Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing

Streamline your path to success in medical-surgical nursing.

Ideal for accelerated medical-surgical nursing courses and traditional approaches alike, Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 2nd Edition, helps you make the most of your medical-surgical nursing course and  learn to quickly and confidently address the most commonly encountered  disorders and conditions.

Carefully curated by active clinicians  and expert nursing educators, this concise text distills the most  essential aspects of medical-surgical nursing in precise detail.  Need-to-know coverage of prominent medical conditions and key nursing  responsibilities clarifies commonly encountered processes and complex  pathophysiology to help you concentrate on the most clinically relevant  information in medical-surgical nursing and efficiently transition to  nursing practice.

This thoroughly revised edition reflects the  latest clinical approaches in med-surg and is accompanied by dynamic  digital learning tools to help you excel in your coursework, prepare for  the NCLEX≥ exam, and confidently meet the challenges of the clinical  setting.

• Guidelines for Nursing Care walk you through the most critical procedures as well as other conditions you are likely to encounter in clinical practice.
• Focused Assessment boxes highlight critical assessment criteria and significant findings for specific disorders.
• Unfolding Patient Stories reflect patient scenarios from vSim for Nursing to provide realistic clinical experience across the full patient care spectrum.
• Unit Case Studies make chapter content more accessible and engage your critical thinking skills.
• Focus on Pathophysiology features clarify complex pathophysiologic processes.
• Pathophysiology Alerts detail key pathophysiology concerns at a glance.
• Bulleted Risk Factors conveniently alert you to potential health impairments.
• Health Promotion reviews help you prevent common health problems from developing through careful patient consultation.
• Patient Education summaries streamline patient teaching, home care, and discharge planning.