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Concise, exam-ready notes for Medical-Surgical Nursing: Interprofessional Collaborative Care (12th Ed.) – Chapter 2, 2025. Covers core concepts with clear definitions, risk factors, labs, and nurse-led interventions. Topics include: Comfort, Elimination (bowel & urinary, continence/incontinence, retention), Fluids & Electrolytes (osmolality, potassium foods, BUN, serum electrolytes, osmolality; fluid deficit vs overload; minimum urine output), Glucose Regulation, Gas Exchange (ABGs, CBC, imaging; aging & alveoli), Immunity (active/passive; humoral & cell-mediated; HIV tests, ANA/RF), Mobility (ADLs, ROM scale, complications), Nutrition (malnutrition risks, BMI range), Perfusion (central/peripheral, ischemia vs infarction; modifiable/non-modifiable risks), Sensory Perception (presbyopia, presbycusis, Snellen), Sexuality, and Tissue Integrity (partial vs full thickness; pressure injuries). Built for quick revision, class quizzes, ATI/HESI/NCLEX prep, and clinical check-offs.

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, Medical-Surgical Nursing CONCEPTS FOR
INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATIVE CARE
12th EDITION chapter 2 2025
A state of physical well-being, pleasure, and absence of pain or stress - 📌📌- Comfort


Anticipate pain and emotional stress, collaborate with members of the inter professional team as
needed, and implement pain management measures - 📌📌- Interventions for patients with
decreased comfort


The excretion of waste from the body by the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (as feces) and by the urinary
system (as urine) - 📌📌- Elimation


Occurs as a result of food and fluid intake and ends with passage of feces (stool) or solid waste
products from food into the rectum of the colon - 📌📌- Bowel elimination


Occurs as a result of multiple kidney processes and ends with the passage of urine through the
urinary tract - 📌📌- Urinary Elimination



Voluntary control of both bowel and urinary elimination - 📌📌- Continence



Lack of bowel or bladder control - 📌📌- Incontinence



Inability to expel stool or excrete urine - 📌📌- Retention



Inability to pass stool - 📌📌- Obstipation



Scant urine - 📌📌- Oliguria



Absence of urine - 📌📌- Anuria



Risk factors for incontinence include: - 📌📌- Aging (when pelvic muscles weaken), neurologic

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