- Prepare for medical-surgical nursing practice
- resource for students and practicing
nurses for almost a half-century,
- book provides comprehensive yet
accessible coverage of a broad range of medical conditions
- focusing on the nursing process and the nurse’s role
Prepare for medical-surgical nursing practice and success on the
NCLEX with Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical
Nursing, 13th Edition. A favorite resource for students and practicing
nurses for almost a half-century, this book provides comprehensive yet
accessible coverage of a broad range of medical conditions while
focusing on the nursing process and the nurse’s role in caring for and
educating patients and families within today’s complex health care
delivery system.
Up-to-date coverage of the health care needs of people with
disabilities, nursing research findings, ethical considerations, and
evidence-based practice gives you opportunities to refine your clinical
decision-making skills. Fully updated and enhanced, this new edition
provides a fully integrated solution that promotes clinical judgment,
performance, and success on the NCLEX examination and in nursing
practice.
In the 13th Edition:
NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts clarify difficult concepts, informed by
data from Misconception Alert questions in PrepU for Brunner &
Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12e.NEW! Quality
and Safety Nursing Alerts build upon previous edition’s Nursing
Alerts to highlight issues related to quality and safety nursing care.NEW!
The updated unit openers include new Case Studies with QSEN Competency
Focus to highlight a competency and related knowledge, skills, and
attitudes. Additional information for these case studies related to
NANDA-I, NIC, NOC and the nursing process is available online.NEW! Prioritization Questions have been added to the Critical Thinking Exercises.UPDATED! Genetics Charts and Ethical Dilemma Charts have been revised to reflect the latest advances in the field.UPDATED!
Critical care information has been updated to further the authors' goal
to have the most up-to-date and clinically relevant content on critical
care throughout the book.EXPANDED! Expanded coverage of obesity, highlighted with a new icon, focuses on this epidemic health problem in our society.STEAMLINED! The Table of Contents has been reorganized for a more logical sequence and flow.REVISED! The accompanying Study Guide now features reorganized content and revised questions.Nursing Process sections, Plans of Nursing Care, and Critical Care sectionsMore than 2,900 NCLEX-style review questionsAssessment
Charts, Risk Factor Charts, Guidelines Charts, Genetics in Nursing
Practice Charts, Patient Education Charts, Health Promotion
Charts, Ethics and Related Issues Charts, and Pharmacology Charts and
tables.Gerontologic Considerations sections, Physiology/Pathophysiology figures, and Home Care ChecklistsNursing Research Profiles and EBP questions help students learn the importance of evidence-based practice.Concepts in Action Animations bring anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology concepts to life.