Medical Surgical Bundle
The Medical Surgical Bundle conveniently contains our latest versions of Clinical Handbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing, Prentice Hall IV Drug Guide and Prentice Hall Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests.
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Description
The Medical Surgical Bundle Contains:
The Clinical Handbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care is an accurate, current, and practical reference, so that nursing students can easily find answers to problems for the care of clients with health problems often encountered in clinical situations. This title by Pearson Prentice Hall provides nursing students essential information in an easy-to-follow format, allowing them to respond quickly when a client’s condition changes or when they are assigned to a new client.
The 4th Edition of Clinical Handbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing covers the most common health problems nursing students are likely to encounter. The conditions appear in alphabetical order for quick retrieval of the most vital information.
Key Features:
Clinical Handbook for Medical-Surgical Nursing presents varying amounts of information about each condition according to its
prevalence and/or seriousness.
• Overview: includes the definition of the condition, its classification within other categories, incidence, and basic pathophysiologic mechanisms.
• Causes: lists actual causes, when known, or provides a risk-factor assessment when appropriate.
• Manifestations: appear in order of those most characteristic of the condition to those less frequently encountered.
• Diagnostic Tests: include the most frequently used laboratory tests, diagnostic imaging tests, and/or other testing methods, as well as the significance of abnormal results.
• Interdisciplinary Management: lists the medications and treatments most commonly associated with each condition.
• Selected Nursing Diagnoses with Interventions: lists the high priority nursing diagnoses with related nursing interventions.
• Community-Based Care: provides teaching topics and referral sources, as appropriate, for clients who are being discharged from a healthcare facility or
who provide self-care at home.
• Cross-references guide students to more detailed information available
The Intravenous Drug Guide 2009-2010 is a current and reliable reference designed to provide the best information regarding drug administration. The clear and logical design of the IV drug monographs facilitates decision making, enabling you to be quicker on your feet.
ORGANIZATION
All information in the Intravenous Drug Guide 2009-2010 is well organized for use by nurse clinicians and medical students alike. Drugs are listed alphabetically, and pharmacological classifications are paired with therapeutic classifications for every drug monograph. Each drug is indexed by both generic and trade names making it easier for you to locate individual drug monographs.
Features Include:
• Information on dosages, rates of administration and solution preparation based on age or weight.
• US schedules of controlled substances.
• Access Critical dosage adjustment by age, disease or side affect.
• FDA pregnancy categories.
• Provide safe, effective nursing care with clear guidelines for assessment and patient and family teaching
• Recommendations for the safe handling of cytotoxic drugs.
• Toxicity grades associated with Chemotherapy.
This IV drug guide was put together by authors that understand the need for concise information. Paired with a proven handheld device format, the decision making process associated with drug administration has never been more efficient than with this product.
AUTHORS:
Billie Ann Wilson, RN
Margaret T. Shannon, RN
Kelly M. Shields, RN
Intravenous Drug Guide 2009-2010, Copyright 2009 Pearson Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.
The Handbook of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications gives key information about the commonly ordered laboratory and diagnostic tests, along with nursing implications and client teaching. It gives quick, pertinent information about the tests, emphasizing their purposes, the procedures, the clinical problems associated with disease entities, and drugs related to abnormal test results, as well as nursing implications together with client teaching. Reference values are given for children, adults, and the elderly.
The 6th Edition of this Pearson Prentice Hall title is appropriate for students in various types of nursing and non-nursing programs, including medical
technology programs, baccalaureate and nursing programs, associate degree programs, diploma programs, and practical nursing programs. This title is most valuable to the nurse practitioner, registered nurse, student nurse, and licensed practical nurse in hospital settings, including specialty areas such as intensive care units, emergency rooms, clinics, health care provider offices, and independent nursing practices.
Organized alphabetically by tests, this reference provides easy access to information on more than 500 laboratory and diagnostic tests (30 new in to this edition), updated data throughout, and much more!
Every test includes:
• Reference values
• Normal findings
• Purposes
• Clinical problems
• Effects of medications on tests
• Procedure
• Factors affecting test results
• Nursing implications
• Client teaching
