Clinical Companion to Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Clinical Companion to Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems

Your Portable Guide to Over 200 Medical-Surgical Conditions and Procedures

Clinical Companion to Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems is an essential resource designed for portability, providing at-a-glance access to critical information for more than 200 medical-surgical conditions and procedures. Completely updated content mirrors the revisions in the new 11th edition of Lewis’s main text, ensuring you have the most current clinical knowledge at your fingertips. Organized alphabetically for quick reference, this handbook includes a variety of full-color illustrations, summary tables, and a handy reference appendix full of laboratory values, Spanish translations of key phrases, and other information commonly used in nursing practice.

• Comprehensive Coverage: Consistent and practical information covers definitions and descriptions, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, complications, diagnostic studies, interprofessional care and drug therapy, and nursing management.
• Treatments and Procedures: Summarizes the need-to-know content about common medical-surgical treatments and procedures such as basic life support, enteral nutrition, and artificial airway management.
• Handy Reference Appendix: Contains information commonly used in nursing practice, including laboratory values, commonly used formulas, Spanish translations of key phrases, and much more.
• Patient and Caregiver Teaching: Content is highlighted with a special icon to identify appropriate information to share with patients and caregivers about the care of various conditions.
• Cross-References: Identifies how to access more in-depth information from the Lewis main text.
• Attractive Four-Color Design: Makes it easy to locate specific information within the clinical companion.
• Updated Content: Reflects the revisions and updates in Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition main text.