FOUNDATIONS OF ADULT HEALTH NURSING 3rd EDITION is a comprehensive user‎-friendly resource for a medical‎-surgical nursing course of study‎.‎ Thoroughly updated throughout‎,‎ this text follows the Nursing Process format‎.‎ Clinical chapters include Nursing Management sections for each disorder‎,‎ emphasizing the nurse‎'‎s role in providing competent client care‎.‎ In addition‎,‎ Nursing Outcomes Classification ‎(‎NOC‎)‎ and Nursing Interventions Classification ‎(‎NIC‎)‎ have been identified in each Nursing Care Plan‎.‎ All nursing diagnoses have been updated against the latest NANDA definitions and classifications‎.‎ An important new chapter on Rehabilitation‎,‎ Home Health‎,‎ Long‎-Term Care and Hospice has been added that defines the nurses role‎,‎ explains legal issues‎,‎ and discusses appropriate client assessments and interventions in each healthcare setting‎.‎ Each chapter contains a Case Study with critical thinking questions designed to assist the reader through the nursing process and to develop a customized plan of care for the client in the scenario‎.‎ Abundant special features‎,‎ NCLEX style questions‎,‎ and the loaded new StudyWARE CD‎-ROM make this an engaging‎,‎ student‎-friendly text‎.‎