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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Practice 4
Chapter 02: Medical-Surgical Nursing 33
Chapter 03: Health Education and Promotion 63
Chapter 04: Adult Health and Physical, Nutritional, and Cultural
Assessment 93
Chapter 05: Stress and Inflammatory Responses 125
Chapter 06: Genetics and Genomics in Nursing 157
Chapter 07: Disability and Chronic Illness 189
Chapter 08: Management of the Older Adult Patient 220
Chapter 09: Pain Management 251
Chapter 10: Fluid and Electrolytes 283
Chapter 11: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
315
Chapter 12: Oncologic Management 347
Chapter 13: Palliative and End-of-Life Care 377
Chapter 14: Preoperative Nursing Management 408
Chapter 15: Intraoperative Nursing Management 439
Chapter 16: Postoperative Nursing Management 468
Chapter 17: Assessment of Respiratory Function 499
Chapter 18: Management of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract
Disorders 528
Chapter 19: Management of Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory
Tract Disorders 557
Chapter 20: Management of Patients With Chronic Pulmonary Disease
587
Chapter 21: Assessment of Cardiovascular Function 616
Chapter 22: Management of Patients With Arrhythmias and Conduction
Problems 645
Chapter 23: Management of Patients With Coronary Vascular Disorders
673
Chapter 24: Management of Patients With Structural, Infectious, and
Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders 703
Chapter 25: Management of Patients With Complications from Heart
Disease 732
Chapter 26: Assessment and Management of Patients With Vascular
Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation 761
Chapter 27: Assessment and Management of Patients With Hypertension
792

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Chapter 28: Assessment of Hematologic Function and Treatment
Modalities 822
Chapter 29: Management of Patients With Nonmalignant Hematologic
Disorders 851
Chapter 30: Management of Patients With Hematologic Neoplasms 880
Chapter 31: Assessment of Immune Function 909
Chapter 32: Management of Patients With Immune Deficiency Disorders
937
Chapter 33: Assessment and Management of Patients With Allergic
Disorders 966
Chapter 34: Assessment and Management of Patients With Inflammatory
Rheumatic Disorders 995
Chapter 35: Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function 1024
Chapter 36: Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders
1052
Chapter 37: Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma 1081
Chapter 38: Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
1110
Chapter 39: Management of Patients with Oral and Esophageal Disorders
1139
Chapter 40: Management of Patients with Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
1169
Chapter 41: Management of Patients With Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
1198
Chapter 42: Assessment and Management of Patients with Obesity 1227
Chapter 43: Assessment and Management of Patients with Hepatic
Disorders 1242
Chapter 44: Assessment and Management of Patients with Biliary
Disorders 1271
Chapter 45: Assessment and Management of Patients with Endocrine
Disorders 1300
Chapter 46: Assessment and Management of Patients with Diabetes
1329
Chapter 47: Assessment of Kidney and Urinary Function 1359
Chapter 48: Management of Patients with Kidney Disorders 1388
Chapter 49: Management of Patients with Urinary Disorders 1418
Chapter 50: Assessment and Management of Patients With Female
Physiologic Processes 1450
Chapter 51: Management of Patients with Female Reproductive Disorders
1479
Chapter 52: Assessment and Management of Patients with Breast

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Disorders 1509
Chapter 53: Assessment and Management of Patients With Male
Reproductive Disorders 1539
Chapter 54: Assessment and Management of Patients Who Are LGBTQ
1569
Chapter 55: Assessment of Integumentary Function 1575
Chapter 56: Managements of Patients with Dermatologic Problems 1603
Chapter 57: Managements of Patients with Burn Injury 1632
Chapter 58: Assessment and Management of Patients with Eye and Vision
Disorders 1661
Chapter 59: Assessment and Management of Patients with Hearing and
Balance Disorders 1690
Chapter 60: Assessment of Neurologic Function 1719
Chapter 61: Management of Patients with Neurologic Dysfunction 1748
Chapter 62: Management of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disorders
1777
Chapter 63: Management of Patients with Neurologic Trauma 1807
Chapter 64: Management of Patients with Neurologic Infections,
Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies 1836
Chapter 65: Management of Patients With Oncologic or Degenerative
Neurologic Disorders 1865
Chapter 66: Management of Patients With Infectious Diseases 1894
Chapter 67: Emergency Nursing 1923
Chapter 68: Disaster Nursing 1952

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Chapter 01: Professional Nursing Practice


1. The public health nurse is presenting a health promotion class to a group of new
mothers. How should the nurse best define health?


A) Health is being disease free.


B) Health is having fulfillment in all domains of life.


C) Health is having psychological and physiological harmony.


D) Health is being connected in body, mind, and spirit.


Ans: D


Feedback:


The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health in the preamble to its
constitution as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease and infirmity. The other answers are incorrect
because they are not congruent with the WHO definition of health.


2. A nurse is speaking to a group of prospective nursing students about what it is like to
be a nurse. What is one characteristic the nurse would cite as necessary to possess to
be an effective nurse?


A) Sensitivity to cultural differences


B) Team-focused approach to problem-solving