Diane Brown - Lewiss Medical Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Lewiss medicalsurgical nursing

Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Third Edition

Di Brown, RN, PhD, MCN, AFCHSM

Practice Improvement Coordinator, Sanglah General Hospital, Denpasar, Bali

Volunteer, Australian Volunteers for International Development

Professorial Fellow, Charles Darwin University

Adjunct Professor, University of Technology, Sydney

Helen Edwards, OAM, RN, PhD, FRCNA

Professor and Head, School of Nursing, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology

MOSBY

Copyright

Mosby is an imprint of Elsevier

Elsevier Australia. ACN 001 002 357

(a division of Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd)

Tower 1, 475 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood, NSW 2067

This edition 2012 Elsevier Australia. Reprinted 2013.

1st edition 2005; 2nd edition 2008 Elsevier Australia

This edition is an adaptation of Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems by Sharon L. Lewis, RN, PhD, FAAN, et al.

Copyright 2011, 2007, 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1987, 1983, by Mosby, Inc., an affiliate of Elsevier Inc.

This publication is copyright. Except as expressly provided in the Copyright Act 1968 and the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act 2000, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system or transmitted by any means (including electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without prior written permission from the publisher.

Every attempt has been made to trace and acknowledge copyright, but in some cases this may not have been possible. The publisher apologises for any accidental infringement and would welcome any information to redress the situation.

This publication has been carefully reviewed and checked to ensure that the content is as accurate and current as possible at time of publication. We would recommend, however, that the reader verify any procedures, treatments, drug dosages or legal content described in this book. Neither the author, the contributors, nor the publisher assume any liability for injury and/or damage to persons or property arising from any error in or omission from this publication.

National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Lewiss medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems/Diane Brown; Helen Edwards.

3rd ed.

9780729539951 (hbk.)

Includes index.

Nursing.

Surgical nursing.

Brown, Diane.

Edwards, Helen.

610.73

Publisher: Libby Houston

Developmental Editor: Elizabeth Coady

Publishing Services Manager: Helena Klijn

Editorial Coordinator: Natalie Hamad

Edited by Caroline Hunter, Burrumundi Pty Ltd

Proofread by Tim Learner

Indexed by Michael Ferreira

Cover and internal design by Darben Design

Typeset by Midland Typesetters

Printed in China by China Translation and Printing Services

Navigate the text by colour

Preface

Having been written to address the needs of Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) students and educators, the third ANZ edition of Lewiss MedicalSurgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems builds on the combined strengths of the second ANZ edition and the eighth US edition. Professors Di Brown and Helen Edwards have led a team of nurse clinicians and academic contributors from across Australia and New Zealand to develop this cutting-edge text.

This third edition has been thoroughly revised and incorporates the most recent medicalsurgical nursing knowledge in an engaging and reader-friendly format. More than a textbook, this is a comprehensive resource containing essential information that students need in order to prepare for lectures, classroom activities, examinations, clinical assignments and the professional care of patients. In addition to its accessible writing style and quality illustrations, the text provides special featuressuch as evidence-based practice boxes, review questions and critical thinking exercisesto facilitate student learning. Recurring topics include patient and family teaching guides, gerontological advice, management of chronic diseases, multidisciplinary care, cultural and ethnic considerations, nutrition, community and home-based care, and nursing research.

).