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Summary:
Putting essential information at your fingertips, this handy guide describes 200 commonly encountered medical-surgical disorders and procedures. Numerous illustrations and summary tables are used to clarify key information. It focuses on the information you need to know, emphasizing the procedures and treatments in which the nurse plays a major role.
Part 1: Disorders includes the following information for each profile:
Definition/Description
Pathophysiology
Clinical Manifestations
Complications
Diagnostic Studies
Collaborative Care (including drug therapy)
Nursing Management
Goals
Nursing Diagnoses (using current NANDA terminology)
Nursing Interventions
Patient Teaching
Part 2: Treatments and Procedures includes information you need to know about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as CPR, tube feeding, and artificial airway management.
Part 3: Reference Appendix features key reference information commonly used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, and Spanish translations of key phrases.
Patient teaching content is highlighted with a special icon, identifying information that patients and families need to know about the care of various conditions.
A portable format makes this book easy to carry in the clinical setting.
Cross-references to Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition make it easy to find background information.
Customer Reviews:
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companion book
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I really like this book it is small and will be easy to carry to clinicals
med-surg
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excellent product! very pertinent to the duties of a nurse in the medical-surgical setting
Good clinical companion
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This little book holds tons of information that one needs in a clinical setting. You have everything in the palm of your hands.
The Clinical Companion
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This is a really nice little reference book...I keep it with me at work for quick reference. Very helpful,since Nurses have to keep so much information at hand when assessing our patients. Inexpensive, and valuable.
companion
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I found the Lewis companion guide irreplaceable while studying for an exam or during clinical. Plus small enough to carry in your backpack. Best book I purchased since I've been in nursing school.