. This text provides a reliable foundation in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for the full spectrum of adult health conditions. The roles of various health care professionals in managing each disorder and disease are clearly outlined, and evidence-based practice and clinical guidelines are integrated throughout the text.

Key Features

• UNIQUE! Evidence-Based Practice icons identify statements based on primary research or standardized guidelines and teach you to base your practice on solid research evidence.
• Translating Evidence into Practice boxes present a topic in the form of a clinical question and summarize the conclusions of 4-5 research articles, encouraging you to judge the research for yourself and consider how it relates to the nursing setting.
• Care Plans highlight nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems, expected outcomes, interventions with rationales, and evaluation to help you prioritize tasks and determine the appropriate treatment.
• Thinking Critically questions at the end of each nursing care chapter pose short, typical client scenarios followed by questions about what actions to take to test your critical thinking skills.
• Concept Maps illustrate the links among pathophysiological processes, clinical manifestations, medical treatment, and nursing interventions.
• Integrating Pharmacology boxes help you understand how medications can be used for disease management by exploring common classifications of routinely used medications.
• Bridge to Critical Care and Bridge to Home Health Care boxes introduce you to critical care and home health nursing by connecting these related specialties to medical-surgical nursing.
• Feature boxes highlight issues in Critical Monitoring, Management and Delegation, Genetics, Terrorism, Community-Based Practice, and Physical Assessment in the Healthy Adult.
• UNIQUE! Completely revised and newly illustrated chapter on structural cardiac disorders provides the latest information on the expected outcomes of transplantation and the related nursing care.
• UNIQUE! Chapter on management of clients with integumentary disorders includes author Joyce Black’s cutting-edge research on pressure ulcers.
• NIC and NOC labels incorporated throughout in the Nursing Care Plans demonstrate the application of these standardized nursing taxonomies to everyday clinical practice.
• UNIQUE! Integrating Diagnostic Studies boxes in every assessment chapter provide examples of laboratory and imaging studies that may be ordered during the course of a client’s illness.
• Safety Alert icons identify common hospital emergencies and The Joint Commission’s patient safety goals and sentinel events to help you keep your patients safe.

Table of Contents

1. 1. Unit 1. Foundations of Practice
      1. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
      2. Health Assessment
      3. Critical Thinking
      4. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
   2. Unit 2. Health Care Delivery Systems
      1. Ambulatory Health Care
      2. Acute Health Care
      3. Critical Care
      4. Home Health Care
      5. Long-Term Care
      6. Rehabilitation
   3. Unit 3. Foundations of Medical-Surgical Nursing
      1. Geriatric Nursing
      2. Clients with Fluid Imbalances
      3. Clients with Electrolyte Imbalances
      4. Acid-Base Balance
      5. Clients Having Surgery: Promoting Positive Outcomes
   4. Unit 4. Physiologic Foundations
      1. Perspectives in Genetics
      2. Perspectives in Oncology
      3. Clients with Cancer
      4. Clients with Wounds
      5. Perspectives on Infectious Disease and Bioterrorism
   5. Unit 5. Psychosocial Foundations
      1. Clients with Pain
      2. Perspectives in Palliative Care
      3. Clients with Sleep and Rest Disorders and Fatigue
      4. Clients with Psychosocial and Mental Health Concerns
      5. Clients with Substance Abuse Disorders
   6. Unit 6. Musculoskeletal Disorders
      1. Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System
      2. Management of Clients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
      3. Management of Clients with Musculoskeletal Trauma or Overuse
   7. Unit 7. Nutritional Disorders
      1. Assessment of Nutrition and the Digestive System
      2. Management of Clients with Malnutrition
      3. Management of Clients with Ingestive Disorders
      4. Management of Clients with Digestive Disorders
   8. Unit 8. Elimination Disorders
      1. Assessment of Elimination
      2. Management of Clients with Intestinal Disorders
      3. Management of Clients with Urinary Disorders
      4. Management of Clients with Renal Disorders
      5. Management of Clients with Renal Failure
   9. UNIT 9. Sexuality and Reproductive Disorders
      1. Assessment of the Reproductive Systems
      2. Management of Men with Reproductive Disorders
      3. Management of Women with Reproductive Disorders
      4. Management of Clients with Breast Disorders
      5. Management of Clients with Sexually Transmitted Infections
   10. UNIT 10. Metabolic Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Endocrine and Metabolic Systems
       2. Management of Clients with Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Adrenal and Pituitary Disorders
       4. Management of Clients with Diabetes Mellitus
       5. Management of Clients with Exocrine Pancreatic and Biliary Disorders
       6. Management of Clients with Hepatic Disorders
   11. UNIT 11. Integumentary Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Integumentary System
       2. Management of Clients with Integumentary Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Burn Injury
   12. Unit 12. Vascular Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Vascular System
       2. Management of Clients with Hypertensive Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Vascular Disorders
   13. UNIT 13. Cardiac Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Cardiac System
       2. Management of Clients with Structural Cardiac Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Functional Cardiac Disorders
       4. Management of Clients with Dysrhythmias
       5. Management of Clients with Myocardial Infarction
   14. Unit 14. Oxygenation Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Respiratory System
       2. Management of Clients with Upper Airway Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Lower Airway and Pulmonary Vessel Disorders
       4. Management of Clients with Parenchymal and Pleural Disorders
       5. Management of Clients with Acute Pulmonary Disorders
   15. UNIT 15. Sensory Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Eyes and Ears
       2. Management of Clients with Visual Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Hearing and Balance Disorders
   16. UNIT 16. Cognitive and Perceptual Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Neurologic System
       2. Management of Comatose or Confused Clients
       3. Management of Clients with Cerebral Disorders
       4. Management of Clients with Peripheral Nervous System Disorders
       5. Management of Clients with Stroke
       6. Management of Clients with Degenerative Neurologic Disorders
       7. Management of Clients with Neurologic Trauma
   17. UNIT 17. Protective Disorders
       1. Assessment of the Hematopoietic System
       2. Management of Clients with Hematologic Disorders
       3. Management of Clients with Immune Disorders
       4. Management of Clients with Rheumatic Disorders
       5. Management of Clients with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
       6. Management of Clients with Leukemia and Lymphoma
   18. UNIT 18. Multisystem Disorders
       1. Management of Clients Requiring Transplantation
       2. Management of Clients with Shock and Multisystem Disorders
       3. Management of Clients in the Emergency Department

Editors Biography

Malarvizhi S.

Renuka Gugan