xi, 634 pages : black and white illustrations ; 28 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Patient/family education -- Cancer -- Care of the geriatric patient -- Behavioral health -- Care of the bariatric patient -- Nutrition -- Immobility -- Pain -- Fluid/electrolyte/acid-base imbalances -- Shock -- End-of-life care and ethics -- Perioperative nursing care -- Complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies -- Disaster planning -- The gastrointestinal system -- The respiratory system -- The cardiovascular system -- The endocrine system -- Diabetes -- The renal and urologic systems -- The reproductive system -- The neurologic system -- The musculoskeletal system -- The hematologic system -- The immune system -- Infectious disease and sepsis -- The integumentary system -- Domains of nursing practice -- Achieving excellence in medical-surgical nursing.