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Fourth Edition
By
Adrianne Linton, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX
Description
Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this bestselling text discusses the care of adults and older adults while covering the full range
of disorders that require medical, surgical, or psychiatric management. Written specifically for the LPN/LVN student, this text thoroughly
explores the role of the LPN/LVN in a variety of care settings, and the new Companion CD takes learning to the next level with an extensive
pharmacology tutorial, realistic 3-D A&P animations, and a Dorland's audio glossary.
Contents
Unit I. Patient Care Concepts
1. The Health Care System
2. Patient Care Settings
3. Legal and Ethical
Considerations
NEW!
4. The Leadership Role of the Licensed Practical Nurse
5. The Nurse-Patient Relationship
6.
Cultural Aspects of Nursing Care
7. The Nurse and the Family
8. Health and Illness
9. Nutrition
10. Developmental
Processes
11. The Older Patient
12. The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
Unit II. Physiologic Responses
to Illness
13. Inflammation, Infection, and Immunity
14. Fluid and Electrolytes
15. Pain Management
Unit
III. Acute Care
16. First Aid and Emergency Care
17. Surgical Care
18. Intravenous Therapy
19. Shock
Unit
IV. Long-Term Care and Home Health Care
20. Falls
21. Immobility
22. Confusion
23. Incontinence
24.
Loss, Death, and End-of-Life Care
Unit V. Cancer
25. The Patient with Cancer
26. The Ostomy Patient
Unit
VI. Neurologic Disorders
27. Neurologic Disorders
28. Cerebrovascular Accident
29. Spinal Cord Injury
Unit
VII. Respiratory Disorders
30. Acute Respiratory Disorders
31. Chronic Respiratory Disorders
Unit
VIII. Hematologic and Immunologic Disorders
32. Hematologic Disorders
33. Immunologic Disorders
34. HIV/AIDS?
NEW!
Unit
IX. Cardiovascular Disorders
35. Cardiac Disorders
36. Vascular Disorders
37. Hypertension
Unit
X. Digestive Disorders
38. Digestive Tract Disorders
39. Disorders of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreas
Unit
XI. Urologic Disorders
40. Urologic Disorders
Unit XII. Musculoskeletal Disorders
41.
Connective Tissue Disorders
42. Fractures
43. Amputations
Unit XIII. Endocrine Disorders
44.
Pituitary and Adrenal Disorders
45. Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders
46. Diabetes Mellitus and Hypoglycemia
Unit
XIV. Reproductive Disorders
47. Female Reproductive Disorders
48. Male Reproductive Disorders
49. Sexually
Transmitted Diseases
Unit XV. Integumentary Disorders
50. Skin Disorders
Unit XVI. Disorders
of the Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat
51. Eye and Vision Disorders
52. Ear and Hearing Disorders
53. Nose
Sinus, and Throat Disorders
Unit XVII. Mental Health and Illness
54. Psychological Responses to Illness
55.
Psychiatric Disorders
56. Substance-Related Disorders
Appendix A:
Abbreviations
Appendix
B:
JCAHO List of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
Appendix C:
Laboratory Reference Values
Appendix
D:
Spanish-English Health Care Phrases
Appendix E:
Answers to Review Questions
Complete
Bibliography and Reader References
Glossary
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 1424 pages, publication date: MAY-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-3114-7
ISBN-10: 1-4160-3114-6
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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