Mary Digiulio - Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified

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This book is dedicated to Anne, Sandy, Joanne, Amber-Leigh Christine, Shawn, Eric, and Amy without whose help and support this book couldnt have been written.

Jim Keogh, DNP, RN-BC

Gerti E. Heider, PhD, ANP, GNP-BC

Associate Professor

Coordinator, Adult Gerontology Primary Care

Nurse Practitioner Program

Rutgers School of Biomedical and Health Sciences

Newark, New Jersey

16. Geriatrics

Jon Sugarmann, DNP, APRN, GNP-C, ANP-BC

Geriatric Nurse Practitioner

Emergency Department

Morristown Medical Center

Morristown, New Jersey

16. Geriatrics

Every patient knows to seek medical help when his or her aches and pains become too much to bear, but how does the healthcare provider determine what is wrong and what to do to restore the patient to good health? The answer depends on the patients signs and symptoms and the results from medical tests. In this book, you will learn to identify these signs and symptoms, interpret the medical test results, and perform the nursing interventions that will assist in solving or alleviating the patients medical problem.

Medical-Surgical Nursing Demystified contains 18 chapters, each providing a description of a major body system and the diseases and disorders which can affect that system. The discussion of each disease or disorder is divided into the following sections:

• What Went Wrong

• Prognosis

• Hallmark Signs and Symptoms

• Common Test Results

• Treatment

• Nursing Diagnoses

• Nursing Intervention

• Common Diagnostic Tests

The What Went Wrong section presents a brief description of how the body is affected when the particular disease or disorder occurs. The Prognosis section discusses the possibilities of curing this disease and permanent damage which can occur. The remaining sections present the information as lists of symptoms, diagnoses, etc. that makes it easy for you to learn and that also serve as a useful tool for later reference.

Since Medical-Surgical Nursing can be challenging for the beginner, this book was written to provide an organized, outline approach to learning about major diseases and the part the nurse can play in the treatment process. The following paragraphs provide a thumbnail description of each chapter.