Davis's Diseases and Disorders: A Nursing Therapeutics Manual
Description
Everything you need to know about caring for patients—in a succinct easy-to-understand "must-have" guide! Put information on more than 240 diseases and disorders at your fingertips. Clear, comprehensive discussions of pathophysiology—with rationales in the test and intervention sections—help you deliver effective care with confidence.
New to this Edition:
- • REVISED & UPDATED! Up-to-date, must-know information on nearly 240 disorders that reflects advances in science and practice
- • REVISED & UPDATED! Thoroughly reviewed coverage for each disorder, including causes • pertinent physical and psychosocial findings • primary nursing diagnoses • and collaborative and independent nursing interventions
- • UPDATED! Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) for each disorder, plus documentation information on the average length of stay and home healthcare guidelines
- • NEW! How to handle COVID/infectious diseases and pandemics in the sections on ‘Global Health Considerations’ and ‘Evidence-Based Practice and Health Policy’
- • NEW! ‘Health Disparities and Sexual and Gender Minority Health’ section with new considerations for LGBTQ+ community
Doody's Reviews
Quotes, Reviews or Testimonials
"This book is a valuable resource to provide a healthy outcome on approximately 250 diseases and conditions. This book is close to one-of-a-kind, is an updated edition, and is necessary as nursing care evolves rapidly. This edition adds important sections including health disparities and global health considerations. "
-- Linda Connelly, PhD, DNP, MSH, CNS, APRN, CNOR (University of Houston) Doody's Review
"This book does not really have any true competition. Its presentation is much more user friendly than the average diagnostic or disease oriented books of the past."
-- Carole A. Kenner, RNC, DNS, FAAN (University of Oklahoma College of Nursing) - previous edition
Audience
The book's primary audience is practicing nurses, from LPN/LVNs to advanced practice nurses. The textbook is a great guide and provides information at ones fingertips for approximately 250 diseases and conditions. It will help nurses deliver safe effective care with confidence. The author is an expert by credentials and is a professor emerita known for her expertise on critical illness and injury. There are four previous professors as consultants and two professors as reviewers. This is an excellent group of experts to provide high creditability.
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