Medical Surgical Nursing Patient Centered Collaborative Care, 8th Edition by Donna D. Ignatavicius – Test Bank

Test Bank For Medical Surgical Nursing Patient Centered Collaborative Care, 8th Edition by Donna D. Ignatavicius

1. ISBN-10

   9781455772551
2. ISBN-13

   978-1455772551

   Employing an innovative collaborative care approach to adult health nursing, Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 8th Edition encompasses the essential information you need to excel at the RN level of practice. User-friendly content includes evidence-based treatment guidelines, an enhanced emphasis on QSEN competencies, and a focus on enhancing clinical judgment skills. This edition upholds the book’s pioneering tradition with increased LGBTQ content and a new Care of Transgender Patients chapter. Crafted by nursing education experts Donna Ignatavicius and M. Linda Workman, this popular text also includes NCLEX^® exam-style challenge questions to prepare you for success on the NCLEX Examination. Cutting-edge coverage of the most recent advancements in nursing practice and nursing education readies you for not only today’s nursing practice but also for the challenges of tomorrow.

   • UNIQUE! Collaborative care approach organizes all medical, surgical, nursing, and other interventions within the context of the nursing process, reflecting the nurse’s role in the coordination/management of care in the real world of medical-surgical nursing.

   • UNIQUE! A focus on nursing principles links concepts learned in Nursing Fundamentals with the topics you will study in Medical-Surgical Nursing.
   • Easy to comprehend, direct-address writing style makes this one of the most readable medical-surgical nursing textbooks available.
   • UNIQUE! A focus on QSEN  highlights patient safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes including Drug Alerts, Vital Rescues, and Action Alerts.
   • UNIQUE! Emphasis on clinical judgment build skills in clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making when applying concepts to clinical scenarios, with Clinical Judgment Challenge questions throughout the chapters.
   • An emphasis on prioritization underscores important patient issues and nursing interventions, with patient issues presented in a single prioritized list of nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.
   • UNIQUE! NCLEX preparation tools include chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections organized by NCLEX^® Client Needs Categories, plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions, with an answer key in the back of the book and on the Evolve companion website.
   • Practical learning aids include NCLEX Examination Challenges, Clinical Judgment Challenges, Best Practice for Patient Safety & Quality Care charts, typical examples of drug therapy, concept maps, laboratory profiles, and more.
   • A clear alignment with the terminology of clinical practice mirrors the real world of nursing practice with NANDA diagnostic labels where they are applicable, and non-NANDA diagnostic labels when these are more common descriptions of patient issues.
   • Student Resources on an Evolve companion website aid in preparing for class, clinicals, or lab with video and audio clips, animations, case studies, a concept map creator, NCLEX exam-style review questions, and more.
   • UNIQUE! Focus on essential information for the RN level of medical-surgical nursing practice directs your attention to need-to-know content to pass the NCLEX Examination and practice safely as a novice nurse.

   • NEW! Enhanced focus on QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) competencies incorporates new icons identifying QSEN competency material and new Quality Improvement boxes describing initiatives that had a significant impact on patient outcomes.
   • UPDATED learning features include an expanded emphasis on developing clinical judgment skills; on prioritization, delegation, and supervision skills; on long-term care issues; and on preparation for the NCLEX^® Examination and alignment with the 2013 NCLEX-RN^® Test Plan.
   • NEW! UNIQUE! Care of Transgender Patients chapter explores the specific healthcare needs and issues unique to the transgender community.
   • Improved clarification of NANDA-I nursing diagnoses clearly distinguish NANDA diagnoses from collaborative issues.
   • NEW images and illustrations showcase patient care skills along with the latest in nursing education and practice.