Brunner & Suddarth?s Textbook of Medical – Surgical Nursing, (Vol 2 Set) 2nd South Asian ed

Trusted by nursing fraternity for more than 50 years, Brunner &Suddarth’s Textbook of Medical- Surgical Nursing layers essential patientcare information, engaging critical thinking exercises, and diverse features to help students learn critical content. The second South Asianedition, similar to the previous edition, is comprehensively updated to customize and keep pace with South Asia’s health care environment byincluding Indian/Asian epidemiologic data of common diseases and disorders, flowcharts of pathophysiologic processes of various diseasesand disorders, and psychosocial concepts, which is contemporary to South Asian scenario. Furthermore, essential medical-surgical nursingcontent and diseases/disorders, which are specific to South Asia, are added to make this textbook most suitable to South Asian learners. Highlights: ? Units and chapters are organized as per the competency-based B.Sc. Nursing curriculum outlined by Indian Nursing Council (INC) for Adult Health Nursing. ? Following new topics are included: Ethical and legal issues in surgical nursing, operation theater (OT) (types, design and infrastructure), instruments and preparation of sets for common surgical procedures, types of suture materials and suture techniques used, monitoring of patients during surgical procedure, maintenance of therapeutic environment in OT, assisting in major and minor surgeries, handling of different specimens, legal aspects in OT, position and draping for common surgical procedures, wound dressing (types and techniques), National Program for Health Care of Elderly, National AIDS Control Program, NACO guidelines, current guidelines and delivery of palliative care, gender dysphoria and gender reassignment surgery, breaking bad news, skin rejuvenation, liposuction, derma fillers, legal and ethicalissues in plastic surgery, and legal and ethical issues in disaster nursing in Indian scenario. ? Disease conditions such as LVH, cor pulmonale, cyst of the liver, gall bladder cancer, tumors of parathyroid gland, COVID-19, chikungunya, Pott’s spine, neurocysticercosis, and swine flu have been included. ? New flowcharts for pathophysiology of various diseases and disorders and relevant illustrations have been included to make the concept easy to understand. ? The richness of the content, style of presentation, and special features of the original text such as Critical Thinking Exercises, ProceduralGuidelines, Nursing Alerts, Plan of Nursing Care charts, Genetics in Nursing Practice charts, Ethical Dilemma charts, and Home CareChecklist charts have been retained. ? Online Ancillaries included. Online Resources ? eBook ? Key to Critical Thinking Exercises ? Procedural guidelines ? Journal article Faculty resources ? QSEN Skill Set ? Case Studies