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Professional Guide to Diseases

by Laura Willis

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Get ready to provide efficient, informed patient care, with the newly updatedProfessional Guide to Diseases, 11th Edition. This comprehensive guide offers the causes, signs and symptoms for more than 600 disorders, with expert nursing direction on te... Read more
Get ready to provide efficient, informed patient care, with the newly updatedProfessional Guide to Diseases, 11th Edition. This comprehensive guide offers the causes, signs and symptoms for more than 600 disorders, with expert nursing direction on tests, assessments, diagnosis, treatments, and special considerations.<BR <BR Whether you are a student preparing for board certification or are a new or experienced nurse, this is vital support for understanding correct treatment of the common conditions seen almost daily.Build up your ground-floor knowledge of a wide range of common disorders and diseases:NEW full-color figures and illustrations
  • Boxed texton pathophysiology and prevention that helps reinforce difficult concepts
  • Icons that emphasize important concepts:Elderly Tip, Pediatric Tip, Clinical Alert, Life-Threatening Disorder, and Confirming Diagnosis
  • Consistent templatethat makes information quick and easy to find yet comprehensive enough to offer complete coverage of a group of similar diseases
  • Expert guidancethat leads you to targeted, cost-effective testing
    • <LI><STRONG>Chapters offer a thorough grounding in:Disorders found in individual body systems</STRONG>- Cardiovascular; respiratory; neurologic; gastrointestinal; hepatobiliary; musculoskeletal; renal and urologic; immune; hematologic; metabolic and nutritional; endocrine; eye; ear, nose and throat; skin; genetic; obstetric and gynecologic; sexual; and psychiatric
  • Malignant neoplasms- Head, neck and spine; thorax; abdomen and pelvis; male and female genitalia; bone, skin and soft tissue; blood and lymph
  • Infection- Gram-positive cocci, gram-negative cocci, gram-positive bacilli, gram-negative bacilli, spirochetes and mycobacteria, mycoses, respiratory viruses, rash-producing viruses, enteroviruses, arbovirus, miscellaneous viruses, rickettsia, protozoa, helminths
  • Trauma- Head, neck and spine, thorax, abdomen, extremities, whole body
    • Updated information on rare diseases, potential agents of bioterrorism, and complementary and alternative therapies for specific conditions, with additional coverage for more than 50 life-threatening disorders
  • Detailed guidance on hundreds of commonly seen disorders and diseasesin easy-to-read language — ideal for both graduate and undergraduate study
  • Offers new nurses the confidence to function fullywhile building on-the-unit skills and know-how
  • Small enough size to carry with youas a solid resource — informative, concise and organized for easy reference

    • Your book purchase includes a complimentary download of the enhanced eBook for iOS(tm), Android(tm), PC and Mac. Take advantage of these practical features that will improve your eBook experience:The ability to download the eBook on multiple devices at one time — providing a seamless reading experience online or offline
  • Easily convert to audiobook, powering your content with natural language text-to-speech
  • Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that allow you to search within this book, or across your entire library of VitalSource eBooks
    • About the Clinical Editor Dr. Laura M. Willis, DNP, APRN-CNP,CMSRN, is a Family Nurse Practitioner at Urbana Family Medicine and Pediatrics in Urbana, Ohio</ul></ul><BR Less

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    File size9x5.8x1.6inches
    Print pages1224
    PublisherLWW
    Publication date May 1, 2019
    LanguageEnglish
    ISBN9781975107727
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    Laura Willis
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