Medical-Surgical Nursing - Joyce M Black

Retaining the in-depth coverage of earlier editions, this new sixth edition addresses the emerging trends of today's health care system. It offers updated and expanded content, new case studies on acute renal failure, spinal cord injury, breast cancer, bone marrow transplant, and HIV, a number of useful boxes that call out essential information, including new Alternative and Completmentary Therapies boxes and Case Management in Health Care boxes, and new Bridges to Evidence-Based Practice that discuss review articles on related issues. Chapters with nursing diagnoses now open with appropriate suggested outcomes (NOC), and a new website provides continuous updates, related topics, spanish translations of patient education guides, and much more!