Handbook of Clinical Nursing: Medical-Surgical Nursing

Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, is Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, where she was Dean from 1982 through 1997. She is also Professor, Department of Geriatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY. In 1990, Dr. Fitzpatrick received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from her alma mater, Georgetown University. In 2011 she received an honorary doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, from the Frontier University of Nursing. She has received numerous honors and awards; she was elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 1981 and a Fellow in the National Academies of Practice in 1996. She received the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year Award 18 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick is widely published in nursing and health care literature with over 300 publications. She served as co-editor of the Annual Review of Nursing Research series, vols. 1-26; she edits the journals Applied Nursing Research, Archives in Psychiatric Nursing, and Nursing Education Perspectives, the official journal of the National League for Nursing. She edited three editions of the classic Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (ENR), and a series of nursing research digests Celeste M. Alfes, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN, CNE, CHSE-A, FAAN, is professor and assistant dean of academic affairs at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a BSN (University of Akron), a MSN (University of Akron), a DNP (CWRU), and an MBA from CWRU. Dr. Alfes has 33 years of experience as a nurse educator and has made significant contributions pioneering simulation training including the development of North America's first high-fidelity helicopter simulator adapted for flight nurse training. Dr. Alfes is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing; a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy; an Inaugural Coldiron Fellow, Marian K. Shaughnessy Nurse Leadership Academy (MKSNLA), American Organization for Nursing Leadership, American Nurses Association, and Healthcare Financial Management Association; a member of the MKSNLA Founders Circle; a recent visiting professor at the University of L'Aquila, Italy, and Aichi Medical University, Japan; and a National League for Nursing simulation leader and consultant. Dr. Alfes is a reviewer for the National Science Foundation and a regular contributor to the journals Nurse Leader, Nursing Education Perspectives, and Clinical Simulation in Nursing. Dr. Alfes has published several books with Springer Publishing Company including Clinical Simulations for the Advanced Practice Nurse (2020), Strategies for Teaching Nursing (2020), and the Guide to Mastery in Clinical Nursing (2019) series. Ronald L. Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN, is an associate professor and a board-certified acute care nurse practitioner at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio.

Contents


Contributors


Preface


Addison’s Disease


Yolanda Flenoury


Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis


Mary Jo Elmo


Anemia in Adults


Kerry Mastrangelo and Mary T. Quinn Griffin


Atelectasis


Ashley L. Foreman


Atherosclerosis


Kari Gali


Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia


Kelly Ann Lynn


Bladder Cancer


Dianna Jo Copley


Bowel Obstruction


Kelly Ann Lynn and Jane F. Marek


Brain Tumors


Peter J. Cebull


Cardiomyopathy


Elsie A. Jolade


Chronic Kidney Disease


Mary de Haan


Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease


Christina M. Canfield


Colorectal Cancer


Visnja Maria Masina and Crina V. Floruta


Coronary Artery Disease in Adults


Kate Cook and Mary T. Quinn Griffin


Cushing Syndrome


Yolanda Flenoury and Jane F. Marek


Deep Vein Thrombosis


Kelly K. McConnell


Diabetes Insipidus


Danielle M. Diemer


Diabetes Mellitus


Mary Beth Modic


Diverticular Disease


Rhoda Redulla


Endocarditis


Courtney G. Donahue and Celeste M. Alfes


Fractures


Joseph D. Perazzo


Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Disease


Andrea Marie Herr


Gastric Cancer


Una Hopkins and Jane F. Marek


Gastritis


Maria G. Smisek


Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease


Kelly Ann Lynn


Gout


Maria A. Mendoza


Guillain–Barré Syndrome


Kathleen Marsala-Cervasio


Heart Failure


Arlene Travis


Hemolytic Anemia


Rebecca M. Lutz and Charrita Ernewein


Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia


Bette K. Idemoto and Jane F. Marek


Hiatal Hernia


Maricar P. Gomez


Human Immunodeficiency Virus


Scott Emory Moore


Hypertension


Marian Soat


Hyperthyroidism


Colleen Kurzawa


Hypothyroidism


Karen L. Terry


Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adults


Ronald Rock


Leukemia


Marisa A. Cortese


Liver Cancer


Shannon A. Rives


Lung Cancer


Helen Foley


Lymphoma


Marisa A. Cortese and Jane F. Marek


Multiple Sclerosis


Alaa Mahsoon


Myasthenia Gravis


Jennifer Gonzalez


Obesity


Kelly Ann Lynn


Osteoarthritis


Mary Variath


Osteomyelitis


Mary Variath and Jane F. Marek


Osteoporosis


Maria A. Mendoza


Paget’s Disease


Jacqueline Robinson


Pancreatic Cancer


Jennifer E. Millman


Parkinson’s Disease


Peter J. Cebull


Peptic Ulcer Disease


Lisa D. Ericson and Deborah R. Gillum


Pericarditis


Heidi Youngbauer


Peripheral Artery Disease


Gayle M. Petty


Pernicious Anemia


Edwidge Cuvilly


Polycythemia Vera


Sarine Beukian


Prostate Cancer


Erin H. Discenza


Rheumatoid Arthritis


Susan V. Brindisi


Sepsis


Sharon Stahl Wexler and Catherine O’Neill D’Amico


Sickle Cell Disease


Consuela A. Albright


Sleep Apnea


Deborah H. Cantero, Leslie J. Lockett, and Rebecca M. Lutz


Spinal Stenosis and Disc Herniation


Steven R. Collier


Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion


Carrie Foster


Systemic Lupus Erythematosus


Merlyn A. Dorsainvil


Thrombocytopenia


Maria A. Mendoza


Tuberculosis


Christina M. Canfield


Valvular Heart Disease


Rebecca Witten Grizzle


Index