Craven, Heather. <br/><br/>
Core Curriculum for Medical-Surgical Nursing. / 
edited by Heather Craven. 
 - 4th ed. 
 - New Jersey :  Acadamy of Medical Surgical Nurses;  2009. 
 - xii, 545 p. :  ill.;  28cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes Index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: Factors that affect medical-surgical nursing: Patient/family education -- cancer -- Care of the elderly medical-surgical patient -- Behavioral health -- Nutrition -- Immobility -- Pain -- Fluid/Electrolyte/Acid base imbalances -- Shock -- End of life issues -- Perioperative nursing care -- Complementary,alternative and integrative therapies -- Disaster planning -- Nursing assessment and alterations:The gastrointestinal system -- The respiratory system -- The cardio/vascular system -- The endocrine system -- Diabetes -- The renal and urologic systems -- The reproductive system -- The neurologic system -- The musculoskeletal system -- The Hematologic system -- The immune system -- Infectious disease -- The integumentary system -- Professionalism:Domains of nursing practice -- Achieving excellence in medical-surgical nursing.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780979502996 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT41.C77