Clinical Companion to Medical Surgical Nursing - CD-ROM PDA Software, 7th Edition

Description

Powered by Skyscape, this PDA software is based on the reliable, clinically focused content found in Lewis: Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition and its Clinical Companion. You'll gain access to information on 200 commonly encountered medical-surgical disorders, and treatments and procedures. This software also contains bonus material such as electronic calculators, emergency management information, herbal therapies content, a glossary, and a guide to normal laboratory values.

Key Features

• Disorders index includes the following information for each profile:
• Definition/Description
• Pathophysiology
• Clinical Manifestations
• Complications
• Diagnostic Studies
• Collaborative Care (including drug therapy)
• Nursing Management
• Goals
• Nursing Diagnoses (using current NANDA terminology)
• Nursing Interventions
• Patient Teaching
• Treatments and Procedures index includes information you need to know about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as CPR, tube feeding, and artificial airway management.
• Reference Appendix features key reference information commonly used in nursing practice, such as laboratory values, commonly used formulas, and Spanish translations of key phrases.
• Electronic calculators allow quick and accurate calculations of body mass index (BMI), body surface area (BSA), calculated serum osmolality, heart rate, temperature conversions, and more.
• Glossary of key terms
• Emergency management summaries
• Herbal therapies index
• Comprehensive guide to normal laboratory values

New to this Edition

• User-friendly features now include:
• Full-text search
• Easy, intuitive navigation
• Built-in display adjustment tools
• Complete, comprehensive cross-linking between all Skyscape products

Table of Contents

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Author Information

By Sharon L. Lewis, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor, Schools of Nursing and Medicine, Castella Distinguished Professor of Nursing, University of Texas Health Science Center, Clinical Nurse Scientist, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX; Patricia Graber O'Brien, APRN BC, BSN, MA, MSN, Instructor, College of Nursing, University of New Mexico; Clinical Research Coordinator, Lovelace Scientific Resources, Albuquerque, NM; Shannon Ruff Dirksen, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Care Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ; Margaret M. Heitkemper, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor, Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems, School of Nursing, Adjunct Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and Linda Bucher, DNSc, RN, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Delaware; Nursing Research Facilitator, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE

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