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CARE OF THE ADULT WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS OR DISABILITY
Care of the Adult with a Chronic Illness or Disability
A Team Approach
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By
Leslie Neal, PhD, RN, CRRN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Marymount University, Arlington, VA
Sharron Guillett, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Marymount University, Arlington, VA

Description
Care of the Adult with a Chronic Illness or Disability equips nurses working in a variety of community care settings with the tools and knowledge needed for caring for the adult patient living with a chronic or disabling condition. Nursing care is addressed within the interdisciplinary team approach necessary for handling complex chronic conditions and the attendant physical and psychosocial issues. In addition to interdisciplinary treatment of the immediate condition, interventions that help the patient reach rehabilitation goals in functional and lifestyle independence are also covered as are family and caregiver concerns, ethical considerations, and end-of-life issues.

Contents
Unit I: GENERAL CONCEPTS OF CHRONIC CARE NURSING
1. Understanding Chronic Illness and Disability
2. Settings of Chronic Care
3. Alternative Approaches and Therapies for Chronic Care

Unit II: CARING FOR THE ADULT WITH A CHRONIC ILLNESS OR DISABILITY
Section 1: The Senses
4. Disorders of the Eyes
5. Disorders of the Ears
Section 2: Integumentary
6. Disorders of the Skin
7. Wounds
Section 3: Respiratory
8. Obstructive Airway Disease
9. Tuberculosis
Section 4: Hematology
10. Disorders of the Blood
11. Malignancies of the Blood
Section 5: Cardiovascular
12. Disorders of the Heart
13. Disorders of the Vasculature
Section 6: Gastrointestinal
14. Nutritional and Eating Disorders
15. Disorders of the Esophagus, Diaphragm, and Stomach
16. Disorders of the Intestines and Rectum
17. Disorders of the Liver, Pancreas, and Gallbladder
Section 7: Genitourinary
18. Chronic Kidney Disease
19. Disorders of the Urinary Bladder
Section 8: Endocrine
20. Disorders of Hormone Regulation
Section 9: Neurologic
21. Disorders of the Brain
22. Dementias
23. Disorders of the Spinal Cord
24. Neuromuscular Disorders
Section 10: Musculoskeletal
25. Disorders of the Joints and Connective Tissues
26. Musculoskeletal Disorders

Unit III: CARING FOR THE ADULT LIVING WITH CANCER OR HIV/AIDS
Section 11: Cancers of the Upper Body
27. Living with Cancer
28. Cancers of the Central Nervous System
29. Cancers of the Head and Neck
30. Cancer of the Breast
31. Cancer of the Lung
Section 12: Cancers of the Lower Body
32. Cancers of the Abdomen
33. Cancers of the Reproductive System
34. Cancers of the Musculoskeletal System
Section 13: Living with HIV/AIDS
35. Living with HIV and AIDS

Index

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 640 pages, publication date: JUL-2004
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-02330-6
ISBN-10: 0-323-02330-4
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 30 Nov 2009
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