Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing - eBook

Tanya Porter, Gayle Mckenzie

Description

Perfect For:

• • Undergraduate bachelor of Nursing students
• • Diploma of Nursing students
• • Registered and enrolled nurses re-entering acute care practice after a period of absence

Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 3rd Edition has been fully revised to provide accessible information to assist with nursing care, including the assessment and management of people experiencing chronic, acute and complex health issues.

Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 3^rd Edition can be used in conjunction with Brown & Edwards Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 4^th Edition as part of the medical-surgical suite of resources or as a stand- alone quick reference guide.

All body system chapters features the following:

• • Overview
• • Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of related conditions
• • Common diseases and disorders are presented by causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, complications and nursing considerations
• • Further actions are indicated in the event that medical or surgical interventions, tests or pharmacology are required.

• • New chapter on mental health considerations
• • New hint boxes on the assessment and management of the deteriorating patient included throughout
• • Revised and updated nutrition section
• • Revised and updated renal chapter, in particular diabetes and obesity
• • Revised and updated wound care section
• • Chapter 2: includes ISBAR in the documentation process
• • Appendix 1 Life support charts included in the front and back of the book as a ready reference. 

Sujets

• Surgical
• Medical
• Médecine
• Nursing

Informations

• Publié par: Mosby Australia
• Date de parution: 02 décembre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780729584142
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing
Third Edition
Gayle McKenzie, RN, BSocSc, GCert ClinEd, GDipAdvNsg (CritCare), MEd, MACN
Tanya Porter, RN, BN, GDipAdvNsg (Emerg), MEd

Sydney Edinburgh London New York Philadelphia St Louis Toronto
Table of Contents
Cover image
Title page
Basic Life Support
Advanced Life Support
Copyright
Preface
Acknowledgments
Reviewers
Chapter 1 Medication administration
Schedules
Classification
The five rights
Routes of administration
Calculations
Legalities
Accountability
Documentation
Medication errors
Classes of adverse drug reactions
Common abbreviations
Chapter 2 Documentation
Types of documentation
Reasons for documenting
Types of nursing records
Disposal of documents
Handover
Chapter 3 The nervous system
Anatomy and physiology
The central nervous system
Protecting the brain and spinal cord
Assessment
Medical disorders
Surgical interventions
Tests
Pharmacology
Chapter 4 The respiratory system
Anatomy review
Respiratory assessment
Medical disorders
Restrictive respiratory disorders
Obstructive respiratory disorders
Medical interventions
Surgical interventions
Common respiratory tests
Pharmacology
Chapter 5 The cardiovascular system
Anatomy and physiology
Electrical activity in the heart
Assessment
Basic rhythms
Medical disorders
Interventions
Tests
Pharmacology
Chapter 6 The endocrine system
The hypothalamus
The pituitary gland
Disorders of the pituitary gland
The thyroid gland
Disorders of the thyroid gland
The parathyroid gland
Disorders of the parathyroid gland
The adrenal gland
Disorders of the adrenal gland
The pancreas
Disorders of the pancreas
Pharmacology
Chapter 7 The gastrointestinal system
Anatomy and physiology
Assessment
Medical disorders
Medical interventions
Surgical interventions
Tests
Pharmacology
Chapter 8 The renal system
Anatomy and physiology
Assessment
Medical disorders
Medical interventions
Surgical interventions
Tests
Pharmacology
Chapter 9 The reproductive system
Assessment (male and female)
Female anatomy and physiology
Female medical disorders
Menstrual disorders
Breast disorders
Surgical interventions (female)
Male anatomy and physiology
Male medical disorders
Surgical interventions (male)
Sexually transmitted infections
Pharmacology
Chapter 10 Haematology, oncology and immunology
Haematology: anatomy and physiology
Haematology disorders
Haematology interventions
Haematology pharmacology
Oncology: anatomy and physiology
Oncology disorders
Oncology interventions
Immunology: anatomy and physiology
Immunology disorders
Immunology pharmacology
Tests
Chapter 11 Infectious diseases
Chain of infection
Prevention of infection
Infectious diseases
Pharmacology and tests
Chapter 12 Trauma and emergency
Head injuries
Spinal cord injuries (SCIs)
Maxillofacial injuries
Thoracic injuries
Abdominal injuries
Fractures
Amputation
Shock
Burns
Complications of trauma
Chapter 13 Mental health
Assessment
Common mental health disorders
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia
Medical interventions
Pharmacology
Chapter 14 Operative care
Preoperative care
Intraoperative care
Postoperative care
On return to ward (RTW)
Wound care
Discharge from hospital
Chapter 15 Survival tactics
Tips to assist with clinical placement
Workload management
What else do you need to know?
Appendix 1 Common abbreviations
Appendix 2 Daily management plan
Appendix 3 Handover template
References
Index
Basic Life Support
Advanced Life Support
Copyright

Mosby
is an imprint of Elsevier
Elsevier Australia. ACN 001 002 357
(a division of Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd)
Tower 1, 475 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW 2067
2015 Elsevier Australia
2nd edition 2011; 1st edition 2008
This publication is copyright. Except as expressly provided in the Copyright Act 1968 and the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted by any means (including electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without prior written permission from the publisher.
Every attempt has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright, but in some cases this may not have been possible. The publisher apologises for any accidental infringement and would welcome any information to redress the situation.
This publication has been carefully reviewed and checked to ensure that the content is as accurate and current as possible at time of publication. We would recommend, however, that the reader verify any procedures, treatments, drug dosages or legal content described in this book. Neither the author, the contributors, nor the publisher assume any liability for injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from any error in or omission from this publication.
National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
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Clinical companion: medical-surgical nursing / Gayle McKenzie and Tanya Porter.
3rd edition.
9780729542166 (paperback)
Nursing-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Surgical nursing-Handbooks, manuals, etc.
610.73
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Senior Content Strategist: Libby Houston
Content Development Specialist: Natalie Hamad
Project Manager: Rochelle Deighton
Edited by Sybil Kesteven
Proofread by Sarah Newton-John
Indexed by Robert Swanson
Cover and internal design by Natalie Bowra
Typeset by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited
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Preface
Clinical nursing requires a nurse to often be a jack-of-all-trades and have a wealth of up-to-date knowledge on hand for all occasions. It is difficult to remember everything, all the time. We have endeavoured to provide a text that enables the reader to use the knowledge they have and apply it to clinical practice in order to provide optimum patient care.
Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing 3e is an easy-to-access, simple information finder for quick revision of nursing knowledge and practice. It is designed for all clinical nurses but particularly for student nurses, graduate nurses and those returning to the nursing profession after an extended absence.
Before using Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing 3e it is essential that the user have prior knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, assessment and rationales for interventions, as it is designed to be a quick reminder and provides only a brief overview of each body system and related conditions.
Each chapter begins with an overview of the anatomy of the relevant body system, followed by a how-to system assessment, conditions relating to the system, common tests and pharmacology. Throughout the text, the icon flags hints to assist with nursing care, and learning and development.
As clinical deterioration has been an issue in many countries where healthcare practitioners fail to recognise, or act on, the deterioration of general ward patients, this third edition has added further hints in relevant chapters, reminding the reader of pertinent patient parameters to indicate when a patient may require a clinical review.
Clinical Companion: Medical-Surgical Nursing 3e is designed to be a quick guide, and more in-depth information should be sought from other sources.
Gayle McKenzie, Tanya Porter
Acknowledgments
To my boys, Rowan, Stanley and Phineas who make my life complete.
Tanya Porter
To my mother Avis McKenzie, who continues to be my Rock of Gibraltar.
A special thanks to my students, both past and present, who have taught me more than they'll ever know!
Gayle McKenzie
Reviewers
Diane Brown RN, PhD, MACN, AFCHSM
Project Director, Sister Hospital Program, Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, NT and Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali Professorial Fellow, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT
Paula Duffy RPN, RN, Grad Dip MHN, MPET , Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Ballarat Campus (Aquinas), Australian Catholic University, VIC, Australia
Fiona Foxall RN, MA, BSc, DPSN, PGCE (FAHE), ENB 100 , Undergraduate Courses Coordinator, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia
Bethne Hart RN, Cert 1V TAA, Dip Clin Hypnotherapy, BA (SocSci), MPHEd, PhD (UNSW) , Associate Professor, School of Nursing, The University of Notre Dame, NSW, Australia
Cindy Hoswell RN, BN, GCMH
Lecturer in Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health, Charles Sturt University Australia Nurse Unit Manager, Community Mental Health Drug and Alcohol, Western NSW Local Health District, Australia