Diseases & Disorders: Nursing

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Everything you need to know about caring for patients - in a succinct easy-to-understand "must-have" guide! Put information on more than 240 diseases and disorders at your fingertips. Clear, comprehensive discussions of pathophysiology - with rationales in the test and intervention sections - help you deliver effective care with confidence.

KEY FEATURES
- Diagnosis Related Groups (DRGs) for each disorder
- The primary nursing diagnosis for each disease and disorder
- Diagnostic tables that make test results easy to reference
- The genetic basis of the diseases and disorders
- The physiology of the disorders and how it relates to risks and complications
- Collaborative and independent interventions
- Pharmacological tables that outline the dosages, mechanisms of action, and rationales for the drugs most commonly used for a disorder
- Separate headings for psychosocial issues
- Outlines for required documentation
- Home care and discharge guidelines and patient teaching checklists
Evidence-based practice section
- Global health considerations that reflect issues that transcend national borders

NEW TO THIS EDITION
- REVISED & UPDATED! Up-to-date, must-know information on nearly 240 disorders that reflects advances in science and practice
- REVISED & UPDATED! Thoroughly reviewed coverage for each disorder, including causes • pertinent physical and psychosocial findings • primary nursing diagnoses • and collaborative and independent nursing interventions
- UPDATED! Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) for each disorder, plus documentation information on average length of stay and home healthcare guidelines
- NEW! How to handle COVID/infectious diseases and pandemics in the sections on ‘Global Health Considerations’ and ‘Evidence-Based Practice and Health Policy’.
- NEW! ‘Health Disparities and Sexual and Gender Minority Health’ section with new considerations for LGBTQ+ community

Content licensed from printed edition ISBN 13: 9781719645492

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Author(s): Marilyn Sawyer Sommers PhD, RN, FAAN
Publisher: F. A. Davis Company