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Adult Health Nursing, 5th Edition
Barbara Lauritsen Christensen, MS, RN;
and Elaine Oden Kockrow, MS, RN
2006 | 944 pp., 450 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-323-03936-9 |
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Part of the popular LPN Threads series, Adult Health Nursing covers only the medical-surgical and basic anatomy and physiology content LPN/LVN students need to know as they prepare for practice. When used in conjunction with Christensen: Foundations of Nursing, both provide complete LPN/LVN curriculum content coverage necessary to pass the NCLEX-PN® examination! |
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NEW TO THIS EDITION
- Companion CD-ROM, bound into each text, includes an audio glossary, 170 NCLEX® examination-style multiple-choice and alternate item review questions, Body Spectrum, an electronic anatomy coloring book, 15 animations, 15 video clips, 15 audio clips, Spanish-English phrases, and a fluids and electrolytes tutorial.
- Health Promotion Considerations boxes highlight information on wellness and disease prevention.
- Safety Considerations boxes discuss safety issues in a variety of settings to stress the importance of maintaining safety to protect patients, families, health care providers, and the public from the accidental spread of disease.
- New content on blood tests for congestive heart failure (BNP), treatment modalities in the Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS chapter, new diabetes medications, revised hepatitis classifications, Hormone Replacement Therapy, sacroneuro stimulators for urinary incontinence, and more.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
- A friendly design, packed with practical student learning features, including Critical Thinking Questions at the end of Nursing Care Plans and NCLEX® examination-style review questions at the end of each chapter.
- Separate objectives for A&P and Medical-Surgical content help students devote time where it’s needed most.
- The Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology chapter provides a clear, basic understanding of the A&P LPN/LVNs need to know, which is further reinforced by and A&P overview that begins each body system chapter.
- The nursing process is consistently applied to the discussion of disorders and appears in summary form at the end of each chapter.
- Skills are presented in a clear, step-by-step format with clearly defined nursing actions and rationales.
- UNIQUE! Medication tables provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs.
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