Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Contributors and Reviewers

ix

 

Preface

xiii

 

Acknowledgments

xv

PART ONE

NURSING PROCESS AND PRACTICE

 

1

Nursing Practice and the Nursing Process

2

2

Standards of Core, Ethical and Legal Issues

12

3

Health Promotion and Preventive Care

23

4

Genetics and Health Applications

35

PART TWO

MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

 

UNIT I

GENERAL HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS

 

5

Adult Physical Assessment

48

6

I.V Therapy

84

7

Perioperative Nursing

104

8

Cancer Nursing

134

9

Care of the Older or Disabled Adulf

165

UNIT II

RESPIRATORY HEALTH

 

10

Respiratory Function and Therapy

200

11

Respiratory Disorders

282

UNIT III

CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH

 

12

Cardiovascular Function and Therapy

328

13

Cardiac Disorders

384

14

Vascular Disorders

439

UNIT IV

NEUROLOGIC AND SENSORY HEALTH

 

15

Neurologic Disorders

477

16

Eye Disorders

578

17

Ear, Nose, and Throat Disorders

607

UNIT V

GASTROINTESTINAL AND NUTRITIONAL HEALTH

 

18

Gastrointestinal Disorders

644

19

Hepatic, Biliary, and Pancreatic Disorders

712

20

Nutritional Problems

746

UNIT VI

RENAL, GENITOURINARY, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

 

21

Renal and Urinary Disorders

772

22

Gynecologic Disorders

838

23

Breast Conditions

886

UNIT VII

METABOLIC AND ENDOCRINE HEALTH

 

24

Endocrine Disorders

906

25

Diabetes Mellitus

944

UNIT VIII

HEMATOLOGIC HEALTH

 

26

Hematologic Disorders

970

27

Transfusion Therapy and Blood and Marrow Stem Cell Transplantation

1001

UNIT IX

IMMUNOLOGIC HEALTH

 

28

Asthma and Allergy

1019

29

HIV Disease and AIDS

1044

30

Connective Tissue Disorders

1056

31

Infectious Diseases

1076

UNIT X

MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH

 

32

Musculoskeletal Disorders

1097

UNIT XI

INTEGUMENTARY HEALTH

 

33

Dermatologic Disorders

1142

34

Burns

1172

UNIT XII

EMERGENCY NURSING

 

35

Emergent Conditions

1190

PART THREE

MATERNITY AND NEONATAL NURSING

 

36

Maternal and Fetal Health

1228

37

Nursing Management during Labor and Delivery

1256

38

Care of Mother and Neonate during the Postpartum Period

1285

39

Complications of the Childbearing Experience

1313

PART FOUR

PEDIATRIC NURSING

 

UNIT XIII

GENERAL PRACTICE CONSIDERATIONS

 

40

Pediatric Growth and Development

1360

41

Pediatric Physical Assessment

1374

42

Pediatric Primary Care

1401

43

Care of the Sick or Hospitalized Child

1434

UNIT XIV

PEDIATRIC HEALTH

 

44

Pediatric Respiratory Disorders

1477

45

Pediatric Cardiovascular Disorders

1519

46

Pediatric Neurologic Disorders

1543

47

Pediatric Eye and Ear Problems

1574

48

Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Nutritional Disorders

1589

49

Pediatric Renal and Genitourinary Disorders

1636

50

Pediatric Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders

1655

51

Pediatric Oncology

1677

52

Pediatric Hematologic Disorders

1696

53

Pediatric Immunologic Disorders

1714

54

Pediatric Orthopedic Problems

1735

55

Peaiatric Integumentary Disorders

1761

56

Developmental Disabilities

1780

PART FIVE

PSYCHIATRIC NURSING

 

57

Problems of Mental Health

1800

 

APPENDICES

 

A

Diagnostic Studies and Interpretation

1834

B

Conversion Tables

1839

C

Pediatric Laboratory Values

1843

D

Sources of Additional Information

1846

 

Art Credits

1849

 

Index

1852