Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care (11th Edition) – PDF

This comprehensive medical-surgical nursing resource, the Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care, 11th Edition, is a must-have for anyone seeking a strong foundation in patient-centered, evidence-based, and collaborative care. It presents the most important concepts of care with real-life examples commonly encountered in practice. Whether you’re learning in the classroom, practicing in a simulation lab, or working in a clinical setting, this popular book will help you think like a nurse and apply your knowledge effectively.

• Focus on care coordination and transition management addresses the continuity of care between hospital and community settings.
• Sherpath (sold separately) for Ignatavicius et al. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition offers an interactive, customized learning experience!
• UNIQUE! Data-driven Concept and Exemplar selections provide a solid foundation in professional and health-related concepts, with application in each chapter.
• Consistent use of interprofessional language promotes collaboration using a common healthcare language instead of nursing-specific diagnoses.
• Emphasis on patient safety highlights safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes, along with Drug Alert, Critical Rescue, and Action Alert boxes.
• Direct, easy-to-read writing style features concise sentences and straightforward vocabulary, making this one of the most readable medical-surgical nursing textbooks available.
• UNIQUE! Exceptional emphasis on NGN preparation includes chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the Next-Generation NCLEX Examination sections, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions and Mastery and NGN Questions on the Evolve website with answer keys and rationales.
• UNIQUE! Unparalleled focus on clinical judgment and systems thinking aligns with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and emphasizes the six cognitive skills needed for effective clinical judgment, success on the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN), and entering clinical practice as a safe, competent, and compassionate generalist nurse.

What’s New in The Medical Surgical Nursing Eleventh Edition:

• NEW! NGN Case Studies on the Evolve website are updated from the previous open-ended question style.
• NEW! Essential Points for Assessment are included at the end of chapters to highlight critical information aligned with the 2021 AACN Essentials.
• NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the most current, evidence-based clinical practice in medical-surgical nursing, including the latest national and international guidelines.
• NEW and UNIQUE! Key components of AACN’s 2021 Essentials are integrated throughout, including the four “spheres” of nursing care: health promotion/disease prevention, chronic disease care, regenerative or restorative care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care.
• NEW! One unfolding case for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) in each Concepts of Care chapter replaces the previous open-ended Clinical Judgment Challenge questions. Each includes multiple questions for the NGN, or 2-3 Bowtie or Trend questions for the NGN.
• NEW! Enhanced emphasis on need-to-know content with streamlined A&P and pathophysiology content provides a solid foundation for beginning nurse generalists, including the most important patient problems for each health condition and emphasis on what is most relevant to nursing care.
• NEW and UNIQUE! Iggy’s approach to care views medical and nursing management through the lens of the nursing process and the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, aligning with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice.
• NEW and UNIQUE! Key Points in Concepts of Care chapters summarize essential information for each of the nursing spheres with a four-quadrant matrix corresponding to the four spheres of care from the 2021 AACN Essentials.
• NEW and UNIQUE! The 6domains recommended for inclusion in nursing education in the 2020-2030 Future of Nursing Report are incorporated into the textbook, including new Nurse Well-Being boxes, covering the domains of health equity and health care equity, social determinants of health, ethics, environmental health, disaster/public health emergencies, and nurse well-being.
• NEW! Coverage of COVID-19 is expanded into an Exemplar disorder, highlighting the multifaceted aspects of care including critical care, and COVID-19 content is also interwoven into other body systems chapters.
• NEW! Enhanced index includes all figures, tables, and special boxes, as well as the following types of content:
  • Trauma topics
  • Critical care topics
  • Chronic disease topics
  • Physical disability topics
  • Healthcare technologies
  • Health equity (including boxes)
  • Veteran health (including boxes)
  • Older adult health (including boxes)
  • Legal/ethical issues (including boxes)
  • Health promotion/disease prevention
  • Evidence-based practice (including boxes)
  • Quality improvement/systems thinking (including boxes)
  • Interprofessional collaboration topics (including IPEC boxes)

• NEW! Ethical/Legal Considerations boxes are changed to Legal/Ethical Considerations boxes and increased in number throughout the book to reflect the growing challenges of clinical practice.
• NEW! Sequential numbering systems (one for boxes, one for tables) are used for special boxes and Drug Therapy and Lab Profile tables throughout each chapter for quicker and more concise referencing.

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