LeMone and Burke's Adult Nursing: Acute and Ongoing Care, 1st edition

Published by Pearson (4 September 2012) © 2013

  • Priscilla T LeMone University of Missouri & Columbia (retired)
  • Ian Peate School of Health Studies, Gibralter
  • Murilitharan Nair School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Hertfordshire
  • Laureen Hemming University of Hertfordshire
  • Karen Wild School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Salford
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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.

This edition includes a Companion Website.

Table of contents

  1. The role and function of the nurse in health and illness
  2. Caring for people with cancer
  3. Altered fluid, electrolyte, acid base balance and shock
  4. Caring for people with altered immunity
  5. Caring for people with altered skin function
  6. Caring for people with endocrine problems
  7. Caring for people with gastrointestinal problems
  8. Caring for people with urinary elimination and kidney problems
  9. Caring for people with cardiac problems
  10. Caring for people with haematological problems
  11. Caring for people with respiratory problems
  12. Caring for people with musculoskeletal problems
  13. Caring for people with neurological problems
  14. Caring for people with eye and ear problems
  15. Caring for women with reproductive problems
  16. Caring for men with reproductive problems
  17. Caring for people with sexually transmitted diseases

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