6 Preparation of the patient for surgery the hospital experience Chapter aims • To explore the continuity of care from a pre-admission assessment to being admitted for surgery • To explore the…
14 What have I learnt in a surgical nursing placement? Chapter aims • To reflect on learning experience in a surgical nursing placement • To establish what knowledge and skills you have…
Chapter 1. The Nursing Process The time-tested nursing process continues to guide nurses and other disciplines in clinical practice. The nursing process, in theory, is a multistep problem-solving method in…
Chapter 11. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Human sexuality encompasses biologic, psychologic, and psychosocial characteristics that define the female and male. Sexuality has been researched, defined, and described for decades….
Chapter 10. Eating Disorders Eating disorders are serious and potentially life-threatening when interventions are nonexistent, delayed, or unsuccessful. In the 1970s, eating disorders began to receive closer public and clinical…
Chapter 9. Substance-Related Disorders The term substances in medical terms denotes chemically active agents that may enter the body through one or more of several routes (ingested, injected, inhaled, absorbed)…
Chapter 4. Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders Schizophrenia is one of the most severe and persistent and debilitating of all the mental disorders. It is a psychotic disorder, characterized by…
Chapter 8. Cognitive Disorders: Delirium, Dementia, and Amnestic Disorders Dementia, delirium, and amnestic and other cognitive disorders are biologic illnesses with two defining characteristics in common. The first characteristic is…
Chapter 7. Disorders of Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence Childhood and adolescence are more dynamic than any other human developmental period and are characterized by continual change, transition, and reorganization. “Normal”…
Chapter 5. Adjustment Disorders Adjustment disorders represent a group of diagnostic categories that describe a maladaptive reaction to clearly identifiable stressful events or situations. Stressors may be categorized as follows:…
