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Highly readable and rich with engaging case studies and learning tools, Brunner & Suddarth’s
Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 14th Edition delivers the complete nursing foundation
students need in a format designed for the way they like to learn. This approachable text is
accompanied by callouts, questions, and vignettes to help students explore essential patient care
practices in real-world terms and gain a more practical understanding of how they’ll apply what
they’ve learned in practice. Trusted by instructors, students, and practicing nurses for more than
50 years, the 14th edition of this landmark resource has been comprehensively updated to reflect
the latest research and practices and keep pace with the transition from critical care to home care,
ethics, and genetics. Complete integration with Lippincott CoursePoint allows you to easily map
out your entire course, provide personalized student remediation, and simulate real-world nursing
scenarios based directly on vignettes in the text, giving your students unparalleled preparation for
success in the medical-surgical nursing workforce. Key Features in the 14th Edition: New! New
chapter on assessment and management of patients with obesity including expanded content on
gastric and duodenal disorders.New! Interdisciplinary feature in every chapter. Nursing students
should be educated in an environment that provides such interdisciplinary educational experiences
based on mutual understanding and respect and designed to enhance the practice of each
discipline.EXPANDED! Immunodeficiency chapter includes updated HIV infection and AIDS
content.UPDATED! The following units have been revised Immunologic Function, Digestive and
Gastrointestinal Function, and Metabolic and Endocrine Function.Concept Mastery Alerts clarify
difficult concepts, informed by data from Misconception Alert questions in PrepU for Brunner &
Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing , 12e.Quality and Safety Nursing Alerts build
upon previous edition’s Nursing Alerts to highlight issues related to quality and safety nursing
care.UPDATED! The unit openers include New Case Studies with QSEN Competency Focus to
highlight a competency and related knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Additional information for
these case studies related to NANDA-I, NIC, NOC and the nursing process is available
online.Prioritization Questions have been added to the Critical Thinking Exercises .Genetics
Charts and Ethical Dilemma Charts have been revised to reflect the latest advances in the
field.Critical care information has been updated to further the authors' goal to have the most upto-date
and clinically relevant content on critical care throughout the book.The Table of Contents
has been reorganized for a more logical sequence and flow.Nursing Process sections, Plans of
Nursing Care , and Critical Care sectionsMore than 2,900 NCLEX-style review
questionsAssessment Charts, Risk Factor Charts, Guidelines Charts , Genetics in Nursing Practice
Charts, Patient Education Charts, Health Promotion Charts , Ethics and Related Issues Charts ,
and Pharmacology Charts and tables.Gerontologic Considerations sections,
Physiology/Pathophysiology figures, and updated Home Care ChecklistsNursing Research
Profiles and EBP questions help students learn the importance of evidence-based
practice.Concepts in Action Animations bring anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
concepts to life..