Title overview
LeMone & Burke’s Adult Nursing: Acute and Ongoing Care is the ideal companion for nurses caring for adults in today’s changing healthcare system. With comprehensive coverage of contemporary nursing practice as well as a strong, evidence-based, theoretical underpinning tailored towards the new NMC competencies, this book provides a detailed and thorough resource for both the student nurse and nursing professional.
The book includes coverage of care in both hospital and community-based settings, with an emphasis on education of the patient and prevention of illness and disease.
- Contains over 200 full-colour diagrams and photographs.
- Case studies in every chapter to illustrate practical nursing care in real-world settings.
- Consider this boxes presenting triggers for reflection, debate and discussion.
- Community-based care features prompting consideration of individuals in a community or home-based setting.
- Fast facts pinpointing key statistics, points for reflection and discussion.
- Practice alerts emphasising pertinent areas of nursing practice where particular care must be taken including, for example, risk assessment, drug administration and infection control.
- Signs and symptoms listed in clear and straightforward bullet points throughout.
- Electronic resources are available online at www.pearsoned.co.uk/lemone, including PowerPoint slides and multiple choice questions to measure learning and understanding.
Table of contents
- The role and function of the nurse in health and illness
- Caring for people with cancer
- Altered fluid, electrolyte, acid base balance and shock
- Caring for people with altered immunity
- Caring for people with altered skin function
- Caring for people with endocrine problems
- Caring for people with gastrointestinal problems
- Caring for people with urinary elimination and kidney problems
- Caring for people with cardiac problems
- Caring for people with haematological problems
- Caring for people with respiratory problems
- Caring for people with musculoskeletal problems
- Caring for people with neurological problems
- Caring for people with eye and ear problems
- Caring for women with reproductive problems
- Caring for men with reproductive problems
- Caring for people with sexually transmitted diseases
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