Nursing: Concepts for Clinical
Judgment and Collaborative Care 11th
Edition by Donna D. Ignatavicius – 2026
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional
Collaborative Care, 11th Edition
Donna D. Ignatavicius — Chapters 1–65
SECTION I — Essential Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing
1. Overview of Professional Nursing Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing
2. Clinical Judgment and Systems Thinking
3. Overview of Health Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing
4. Concepts of Care for Older Adults
5. Concepts of Care for Transgender and Non-Binary Patients
, 6. Assessment and Concepts of Care for Patients with Pain
7. Concepts of Rehabilitation for Chronic and Disabling Health Conditions
8. Concepts of Care for Patients at End-of-Life
9. Concepts of Care for Perioperative Patients
SECTION II — Concepts of Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness
10.Concepts of Emergency and Trauma Nursing
11.Concepts of Care for Patients with Common Environmental Emergencies
12.Concepts of Disaster Preparedness
SECTION III — Concepts of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance and
Imbalance
13.Concepts of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Imbalance
14.Concepts of Acid-Base Balance and Imbalance
15.Concepts of Infusion Therapy
SECTION IV — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Immunity
Conditions
16.Concepts of Inflammation and Immunity
17.Concepts of Care for Patients with Allergy and Immunity Conditions
18.Concepts of Care for Patients with Cancer
19.Concepts of Care for Patients with Infection
SECTION V — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Integumentary
System Conditions
20.Assessment of the Skin, Hair, and Nails
21.Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Skin, Hair, and Nails
SECTION VI — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Respiratory System
Conditions
, 22.Assessment of the Respiratory System
23.Concepts of Care for Patients with Noninfectious Upper Respiratory Conditions
24.Concepts of Care for Patients with Noninfectious Lower Respiratory Conditions
25.Concepts of Care for Patients with Infectious Respiratory Conditions
26.Critical Care of Patients with Respiratory Emergencies
SECTION VII — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Cardiovascular
System Conditions
27.Assessment of the Cardiovascular System
28.Concepts of Care for Patients with Dysrhythmias
29.Concepts of Care for Patients with Cardiac Conditions
30.Concepts of Care for Patients with Vascular Conditions
31.Critical Care of Patients with Shock
32.Critical Care of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes
SECTION VIII — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Hematologic
System Conditions
33.Assessment of the Hematologic System
34.Concepts of Care for Patients with Hematologic Conditions
SECTION IX — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Nervous System
Conditions
35.Assessment of the Nervous System
36.Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Central Nervous System:
The Brain
37.Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Central Nervous System:
The Spinal Cord
38.Critical Care of Patients with Neurologic Emergencies
SECTION X — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Sensory System
Conditions
, 39.Assessment and Concepts of Care for Patients with Eye and Vision Conditions
40.Assessment and Concepts of Care for Patients with Ear and Hearing Conditions
SECTION XI — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Musculoskeletal
System Conditions
41.Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System
42.Concepts of Care for Patients with Musculoskeletal Conditions
43.Concepts of Care for Patients with Arthritis and Total Joint Arthroplasty
44.Concepts of Care for Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma
SECTION XII — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Gastrointestinal
System Conditions
45.Assessment of the Gastrointestinal System
46.Concepts of Care for Patients with Oral Cavity and Esophageal Conditions
47.Concepts of Care for Patients with Stomach Conditions
48.Concepts of Care for Patients with Noninflammatory Intestinal Conditions
49.Concepts of Care for Patients with Inflammatory Intestinal Conditions
50.Concepts of Care for Patients with Liver Conditions
51.Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Biliary System and
Pancreas
52.Concepts of Care for Patients with Malnutrition: Undernutrition and Obesity
SECTION XIII — Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Endocrine
System Conditions
53.Assessment of the Endocrine System
54.Concepts of Care for Patients with Pituitary and Adrenal Gland Conditions
55.Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Thyroid and Parathyroid
Glands
56.Concepts of Care for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus