Publisher's Synopsis
This student textbook has been devised as the first integrated Australian study to provide a basis for the nursing management of adults with a medical or surgical condition and is designed to equip students with technical information on various nursing fields.;Information is supplied to ensure that nurses are able to identify all the appropriate information when assessing a patient, recognize actual and anticipate potential patient problems, select realistic, patient-centred objectives, implement appropriate nursing actions to assist the patient to achieve a sound recovery and revise the plan of care as necessary.;It is assumed that the users of this textbook will have completed an introductory year of nursing studies. The editors concentrate on medical-surgical nursing in the acute care setting and since it is intended for the generalist nurse, detailed discussion of specialist areas of nursing practice is avoided.
