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Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care (Evolve) 11th Edition by Donna D. Ignatavicius MS RN CNE CNEcl ANEF FAADN (Author)

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Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and
Collaborative Care (Evolve) 11th Edition
by Donna D. Ignatavicius MS RN CNE CNEcl ANEF FAADN (Author)

,TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 01: OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING CONCEPTS FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING.. 5



CHAPTER 02: CLINICAL JUDGMENT AND SYSTEMS THINKING 14

CHAPTER 03: OVERVIEW OF HEALTH CONCEPTS FOR MEDICAL-SURGICALNURSING 21

CHAPTER 04: COMMON HEALTH PROBLEMS OF OLDER ADULTS 29

CHAPTER 05: ASSESSMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH PAIN 41

CHAPTER 06: CONCEPTS OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS 58

CHAPTER 07: CONCEPTS OF REHABILITATION FOR CHRONIC AND DISABLING HEALTH PROBLEMS 68

CHAPTER 08: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS AT END OF LIFE 78

CHAPTER 09: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PERIOPERATIVE PATIENTS 89

CHAPTER 10: CONCEPTS OF EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA NURSING 107

CHAPTER 11: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES 119

CHAPTER 12: CONCEPTS OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS 133

CHAPTER 13: CONCEPTS OF FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE 145

CHAPTER 14: CONCEPTS OF ACID–BASE BALANCE 159

CHAPTER 15: CONCEPTS OF INFUSION THERAPY 171

CHAPTER 16: CONCEPTS OF INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNITY 184

CHAPTER 17: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH HIV DISEASE 196

CHAPTER 18: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH HYPERSENSITIVITY (ALLERGY) AND
AUTOIMMUNITY 211

CHAPTER 19: CONCEPTS OF CANCER DEVELOPMENT 217

CHAPTER 20: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CANCER 224

CHAPTER 21: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INFECTION 243

CHAPTER 22: ASSESSMENT OF THE SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS 254

,CHAPTER 23: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH SKIN PROBLEMS 263

CHAPTER 24: ASSESSMENT OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 279

CHAPTER 25: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS REQUIRING OXYGEN THERAPY OR TRACHEOSTOMY

. 290

CHAPTER 26: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH NONINFECTIOUS UPPER RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS 300

CHAPTER 27: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH NONINFECTIOUS LOWER RESPIRATORY
PROBLEMS 311

CHAPTER 28: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS 331

CHAPTER 29: CRITICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH RESPIRATORY EMERGENCIES 350

CHAPTER 30: ASSESSMENT OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 367

CHAPTER 31: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH DYSRHYTHMIAS 382

CHAPTER 32: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC PROBLEMS 397

CHAPTER 33: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH VASCULAR PROBLEMS 415

CHAPTER 34: CRITICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH SHOCK 436

CHAPTER 35: CRITICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES448

CHAPTER 36: ASSESSMENT OF THE HEMATOLOGIC SYSTEM 465

CHAPTER 37: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH HEMATOLOGIC PROBLEMS 471

CHAPTER 38: ASSESSMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 491

CHAPTER 39: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH PROBLEMS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM:
THE BRAIN 503

CHAPTER 40: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH PROBLEMS OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM:
THE SPINAL CORD 521

CHAPTER 41: CRITICAL CARE OF PATIENTS WITH NEUROLOGIC EMERGENCIES 537

CHAPTER 42: ASSESSMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH EYE AND VISION PROBLEMS 554

CHAPTER 43: ASSESSMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH EAR AND HEARING PROBLEMS 566

CHAPTER 44: ASSESSMENT OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM 577

CHAPTER 45: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PROBLEMS 585

CHAPTER 46: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH ARTHRITIS AND TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY

. 596

, CHAPTER 47: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL TRAUMA 612

CHAPTER 48: ASSESSMENT OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM 629

CHAPTER 49: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH ORAL CAVITY AND ESOPHAGEAL PROBLEMS 637

CHAPTER 50: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR OF PATIENTS WITH STOMACH DISORDERS 645

CHAPTER 51: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH NONINFLAMMATORY INTESTINAL DISORDERS

. 655

CHAPTER 52: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH INFLAMMATORY INTESTINAL DISORDERS 670

CHAPTER 53: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH LIVER PROBLEMS 684

CHAPTER 54: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH PROBLEMS OF THE BILIARY SYSTEM AND
PANCREAS 697

CHAPTER 55: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH MALNUTRITION: UNDERNUTRITION AND OBESITY
707

CHAPTER 56: ASSESSMENT OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM 717

CHAPTER 57: CONCEPTS OF CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH PITUITARY AND ADRENAL GLAND PROBLEMS

. 725




CHAPTER 01: OVERVIEW OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING CONCEPTS FOR MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING

IGNATAVICIUS: MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING, 11TH EDITION




MULTIPLE CHOICE




1. A NEW NURSE IS WORKING WITH A PRECEPTOR ON A MEDICAL-SURGICAL UNIT. THE
PRECEPTOR ADVISES THE NEW NURSE THAT WHICH IS THE PRIORITY WHEN WORKING AS A
PROFESSIONAL NURSE?

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