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Study Guide for Medical-Surgical Nursing

Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care

  • 11th Edition - June 1, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Donna D. Ignatavicius, Cherie R. Rebar
  • Language: English

This study guide provides an in-depth review of the medical-surgical nursing Concepts and Exemplars covered in Ignatavicius’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical J… Read more

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This study guide provides an in-depth review of the medical-surgical nursing Concepts and Exemplars covered in Ignatavicius’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care, 11th Edition, and helps you develop your clinical judgment skills! Corresponding to the chapters in the textbook, this thoroughly updated study guide is a practical tool to help you review, practice, and apply medical-surgical nursing concepts. Traditional review questions now include exercises and item types for the Next-Generation NCLEX® Exam (NGN) to reinforce your understanding of the textbook’s nursing concepts and their application to exemplar disorders. Answers and rationales make it easy to improve upon any areas of weakness. With this study guide, you will prepare for success in class, on the NGN, and in medical-surgical nursing practice.

Key features

  • Complete review of textbook information builds your clinical judgment skills and enhances your ability to make safe and effective clinical decisions
  • UNIQUE! Emphasis on the textbook’s Concepts and Exemplar disorders highlights key medical-surgical nursing concepts and how they are reflected in common health conditions
  • Hundreds of review questions allow you to practice prioritizing, develop clinical judgment, simulate interprofessional collaboration, and apply the steps of the nursing process and clinical judgment cognitive skills
  • Multiple-choice and multiple-select questions for the NCLEX® Exam are included in addition to the questions for the NGN, to better prepare you for all item types included in the NGN
  • Answer Keys now follow each chapter and include in-depth rationales to reinforce your understanding and boost your test-taking skills

Readership

Undergraduate nursing students in medical-surgical nursing courses in ADN, BSN, RN-to-BSN, accelerated BSN, and master’s-entry RN programs using the Ignatavicius textbook

Table of contents

Section I: Essential Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing

1. Overview of Professional Nursing Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing

2. Clinical Judgment and Systems Thinking

3. Overview of Health Concepts for Medical-Surgical Nursing

4. Concepts of Care for Older Adults

5. Concepts of Care for Transgender and Nonbinary Patients

6. Assessment and Concepts of Care for Patients with Pain

7. Concepts of Rehabilitation for Chronic and Disabling Health Conditions

8. Concepts of Care for Patients at End-of-Life

9. Concepts of Care for Perioperative Patients

Section II: Concepts of Emergency Care and Disaster Preparedness

10. Concepts of Emergency and Trauma Nursing

11. Concepts of Care for Patients with Common Environmental Emergencies

12. Concepts of Disaster Preparedness

Section III: Concepts of Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance and Imbalance

13. Concepts of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance and Imbalance

14. Concepts of Acid-Base Balance and Imbalance

15. Concepts of Infusion Therapy

Section IV: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Immunity Conditions

16. Concepts of Inflammation and Immunity

17. Concepts of Care for Patients with Allergy and Immunity Conditions

18. Concepts of Care for Patients with Cancer

19. Concepts of Care for Patients with Infection

Section V: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Integumentary System Conditions

20. Assessment of Skin, Hair, and Nails

21. Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Skin, Hair, and Nails

Section VI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Respiratory System Conditions

22. Assessment of the Respiratory System

23. Concepts of Care for Patients with Noninfectious Upper Respiratory Conditions

24. Concepts of Care for Patients with Noninfectious Lower Respiratory Conditions

25. Concepts of Care for Patients with Infectious Respiratory Conditions

26. Critical Care of Patients with Respiratory Emergencies

Section VII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Cardiovascular System Conditions

27. Assessment of the Cardiovascular System

28. Concepts of Care for Patients with Dysrhythmias

29. Concepts of Care for Patients with Cardiac Conditions

30. Concepts of Care for Patients with Vascular Conditions

31. Critical Care of Patients with Shock

32. Critical Care of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes

Section VIII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Hematologic System Conditions

33. Assessment of the Hematologic System

34. Concepts of Care for Patients with Hematologic Conditions

Section IX: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Nervous System Conditions

35. Assessment of the Nervous System

36. Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Central Nervous System: The Brain

37. Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Central Nervous System: The Spinal Cord

38. Critical Care of Patients with Neurologic Emergencies

Section X: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Sensory System Conditions

39. Assessment and Concepts of Care for Patients with Eye and Vision Conditions

40. Assessment and Concepts of Care for Patients with Ear and Hearing Conditions

Section XI: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Musculoskeletal System Conditions

41. Assessment of the Musculoskeletal System

42. Concepts of Care for Patients with Musculoskeletal Conditions

43. Concepts of Care for Patients with Arthritis and Total Joint Arthroplasty

44. Concepts of Care for Patients with Musculoskeletal Trauma

Section XII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Gastrointestinal System Conditions

45. Assessment of the Gastrointestinal System

46. Concepts of Care for Patients with Oral Cavity and Esophageal Conditions

47. Concepts of Care for Patients with Stomach Conditions

48. Concepts of Care for Patients with Noninflammatory Intestinal Conditions

49. Concepts of Care for Patients with Inflammatory Intestinal Conditions

50. Concepts of Care for Patients with Liver Conditions

51. Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Biliary System and Pancreas

52. Concepts of Care for Patients with Malnutrition: Undernutrition and Obesity

Section XIII: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Endocrine System Conditions

53. Assessment of the Endocrine System

54. Concepts of Care for Patients with Pituitary and Adrenal Gland Conditions

55. Concepts of Care for Patients with Conditions of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands

56. Concepts of Care for Patients with Diabetes Mellitus

Section XIV: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Renal/Urinary System Conditions

57. Assessment of the Renal/Urinary System

58. Concepts of Care for Patients with Urinary Conditions

59. Concepts of Care for Patients with Kidney Conditions

60. Concepts of Care for Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

Section XV: Interprofessional Collaboration for Patients with Reproductive System Conditions

61. Assessment of the Reproductive System

62. Concepts of Care for Patients with Breast Conditions

63. Concepts of Care for Patients with Gynecologic Conditions

64. Concepts of Care for Patients with Male Reproductive Conditions

65. Concepts of Care for Patients with Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Product details

  • Edition: 11
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 13, 2023
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Donna D. Ignatavicius

Donna Ignatavicius is nationally recognized as an expert in nursing education and medical-surgical/gerontological nursing and has a wealth of experiences as a nurse educator, clinical nurse specialist, and administrator for over 40 years. Currently, she provides curriculum consultation and presentations for nursing faculty on topics such as concept-based curriculum, assessment of learning methods, and active learning strategies through her consulting company, DI Associates, Inc. Additionally, she is the primary author of numerous articles and books, including Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care, 11th ed. (2024) and her new student workbooks, Developing Clinical Judgment for Professional Nursing Practice and NGN Readiness, 2nd ed. (2024) and Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination (2021). In 2007 she was inducted as a fellow into the prestigious Academy of Nursing Education (ANEF) for her national contribution to the field of nursing education. In 2016 she obtained her Certified Nurse Educator® (CNE) credential; in 2020 she obtained her Academic Clinical Nurse Educator (CNEcl) credential.
Affiliations and expertise
Speaker and Curriculum Consultant for Academic Nursing Programs; Founder, Boot Camp for Nurse Educators; President, DI Associates, Inc. Littleton, Colorado, USA

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Cherie R. Rebar

Affiliations and expertise
Subject Matter Expert and Nursing Education Consultant, Beavercreek, Ohio; Professor of Nursing, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA