Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care Hardcover - 2003

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For courses in Medical Surgical Nursing. Students and instructors alike love this texts organization and clear presentation of patient care, with its consistent format and multiple methodologies for student learners - narrative text, boxes, tables, graphics, photographs. The text is built around functional health patterns, a framework used by many schools of nursing. With a focus on developing decision-making skills, the authors encourage students to think critically, thoughtfully, and realistically through an abundance of case studies and examples. Because nursing care is organised around prioritised diagnoses with interventions and rationales, students quickly understand the rationale of each action. - Media icon. - Guides students to the CD-ROM or website for animations or additional information. - Focus on the Older Adult Boxes. - Students are caring for more elderly patients. - Focus on Diversity Boxes. - These boxes list incidence, prevalence, etiology, etc. for a particular disorder as effected by race/ethnicity to assist nursing student in giving the appropriate care. - Topics - Includes diseases specific to bioterrorism, health promotion and complementary therapies. - Prov