Contemporary Medical-Surgical Nursing

Evidence based research and references which present the most current topics in a cogent yet thorough presentation.

Outstanding pedagogical features that provide real world applications and additional opportunities to enhance critical thinking abilities.

Learning Objectives are located at the beginning of every chapter after the chapter topics and provide the primary specific learning goals for the reader. They offer a means of measuring the outcomes of learning the cognitive information contained in each chapter.

Chapter Topics are placed at the beginning of the chapter to highlight the main points of the text. They help provide direction for study and logically organize the content.

Key Terms are bold in the chapters to denote those terms that are of particular importance to the reader. In addition, these terms are defined in the glossary for further reference.

An increased focus on concept based additions: A chapter opening figure that includes an inductive caption and figure captions throughout that promote critical thinking skills and encourage the student to link important concepts.

Evidence based research and references which present the most current topics in a cogent yet thorough presentation.

Three times the number of case studies/nursing care plans were added to the book by including them in every clinical chapter and appear in one of two formats: nursing care plans and concept maps. Both formats include patient examples where pertinent history, physical assessment data, and laboratory findings emphasize the nursing role in the clinical setting. Both engage the reader by humanizing the material and helping readers continue to develop critical thinking skills. In addition, the case study concept map challenges the learner to create a concept map at the end of the presented case.

Outstanding pedagogical features that provide real world applications and additional opportunities to enhance critical thinking abilities.

A refined holistic nursing approach which has the nurse as the primary focus, and the importance of collaborative care is stressed.