Luckmann's Core Principles and Practice of Medical-Surgical Nursing

This text condenses the authoritative Black & Matassarin-Jacobs: Luckmann and Sorensen's Medical-Surgical Nursing, 4th Edition into a new text book focusing on need-to-know information.

Features a user-friendly design with spectacular full-colour artwork and photographs.

Provides a condensed review of anatomy and physiology at the beginning of each body system unit.

Excludes chapters on basic nursing - to avoid overlap with Fundamentals texts.

Separates key information - such as tips on nutrition, discharge/patient teaching, and pharmacology - into boxes that are easily located.

Discusses the increasingly important concept of clinical pathways and offers examples.

Highlights clinical applications of theory so students better understand the implications of disease and dysfunction.

Sharpens critical thinking skills with study questions and critical thinking exercises in each chapter. Answers and discussions are provided in the Appendix.

Critical to Remember boxes highlight key points and nursing interventions from the text.