Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Clinical Judgment and Collaborative Care (Evolve)

Selected for Doodys Core Titles 2024 in Medical/Surgical Learn the clinical judgment skills you need to succeed on the Next-Generation NCLEX Exam and in medical-surgical nursing practice with Iggys 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 the most important concepts of care followed by commonly occurring exemplars for each concept. This perennial bestseller helps you learn to think like a nurse and learn how 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 youll need in order to develop effective clinical judgment to succeed when taking the Next-Generation NCLEX Exam (NGN) and to enter clinical practice as a safe 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 use of a common healthcare language instead of using 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 most readable medical-surgical nursing textbooks available. Sherpath (sold separately) for Ignatavicius et al. Medical-Surgical Nursing 11th Edition provides an interactive adaptive learning experience! NEW! Updated content throughout reflects the most current evidence-based clinical practice in medical-surgical nursing including the latest national and international guidelines. NEW and UNIQUE! Key components of AACNs 2021 Essentials are integrated throughout including the four spheres of nursing care: health promotion/disease prevention chronic disease care regenerative or restorative care and hospice/palliative/supportive care. NEW! One unfolding case for the Next-Generation NCLEX Exam (NGN) in each Concepts of Care chapter replaces the previous open-ended Clinical Judgment Challenge questions and each includes multiple questions for the NGN or 2-3 Bowtie or Trend questions for the NGN. NEW! Enhanced emphasis on need-to-know content with streamlined A&P and pathophysiology content provides a solid foundation for beginning nurse generalists including the most important patient problems for each health condition and an emphasis on what is most relevant to nursing care. NEW and UNIQUE! Iggys approach to care views medical and nursing management through the lens of the nursing process and the six cognitive skills of the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model and aligns with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. NEW! Case Studies for the NGN on the Evolve website are updated from the previous open-ended question style to questions for the NGN. NEW and UNIQUE! Key Po