MedicalSurgical Nursing
Assessment and Management of
Clinical Problems
ELEVENTH EDITION
Collin Bowman-Woodall, RN, MSN
Assistant Professor, Samuel Merritt University, San Francisco Peninsula Campus, San Mateo,
California
Mariann M. Harding, RN, PhD, CNE
Professor of Nursing, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, New Philadelphia, Ohio
Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, FAANP
Professor, and Associate Dean, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey
Dottie Roberts, RN, EdD, MSN, MACI, OCNS-C,
CMSRN, CNE
Executive Director, Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board, Chicago, Illinois
Editor, MEDSURG Nursing, Official Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, Pitman,
New Jersey
,Debra Hagler, RN, PhD, ACNS-BC, CNE, CHSE,
ANEF, FAAN
Clinical Professor & Coordinator, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Edson College of Nursing
and Healthcare Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona
Courtney Reinisch, RN, DNP
Director of Undergraduate Nursing, School of Nursing, Montclair State University, Montclair,
New Jersey
Table of Contents
Cover image
Inside Front Cover
List of Case Studies in This Study Guide
, Title page
Copyright
Section 1: Concepts in Nursing Practice
1: Professional Nursing
2: Health Equity and Culturally Competent Care
3: Health History and Physical Examination
4: Patient and Caregiver Teaching
5: Chronic Illness and Older Adults
Section 2: Problems Related to Comfort and Coping
6: Stress Management
7: Sleep and Sleep Disorders
8: Pain
9: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
10: Substance Use Disorders
Section 3: Problems Related to Homeostasis and Protection