Brunner and Suddarth's Canadian Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing

BRUNNER & SUDDARTH’S: Canadian Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Third Edition
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UNIT 1
Basic Concepts in Nursing
CHAPTER 1 Health Care Delivery and Nursing Practice
THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THE NURSING PROFESSION
HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND HEALTH PROMOTION
INFLUENCES ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
ROLES OF THE NURSE
ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE ROLES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 2 Community-Based Nursing Practice
COMMUNITY-BASED CARE
HOME CARE
COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND REFERRALS
HOME VISITS
OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 3 Critical Thinking, Ethical Decision Making, and the Nursing Process
CRITICAL THINKING
ETHICAL NURSING CARE
THE NURSING PROCESS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 4 Health Education and Health Promotion
HEALTH EDUCATION TODAY
THE NATURE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
THE NURSING PROCESS IN PATIENT TEACHING
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN
NURSING IMPLICATIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 5 Adult Health and Nutritional Assessment
CONSIDERATIONS FOR CONDUCTING A HEALTH HISTORY AND PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
HEALTH HISTORY
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 6 Obesity
DEFINITIONS
TYPES OF OBESITY
PREVALENCE OF OBESITY
HEALTH IMPACT OF OBESITY
DETERMINANTS OF OBESITY
PREVENTION OF OBESITY
MANAGEMENT OF OBESITY
SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
JOURNALS AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
RESOURCES
UNIT 2 Biophysical and Psychosocial Concepts in Nursing Practice
CHAPTER 7 Homeostasis, Stress, and Adaptation
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
OVERVIEW OF STRESS
STRESS AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL
STRESS MANAGEMENT: NURSING INTERVENTIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 8 Individual and Family Considerations Related to Illness
HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
THE BRAIN AND PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH
MENTAL HEALTH AND EMOTIONAL DISTRESS
FAMILY HEALTH AND DISTRESS
LOSS AND GRIEF
DEATH AND DYING
SPIRITUALITY AND SPIRITUAL DISTRESS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 9 Perspectives in Transcultural Nursing
CULTURAL CONCEPTS
TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
CULTURALLY MEDIATED CHARACTERISTICS
CAUSES OF ILLNESS
FOLK HEALERS
CULTURAL ASSESSMENT
ADDITIONAL CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS: KNOW THYSELF
HEALTH DISPARITIES
THE FUTURE OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING CARE
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 10 Genetics and Genomics Perspectives in Nursing
GENOMIC FRAMEWORK FOR NURSING PRACTICE
INTEGRATING GENETIC AND GENOMIC KNOWLEDGE
GENETIC AND GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES IN PRACTICE
PERSONALIZED GENOMIC TREATMENTS
APPLICATIONS OF GENETICS AND GENOMICS IN NURSING PRACTICE
ETHICAL ISSUES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 11 Chronic Illness
THE PHENOMENON OF CHRONICITY
CHARACTERISTICS OF CHRONIC CONDITIONS
NURSING CARE OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 12 Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation Including Disabilities
SUPPORTING PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
PATIENT RESPONSES TO DISABILITY
THE REHABILITATION TEAM
AREAS OF SPECIALTY REHABILITATION
ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONAL ABILITY
DISABILITY AND SEXUALITY ISSUES
FATIGUE
HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES
FOLLOW-UP CARE
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 13 Health Care of the Older Adult
OVERVIEW OF AGING
AGE-RELATED CHANGES
PHARMACOLOGIC ASPECTS OF AGING
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES IN THE OLDER ADULT
GERIATRIC SYNDROMES
OTHER ASPECTS OF HEALTH CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 3 Concepts and Challenges in Patient Management
CHAPTER 14 Pain Management
IMPORTANCE OF PAIN ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT
TYPES OF PAIN
HARMFUL EFFECTS OF PAIN
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN
FACTORS INFLUENCING PAIN RESPONSE
THE NURSE’S ROLE IN ASSESSMENT AND CARE OF PATIENTS WITH PAIN
PAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS
NONPHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS
EVALUATING PAIN MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 15 Fluid and Electrolytes: Balance and Disturbance
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS
REGULATION OF BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS
FLUID VOLUME DISTURBANCES
ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
POTASSIUM IMBALANCES
CALCIUM IMBALANCES
MAGNESIUM IMBALANCES
PHOSPHORUS IMBALANCES
CHLORIDE IMBALANCES
ACID–BASE DISTURBANCES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 16 Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
OVERVIEW OF SHOCK
STAGES OF SHOCK
GENERAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN SHOCK
HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK
CARDIOGENIC SHOCK
CIRCULATORY SHOCK
MULTIPLE ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SYNDROME
PROMOTING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED CARE
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 17 Oncology: Nursing Management in Cancer Care
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANCER
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE MALIGNANT PROCESS
DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF CANCER
DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER
TUMOUR STAGING AND GRADING
MANAGEMENT OF CANCER
NURSING CARE OF PATIENTS WITH CANCER
CANCER SURVIVORSHIP
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 18 Hospice Palliative Care at the End-of-Life
NURSING AND HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE AT THE END-OF-LIFE CARE
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE CARE OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED ILLNESS AND THEIR FAMILIES
PROVIDING CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE AT THE END-OF-LIFE
PRINCIPLES OF PALLIATIVE SEDATION
PROVIDING SUPPORT TO PATIENTS WHO ARE ACTIVELY DYING AND THEIR FAMILIES
COPING WITH DEATH AND DYING: PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVER ISSUES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 4 Perioperative Concepts and Nursing Management
CHAPTER 19 Preoperative Nursing Management
PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY AND ANESTHESIA
SURGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS
PREADMISSION TESTING
SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS DURING THE PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD
INFORMED CONSENT
PREOPERATIVE ASSESSMENT
GENERAL PREOPERATIVE NURSING INTERVENTIONS
IMMEDIATE PREOPERATIVE NURSING INTERVENTIONS
EXPECTED PATIENT OUTCOMES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 20 Intraoperative Nursing Management
THE SURGICAL TEAM
THE SURGICAL ENVIRONMENT
THE SURGICAL EXPERIENCE
POTENTIAL INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 21 Postoperative Nursing Management
CARE OF THE PATIENT IN THE POSTANESTHESIA CARE UNIT
CARE OF THE HOSPITALIZED POSTOPERATIVE PATIENT
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 5 Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function
CHAPTER 22 Assessment of Respiratory Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 23 Management of Patients With Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
UPPER AIRWAY INFECTIONS
PHARYNGITIS
OBSTRUCTION AND TRAUMA OF THE UPPER RESPIRATORY AIRWAY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 24 Management of Patients With Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders
ATELECTASIS
RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS
PLEURAL CONDITIONS
PULMONARY EDEMA
ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME
PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
PULMONARY HEART DISEASE (COR PULMONALE)
PULMONARY EMBOLISM
SARCOIDOSIS
OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASES: PNEUMOCONIOSES
CHEST TUMOURS
CHEST TRAUMA
ASPIRATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 25 Management of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
BRONCHIECTASIS
ASTHMA
CYSTIC FIBROSIS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 26 Respiratory Care Modalities
NONINVASIVE RESPIRATORY THERAPIES
AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
THE PATIENT UNDERGOING THORACIC SURGERY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 6 Cardiovascular, Circulatory, and Hematologic Function
CHAPTER 27 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 28 Management of Patient With Dysrhythmias and Conduction Problems
DYSRHYTHMIAS
ADJUNCTIVE MODALITIES AND MANAGEMENT
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 29 Management of Patients With Coronary Vascular Disorders
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
INVASIVE CORONARY ARTERY PROCEDURES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 30 Management of Patients With Structural, Infections, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
VALVULAR DISORDERS
VALVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES
INFECTIOUS DISEASES OF THE HEART
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 31 Management of Patients With Complications From Heart Disease
CARDIAC HEMODYNAMICS
HEART FAILURE
OTHER COMPLICATIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 32 Assessment and Management of Patients With Vascular Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
ASSESSMENT OF VASCULAR FUNCTION
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
ARTERIAL DISORDERS
VENOUS DISORDERS
LYMPHATIC DISORDERS
CELLULITIS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 33 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hypertension
PATHOGENESIS OF HYPERTENSION
COMPLICATIONS OF HYPERTENSION
DIAGNOSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE
INVESTIGATION OF THE PATIENT WHO IS HYPERTENSIVE
MONITORING PEOPLE DIAGNOSED WITH HYPERTENSION
ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR RISK
TREATMENT OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
HYPERTENSIVE CRISES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 34 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hematologic Disorders
HEMATOLOGIC ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
ANEMIA
POLYCYTHEMIA
LEUKOPENIA
MYELOFIBROSIS
LYMPHOMA
BLEEDING DISORDERS
ACQUIRED COAGULATION DISORDERS
THERAPIES FOR BLOOD DISORDERS
PROCURING BLOOD AND BLOOD PRODUCTS
TRANSFUSION
PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 7 Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
CHAPTER 35 Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 36 Management of Patients With Oral and Esophageal Disorders
DISORDERS OF THE ORAL CAVITY
DISORDERS OF THE JAW
DISORDERS OF THE SALIVARY GLANDS
CANCER OF THE ORAL CAVITY AND PHARYNX
NECK DISSECTION
DISORDERS OF THE ESOPHAGUS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 37 Gastrointestinal Intubation and Special Nutritional Modalities
GASTROINTESTINAL INTUBATION
TUBE FEEDINGS WITH NASOGASTRIC AND NASOENTERIC DEVICES
GASTROSTOMY
PARENTERAL NUTRITION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 38 Management of Patients With Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
GASTRITIS
PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
OBESITY
GASTRIC CANCER
GASTRIC SURGERY
DUODENAL TUMOURS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 39 Management of Patients With Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
ABNORMALITIES OF FECAL ELIMINATION
CONDITIONS OF MALABSORPTION
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE
INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
DISEASES OF THE ANORECTUM
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 8 Metabolic and Endocrine Function
CHAPTER 40 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hepatic Disorders
ASSESSMENT OF THE LIVER
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
MANIFESTATIONS OF HEPATIC DYSFUNCTION
VIRAL HEPATITIS
NONVIRAL HEPATITIS
FULMINANT HEPATIC FAILURE
HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS
CANCER OF THE LIVER
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 41 Assessment and Management of Patients With Biliary Disorders
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
DISORDERS OF THE GALLBLADDER
DISORDERS OF THE PANCREAS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 42 Assessment and Management of Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
CLASSIFICATION OF DIABETES
DIABETES MANAGEMENT
NURSING MANAGEMENT
ACUTE COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES
LONG-TERM COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETES
SPECIAL ISSUES IN DIABETES CARE
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 43 Assessment and Management of Patients With Endocrine Disorders
ASSESSMENT OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
THE PITUITARY GLAND
THE THYROID GLAND
THE PARATHYROID GLANDS
THE ADRENAL GLANDS
CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 9 Urinary Tract Function
CHAPTER 44 Assessment of Renal and Urinary Tract Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OF THE RENAL AND URINARY TRACT SYSTEMS
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 45 Management of Patients With Renal Disorders
FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES IN RENAL DISORDERS
RENAL DISORDERS
PRIMARY GLOMERULAR DISEASES
POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
RENAL CANCER
RENAL FAILURE
CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE (END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE)
RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPIES
KIDNEY SURGERY
KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
RENAL TRAUMA
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 46 Management of Patients With Urinary Disorders
INFECTIONS OF THE URINARY TRACT
ADULT VOIDING DYSFUNCTION
UROLITHIASIS AND NEPHROLITHIASIS
GENITOURINARY TRAUMA
URINARY TRACT CANCERS
URINARY DIVERSIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 10 Reproductive Function
CHAPTER 47 Assessment and Management of Female Physiologic Processes
ROLE OF NURSES IN WOMEN’S HEALTH
ASSESSMENT OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
MANAGEMENT OF FEMALE PHYSIOLOGIC PROCESSES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 48 Management of Patients With Female Reproductive Disorders
VULVOVAGINAL INFECTIONS
STRUCTURAL DISORDERS
BENIGN DISORDERS
MALIGNANT CONDITIONS
HYSTERECTOMY
RADIATION THERAPY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 49 Assessment and Management of Patients With Breast Disorders
BREAST ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE NIPPLE
BREAST INFECTIONS
BENIGN CONDITIONS OF THE BREAST
MALIGNANT CONDITIONS OF THE BREAST
DISEASES OF THE MALE BREAST
JOURNALS AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 50 Assessment and Management of Concerns Related to Male Reproductive Processes
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF THE MALE
DISORDERS OF MALE SEXUAL FUNCTION
INFECTIONS OF THE MALE GENITOURINARY TRACT
CONDITIONS OF THE PROSTATE
CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE TESTES AND ADJACENT STRUCTURES
CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE PENIS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 11 Immunologic Function
CHAPTER 51 Assessment of Immune Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ADVANCES IN IMMUNOLOGY
ASSESSMENT OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 52 Management of Patients With Immunodeficiency
PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
PHAGOCYTIC DYSFUNCTION
B-CELL DEFICIENCIES
T-CELL DEFICIENCIES
COMBINED B-CELL AND T-CELL DEFICIENCIES
DEFICIENCIES OF THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM
SECONDARY IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
NURSING MANAGEMENT FOR PATIENTS WITH IMMUNODEFICIENCIES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 53 Management of Patients With HIV Illness and AIDS
HIV INFECTION AND AIDS
EMOTIONAL AND ETHICAL CONCERNS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 54 Assessment and Management of Patients With Allergic Disorders
ALLERGIC ASSESSMENT
ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
ALLERGIC DISORDERS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 55 Assessment and Management of Patients With Rheumatic Disorders
RHEUMATIC DISEASES
DIFFUSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES
DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE (OSTEOARTHRITIS)
SPONDYLOARTHROPATHIES
METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH RHEUMATIC DISORDERS
FIBROMYALGIA
ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIOUS ORGANISMS
NEOPLASMS AND NEUROVASCULAR, BONE, AND EXTRA-ARTICULAR DISORDERS
MISCELLANEOUS DISORDERS
REFERENCES
UNIT 12 Integumentary Function
CHAPTER 56 Assessment of Integumentary Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OF THE INTEGUMENT
SKIN CONSEQUENCES OF SELECTED SYSTEMIC DISEASES
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 57 Management of Patients With Dermatologic Conditions
SKIN CARE FOR PATIENTS WITH SKIN CONDITIONS
WOUND CARE FOR SKIN CONDITIONS
PRURITUS
INFECTIOUS DERMATOSES: BACTERIAL SKIN INFECTIONS
VIRAL SKIN INFECTIONS
FUNGAL (MYCOTIC) SKIN INFECTIONS
PARASITIC SKIN INFESTATION
CONTACT DERMATITIS
NONINFECTIOUS INFLAMMATORY DERMATOSES
BLISTERING DISEASES
ULCERATIONS
BENIGN TUMOURS OF THE SKIN
MALIGNANT TUMOURS OF THE SKIN: SKIN CANCER
OTHER MALIGNANCIES OF THE SKIN
DERMATOLOGIC AND PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
LASER TREATMENT OF CUTANEOUS LESIONS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 58 Management of Patients With Burn Injury
INCIDENCE OF BURN INJURY
OUTLOOK FOR SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF BURNS
MANAGEMENT OF THE PATIENT WITH A BURN INJURY
BURN CARE IN THE HOME
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 13 Sensorineural Function
CHAPTER 59 Assessment and Management of Patients With Eye and Vision Disorders
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT
IMPAIRED VISION
GLAUCOMA
CATARACTS
CORNEAL DISORDERS
RETINAL DISORDERS
ORBITAL AND OCULAR TRAUMA
INFECTIOUS AND INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS
ORBITAL AND OCULAR TUMOURS
SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND ENUCLEATION
OCULAR CONSEQUENCES OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE
CONCEPTS IN OCULAR MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
ISSUES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY
PATIENT SAFETY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 60 Assessment and Management of Patients With Hearing and Balance Disorders
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OF HEARING AND BALANCE
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF HEARING AND BALANCE
HEARING LOSS
CONDITIONS OF THE EXTERNAL EAR
CONDITIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAR
CONDITIONS OF THE INNER EAR
AURAL REHABILITATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 14 Neurologic Function
CHAPTER 61 Assessment of Neurologic Function
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OVERVIEW
ASSESSMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 62 Management of Patients With Neurologic Dysfunction
ALTERED LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS
INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE
INTRACRANIAL SURGERY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 63 Management of Patients With Cerebrovascular Disorders
ISCHEMIC STROKE
HEMORRHAGIC STROKE
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 64 Management of Patients With Neurologic Trauma
HEAD INJURIES
SCALP INJURY
SKULL FRACTURES
BRAIN INJURY
TYPES OF BRAIN INJURY
SPINAL CORD INJURY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 65 Management of Patients With Neurologic Infections, Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies
INFECTIOUS NEUROLOGIC DISORDERS
AUTOIMMUNE PROCESSES
CRANIAL NERVE DISORDERS
DISORDERS OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 66 Management of Patients With Oncologic or Degenerative Neurologic Disorders
ONCOLOGIC DISORDERS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 15 Musculoskeletal Function
CHAPTER 67 Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function
ANATOMIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC OVERVIEW
HEALTH ASSESSMENT
DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 68 Musculoskeletal Care Modalities
THE PATIENT IN A CAST, SPLINT, OR BRACE
THE PATIENT WITH AN EXTERNAL FIXATOR
THE PATIENT IN TRACTION
THE PATIENT UNDERGOING ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 69 Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders
LOW BACK PAIN
COMMON UPPER EXTREMITY PROBLEMS
COMMON FOOT PROBLEMS
METABOLIC BONE DISORDERS
MUSCULOSKELETAL INFECTIONS
BONE TUMOURS
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 70 Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma
CONTUSIONS, STRAINS, AND SPRAINS
JOINT DISLOCATIONS
INJURIES TO THE TENDONS, LIGAMENTS, AND MENISCI
FRACTURES
FRACTURES OF SPECIFIC SITES
SPORTS-RELATED INJURIES
OCCUPATION-RELATED INJURIES
AMPUTATION
PREVENTION OF INJURIES IN NURSING PERSONNEL
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
UNIT 16 Other Acute Problems
CHAPTER 71 Management of Patients With Infectious Diseases
THE INFECTIOUS PROCESS
HOME-BASED CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
DIARRHEAL DISEASES
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
TRAVEL AND IMMIGRATION
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 72 Emergency Nursing
SCOPE AND PRACTICE OF EMERGENCY NURSING
PRINCIPLES OF EMERGENCY CARE
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
HEMORRHAGE
HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK
WOUNDS
TRAUMA
ENVIRONMENTAL EMERGENCIES
POISONING
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
VIOLENCE, ABUSE, AND NEGLECT
PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCIES
REFERENCES AND SELECTED READINGS
CHAPTER 73 Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Nursing
REFERENCES
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