Clinical Companion to Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Book info: Clinical Companion to Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems (Paperback, 802 pages) – Mosby, 2019. Language: English.

Designed for portability, this clinical companion provides at-a-glance access to the information you need for more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the new 11th edition of Lewis’s main text: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems. This clinical companion is organized alphabetically for quick reference and includes a variety of full-color illustrations, summary tables, and a handy reference appendix full of laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice.

• Consistent and practical information covers definitions and descriptions, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications, diagnostic studies, interprofessional care and drug therapy, and nursing management
• Treatments and Procedures section summarizes the need-to-know content about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as basic life support, enteral nutrition, and artificial airway management
• Handy reference appendix contains information commonly used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, Spanish translations of key phrases, and much more
• Patient and caregiver teaching content is highlighted with a special icon to identify appropriate information to share with patients and caregivers about the care of various conditions
• Cross-references to the Lewis main text identify how to access more in-depth information
• Attractive four-color design makes it easy to locate specific information within the clinical companion

• NEW! Updated content reflects the revisions and updates in Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition main text

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All the clinical med-surg info you need, right in your back pocket

About the Author Clinical Professor Debra Hagler works at Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University.

Mariann M. Harding, Nursing Program Director and Professor of Nursing, Kent State University Tuscarawas.

Professor Jeffrey Kwong works in the Division of Advanced Nursing Practice, School of Nursing, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey.

Courtney Reinisch, Director of Undergraduate Nursing, School of Nursing, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey.