Includes bibliographies [p. 1601-1603] and index.

Contents: Unifying concepts basic to nursing practice: Stress, adaptation and homeostasis -- Theories of disease causation -- Understanding the experience of illness -- Psychophysiologic imbalance: Disturbances in homeostasis: psychologic imbalances -- The body's responses to disturbances in homeostasis -- Specific problems in medical-surgical nursing practice: Nursing patients experiencing surgery -- Nursing patients experiencing neoplastic disorders -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of neurologic function -- Nursing patients experiencing pain -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of cardiovascular function and blood flow -- Nursing patients experiencing dysfunction of the kidney and urinary tract -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of the blood and blood-forming organs -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of peripheral vascular function -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of respiratory function -- Nursing of patients experiencing disturbances of digestive function -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of the liver, biliary tract and pancreas -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of musculoskeletal function -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of the integumentary system -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of endocrine and metabolic function -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of the reproductive system -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of the eye and ear -- Nursing patients experiencing disturbances of the nose, sinuses, pharynx and larynx --