,BRUNNER & SUDDARTH’S
TEXTBOOK OF
Medical-Surgical
Nursing
15TH EDITION
Janice L. Hinkle, PhD, RN, CNRN
Fellow
Villanova University M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nursing
Villanova, Pennsylvania
Kerry H. Cheever, PhD, RN
Professor Emerita
Helen S. Breidegam School of Nursing
Moravian University
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Kristen J. Overbaugh, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CHPN
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing and Health Sciences
La Salle University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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