NOTE TO THE STUDENT The Student Workbook for Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing has been written and edited by the authors to accompany the fifth edition of Understanding Medical Surgical Nursing. We have included exercises that not only help you review content, but also will help you develop your critical thinking abilities. It is essential for you to be able to think critically about the content as you prepare for the NCLEX-PN. We hope you will use this resource as well as your electronic study guide and the great resources on DavisPlus. SUGGESTIONS FOR USING THE STUDY GUIDE Checklists for Learning Success are provided at the beginning of each unit. You can use these checklists to track your study of the major topics. Each chapter includes: • An exercise to help you practice chapter vocabulary items. It is important to understand the underlying vocabulary before attempting to apply the terms to understand the remainder of the information in each chapter. • Basic matching, true/false, word scramble, and other exercises to allow you to practice and understand medical-surgical nursing information. These exercises are most helpful for developing knowledge and recall of material. • Critical thinking exercises to help you practice your new knowledge in patient situations and make good clinical judgments. We feel strongly that you must learn to think critically, rather than just memorize facts. The answers we provide for the critical thinking exercises are just some of the possibilities. You will come up with additional answers of your own as your knowledge base expands. • NCLEX-PN style questions to provide practice in applying your new knowledge. Rationale for why an answer is correct or incorrect has been included to strengthen your critical thinking and test-taking abilities. • Function and Assessment chapters also include a labeling exercise to help you review basic anatomy. STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS • To students: Study Guide answers are posted on the instructor’s DavisPlus site. Ask your instructor about accessing answers. • To instructors: Study Guide answers are posted on the instructor’s DavisPlus site. Students do not have access to Study Guide answers. Please provide answers to students according to your needs. We hope you find this study guide useful. Happy studying! PAULA D. HOPPER AND LINDA S. WILLIAMS v Contents UNIT ONE Understanding Health Care Issues 1 1 Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process 2 2 Evidence-Based Practice 5 3 Issues in Nursing Practice 8 4 Cultural Influences on Nursing Care 12 5 Complementary and Alternative Modalities 16 UNIT TWO Understanding Health and Illness 19 6 Nursing Care of Patients With Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Imbalances 20 7 Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Intravenous Therapy 23 8 Nursing Care of Patients With Infections 26 9 Nursing Care of Patients in Shock 30 10 Nursing Care of Patients in Pain 34 11 Nursing Care of Patients With Cancer 37 12 Nursing Care of Patients Having Surgery 40 13 Nursing Care of Patients With Emergent Conditions and Disaster/Bioterrorism Response 45 UNIT THREE Understanding Life Span Influences on Health and Illness 49 14 Developmental Considerations in the Nursing Care of Adults 50 15 Nursing Care of Older Adult Patients 53 16 Nursing Care of Patients at Home 57 17 Nursing Care of Patients at the End of Life 60 UNIT FOUR Understanding the Immune System 63 18 Immune System Function, Assessment, and Therapeutic Measures 64 19 Nursing Care of Patients With Immune Disorders 68 20 Nursing Care of Patients With HIV Disease and AIDS
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