Medical Surgical Nursing

GENERAL CONCEPTS OF NURSING PRACTICE * General Concepts: Nursing Process * General Concepts: Adult Development and the Impact of Disruption * General Concepts: Gerontologic Considerations * Nursing Assessment: Health History and Physical Examination * Nursing Assessment and Role in Management: Stress * Nursing Assessment and Role in Management: Pain * Nursing Assessment and Role in Management: Shock * Nursing Assessment and Role in Management: Substance Abuse * PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS OF DISEASE * Nursing Role in Management: Cell Injury and Inflammation * Nursing Role in Management: Altered Immune Responses * Nursing Role in Management: HIV Infection * Nursing Role in Management: Cancer * Nursing Role in Management: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances * THE SURGICAL EXPERIENCE * Nursing Role in Management: Preoperative Patient * Nursing Role in Management: Patient During Surgery * Nursing Role in Management: Postoperative Patient * PROBLEMS RELATED TO ALTERED SENSORY INPUT * Nursing Assessment: Vision and Hearing * Nursing Role in Management: Vision and Hearing Problems * Nursing Assessment: Integumentary System * Nursing Role in Management: Integumentary System Problems * Nursing Role in Management: Patient with Burns * PROBLEMS OF OXYGENATION: VENTILATION * Nursing Assessment: Respiratory Problems * Nursing Role in Management: Upper Respiratory Problems * Nursing Role in Management: Lower Respiratory Problems * Nursing Role in Management: Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases * Nursing Role in Management: Respiratory Failure * PROBLEMS OF OXYGENATION: TRANSPORT * Nursing Assessment: Hematologic System * Nursing Role in Management: Hematologic Problems * PROBLEMS OF OXYGENATION: PERFUSION * Nursing Assessment: Cardiovascular System * Nursing Role in Management: Hypertension * Nursing Role in Management: Coronary Artery Disease * Nursing Role in Management: Congestive Heart Failure and Cardiac Surgery * Nursing Role in Management: Dysrhythmias * Nursing Role in Management: Inflammatory and Valvular He