Brunner & Suddarth's textbook of medical-surgical nursing / Suzanne C. Smeltzer, EdD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Director, Center for Nursing research, Villanova University College of Nursing , Villanova, Pennsylvania, Janice L. Hinkle, Phd, RN, CNRN, Associate Professor, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, Kerry H. Cheever, PhD, RN, Professor and Chairperson, Department of Nursing, Moravian College, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1
Chapter one Health Care Delivery and Nursing Practice -- Chapter two Community-Based Nursing Practice -- Chapter three Critical Thinking, Ethical Decision Making and the Nursing Process -- Chapter four Health Education and Health Promotion -- Chapter five Adult Health and Nutritional Assessment -- Chapter six Homeostasis, Stress and Adaptation -- Chapter seven Individual and Family Consideration Related to Illness -- Chapter eight Perspectives in Transcultural Nursing -- Chapter nine Genetics and Genomics Perspectives in Nursing -- Chapter ten Chronic Illness and Disability -- Chapter eleven Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation -- Chapter twelve Health Care of the Older Adult -- Chapter thirteen Pain Management -- Chapter fourteen Fluid and Electrolytes: Balance and Distrubance -- Chapter fifteen Shock and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome -- Chapter sixteen Oncology: Nursing Management in Cancer Care -- Chapter seventeen End-of-Life Care -- Chapter eighteen Preoperative Nursing Management -- Chapter nineteen Intraoperative Nursing Management -- Chapter twenty Postoperative Nursing Management -- Chapter twenty-one Assessment of Respiratory Function -- Chapter twenty-two Management of Patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders -- Chapter twenty-three Management of Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders -- Chapter twenty-four Management of Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Disease -- Chapter twenty-five Respiratory Care Modalities -- Chapter twenty-six Assessment of Cardiovascular Function -- Chapter twenty-seven Management of Patients with Dysrhythmias and Conduction Problems -- Chapter twenty-eight Management of Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders -- Chapter twenty-nine Management of Patients with Structural, Infectious and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders -- Chapter thirty Management of Patients with Complications from Heart Disease -- Chapter thirty-one Assessment and Management of Patients with Vascular Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation -- Chapter thirty-two Assessment and Management of Patients with Hypertension -- Chapter thirty-three Assessment and Management of Patients with Hematologic Disorders -- Chapter thirty-four Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function -- Chapter thirty-five Management of Patients with Oral and Esophageal Disorders -- Chapter thirty-six Gastrointestinal Intubation and Special Nutritional Modalities -- Chapter thirty-seven Management of Patients with Gastric and Duodenal Disorders -- Chapter thirty-eight Management of Patients with Intestinal and Rectal Disorders -- Chapter thirty-nine Assessment and Management of Patients with Hepatic Disorders -- Chapter forty Assessment and Management of Patients with Biliary Disorders -- Chapter forty-one Assessment and Management of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus -- Chapter forty-two Assessment and Management of Patients with Endocrine Disorders

Volume 2
Chapter forty-three Assessment of Renal and Urinary Tract Function -- Chapter forty-four Management of Patients with Renal Disorders -- Chapter forty-five Management of Patients with Urinary Disorders -- Chapter forty-six Assessment and Management of Female Physiologic Processes -- Chapter forty-seven Management of Patients with Female Reproductive Disorders -- Chapter forty-eight Assessment and Management of Patients with Breast Disorders -- Chapter forty-nine Assessment and Management of Problems Related to Male and Reproductive Processes -- Chapter fifty Assessment of Immune Function -- Chapter fifty-one Management of Patients with Immunodeficiency -- Chapter fifty-two Management of Patients with HIV Infection and AIDS -- Chapter fifty-three Assessment and Management of Patients with Allergic Disorders -- Chapter fifty-four Assessment and Management of Patients with Rheumatic Disorders -- Chapter fifty-five Assessment Assessment of Integumentary Function -- Chapter fifty-six Management of Patients with Dermatologic Problems -- Chapter fifty-seven Management of Patients with Burn Injury -- Chapter fifty-eight Assessment and Management of Patients with Eye and Vision Disorders -- Chapter fifty-nine Assessment and Management of Patients with Hearing and Balance Disorders -- Chapter sixty Assessment of Neurologic Function -- Chapter sixty-one Management of Patients with Neurologic Dysfunction -- Chapter sixty-two Management of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disorders -- Chapter sixty-three Management of Patients with Neurologic Trauma -- Chapter sixty-four Management of Patients with Neurologic Infections, Autoimmune Disorders and Neuropathies -- Chapter sixty-five Management of Patients with Oncologic or Degenerative Neurologic Disorders -- Chapter sixty-six Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function -- Chapter sixty-seven Musculoskeletal Care Modalities -- Chapter sixty-eight Management of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders -- Chapter sixty-nine Management of Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma -- Chapter seventy Management of Patients with Infectious Diseases -- Chapter seventy-one Emergency Nursing -- Chapter seventy-teo Terrorism, Mass Casualty and Disaster Nursing

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