Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy (Incredibly Easy! Series®)

4 Stars from Doodys Review Service Feeling anxious or unsure about medical-surgical nursing care? Get grounded in the latest best practices with the freshly updated Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! 5th Edition. This colorful fully illustrated guide offers clear concise descriptions of crucial medical-surgical nursing concepts and procedures with learning aids that help you grasp skills and concepts easily in an enjoyable Incredibly Easy style. From assessment and diagnostics to current evidence-based treatments and interventions this is the perfect backup to class materials helpful support for new nurses and a handy refresher for experienced nurses. Be expertly guided into a solid foundation in medical-surgical care with: NEW and updated statistics and guidelines on current medical-surgical nursing practice in a concise quick-scan outline format The need-to-know basics including the most common disorders medical-surgical nurses encounter Chapters address disorders by body system neurologic cardiovascular respiratory gastrointestinal endocrine renal and urologic reproductive musculoskeletal and more Chapters offer vital foundational knowledge with expert direction on: Essential elements of medical-surgical nursing practice and the nursing process Fluids and electrolytes perioperative care and pain management Diagnostic testing CT MRI and PET scan imaging x-rays biopsies EMGs and more Additional chapters on cancer care obesity gerontologic care and end-of-life care Current data and best practices on assessing and treating common disorders Reviews of anatomy and physiology step-by-step guidance on assessments and historytaking and diagnostic testing including patient preparation monitoring teaching points and developing a plan of care Hundreds of colorful diagrams drawings and charts that illustrate core terms and concepts with easy-to-retain definitions Practice Makes Perfect end-of-book practice exam with NCLEX-style questions in current exam format Chapter features include: Memory jogger Acronyms and other memory tricks that help you remember key concepts and treatments A closer look Illustrations that explain anatomy physiology and complex pathways Education edge Practical guidance for effective patient teaching What do I do? Steps to take in emergency situations Stop look and listen Elements of assessment for a particular body system Weighing the evidence Evidence-based practice pointers that support nursing actions Quick quiz End-of-chapter multiple-choice questions to help you retain chapter content followed by answers and rationales Nurse Joy and Jake illustrated characters offer tips and insights throughout About the Clinical EditorsKeelin Cromar MSN RN is Adjunct Nursing Faculty at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls TX Casey Moebius DNP RN is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nurse Education at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi Texas