Brunner and Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing / Suzanne C. Smeltzer [and three others]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Basic concepts of nursing -- Biophysical and psychosocial concepts in nursing practice -- Concepts and challenges in patient management -- Perioperative concepts and nursing management -- Gas exchange and respiratory function -- Cardiovascular, circulatory, and hematologic function -- Digestive and gastrointestinal function -- Metabolic and endocrine function -- Renal and urinary tract function -- Reproductive function -- Immunologic function -- Integumentary function -- Sensorineural function -- Neurologic function -- Musculoskeletal function -- Other acute problems. UNIT 1: BASIC CONCEPTS OF NURSING: Health care delivery and nursing practice -- Community-based nursing practice -- Critical thinking, ethical decision making and the nursing process -- Health education and health promotion -- Health assessment -- UNIT 2: BIOPHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCEPTS IN NURSING PRACTICE: Homeostatis, stress, and adaptation -- Individual and family considerations related to illness -- Perspectives in transcultural nursing -- Genetics perspectives in nursing -- Chronic illness and disability -- Principles and practices of rehabilitation -- Health care of the older adult -- UNIT 3: CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT: Pain management -- Fluid and electrolytes: balance and disturbances -- Shock and multisystem failure -- Oncology: nursing management in cancer care -- End-of-life care -- UNIT 4: PERIOPERATIVE CONCEPTS AND NURSING MANAGEMENT: Preoperative nursing management -- Intraoperative nursing management -- Postoperative nursing management -- UNIT 5: GAS EXCHANGE AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTION: Assessment of respiratory function -- Management of patients with upper respiratory tract disorders -- Management of patients with chest and lower respiratory tract disorders -- Management of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders -- Respiratory care modalities -- UNIT 6: CARDIOVASCULAR, CIRCULATORY, AND HEMATOLOGIC FUNCTION: Assessment of cardiovascular function -- Management of patients with dysrhythmias and conduction problems -- Management of patients with coronary vascular disorders -- Management of patients with structural, infectious, and inflammatory cardiac disorders -- Management of patients with complications from heart disease -- Assessment and management of patients with vascular disorders and problems of peripheral circulation -- Assessment and management of patients with hypertension -- Assessment and management of patients with hematologic disorders -- UNIT 7: DIGESTIVE AND GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION: Assessment of digestive and gastrointestinal function -- Management of patients with oral and esophageal disorders -- Gastrointestinal intubation and special nutritional modalities -- Management of patients with gastric and duodenal disorders -- Management of patients with intestinal and rectal disorders -- UNIT 8: METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION: Assessment and management of patients with hepatic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with biliary disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with diabetes mellitus -- Assessment and management of patients with endocrine disorders -- UNIT 9: RENAL AND URINARY TRACT FUNCTION: Assessment of renal and urinary tract function -- Management of patients with renal disorders -- Management of patients with urinary disorders -- UNIT 10: REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Assessment and management of female physiologic processes -- Management of patients with female reproductive disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with breast disorders -- Assessment and management of problems related to male reproductive processes -- UNIT 11: IMMUNOLOGIC FUNCTION: Assessment of immune function -- Management of patients with immunodeficiency -- Management of patients with HIV infection and AIDS -- Assessment and management of patients with allergic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with rheumatic disorders -- UNIT 12: INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION: Assessment of integumentary function -- Management of patients with dermatologic problems -- Management of patients with burn injury -- UNIT 13: SENSORINEURAL FUNCTION: Assessment and management of patients with eye and vision disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with hearing and balance disorders -- UNIT 14: NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION: Assessment of neurologic function -- Management of patients with neurologic function -- Management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders -- Management of patients with neurologic trauma -- Management of patients with neurologic infections, autoimmune disorders, and neuropathies -- Management of patients with oncologic or degenerative neurologic disorders -- UNIT 15: MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION: Assessment of musculoskeletal function -- Musculoskeletal care modalities -- Management of patients with musculoskeletal disorders -- Management of patients with musculoskeletal trauma -- UNIT 16: OTHER ACUTE PROBLEMS: Management of patients with infectious diseases -- Emergency nursing -- Terrorism, mass casualty, and disaster nursing -- Appendix A: Diagnosis studies and interpretation -- Appendix B: Understanding clinical pathways -- Appendix C: Concept maps.

Focusing on health promotion, this book provides coverage of patients with chronic illness and disabilities. It features photographs of nurses interacting with patients. It includes an accompanying CD-ROM which features over 4,000 revised study questions and three-dimensional animations that demonstrate disease processes.