Clinical companion : medical-surgical nursing /: medical-surgical nursing. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gayle McKenzie and Tanya Porter.
• Authors: McKenzie, Gayle; Porter, Tanya
• Contents: Front cover; Inside front cover; Front end papers; Clinical Companion Medical-Surgical Nursing 3e; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Reviewers; 1 Medication administration; Schedules; Classification; The five rights; Routes of administration; Topical; Respiratory; Oral (PO); Sublingual (SL); Enteral; Parenteral; Vagina (PV); Rectum (PR); Calculations; Units of weight; Units of volume; Legalities; Students; Patients; Accountability; Documentation; Medication errors; Classes of adverse drug reactions; Common abbreviations; 2 Documentation; Types of documentation. Reasons for documentingDocumentation methods; How to document; Types of nursing records; Disposal of documents; Example of system/functional health pattern (FHP) documentation; Central nervous system (CNS) or cognitive/ perceptual FHP; Cardiovascular system or activity/exercise (cardiac) FHP; Respiratory system or activity/exercise (respiratory) FHP; Gastrointestinal system or nutrition/metabolism FHP; Endocrine system (or can be included in the nutrition/metabolism FHP); Renal system or elimination FHP; Wounds (can also be written under relevant system or FHP); Social or psychosocial FHP. Other (can also be written under relevant system or FHP)Handover; 3 The nervous system; Anatomy and physiology; Neurotransmission; Basic structure of the nervous system; The central nervous system; The brain; Cerebrum; Cerebellum; Diencephalon (upper brainstem); Brainstem; Limbic system; Reticular activating system (RAS); Blood-brain barrier; Blood supply; Spinal cord; Spinal nerves; Protecting the brain and spinal cord; Cranial meninges; Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF); Ventricles in the brain; Cranial nerves; Intracranial pressure (ICP); Causes of increased ICP; Signs and symptoms; Treatment. AssessmentSubjective; Objective; Pupil testing; Dermatome testing; Medical disorders; Alzheimer's disease; Cause; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Complications; Nursing considerations; Arteriovenous malformation (AVM); Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Brain death; Causes; Diagnosis; Cushing's response; Signs and symptoms; Dementia; Epilepsy; Causes; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Nursing considerations; Guillain-Barré syndrome; Phases; Causes; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Complications; Head injuries; Huntington's disease; Signs and symptoms. DiagnosisTreatment; Complications; Multiple sclerosis (MS); Causes; Types; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Complications; Myasthenia gravis; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Complications; Nursing considerations; Parkinson's disease; Causes; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; Treatment; Complications; Seizures; Types; Phases of tonic-clonic seizures; Causes; Signs and symptoms; Nursing considerations; Spinal injuries; Stroke; Types; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis; PET scan; Treatment; Complications; Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH); Cause; Types; Signs and symptoms; Diagnosis.
• Edition: 3rd edition
• Publisher Details: Chatswood, N.S.W : Elsevier Australia
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 498 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 610.73; Nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Surgical nursing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism; HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference; MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine; MEDICAL -- Atlases; MEDICAL -- Essays; MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice; MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine; MEDICAL -- Osteopathy; Nursing; Surgical nursing; Electronic books; Handbooks and manuals
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780729584142; 0729584143
• Related ISBNs: 9780729542166; 0729542165
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.