Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Handbook 3e (Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice)

This clinical pocket manual based on the comprehensive text, Lippincott's Manual of Nursing Practice , covers the four main areas of nursing—medical-surgical, maternal-newborn, pediatric, and psychiatric—and contains comprehensive assessment, treatment, and nursing intervention information on the most common conditions. Conditions are presented in alphabetical order with extensive cross-referencing. Doody Review Services Reviewer: Carole Ann Kenner, DNS, MSN, BSN(Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences) Description: This book is designed to serve as a quick reference for nursing practice problems and common conditions. The last edition was published in 2003. Purpose: The purpose is to present comprehensive assessment and nursing management information. The book is meant to serve as a quick, easy-to-use reference complete with cross-references to major conditions. These worthy objectives are met. Audience: The intended audience is practicing nurses and student nurses. The author is credible. Features: The lifespan is covered. Where appropriate, alerts are included for elderly and pediatric patients. Concerns for childbearing or pregnant women are included in a separate section. The format is unique in that information can be found either from the table of contents according to conditions or cross-referencing from one disorder to another. Key points are highlighted and shown in boxed format to call attention to emergency situations or drug alerts. Assessment: This new edition includes information on SARS and emerging infections -- not found in most competing books. These additions more than justify the new edition. The Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002), is a comprehensive and large text that certainly does a better job of showing care principles than this one does. However, this is a very good quick reference with up-to-date information and would make a nice addition to a nurse's library. Cover 1 Copyright 2 Author 3 Preface 4 Contents 5 Part one Diseases and disorders 7 A 8 B 79 C 113 D 267 E 322 F 354 G 377 H 412 Ij 543 K 554 L 570 M 606 N 657 O 673 PQ 708 R 786 S 843 T 919 U 947 V 958 W-z 972 Part two Maternity nursing 976 The usual childbearing experience 977 Complications of the childbearing experience 1031 Problems of infants 1070 Nanda international— accepted nursing diagnoses 1084 Index 1089 This clinical pocket manual - based on 'Lippincott's Manual of Nursing Practice' - covers the four main areas of nursing: medical-surgical, maternal-newborn, paediatric and psychiatric. Conditions are presented in alphabetical order with extensive cross-referencing "Thoroughly updated, this indispensable handbook packs the same powerful, clinical punch as the best-selling Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice, Eighth Edition. All major areas of nursing in a compact format-for answers on the go! Book jacket."--Jacket