The generous act of giving me the privilege to celebrate with my friends an eventful date in my personal and professional life deserves my deep gratitude to those who made this meeting possible, and also to a friend who has talked about me with so much charm and flattery.
If the most up-to-date CT and MRI techniques and aquipment were equally available, MRI would be the preferred initial investigation for almost all the clinical situations with which this book is concerned. Comparative studies between CT and MRI have concluded that, in general, MRI is more sensitive by a considerable margin, though not always more specific. With improvements in understanding and…
Written by nurses, for nurses, this book provides essential information for dealing with the increased demands and responsibilities of trauma nursing. Covers nursing responsibillities during initial resucitation through to the intensive care unit, provides in-depth coverage of individual injuries. Includes anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, mechanisms of injury, complications, and psycholo…
Contents: 1. Assessment of the Whole Person 2. Physical Examination 3. Integration of the Health Assessment
Rehabilitation medicine is a relatively new specialty, especially in the United States. The number of practitions is small and the presence of a rehabilitation meddicine curriculum in medical schools remains limited. As a consequence, the philosophy, techniques, and contributions of rehabilitation medicine are widely misunderstood or simply unknown to many private practitioners and other health…
Luckmann and Sorensen's Medical-Surgical Nursing : Psychophysiologic Approach, 4th edition, presents up-to-date care of the adulth client. On the "cutting edge" of current scientific, nursing and medical knowledge, this new edition of the book retains the traditional strengths of previous editions : comprehensiveness, depth, authority, and strong pathophysiology. Improvements in the discussion …
This book is divided into three parts : Part I : Perspectives for medical-surgical nursing practice provides the foundation for the framework used in the book. Part II Client problems affecting multiple body systems consists of units on management of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base problems, burn and shock, the surgical client, and clients with chronic illness. Part III : Specific client prob…
Community health nursing have been leaders and innovators in improving the quality of health care for people since the late 1800s. A person would have to look far and wide to find a community health nurse who contributed more creativity, energy, and time to work than Lillian Wald.
Medical-Surgical nursing has expanded greatly with increased promotion of health care and technologic advances. Textbooks of medical-surgical nursing have kept pace with the advances and, over the years, have increased considerably in size, serving as reference sources in addition to being textbooks.