TEXTBOOK OF MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING -BRUNNER &
SUDDARTH'S 16TH EDITION, (2026)
BY JANICE L. HINKLE, KERRY H. CHEEVER, KRISTEN OVERBAUGH &
CAROLYN E BRADLEY
ALL CHAPTERS 1-69| 16 UNITS| NEW RELEASE| VERIFIED WITH DETAILED
ANSWERS| RATED A+
,UNIT 1. PRINCIPLES OF NURSING PRACTICE ----------------------------------------------------------------- 11
CHAPTER 1. PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE ------------------------------------------------------------------ 11
CHAPTER 2. MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36
CHAPTER 3. HEALTH EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION -------------------------------------------------- 57
CHAPTER 4. ADULT HEALTH AND PHYSICAL, NUTRITIONAL, AND CULTURAL ASSESSMENT ------------ 82
CHAPTER 5. STRESS AND INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES ------------------------------------------------------- 109
CHAPTER 6. GENETICS AND GENOMICS IN NURSING ----------------------------------------------------------- 136
CHAPTER 7. DISABILITY AND CHRONIC ILLNESS ------------------------------------------------------------------ 162
CHAPTER 8. CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 186
UNIT 2. CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF PATIENT MANAGEMENT ---------------------------------- 210
CHAPTER 9. PAIN MANAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 210
CHAPTER 10. PRINCIPLES OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTES------------------------------------------------------- 236
CHAPTER 11. SHOCK, SEPSIS, AND MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME --------------------- 261
CHAPTER 12. ONCOLOGIC MANAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 288
CHAPTER 13. PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE --------------------------------------------------------------- 310
UNIT 3. PERIOPERATIVE CONCEPTS AND NURSING MANAGEMENT -------------------------------- 335
CHAPTER 14. PREOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT ------------------------------------------------------- 335
CHAPTER 15. INTRAOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT ---------------------------------------------------- 360
CHAPTER 16. POSTOPERATIVE NURSING MANAGEMENT ----------------------------------------------------- 383
UNIT 4. GAS EXCHANGE AND RESPIRATORY FUNCTION ----------------------------------------------- 407
CHAPTER 17. ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY FUNCTION ------------------------------------------------------ 407
CHAPTER 18. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISORDERS --------- 431
CHAPTER 19. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHEST AND LOWER RES- PIRATORY TRACT ------ 454
DISORDERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 454
CHAPTER 20. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NON-ACUTE DISORDERS OF THE CHEST AND
LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT AND DISORDERS OF THE PULMONARY VASCULATURE ----------------- 478
CHAPTER 21. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE -------------------- 500
UNIT 5. CARDIOVASCULAR AND CIRCULATORY FUNCTION ------------------------------------------- 527
CHAPTER 22. ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC FUNCTION ------------------------------------------------------------ 527
CHAPTER 23. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ARRHYTHMIAS AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS 550
CHAPTER 24. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CORONARY VASCULAR DISORDERS ---------------- 571
, CHAPTER 25. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH STRUCTURAL, INFECTIOUS, AND INFLAMMATORY
CARDIAC DISORDERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 597
CHAPTER 26. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMPLICATIONS OF HEART DISEASE -------------- 619
CHAPTER 27. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR DISORDERS AND
DISORDERS OF PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 641
CHAPTER 28. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION ---------------- 668
UNIT 6. HEMATOLOGIC FUNCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 691
CHAPTER 29. ASSESSMENT OF HEMATOLOGIC FUNCTION AND TREATMENT MODALITIES ---------- 691
CHAPTER 30. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NONMALIGNANT HEMATOLOGIC DISORDERS -- 715
CHAPTER 31. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS ------------------------ 736
UNIT 7. IMMUNOLOGIC FUNCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 759
CHAPTER 32. ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNE FUNCTION ------------------------------------------------------------ 759
CHAPTER 33. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS ------------------ 781
CHAPTER 34. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ALLERGIC DISORDERS -------- 805
CHAPTER 35. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATIC
DISORDERS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 830
UNIT 8. MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------- 853
CHAPTER 36. ASSESSMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION ---------------------------------------------- 853
CHAPTER 37. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS -------------------- 874
CHAPTER 38. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA ----------------------- 898
UNIT 9. DIGESTIVE AND GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION ---------------------------------------------- 922
CHAPTER 39. ASSESSMENT OF DIGESTIVE AND GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION ------------------------ 922
CHAPTER 40. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ORAL AND ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS ------------- 945
CHAPTER 41. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH GASTRIC AND DUODENAL DISORDERS ------------ 969
CHAPTER 42. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INTESTINAL AND RECTAL DISORDERS ------------- 990
UNIT 10. METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE FUNCTION ---------------------------------------------------- 1016
CHAPTER 43. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT O PATIENTS WITH OBESI- TY ------------------------ 1016
CHAPTER 44. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEPATIC DISORDERS -------- 1041
CHAPTER 45. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BILIARY DISORDERS --------- 1065
CHAPTER 46. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ENDOCRINE DISORDERS ---- 1089
CHAPTER 47. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES ----------------------- 1114
UNIT 11. KIDNEY AND URINARY TRACT FUNCTION ---------------------------------------------------- 1140
, CHAPTER 48. ASSESSMENT OF KIDNEY AND URINARY FUNCTION ----------------------------------------- 1140
CHAPTER 49. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISORDERS ----------------------------------- 1163
CHAPTER 50. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH URINARY DISORDERS --------------------------------- 1187
UNIT 12. REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1211
CHAPTER 51. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FEMALE PHYSIOLOGIC
PROCESSES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1211
CHAPTER 52. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH FEMALE PHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS---------------- 1237
CHAPTER 53. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BREAST DISORDERS ---------- 1262
CHAPTER 54. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH MALE REPRODUCTIVE
DISORDERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1285
CHAPTER 55. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WHO ARE LBGTQ --------------------- 1309
UNIT 13. INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1323
CHAPTER 56. ASSESSMENT OF INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION ----------------------------------------------- 1323
CHAPTER 57. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH DERMATOLOGIC DISORDERS AND WOUNDS--- 1344
CHAPTER 58. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH BURN INJURY ------------------------------------------- 1368
UNIT 14. SENSORY FUNCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1392
CHAPTER 59. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EYE AND VISION DISORDERS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1392
CHAPTER 60. ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH HEARING AND BALANCE
DISORDERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1416
UNIT 15. NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1440
CHAPTER 61. ASSESSMENT OF NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION ----------------------------------------------------- 1440
CHAPTER 62. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC DYSFUNCTION ----------------------- 1464
CHAPTER 63. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS ------------------ 1486
CHAPTER 64. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC TRAUMA ------------------------------ 1512
CHAPTER 65. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC INFECTIONS, AUTOIMMUNE
DISORDERS, AND NEUROPATHIES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1536
CHAPTER 66. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ONCOLOGIC OR DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGIC
DISORDERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1560
UNIT 16. ACUTE COMMUNITY-BASED CHALLENGES --------------------------------------------------- 1583
CHAPTER 67. MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES -------------------------------- 1583
CHAPTER 68. EMERGENCY NURSING ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1603
CHAPTER 69. DISASTER NURSING ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1617