Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing: a Systems Approach is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of medical and surgical nursing, designed specifically to support all nursing students learning to care for the adult patient.

About the series ix Preface x About the editors xii Contributors xiii How to get the best out of your textbook xviii About the companion website xxi Part 1: Common Principles Underlying Medical and Surgical Nursing Practice 1 Chapter 1 Principles of nursing assessment 2Naomi Elliott Chapter 2 Principles of drug administration 12Sue Jordan Chapter 3 Principles of intravenous therapy 26Lisa Dougherty Chapter 4 Principles of nutritional care 44Carolyn Best and Helen Hitchings Chapter 5 Principles of infection prevention and control 58Sile Creedon and Maura Smiddy Chapter 6 Principles of acute care for older people 78Louise Daly, Debbie Tolson and Anna Ayton Chapter 7 Principles of end of life care 90Kevin Connaire Chapter 8 Principles of perioperative nursing 104Joy O’Neill, Bernie Pennington and Adele Nightingale Chapter 9 Principles of high-dependency nursing 124Tina Day Chapter 10 Principles of emergency nursing 142Valerie Small, Gabrielle Dunne and Catherine McCabe Part 2: Adult Medical and Surgical Nursing 155 Chapter 11 Nursing care of conditions related to the skin 156Zena Moore and Julie Jordan O’Brien Chapter 12 Nursing care of conditions related to the respiratory system 176Anne Marie Corroon and Geralyn Hynes Chapter 13 Nursing care of conditions related to the circulatory system 210Kate Olson and Tracey Bowden Chapter 14 Nursing care of conditions related to the digestive system 240Joanne Cleary-Holdforth and Therese Leufer Chapter 15 Nursing care of conditions related to the urinary system 262Margaret McCann, Ciara White and Louisa Fleure Chapter 16 Nursing care of conditions related to the endocrine system 298David Chaney and Anna Clarke Chapter 17 Nursing care of conditions related to the neurological system 326Elaine Pierce and Mary E. Braine Chapter 18 Nursing care of conditions related to the immune system 364Michael Coughlan and Mary Nevin Chapter 19 Nursing care of conditions related to haematological disorders 386Mairead Ni Chonghaile and Laura O’Regan Chapter 20 Nursing care of conditions related to the musculoskeletal system 422Sonya Clarke and Julia Kneale Chapter 21 Nursing care of conditions related to the ear, nose, throat and eye 448Dympna Tuohy, Jane McCarthy, Carmel O’Sullivan and Niamh Hurley Chapter 22 Nursing care of conditions related to reproductive health 478Debra Holloway and Louisa Fleure Index 510

Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing A Systems Approach Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of medical and surgical nursing, designed specifically to support all nursing students learning to care for the adult patient. Highly illustrated and with an easy-to-follow systems-based structure, it provides a thorough foundation in anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, medical management, and nursing care for the full spectrum of adult health conditions. KEY FEATURES: Extensive coverage of principles of nursing assessment, medication administration, infection prevention and control, and nutritional careKey need-to-know-information and definitions for the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of a range of illnesses and conditionsDetailed overviews of nursing care, including patient education, treatment, and complicationsAn online resource centre with a range of extras for both lecturers and students, including case studies, reflective activities, interactive multiple choice questions, and further reading lists Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is the ideal textbook to help students succeed on their adult nursing course. with online self-test www.wileyfundamentalseries.com/medicalnursing Interactive multiple-choice questionsReflective questions for downloadingCase studiesLinks to online resources When you purchase the book you also receive access to the Wiley E-Text: Powered by VitalSource. This is an interactive digital version of the book, featuring downloadable text and images, highlighting and notetaking facilities, bookmarking, cross-referencing, in-text searching, and linking to references and abbreviations. Fundamentals of Medical-Surgical Nursing is also available on CourseSmart, offering extra functionality as well as an immediate way to access the book. For more details, see www.coursesmart.co.uk/9780470658239.

“This is book is aimed at pre-registration nursing students and other healthcare students but would also be appropriate for training or qualified assistant practitioners. It would also be useful to newly qualified nurses working in medical or surgical areas.”  (Nursing Times, 1 August 2014)