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• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contributors
• Reviewers
• Preface
• User’s Guide
• Contents
• Case Studies in This Book
• Special Charts in This Book
• UNIT 1: Principles of Nursing Practice
• Chapter 1: Professional Nursing Practice
• Nursing
• The Patient: Consumer of Nursing and Health Care
• The Patient’s Basic Needs: Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
• Health
• Wellness
• Health Promotion
• Health Care
• Influences on Health Care Delivery
• Population Demographics
• Changing Patterns of Disease and Wellness
• Advances in Technology and Genetics
• Quality, Safety, and Evidence-Based Practice
• Interprofessional Collaborative Practice
• The Practice of Nursing
• Critical Thinking
• The Nursing Process
• Ethical Nursing Care
• Chapter 2: Medical-Surgical Nursing
• The Practice of Nursing in Today’s Health Care Delivery System
• Medical-Surgical Nursing
• The Nurse as Coordinator of Care Transitions
• Critical-Care Nursing
• Rehabilitation Nursing
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Self-Care Deficits in Activities of Daily Living
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Impaired Physical Mobility
• Home Health Nursing
• Discharge Planning for Transition to the Community or Home Care Setting
• Continuing the Transition through Community Resources and Referrals
• Chapter 3: Health Education and Health Promotion
• Purpose of Health Education
• Meeting Nursing Standards
• Supporting Informed Decision Making and Self-Care
• Promoting Adherence to the Therapeutic Regimen
• The Nature of Teaching and Learning
• Learning Readiness
• The Learning Environment
• Teaching Techniques and Resources
• The Nursing Process in Patient Education
• Assessment
• Nursing Diagnosis
• Planning
• Implementation
• Evaluation
• Health Promotion
• Definition
• Health Promotion Models
• Components of Health Promotion
• Health Promotion Strategies Throughout the Lifespan
• Adolescents
• Young and Middle-Aged Adults
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Nursing Implications of Health Promotion
• Chapter 4: Adult Health and Physical, Nutritional, and Cultural Assessment
• The Role of the Nurse Conducting a Health Assessment
• Effective Communication
• Cultural Concepts
• Cultural Competence
• Ethical Use of Health Assessment Data
• The Role of Technology
• Assessment in the Home or Community
• Health History
• The Informant
• Components of the Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Examination Considerations
• Components of the Physical Examination
• Nutritional Assessment
• Lifespan Considerations
• Components of Nutritional Assessment
• Factors Influencing Nutritional Status in Various Situations
• Analysis of Nutritional Status
• Cultural Assessment
• Culturally Mediated Considerations
• Chapter 5: Stress and Inflammatory Responses
• Fundamental Concepts
• Constancy and Homeostasis
• Stress and Adaptation
• Overview of Stress
• Types of Stressors
• Stress as a Stimulus for Disease
• Psychological Responses to Stress
• Physiologic Response to Stress
• Maladaptive Responses to Stress
• Indicators of Stress
• Stress at the Cellular Level
• Control of the Steady State
• Cellular Adaptation
• Cellular Injury
• Cellular Response to Injury: Inflammation
• Cellular Healing
• Nursing Management
• Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
• Enhancing Coping Strategies
• Educating About Relaxation Techniques
• Educating About Stress Management
• Promoting Family Health
• Enhancing Social Support
• Recommending Support and Therapy Groups
• The Role of Stress in Health Patterns
• Chapter 6: Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
• Genomic Framework for Nursing Practice
• Integrating Genetic and Genomic Knowledge
• Genes and Their Role in Human Variation
• Inheritance Patterns
• Chromosomal Differences and Genetic Conditions
• Genetic and Genomic Technologies in Practice
• Genetic Testing
• Genetic Screening
• Population Screening
• Testing and Screening for Adult-Onset Conditions
• Single Gene Conditions
• Genomic Conditions
• The Nursing Role in Testing and Screening for Adult-Onset Conditions
• Personalized Genomic Treatments
• Pharmacogenomics
• Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues Surrounding Genetics
• Ethical Concerns
• Legal Aspects of Personalized Health Care
• Ancestry, Cultural, Social, and Spiritual Concerns Related to Genetic and Genomic Practice
• Applications of Genetics and Genomics in Nursing Practice
• Genetics and Genomics in Health Assessment
• Genetic Counseling and Evaluation Services
• Genetics and Genomics Tomorrow
• Chapter 7: Disability and Chronic Illness
• Disability
• Definitions of Disability
• Prevalence of Disability
• Characteristics of Disability
• Federal Legislation
• Right of Access to Health Care
• Barriers to Health Care
• Federal Assistance Programs
• Nursing Care of Patients with Disability
• Nursing Considerations during Hospitalization
• Health Promotion and Prevention
• Significance of “People-First” Language
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Disability in Medical-Surgical Nursing Practice
• Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Chronic Disease and Chronic Illness
• Multiple Chronic Conditions
• Health Disparities and Chronic Disease
• Definitions of Chronic Diseases or Conditions
• Prevalence and Causes of Chronic Conditions
• Prevention of Chronic Disease
• Characteristics of Chronic Conditions
• Implications of Managing Chronic Conditions
• Veterans Considerations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Nursing Care of Patients with Chronic Conditions
• Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Nursing Care for Special Populations with Chronic Illness
• Chapter 8: Management of the Older Adult Patient
• Overview of Aging
• Demographics of Aging
• Health Status of the Older Adult
• Nursing Care of the Older Adult
• Theories of Aging
• Age-Related Changes
• Physical Aspects of Aging
• Psychosocial Aspects of Aging
• Cognitive Aspects of Aging
• Pharmacologic Aspects of Aging
• Mental Health Problems in the Older Adult
• Depression
• Substance Use Disorder
• Delirium
• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Vascular Dementia
• Additional Aspects of Health Care of the Older Adult
• Geriatric Syndromes
• Elder Neglect and Abuse
• Social Services
• Health Care Costs of Aging
• Home Health Care
• Hospice Services
• Aging with a Disability
• Ethical and Legal Issues Affecting the Older Adult
• UNIT 2: Concepts and Principles of Patient Management
• Chapter 9: Pain Management
• Fundamental Concepts
• Definition of Pain
• Effects of Pain
• Types and Categories of Pain
• Pain Assessment
• Performing the Comprehensive Pain Assessment: Patient Interview
• Reassessing Pain
• Pain Management
• Pharmacologic Management of Pain: Multimodal Analgesia
• Nonpharmacologic Methods of Pain Management
• Nursing Implications of Pain Management
• Chapter 10: Fluid and Electrolytes
• Fundamental Concepts
• Amount and Composition of Body Fluids
• Regulation of Fluid within the Body Compartments
• Systemic Routes of Gains and Losses
• Laboratory Tests for Evaluating Fluid Status
• Homeostatic Mechanisms
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Fluid Volume Disturbances
• Hypovolemia
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hypervolemia
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Electrolyte Imbalances
• Sodium Imbalances
• Sodium Deficit (Hyponatremia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Sodium Excess (Hypernatremia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Potassium Imbalances
• Potassium Deficit (Hypokalemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Potassium Excess (Hyperkalemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Calcium Imbalances
• Calcium Deficit (Hypocalcemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Calcium Excess (Hypercalcemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Magnesium Imbalances
• Magnesium Deficit (Hypomagnesemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Magnesium Excess (Hypermagnesemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Phosphorus Imbalances
• Phosphorus Deficit (Hypophosphatemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Phosphorus Excess (Hyperphosphatemia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chloride Imbalances
• Chloride Deficit (Hypochloremia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chloride Excess (Hyperchloremia)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acid–Base Disturbances
• Acute and Chronic Metabolic Acidosis (Base Bicarbonate Deficit)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Acute and Chronic Metabolic Alkalosis (Base Bicarbonate Excess)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Acute and Chronic Respiratory Acidosis (Carbonic Acid Excess)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Acute and Chronic Respiratory Alkalosis (Carbonic Acid Deficit)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Mixed Acid–Base Disorders
• Compensation
• Blood Gas Analysis
• Parenteral Fluid Therapy
• Purpose
• Types of Intravenous Solutions
• Isotonic Fluids
• Hypotonic Fluids
• Hypertonic Fluids
• Other Intravenous Therapies
• Nursing Management of the Patient Receiving Intravenous Therapy
• Managing Systemic Complications
• Managing Local Complications
• Promoting Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Chapter 11: Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• Overview of Shock
• Normal Cellular Function
• Pathophysiology
• Stages of Shock
• Compensatory Stage
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Progressive Stage
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Irreversible Stage
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• General Management Strategies in Shock
• Fluid Replacement
• Vasoactive Medication Therapy
• Nutritional Support
• Hypovolemic Shock
• Pathophysiology
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Distributive Shock
• Sepsis and Septic Shock
• Pathophysiology
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Neurogenic Shock
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Anaphylactic Shock
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Promoting Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Educating Patients About Self-Care
• Continuing and Transitional Care
• Chapter 12: Management of Patients with Oncologic Disorders
• Epidemiology
• Pathophysiology of the Malignant Process
• Carcinogenesis
• Proliferative Patterns
• Role of the Immune System
• Detection and Prevention of Cancer
• Primary Prevention
• Secondary Prevention
• Tertiary Prevention
• Diagnosis of Cancer
• Tumor Staging and Grading
• Anatomic Stage Group
• Management of Cancer
• Surgery
• Diagnostic Surgery
• Surgery as Primary Treatment
• Prophylactic Surgery
• Palliative Surgery
• Reconstructive Surgery
• Nursing Management
• Radiation Therapy
• Radiation Dosage
• Administration of Radiation
• Toxicity
• Nursing Management
• Protecting Caregivers
• Chemotherapy
• Cell Kill and the Cell Cycle
• Classification of Chemotherapeutic Agents
• Adjunct Chemotherapeutic Agents
• Administration of Chemotherapeutic Agents
• Nursing Management
• Protecting Caregivers
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Types of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Nursing Management
• Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy
• Immunotherapy
• Targeted Therapies
• Nursing Management
• Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Therapies
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Nursing Care of the Patient with Cancer
• Maintaining Tissue Integrity
• Promoting Nutrition
• Relieving Pain
• Decreasing Fatigue
• Improving Body Image and Self-Esteem
• Addressing Sexuality
• Assisting in the Grieving Process
• Management of Psychosocial Distress
• Monitoring and Managing Potential Complications
• Promoting Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Cancer Survivorship
• Providing Care to the Patient with Advanced Cancer
• Chapter 13: Palliative and End-of-Life Care
• Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care
• The Evolution of End-of-Life Care
• Settings for Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care
• Institution-Based Palliative Care
• Outpatient-Based Palliative Care
• Community-Based Palliative Care
• Hospice Care
• Communication in Palliative Care
• Advanced Care Planning
• Symptom Assessment and Management
• Expected Physiologic Changes
• Time of Death
• Providing Psychosocial and Spiritual Support
• Hope and Meaning in Illness
• Providing Culturally Sensitive Care at the End-of-Life
• Spiritual Care
• Grief, Mourning, and Bereavement
• Special Issues for the Nurse in End-of-Life Care
• Medically Administered Nutrition and Hydration
• Palliative Sedation at the End-of-Life
• Clinicians’ Attitudes toward Death
• Patient and Family Concerns
• Professional Caregiver Issues
• Supporting Ourselves
• UNIT 3: Perioperative Concepts and Nursing Management
• Chapter 14: Preoperative Nursing Management
• Perioperative Nursing
• Advances in Surgical and Anesthesia Approaches
• Surgical Classifications
• Preadmission Testing
• Special Considerations during the Perioperative Period
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Bariatric Patients
• Patients with Disability
• Patients Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery
• Patients Undergoing Emergency Surgery
• Required Preoperative Documents
• Preoperative Assessment
• Nutritional and Fluid Status
• Dentition
• Drug or Alcohol Use
• Respiratory Status
• Cardiovascular Status
• Hepatic and Renal Function
• Endocrine Function
• Immune Function
• Previous Medication Use
• Psychosocial Factors
• Spiritual and Cultural Beliefs
• Preoperative Nursing Interventions
• Providing Patient Education
• Providing Psychosocial Interventions
• Maintaining Patient Safety
• Managing Nutrition and Fluids
• Preparing the Bowel
• Preparing the Skin
• Immediate Preoperative Nursing Interventions
• Administering Medication
• Maintaining the Preoperative Record
• Preoperative Patient Warming
• Attending to Family Needs
• Expected Patient Outcomes
• Chapter 15: Intraoperative Nursing Management
• The Surgical Team
• The Patient
• The Circulating Nurse
• The Scrub Role
• The Surgeon
• The Registered Nurse First Assistant
• The Anesthesiologist and CRNA
• Safety and Infection Prevention
• The Surgical Environment
• Prevention of OR Fires
• Surgical Attire
• Principles of Surgical Asepsis and Sterile Technique
• Health Hazards Associated with the Surgical Environment
• Robotics
• The Surgical Experience
• Types of Anesthesia and Sedation
• Potential Intraoperative Complications
• Anesthesia Awareness
• Nausea and Vomiting
• Anaphylaxis
• Hypoxia and Other Respiratory Complications
• Hypothermia
• Malignant Hyperthermia
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient during Surgery
• Chapter 16: Postoperative Nursing Management
• Care of the Patient in the Postanesthesia Care Unit
• Phases of Postanesthesia Care
• Admitting the Patient to the Postanesthesia Care Unit
• Nursing Management in the Postanesthesia Care Unit
• Preparing the Postoperative Patient for Direct Discharge
• Care of the Hospitalized Postoperative Patient
• Receiving the Patient in the Clinical Unit
• Nursing Management After Surgery
• • Nursing Process: The Hospitalized Patient Recovering from Surgery
• UNIT 4: Gas Exchange and Respiratory Function
• Chapter 17: Assessment of Respiratory Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Respiratory System
• Function of the Respiratory System
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment of the Respiratory System
• Assessment of Respiratory Function in the Patient Who Is Acutely or Critically Ill
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Pulmonary Function Tests
• Arterial Blood Gas Studies
• Venous Blood Gas Studies
• Pulse Oximetry
• End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide
• Cultures
• Sputum Studies
• Imaging Studies
• Endoscopic Procedures
• Biopsy
• Chapter 18: Management of Patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders
• Upper Airway Infections
• Rhinitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Viral Rhinitis (Common Cold)
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Rhinosinusitis
• Acute Rhinosinusitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Recurrent Acute Rhinosinusitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pharyngitis
• Acute Pharyngitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Pharyngitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Tonsillitis and Adenoiditis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Peritonsillar Abscess
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Laryngitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Upper Airway Infection
• Obstruction and Trauma of the Upper Respiratory Airway
• Obstructive Sleep Apnea
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Epistaxis
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Nasal Obstruction
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Fractures of the Nose
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Laryngeal Obstruction
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Cancer of the Larynx
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Laryngectomy
• Chapter 19: Management of Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders
• Inflammatory and Infectious Pulmonary Disorders
• Atelectasis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Management
• Acute Tracheobronchitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pneumonia
• Classification
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Complications
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Bacterial Pneumonia
• Aspiration
• Pathophysiology
• Prevention
• Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Transmission and Risk Factors
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Lung Abscess
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Sarcoidosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pleural Disorders
• Pleurisy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pleural Effusion
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Empyema
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acute Respiratory Failure
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
• Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Pulmonary Vascular Disorders
• Pulmonary Edema (Noncardiogenic)
• Pulmonary Hypertension
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pulmonary Heart Disease (Cor Pulmonale)
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Occupational Lung Disease: Pneumoconioses
• Veterans Considerations
• Chest Tumors
• Lung Cancer (Bronchogenic Carcinoma)
• Pathophysiology
• Classification and Staging
• Risk Factors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Surgical Management: Thoracotomy
• Nursing Management of the Patient Having a Thoracotomy
• Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Immunotherapy
• Palliative Care
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Tumors of the Mediastinum
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Chest Trauma
• Blunt Trauma
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Sternal and Rib Fractures
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Flail Chest
• Pathophysiology
• Medical Management
• Pulmonary Contusion
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Penetrating Trauma
• Medical Management
• Pneumothorax
• Types of Pneumothorax
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Cardiac Tamponade
• Subcutaneous Emphysema
• Chapter 20: Management of Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Disease
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Bronchiectasis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Asthma
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Status Asthmaticus
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• UNIT 5: Cardiovascular and Circulatory Function
• Chapter 21: Assessment of Cardiovascular Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Heart
• Function of the Heart
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Gender Considerations
• Assessment of the Cardiovascular System
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Laboratory Tests
• Chest X-Ray and Fluoroscopy
• Electrocardiography
• Cardiac Stress Testing
• Radionuclide Imaging
• Additional Imaging
• Echocardiography
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Electrophysiologic Testing
• Hemodynamic Monitoring
• Chapter 22: Management of Patients with Arrhythmias and Conduction Problems
• Arrhythmias
• Normal Electrical Conduction
• Influences on Heart Rate and Contractility
• The Electrocardiogram
• Obtaining an Electrocardiogram
• Components of the Electrocardiogram
• Analyzing the Electrocardiogram Rhythm Strip
• Determining Heart Rate from the Electrocardiogram
• Determining Heart Rhythm from the Electrocardiogram
• Normal Sinus Rhythm
• Types of Arrhythmias
• Sinus Node Arrhythmias
• Atrial Arrhythmias
• Junctional Arrhythmias
• Ventricular Arrhythmias
• Conduction Abnormalities
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with an Arrhythmia
• Adjunct Modalities and Management
• Cardioversion and Defibrillation
• Electrical Cardioversion
• Defibrillation
• Electrophysiology Studies
• Pacemaker Therapy
• Pacemaker Design and Types
• Pacemaker Generator Functions
• Complications of Pacemaker Use
• Pacemaker Surveillance
• Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 23: Management of Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Coronary Atherosclerosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Risk Factors
• Prevention
• Gender
• Angina Pectoris
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Angina Pectoris
• Acute Coronary Syndrome and Myocardial Infarction
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Cardiac Rehabilitation
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Invasive Coronary Artery Procedures
• Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
• Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
• Coronary Artery Stent
• Complications
• Postprocedure Care
• Surgical Procedures: Coronary Artery Revascularization
• Traditional Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
• Alternative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Techniques
• Complications of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 24: Management of Patients with Structural, Infectious, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders
• Valvular Disorders
• Mitral Valve Prolapse
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Mitral Regurgitation
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Mitral Stenosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Aortic Regurgitation
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Aortic Stenosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management: Valvular Heart Disorders
• Surgical Management: Valve Repair and Replacement Procedures
• Valvuloplasty
• Commissurotomy
• Annuloplasty
• Leaflet Repair
• Valve Replacement
• Mechanical Valves
• Tissue Valves
• Nursing Management: Valvuloplasty and Valve Replacement
• Cardiomyopathy
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Surgical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Cardiomyopathy
• Infectious Diseases of the Heart
• Rheumatic Endocarditis
• Infective Endocarditis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• Myocarditis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pericarditis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Pericarditis
• Chapter 25: Management of Patients with Complications from Heart Disease
• Heart Failure
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Heart Failure
• Complications from Heart Disease
• Cardiogenic Shock
• Thromboembolism
• Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Cardiac Arrest
• Clinical Manifestations
• Emergency Assessment and Management: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
• Chapter 26: Assessment and Management of Patients with Vascular Disorders and Problems of Peripheral Circulation
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Vascular System
• Function of the Vascular System
• Pathophysiology of the Vascular System
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment of the Vascular System
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Doppler Ultrasound Flow Studies
• Exercise Testing
• Duplex Ultrasonography
• Computed Tomography Scanning
• Angiography
• Magnetic Resonance Angiography
• Contrast Phlebography (Venography)
• Lymphoscintigraphy
• Arterial Disorders
• Arteriosclerosis and Atherosclerosis
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• Prevention
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Peripheral Artery Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Nursing Care of the Postoperative Patient
• Upper Extremity Arterial Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Aortoiliac Disease
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Aneurysms
• Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Other Aneurysms
• Aortic Dissection
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Arterial Embolism and Arterial Thrombosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Other Acrosyndromes
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Venous Disorders
• Venous Thromboembolism
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pulmonary Embolism
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Venous Insufficiency/Postthrombotic Syndrome
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Management
• Leg Ulcers
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Leg Ulcers
• Varicose Veins
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention and Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Lymphatic Disorders
• Lymphangitis and Lymphadenitis
• Lymphedema
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cellulitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 27: Assessment and Management of Patients with Hypertension
• Hypertension
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Hypertension
• Hypertensive Crises
• Hypertensive Emergency
• Hypertensive Urgency
• UNIT 6: Hematologic Function
• Chapter 28: Assessment of Hematologic Function and Treatment Modalities
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Bone Marrow
• Blood
• Reticuloendothelial System (RES)
• Hemostasis
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Hematologic Studies
• Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy
• Therapeutic Approaches to Hematologic Disorders
• Splenectomy
• Therapeutic Apheresis
• Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
• Therapeutic Phlebotomy
• Blood Component Therapy
• Procuring Blood and Blood Products
• Blood Donation
• Directed Donation
• Standard Donation
• Autologous Donation
• Intraoperative Blood Salvage
• Hemodilution
• Complications of Blood Donation
• Blood Processing
• Transfusion
• Pretransfusion Assessment
• Patient Education
• Transfusion Procedures
• Complications
• Nursing Management of Transfusion Reactions
• Pharmacologic Alternatives to Blood Transfusions
• Chapter 29: Management of Patients with Nonmalignant Hematologic Disorders
• Anemia
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Anemia
• Hypoproliferative Anemias
• Iron Deficiency Anemia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Anemias in Renal Disease
• Anemia of Inflammation
• Aplastic Anemia
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Megaloblastic Anemias
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hemolytic Anemias
• Sickle Cell Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Sickle Cell Crisis
• Thalassemias
• Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Immune Hemolytic Anemias
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hereditary Hemochromatosis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Polycythemia
• Secondary Polycythemia
• Management
• Neutropenia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Lymphopenia
• Bleeding Disorders
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Thrombocytopenia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Platelet Defects
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Inherited Bleeding Disorders
• Hemophilia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• von Willebrand Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Acquired Bleeding Disorders
• Liver Disease
• Vitamin K Deficiency
• Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
• Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Secondary Thrombocytosis
• Thrombotic Disorders
• Hyperhomocysteinemia
• Antithrombin Deficiency
• Protein C Deficiency
• Protein S Deficiency
• Activated Protein C Resistance and Factor V Leiden Mutation
• Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome
• Malignancy
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 30: Management of Patients with Hematologic Neoplasms
• Clonal Stem Cell Disorders
• Leukemia
• Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
• Veterans Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Acute Leukemia
• MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES (MDSs)
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
• Polycythemia Vera
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Essential Thrombocythemia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Primary Myelofibrosis
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Lymphoma
• Hodgkin Lymphoma
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• MULTIPLE MYELOMA
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Complications
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Nursing Management
• UNIT 7: Immunologic Function
• Chapter 31: Assessment of Immune Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Immune System
• Function of the Immune System
• Advances in Immunology
• Genetic Engineering
• Stem Cells
• Cancer and Immunotherapy
• Assessment of the Immune System
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 32: Management of Patients with Immune Deficiency Disorders
• PRIMARY IMMUNE DEFICIENCIES DISEASES
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acquired Immune Deficiency
• HIV Infection and AIDS
• Epidemiology
• HIV Transmission
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Prevention of HIV Infection
• Reducing the Risk of Transmission to Health Care Providers
• Pathophysiology
• Stages of HIV Infection
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings in HIV Infection
• Treatment of HIV Infection
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Health Therapies
• Supportive Care
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with HIV Infection
• Emotional and Ethical Concerns
• Chapter 33: Assessment and Management of Patients with Allergic Disorders
• Physiologic Overview
• Function of Immunoglobulins
• Function of Antigens
• Function of Chemical Mediators
• Hypersensitivity
• Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Complete Blood Count with Differential
• Eosinophil Count
• Total Serum Immunoglobulin E Levels
• Skin Tests
• Provocative Testing
• Serum-Specific IgE Test
• Allergic Disorders
• Anaphylaxis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Allergic Rhinitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Allergic Rhinitis
• Contact Dermatitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Atopic Dermatitis
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Drug Hypersensitivity
• Pseudoallergic Drug Reactions
• Urticaria and Angioedema
• Hereditary Angioedema
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Cold Urticaria
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Food Allergy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Latex Allergy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 34: Assessment and Management of Patients with Inflammatory Rheumatic Disorders
• Rheumatic Diseases
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Diffuse Connective Tissue Diseases
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Scleroderma
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Polymyositis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Spondyloarthropathies
• Ankylosing Spondylitis
• Reactive Arthritis (Reiter’s Syndrome)
• Psoriatic Arthritis
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases Associated with Rheumatic Disorders
• Gout
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Fibromyalgia
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Miscellaneous Disorders
• UNIT 8: Musculoskeletal Function
• Chapter 35: Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Structure and Function of the Skeletal System
• Structure and Function of the Articular System
• Structure and Function of the Skeletal Muscle System
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• X-Ray Studies
• Computed Tomography
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Arthrography
• Bone Densitometry
• Bone Scan
• Arthroscopy
• Arthrocentesis
• Electromyography
• Biopsy
• Laboratory Studies
• Chapter 36: Management of Patients with Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Low Back Pain
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Common Upper Extremity Disorders
• Bursitis and Tendonitis
• Loose Bodies
• Impingement Syndrome
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Ganglion
• Dupuytren Disease
• Nursing Management of the Patient Undergoing Surgery of the Hand or Wrist
• Common Foot Problems
• Callus
• Corn
• Hammer Toe
• Onychocryptosis
• Pes Cavus
• Hallux Valgus
• Morton Neuroma
• Pes Planus
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Nursing Management of the Patient Undergoing Foot Surgery
• Osteoarthritis (Degenerative Joint Disease)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• The Patient Undergoing Arthroplasty
• Preoperative and Intraoperative Nursing Management
• Total Hip Arthroplasty
• Nursing Management
• Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Nursing Management
• Metabolic Bone Disorders
• Osteoporosis
• Prevention
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Spontaneous Vertebral Fracture Related to Osteoporosis
• Osteomalacia
• Pathophysiology
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Paget Disease of the Bone
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Musculoskeletal Infections
• Osteomyelitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Osteomyelitis
• Septic (Infectious) Arthritis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Bone Tumors
• Benign Bone Tumors
• Malignant Bone Tumors
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 37: Management of Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma
• Contusions, Strains, and Sprains
• Management
• Joint Dislocations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Injuries to the Tendons, Ligaments, and Menisci
• Rotator Cuff Tears
• Lateral and Medial Epicondylitis
• Lateral and Medial Collateral Ligament Injury
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cruciate Ligament Injury
• Meniscal Injuries
• Rupture of the Achilles Tendon
• Fractures
• Types of Fractures
• Clinical Manifestations
• Emergency Management
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Fracture Healing and Complications
• The Patient with a Cast, Splint, or Brace
• Casts
• Splints and Braces
• Nursing Management
• Nursing Management of the Patient with an Immobilized Upper Extremity
• Nursing Management of the Patient with an Immobilized Lower Extremity
• Nursing Management of the Patient with a Body or Spica Cast
• The Patient with an External Fixator
• Management
• The Patient in Traction
• Principles of Effective Traction
• Types of Traction
• Skin Traction
• Skeletal Traction
• Nursing Management of the Patient in Traction
• Fractures of Specific Sites
• Clavicle
• Humeral Neck
• Humeral Shaft
• Elbow
• Proximal Radius
• Radial and Ulnar Shafts
• Wrist
• Hand
• Pelvis
• Acetabulum
• Hip
• Clinical Manifestations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Femoral Shaft
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Tibia and Fibula
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Rib
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Thoracolumbar Spine
• Sports-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries
• Management
• Occupation-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders
• Occupation-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders in Nursing Personnel
• Amputation
• Level of Amputation
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Rehabilitation
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing an Amputation
• UNIT 9: Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
• Chapter 38: Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Function of the Digestive System
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment of the Gastrointestinal System
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Serum Laboratory Studies
• Stool Tests
• Breath Tests
• Abdominal Ultrasonography
• Genetic Testing
• Imaging Studies
• Endoscopic Procedures
• Manometry and Electrophysiologic Studies
• Gastric Analysis, Gastric Acid Stimulation Test, and pH Monitoring
• Laparoscopy (Peritoneoscopy)
• Chapter 39: Management of Patients with Oral and Esophageal Disorders
• Disorders of the Oral Cavity
• Dental Plaque and Caries
• Prevention
• Dental Health and Disease
• Periapical Abscess
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Disorders of the Jaw
• Temporomandibular Disorders
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Jaw Disorders Requiring Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• Disorders of the Salivary Glands
• Parotitis
• Sialadenitis
• Salivary Calculus (Sialolithiasis)
• Neoplasms
• Cancer of the Oral Cavity and Pharynx
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Human Papillomavirus Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Nursing Management of the Patient With Disorders of the Oral Cavity
• Promoting Mouth Care
• Ensuring Adequate Food and Fluid Intake
• Supporting a Positive Self-Image
• Minimizing Pain and Discomfort
• Preventing Infection
• Promoting Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Neck Dissection
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing a Neck Dissection
• Delivering Nutrition Enterally
• Nursing Management
• Gastrostomy and Jejunostomy
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Gastrostomy or Jejunostomy
• Disorders of the Esophagus
• Achalasia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Esophageal Spasm
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Hiatal Hernia
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Diverticulum
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Perforation
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Foreign Bodies
• Chemical Burns
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Barrett Esophagus
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Benign Tumors of the Esophagus
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Noncancerous Disorder of the Esophagus
• Cancer of the Esophagus
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 40: Management of Patients with Gastric and Duodenal Disorders
• Gastritis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Peptic Ulcer Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Peptic Ulcer Disease
• Gastric Cancer
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Gastric Cancer
• Tumors of the Small Intestine
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Chapter 41: Management of Patients with Intestinal and Rectal Disorders
• Abnormalities of Fecal Elimination
• Constipation
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Diarrhea
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Fecal Incontinence
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Disorders of Malabsorption
• Celiac Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acute Abdomen
• Peritonitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Appendicitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Diverticular Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Small Bowel Obstruction
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Large Bowel Obstruction
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Crohn’s Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: Management of the Patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Delivering Nutrition Parenterally
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Receiving Parenteral Nutrition
• Management of the Patient Requiring an Ostomy
• Preoperative Nursing Management
• Postoperative Nursing Management
• Colorectal Neoplasms
• Colorectal Cancer
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Having Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
• Polyps of the Colon and Rectum
• Disorders of the Anorectum
• Proctitis
• Anorectal Abscess
• Anal Fistula
• Anal Fissure
• Hemorrhoids
• Pilonidal Sinus or Cyst
• Nursing Management of Patients with Anorectal Disorders
• UNIT 10: Metabolic and Endocrine Function
• Chapter 42: Assessment and Management of Patients with Obesity
• Obesity
• Epidemiology of Obesity
• Obesity Risks
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment of Obesity
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Veterans Considerations
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Nursing Management
• The Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
• Surgical Procedures
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
• Chapter 43: Assessment and Management of Patients with Hepatic Disorders
• Assessment of the Liver
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Liver
• Functions of the Liver
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Liver Function Tests
• Liver Biopsy
• Other Diagnostic Tests
• Manifestations of Hepatic Dysfunction
• Jaundice
• Hemolytic Jaundice
• Hepatocellular Jaundice
• Obstructive Jaundice
• Hereditary Hyperbilirubinemia
• Portal Hypertension
• Ascites
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Esophageal Varices
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hepatic Encephalopathy and Coma
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Other Manifestations of Hepatic Dysfunction
• Edema and Bleeding
• Vitamin Deficiency
• Metabolic Abnormalities
• Pruritus and Other Skin Changes
• Viral Hepatitis
• Hepatitis A Virus
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hepatitis B Virus
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hepatitis C Virus
• Hepatitis D Virus
• Hepatitis E Virus
• Hepatitis G Virus and GB Virus-C
• Nonviral Hepatitis
• Toxic Hepatitis
• Drug-Induced Hepatitis
• Acute Liver Failure
• Hepatic Cirrhosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cancer of the Liver
• Primary Liver Tumors
• Liver Metastases
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• Liver Transplantation
• Surgical Procedure
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Liver Abscesses
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 44: Management of Patients with Biliary Disorders
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• The Gallbladder
• The Pancreas
• The Exocrine Pancreas
• The Endocrine Pancreas
• Endocrine Control of Carbohydrate Metabolism
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Disorders of the Gallbladder
• Cholecystitis
• Cholelithiasis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Surgery for Gallbladder Disease
• Disorders of the Pancreas
• Acute Pancreatitis
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Pancreatitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Pancreatic Cysts
• Cancer of the Pancreas
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Tumors of the Head of the Pancreas
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pancreatic Islet Tumors
• Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hyperinsulinism
• Ulcerogenic Tumors
• Chapter 45: Assessment and Management of Patients with Endocrine Disorders
• Assessment of the Endocrine System
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Glands of the Endocrine System
• Function and Regulation of Hormones
• Classification and Action of Hormones
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Blood Tests
• Urine Tests
• Additional Diagnostic Studies
• The Pituitary Gland
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anterior Pituitary
• Posterior Pituitary
• Pathophysiology
• Anterior Pituitary
• Posterior Pituitary
• Pituitary Tumors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• The Thyroid Gland
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Thyroid Hormone
• Calcitonin
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment
• Physical Examination
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Thyroid Tests
• Nursing Implications
• Hypothyroidism
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Hyperthyroidism
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Hyperthyroidism
• Thyroid Tumors
• Endemic (Iodine-Deficient) Goiter
• Nodular Goiter
• Thyroid Cancer
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• The Parathyroid Glands
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Pathophysiology
• Hyperparathyroidism
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Complications: Hypercalcemic Crisis
• Hypoparathyroidism
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• The Adrenal Glands
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Adrenal Medulla
• Adrenal Cortex
• Pheochromocytoma
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Adrenocortical Insufficiency (Addison’s Disease)
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cushing’s Syndrome
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Cushing’s Syndrome
• Primary Aldosteronism
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Corticosteroid Therapy
• Side Effects
• Therapeutic Uses of Corticosteroids
• Dosage
• Tapering
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 46: Management of Patients with Diabetes
• Diabetes
• Epidemiology
• Classification
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Prevention
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acute Complications of Diabetes
• Hypoglycemia (Insulin Reactions)
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Diabetic Ketoacidosis
• Pathophysiology
• Prevention
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis or Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Syndrome
• Long-Term Complications of Diabetes
• Macrovascular Complications
• Role of Diabetes in Macrovascular Diseases
• Management
• Microvascular Complications
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Nephropathy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Diabetic Neuropathies
• Peripheral Neuropathy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Autonomic Neuropathies
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Foot and Leg Problems
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Special Issues in Diabetes Care
• Patients with Diabetes Who Are Undergoing Surgery
• Management of Patients with Diabetes Who Are Hospitalized
• Self-Care Issues
• Hyperglycemia During Hospitalization
• Hypoglycemia During Hospitalization
• Common Alterations in Diet
• Hygiene
• Stress
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Nursing Management
• UNIT 11: Kidney and Urinary Tract Function
• Chapter 47: Assessment of Kidney and Urinary Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Kidney and Urinary Systems
• Physiology of the Kidney and Urinary Systems
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment of the Kidney and Urinary Systems
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Urinalysis and Urine Culture
• Specific Gravity
• Osmolality
• Renal Function Tests
• Diagnostic Imaging
• Urologic Endoscopic Procedures
• Biopsy
• Chapter 48: Management of Patients with Kidney Disorders
• Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances in Kidney Disorders
• Clinical Manifestations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Kidney Disorders
• Chronic Kidney Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Nephrosclerosis
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Primary Glomerular Diseases
• Acute Nephritic Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Glomerulonephritis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Nephrotic Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Renal Cancer
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Kidney Disease
• Acute Kidney Injury
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Classifications of Acute Kidney Injury
• Categories of Acute Kidney Injury
• Phases of Acute Kidney Injury
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• End-Stage Kidney Disease or Chronic Kidney Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT)
• Dialysis
• Hemodialysis (HD)
• Dialyzers
• Vascular Access
• Complications
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Nursing Management
• Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
• Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration
• Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis (PD)
• Procedure
• Complications
• Approaches
• Nursing Management
• Special Considerations: Nursing Management of the Patient on Dialysis Who Is Hospitalized
• Kidney Surgery
• Management of Patients Undergoing Kidney Surgery
• Preoperative Considerations
• Perioperative Concerns
• Postoperative Management
• Nursing Management
• Kidney Transplantation
• Preoperative Management
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Postoperative Management
• Medical Management
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Nursing Management
• Renal Trauma
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 49: Management of Patients with Urinary Disorders
• Infections of the Urinary Tract
• Lower Urinary Tract Infections
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Lower Urinary Tract Infection
• Upper Urinary Tract Infections
• Acute Pyelonephritis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Chronic Pyelonephritis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Adult Voiding Dysfunction
• Urinary Incontinence
• Types of Urinary Incontinence
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Urinary Retention
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Neurogenic Bladder
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Urinary Catheters
• Indwelling Catheters
• Suprapubic Catheters
• Nursing Management
• Urolithiasis and Nephrolithiasis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Renal Calculi
• Genitourinary Trauma
• Specific Injuries
• Ureteral Trauma
• Bladder Trauma
• Urethral Trauma
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Urinary Tract Cancers
• Cancer of the Bladder
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Urinary Diversions
• Ileal Conduit
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Orthotopic Neobladder
• Surgical Management
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Other Continent Urinary Diversion Procedures
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Urinary Diversion Surgery
• UNIT 12: Reproductive Function
• Chapter 50: Assessment and Management of Patients with Female Physiologic Processes
• CHALLENGES in Women’s Health
• Assessment of the Female Reproductive System
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Female Reproductive System
• Function of the Female Reproductive System
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Cytologic Test for Cancer (Pap Smear)
• Colposcopy and Cervical Biopsy
• Cryotherapy and Laser Therapy
• Cone Biopsy and Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure
• Endometrial (Aspiration) Biopsy
• Dilation and Curettage
• Endoscopic Examinations
• Other Diagnostic Procedures
• Management of Female Physiologic Processes
• Menstruation
• Psychosocial Considerations
• Cultural Considerations
• Menstrual Disorders
• Premenstrual Syndrome
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Dysmenorrhea
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Amenorrhea
• Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
• Dyspareunia
• Contraception
• Contraindications
• Abstinence
• Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) Methods
• Sterilization
• Hormonal Contraception
• Mechanical Barriers
• Coitus Interruptus or Withdrawal
• Fertility Awareness–Based Methods
• Emergency Contraception
• Nursing Management
• Abortion
• Spontaneous Abortion
• Habitual Abortion
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Induced Abortion
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Infertility
• Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Preconception/Periconception Health Care
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with an Ectopic Pregnancy
• Perimenopause
• Nursing Management
• Menopause
• Postmenopausal Bleeding
• Clinical Manifestations
• Psychological Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 51: Management of Patients with Female Reproductive Disorders
• Vulvovaginal Infections
• Candidiasis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Bacterial Vaginosis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Trichomoniasis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Gerontologic Considerations
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Vulvovaginal Infection
• Human Papillomavirus
• Pathophysiology
• Medical Management
• Prevention
• Herpes Virus Type 2 Infection (Herpes Genitalis, Herpes Simplex Virus)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Genital Herpes Infection
• Endocervicitis and Cervicitis
• Chlamydia and Gonorrhea
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Human Immune Deficiency Virus Infection and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Structural Disorders
• Fistulas of the Vagina
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Cystocele, Rectocele, Enterocele
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Uterine Prolapse
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Benign Disorders
• Vulvitis and Vulvodynia
• Medical Management
• Vulvar Cysts
• Medical Management
• Vulvar Dystrophy
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Ovarian Cysts
• Medical Management
• Benign Tumors of the Uterus: Fibroids (Leiomyomas, Myomas)
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Endometriosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chronic Pelvic Pain
• Adenomyosis
• Endometrial Hyperplasia
• Malignant Conditions
• Cancer of the Cervix
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Cancer of the Uterus (Endometrium)
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Cancer of the Vulva
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cancer of the Vagina
• Medical Management
• Cancer of the Fallopian Tubes
• Cancer of the Ovary
• Epidemiology
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hysterectomy
• Preoperative Management
• Postoperative Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing a Hysterectomy
• Radiation Therapy
• Methods of Radiation Therapy
• Nursing Considerations for Radiation Safety
• Chapter 52: Assessment and Management of Patients with Breast Disorders
• Breast Assessment
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment: Female Breast
• Physical Assessment: Male Breast
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Breast Self-Examination
• Mammography
• Contrast Mammography
• Ultrasonography
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Procedures for Tissue Analysis
• Conditions Affecting the Nipple
• Nipple Discharge
• Fissure
• Breast Infections
• Mastitis
• Lactational Abscess
• Benign Conditions of the Breast
• Breast Pain
• Nursing Management
• Cysts
• Fibroadenomas
• Benign Proliferative Breast Disease
• Atypical Hyperplasia
• Lobular Carcinoma In Situ
• Other Benign Conditions
• Malignant Conditions of the Breast
• Types of Breast Cancer
• Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
• Medical Management
• Invasive Cancer
• Risk Factors
• Protective Factors
• Breast Cancer Prevention Strategies in the Patient Who Is at High Risk
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Staging
• Prognosis
• Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Surgery for Breast Cancer
• Radiation Therapy
• Side Effects
• Nursing Management
• Systemic Treatments
• Chemotherapy
• Side Effects
• Nursing Management
• Hormonal Therapy
• Targeted Therapy
• Treatment of Recurrent and Metastatic Breast Cancer
• Nursing Management
• Reconstructive Procedures After Mastectomy
• Tissue Expander Followed by Permanent Implant
• Tissue Transfer Procedures
• Nipple–Areola Reconstruction
• Prosthetics
• Special Issues in Breast Cancer Management
• Implications of Genetic Testing
• Pregnancy and Breast Cancer
• Quality of Life and Survivorship
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Breast Health of Women with Disability
• Reconstructive Breast Surgery
• Reduction Mammoplasty
• Augmentation Mammoplasty
• Mastopexy
• Diseases of the Male Breast
• Gynecomastia
• Male Breast Cancer
• Chapter 53: Assessment and Management of Patients with Male Reproductive Disorders
• Assessment of the Male Reproductive System
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Prostate-Specific Antigen Test
• Ultrasonography
• Prostate Fluid or Tissue Analysis
• Tests of Male Sexual Function
• Disorders of Male Sexual Function
• Erectile Dysfunction
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Disorders of Ejaculation
• Infections of the Male Genitourinary Tract
• Prostatic Disorders
• Prostatitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Enlarged Prostate)
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Cancer of the Prostate
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• The Patient Undergoing Prostate Surgery
• Surgical Procedures
• Complications
• • Nursing Process: Patient Undergoing Prostatectomy
• Disorders Affecting the Testes and Adjacent Structures
• Orchitis
• Epididymitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Testicular Torsion
• Testicular Cancer
• Classification of Testicular Tumors
• Risk Factors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Hydrocele
• Varicocele
• Vasectomy
• Nursing Management
• Vasovasostomy (Sterilization Reversal)
• Semen Cryopreservation (Sperm Banking)
• Disorders Affecting the Penis
• Phimosis
• Cancer of the Penis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Priapism
• Peyronie Disease
• Urethral Stricture
• Circumcision
• Chapter 54: Assessment and Management of Patients Who Are LGBTQ
• Sexuality and Gender Identity
• Sexuality
• Gender Identity
• Statistics on LGBTQ Populations
• Health Risks
• Assessment
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Management of Patients Seeking Gender Reassignment
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Gender Reassignment Surgery
• UNIT 13: Integumentary Function
• Chapter 55: Assessment of Integumentary Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the Skin, Hair, Nails, and Glands of the Skin
• Functions of the Skin
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Skin Consequences of Select Systemic Diseases
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Skin Biopsy
• Patch Testing
• Skin Scrapings
• Tzanck Smear
• Wood Light Examination
• Clinical Photographs
• Nursing Implications
• Chapter 56: Management of Patients with Dermatologic Disorders
• Skin Care
• Protecting the Skin
• Preventing Secondary Infection
• Wound Dressing Care
• Autolytic Débridement
• Categories of Dressings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pressure Injury
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Pressure Injury
• Pruritus
• General Pruritus
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Perineal and Perianal Pruritus
• Management
• Secretory Disorders
• Hidradenitis Suppurativa
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Seborrheic Dermatitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acne Vulgaris
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Infectious Dermatoses
• Bacterial Skin Infections
• Impetigo
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Folliculitis, Furuncles, and Carbuncles
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Viral Skin Infections
• Herpes Zoster
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Herpes Simplex
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Fungal (Mycotic) Skin Infections
• Parasitic Skin Infestations
• Pediculosis: Lice Infestation
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Scabies
• Clinical Manifestations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Noninfectious Inflammatory Dermatoses
• Irritant Contact Dermatitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Psoriasis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Generalized Exfoliative Dermatitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Blistering Diseases
• Pemphigus Vulgaris
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Bullous Pemphigoid
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Dermatitis Herpetiformis
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• • Nursing Process: Care of the Patient with a Blistering Disease
• Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Stevens–Johnson Syndrome
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: Care of the Patient with Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis or Stevens–Johnson Syndrome
• Skin Tumors
• Benign Skin Tumors
• Cysts
• Seborrheic and Actinic Keratoses
• Verrucae: Warts
• Angiomas
• Pigmented Nevi: Moles
• Keloids
• Dermatofibroma
• Neurofibromatosis: Von Recklinghausen Disease
• Malignant Skin Tumors
• Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Melanoma
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Metastatic Skin Tumors
• Kaposi Sarcoma
• Plastic, Reconstructive, and Cosmetic Procedures
• Wound Coverage: Grafts and Flaps
• Skin Grafts
• Flaps
• Cosmetic Procedures
• Chemical Face Peeling
• Dermabrasion
• Facial Reconstructive Surgery
• Rhytidectomy
• Laser Treatment of Cutaneous Lesions
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 57: Management of Patients with Burn Injury
• Overview of Burn Injury
• Incidence
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Prevention
• Outlook for Survival and Recovery
• Severity
• Pathophysiology
• Management of Burn Injury
• Emergent/Resuscitative Phase
• On-the-Scene Care
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Acute/Intermediate Phase
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Rehabilitation Phase
• Psychological Support
• Abnormal Wound Healing
• • Nursing Process: Care of the Patient during the Rehabilitation Phase
• Outpatient Burn Care
• UNIT 14: Sensory Function
• Chapter 58: Assessment and Management of Patients with Eye and Vision Disorders
• Assessment of the Eye
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Assessment
• Ocular History
• Visual Acuity
• External Eye Examination
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Direct Ophthalmoscopy
• Indirect Ophthalmoscopy
• Slit-Lamp Examination
• Tonometry
• Color Vision Testing
• Amsler Grid
• Ultrasonography
• Optical Coherence Tomography
• Fundus Photography
• Laser Scanning
• Angiography
• Perimetry Testing
• Impaired Vision
• Refractive Errors
• Vision Impairment and Blindness
• Assessment and Diagnostic Testing
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Ocular Medication Administration
• Common Ocular Medications
• Topical Anesthetic Agents
• Mydriatic and Cycloplegic Agents
• Medications Used to Treat Glaucoma
• Anti-Infective Medications
• Corticosteroids and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
• Antiallergy Medications
• Ocular Irrigants and Lubricants
• Nursing Management
• Glaucoma
• Physiology
• Pathophysiology
• Classification of Glaucoma
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cataracts
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Corneal Disorders
• Corneal Dystrophies
• Keratoconus
• Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy
• Corneal Surgeries
• Phototherapeutic Keratectomy
• Penetrating Keratoplasty
• Additional Keratoplasty Surgeries
• Keratoprosthesis
• Nursing Management
• Refractive Surgeries
• Laser Vision Correction Photorefractive Keratectomy
• Phakic Intraocular Lenses
• Conductive Keratoplasty
• Retinal Disorders
• Retinal Detachment
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Surgical Management
• Nursing Management
• Retinal Vascular Disorders
• Central Retinal Vein Occlusion
• Branch Retinal Vein Occlusion
• Central Retinal Artery Occlusion
• Age-Related Macular Degeneration
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Orbital and Ocular Trauma
• Orbital Trauma
• Soft Tissue Injury and Hemorrhage
• Orbital Fractures
• Foreign Bodies
• Ocular Trauma
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Infectious and Inflammatory Conditions
• Dry Eyes
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Conjunctivitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Types of Conjunctivitis
• Medical Management
• Uveitis
• Medical Management
• Orbital Cellulitis
• Medical Management
• Orbital and Ocular Tumors
• Benign Tumors of the Orbit
• Benign Tumors of the Eyelids
• Benign Tumors of the Conjunctiva
• Malignant Tumors of the Orbit
• Malignant Tumors of the Eyelid
• Malignant Tumors of the Conjunctiva
• Malignant Tumors of the Globe
• Surgical Procedures and Enucleation
• Orbital Surgeries
• Enucleation
• Ocular Prostheses
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Ocular Consequences of Systemic Disease
• Diabetic Retinopathy
• Cytomegalovirus Retinitis
• Medical Management
• Hypertension-Related Eye Changes
• Chapter 59: Assessment and Management of Patients with Hearing and Balance Disorders
• Assessment of the Ear
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Anatomy of the External Ear
• Anatomy of the Middle Ear
• Anatomy of the Inner Ear
• Function of the Ears
• Assessment
• Inspection of the External Ear
• Otoscopic Examination
• Evaluation of Gross Auditory Acuity
• Cultural Considerations
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Audiometry
• Tympanogram
• Auditory Brain Stem Response Audiometry
• Electronystagmography
• Platform Posturography
• Sinusoidal Harmonic Acceleration
• Middle Ear Endoscopy
• Hearing Loss
• Clinical Manifestations
• Prevention
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Conditions of the External Ear
• Cerumen Impaction
• Management
• Foreign Bodies
• Management
• External Otitis (Otitis Externa)
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Malignant External Otitis
• Masses of the External Ear
• Conditions of the Middle Ear
• Tympanic Membrane Perforation
• Medical Management
• Acute Otitis Media
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Serous Otitis Media
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Chronic Otitis Media
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing Mastoid Surgery
• Otosclerosis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Middle Ear Masses
• Conditions of the Inner Ear
• Motion Sickness
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Ménière’s Disease
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
• Tinnitus
• Labyrinthitis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Ototoxicity
• Acoustic Neuroma
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Aural Rehabilitation
• Hearing Aids
• Implanted Hearing Devices
• Hearing Guide Dogs
• UNIT 15: Neurologic Function
• Chapter 60: Assessment of Neurologic Function
• Anatomic and Physiologic Overview
• Cells of the Nervous System
• Neurotransmitters
• The Central Nervous System
• The Peripheral Nervous System
• Motor and Sensory Pathways of the Nervous System
• Assessment of the Nervous System
• Health History
• Physical Assessment
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Diagnostic Evaluation
• Computed Tomography Scanning
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Positron Emission Tomography
• Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
• Cerebral Angiography
• Myelography
• Noninvasive Carotid Flow Studies
• Transcranial Doppler
• Electroencephalography
• Electromyography
• Nerve Conduction Studies
• Evoked Potential Studies
• Lumbar Puncture and Examination of Cerebrospinal Fluid
• Promoting Home, Community-Based, and Transitional Care
• Chapter 61: Management of Patients with Neurologic Dysfunction
• Altered Level of Consciousness
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with an Altered Level of Consciousness
• Increased Intracranial Pressure
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Complications
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Increased Intracranial Pressure
• Intracranial Surgery
• Supratentorial and Infratentorial Approaches
• Preoperative Management
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Postoperative Management
• Reducing Cerebral Edema
• Relieving Pain and Preventing Seizures
• Monitoring Intracranial Pressure
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Who Has Undergone Intracranial Surgery
• Transsphenoidal Approach
• Complications
• Preoperative Management
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Postoperative Management
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Other Neurologic Dysfunctions
• Delirium
• Dementia
• Pseudobulbar Affect
• Seizure Disorders
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Nursing Management
• The Epilepsies
• Pathophysiology
• Epilepsy in Women
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Epilepsy
• Status Epilepticus
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Headache
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chapter 62: Management of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disorders
• Ischemic Stroke
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Recovering from an Ischemic Stroke
• Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Complications
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Chapter 63: Management of Patients with Neurologic Trauma
• Head Injuries
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Veterans Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Medical Management
• Brain Injury
• Types of Brain Injury
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Traumatic Brain Injury
• Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)
• Pathophysiology
• Veterans Considerations
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Emergency Management
• Medical Management (Acute Phase)
• Management of Acute Complications of Spinal Cord Injury
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Acute Spinal Cord Injury
• Medical Management of Long-Term Complications of SCI
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Tetraplegia or Paraplegia
• Chapter 64: Management of Patients with Neurologic Infections, Autoimmune Disorders, and Neuropathies
• Infectious Neurologic Disorders
• Meningitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Prevention
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Brain Abscess
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Herpes Simplex Encephalitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Arthropod-Borne Virus Encephalitis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Creutzfeldt–Jakob and Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob Diseases
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Autoimmune Processes
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with MS
• Myasthenia Gravis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Complications
• Nursing Management
• Guillain–Barré Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with GBS
• Cranial Nerve Disorders
• Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Bell’s Palsy
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous System
• Peripheral Neuropathies
• Mononeuropathy
• Chapter 65: Management of Patients with Oncologic or Degenerative Neurologic Disorders
• Oncologic Disorders of the Brain and Spinal Cord
• Brain Tumors
• Types of Primary Brain Tumors
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Cerebral Metastases
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Nervous System Metastases or Primary Brain Tumor
• Spinal Cord Tumors
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Degenerative Disorders
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Parkinson’s Disease
• Huntington Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Muscular Dystrophies
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Degenerative Disc Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Herniation of a Cervical Intervertebral Disc
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient Undergoing a Cervical Discectomy
• Herniation of a Lumbar Disc
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Post-Polio Syndrome
• Pathophysiology
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• UNIT 16: Acute Community-Based Challenges
• Chapter 66: Management of Patients with Infectious Diseases
• The Infectious Process
• The Chain of Infection
• Colonization, Infection, and Infectious Disease
• Infection Control and Prevention
• Preventing Infection in Health Care Settings
• Preventing Infection in the Community
• Home-Based Care of the Patient with an Infectious Disease
• Reducing Risk to the Patient
• Reducing Risk to Household Members
• Nursing Management
• Diarrheal Diseases
• Transmission
• Causes
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with Infectious Diarrhea
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Syphilis
• Stages of Syphilis
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae Infections
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• • Nursing Process: The Patient with a Sexually Transmitted Infection
• Emerging Infectious Diseases
• COVID-19
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Zika Virus
• West Nile Virus
• Ebola Virus Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Legionnaires Disease
• Pathophysiology
• Risk Factors
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Pertussis
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Medical Management
• Nursing Management
• Travel and Immigration
• Immigration and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• Immigration and Tuberculosis
• Immigration and Vector-Borne Diseases
• Chapter 67: Emergency Nursing
• Issues in Emergency Nursing Care
• Documentation of Consent and Privacy
• Limiting Exposure to Health Risks
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Violence in the Emergency Department
• Providing Holistic Care
• Patient-Focused Interventions
• Family-Focused Interventions
• Caring for Emergency Personnel
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Emergency Nursing and the Continuum of Care
• Discharge Planning
• Community and Transitional Services
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Obesity Considerations
• Principles of Emergency Care
• Triage
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Assess and Intervene
• Airway Obstruction
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Hemorrhage
• Management
• Hypovolemic Shock
• Wounds
• Management
• Trauma
• Collection of Forensic Evidence
• Injury Prevention
• Multiple Trauma
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Intra-Abdominal Injuries
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Crush Injuries
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Fractures
• Management
• Environmental Emergencies
• Heat-Induced Illnesses
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Frostbite
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Hypothermia
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Nonfatal Drowning
• Management
• Decompression Sickness
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Animal and Human Bites
• Snakebites
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Spider Bites
• Tick Bites
• Poisoning
• Ingested (Swallowed) Poisons
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Clinical Manifestations
• Management
• Skin Contamination Poisoning (Chemical Burns)
• Food Poisoning
• Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
• Acute Alcohol Intoxication
• Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
• Violence, Abuse, and Neglect
• Family Violence, Abuse, and Neglect
• Gerontologic Considerations
• Clinical Manifestations
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Sexual Assault
• Assessment and Diagnostic Findings
• Management
• Human Trafficking
• Psychiatric Emergencies
• Patients Who Are Overactive
• Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Veterans Considerations
• Patients Who Are Underactive or Depressed
• Patients Who Are Suicidal
• Chapter 68: Disaster Nursing
• Disaster Planning
• Federal, State, and Local Responses to Disasters
• Federal Agencies
• State and Local Agencies
• The Incident Command System
• Hospital Emergency Preparedness Plans
• COVID-19 Considerations
• Components of the Emergency Operations Plan
• Initiating the Emergency Operations Plan
• Preparedness and Response
• Recognition and Awareness
• Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Decontamination
• Natural Disasters
• Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics
• Weapons of Terror
• Blast Injury
• Biologic Weapons
• Chemical Weapons
• Nuclear Radiation Exposure
• Appendix A: Diagnostic Studies and Interpretation
• Index