Medical-Surgical Nursing – E-Book

Learn the clinical judgment skills you wish to have to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX^® Exam and in medical-surgical nursing practice with Iggy’s trendsetting, concept-based approach! From a team of nursing experts led by Donna Ignatavicius, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care, 11th Edition provides a solid foundationinmedical-surgical nursing care that ispatient-centered, evidence-based, and collaborative. In each chapter, content is organized by a very powerful concepts of care followed by commonly occurring exemplars for each concept. This perennial bestseller helps you discover ways to think like a nurse and discover ways to apply your knowledge in the classroom, simulation laboratory, and clinical settings.

• UNIQUE! Unparalleled focus on clinical judgment and systems thinking ensures alignment with the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and emphasizes the six cognitive skills that you’ll need with a view to develop effective clinical judgment, to succeed when taking the Next-Generation NCLEX^® Exam (NGN), and to enter clinical practice as a secure, competent, compassionate generalist nurse.
• UNIQUE! Data-driven Concept and Exemplar selections provide a strong foundation in professional nursing concepts and health and illness concepts, with application in each chapter.
• UNIQUE! Exceptional emphasis on NGN preparation includes chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the Next-Generation NCLEX Examination! sections, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions and Mastery and NGN Questions, with an answer key including rationales on the Evolve website.
• Consistent use of interprofessional terminology promotes interprofessional collaboration through the usage of a common healthcare language, instead of the use of nursing-specific diagnostic language.
• Emphasis on patient safety highlights safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes, as well as Drug Alert, Critical Rescue, and Action Alert boxes.
• Focus on care coordination and transition management addresses the continuity of care between acute care and community-based care.
• Direct, easy-to-read writing style features concise sentences and straightforward vocabulary, making this one of the vital readable medical-surgical nursing textbooks available.
• Sherpath (sold one at a time) for Ignatavicius et al. Medical-Surgical Nursing, 11th Edition provides an interactive, adaptive learning experience!