The best-selling textbook of medical-surgical nursing is now in its Eleventh Editionwith updated content throughout and enhanced, state-of-the-art ancillaries. Highlights include a stronger focus on health promotion, more extensive coverage of patients with chronic illness and disabilities, a Watch and Learn feature linked to audiovisuals on the free bound-in CD-ROM, and Evidence-Based Practice questions in each chapter linked to journal articles on the book's companion Website. A new, more engaging design features photographs of nurses interacting with patients.

This edition's thoroughly revamped CD-ROM includes over 3,500 NCLEX®-style questions and numerous three-dimensional animations that demonstrate disease processes. The companion Website at http://thepoint.lww.com includes over 99 free journal articles.

BASIC CONCEPTS IN NURSING: 1) Health Care DeliveryandNursing Practice. 2) Community-Based Nursing Practice. 3) Critical Thinking, Ethical Decision Makingandthe Nursing Process. 4) Health EducationandHealth Promotion. 5) Health Assessment

BIOPHYSICALandPSYCHOSOCIAL CONCEPTS IN NURSING PRACTICE: 6) Homeostasis, StressandAdaptation. 7) IndividualandFamily Considerations Related to Illness. 8) Perspectives in Transcultural Nursing. 9) Genetics Perspectives in Nursing. 10) Chronic Illness. 11) PrinciplesandPractices of Rehabilitation. 12) Health Care of the Older Adult

CONCEPTSandCHALLENGES IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT: 13) Pain Management. 14) FluidsandElectrolytes: BalanceandDisturbance. 15) ShockandMultisystem Failure. 16) Oncology: Nursing Management in Cancer Care. 17) End-of-Life Care

PERIOPERATIVE CONCEPTSandNURSING MANAGEMENT: 18) Preoperative Nursing Management. 19) Intraoperative Nursing Management. 20) Postoperative Nursing Management

GAS EXCHANGEandRESPIRATORY FUNCTION: 21) Assessment of Respiratory Function. 22) Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders. 23) ChestandLower Respiratory Tract Disorders. 24) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. 25) Respiratory Care Modalities

CARDIOVASCULAR, CIRCULATORYandHEMATOLOGIC FUNCTION: 26) Assessment of Cardiovascular Function. 27) DysrhythmiasandConduction Problems. 28) Coronary Vascular Disorders. 29) Structural, InfectiousandInflammatory Cardiac Disorders. 30) Complications From Heart Disease. 31) Vascular DisordersandProblems of Peripheral Circulation. 32) Hypertension. 33) Hematologic Disorders

DIGESTIVEandGASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTION: 34) Assessment of DigestiveandGastrointestinal Function. 35) OralandEsophageal Disorders. 36) Gastrointestinal IntubationandSpecial Nutritional Modalities. 37) GastricandDuodenal Disorders. 38) IntestinalandRectal Disorders

METABOLICandENDOCRINE FUNCTION: 39) Hepatic Disorders. 40) Biliary Disorders. 41) Diabetes Mellitus. 42) Endocrine Disorders

URINARY TRACT FUNCTION: 43) Assessment of RenalandUrinary Tract Function. 44) Kidney Disorders. 45) Urinary Disorders

REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: 46) AssessmentandManagement of Female Physiologic Processes. 47) Management of Patients With Female Reproductive Disorders. 48) AssessmentandManagement of Patients With Breast Disorders. 49) AssessmentandManagement of Problems Related to Male Reproductive Processes

IMMUNOLOGIC FUNCTION: 50) Assessment of Immune Function. 51) Management of Patients With Immunodeficiency. 52) Management of Patients With HIV InfectionandAIDS. 53) AssessmentandManagement of Patients With Allergic Disorders. 54) AssessmentandManagement of Patients With Rheumatic Disorders

INTEGUMENTARY FUNCTION: 55) Assessment of Integumentary Function. 56) Management of Patients With Dermatologic Problems. 57) Management of Patients With Burn Injury

SENSORINEURAL FUNCTION: 58) AssessmentandManagement of Patients With EyeandVision Disorders. 59) AssessmentandManagement of Patients With HearingandBalance Disorders

NEUROLOGIC FUNCTION: 60) Assessment of Neurologic Function. 61) Management of Patients with Neurologic Dysfunction. 62) Cerebrovascular Disorders. 63) Neurologic Trauma. 64) Neurologic Infections, Autoimmune DisordersandNeuropathies. 65) Oncologic or Degenerative Neurologic Disorders

MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION: 66) Assessment of Musculoskeletal Function. 67) Musculoskeletal Care Modalities. 68) Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Disorders. 69) Management of Patients With Musculoskeletal Trauma

OTHER ACUTE PROBLEMS: 70) Management of Patients With Infectious Diseases. 71) Emergency Nursing. 72) Terrorism, Mass CasualtyandDisaster Nursing

Appendix A: Diagnostic StudiesandInterpretation. Appendix B: Understanding Clinical Pathways. Appendix C: Concept Maps