Text and color illustrations on front lining paper.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1. Principles of nursing practice -- Unit 2. Concepts and principles of patient management -- Unit 3. Perioperative concepts and nursing management -- Unit 4. Gas exchange and respiratory function -- Unit 5. Cardiovascular and circulatory function -- Unit 6. Hematologic function -- Unit 7. Immunologic function -- Unit 8. Musculoskeletal function -- Unit 9. Digestive and gastrointestinal function -- Unit 10. Metabolic and endocrine function -- Unit 11. Kidney and urinary tract function -- Unit 12. Reproductive function -- Unit 13. Integumentary function -- Unit 14. Sensory function -- Unit 15. Neurologic function -- Unit 16. Acute community-based challenges.

Keeping tomorrow's nurses at the forefront of today's changing healthcare environment, Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 15th Edition delivers the most comprehensive resource available for nursing students in the medical-surgical course. This bestselling text is designed for the way students like to learn, combining a highly readable approach with engaging case studies and learning tools to help students explore essential patient care practices in real-world terms and gain a more practical understanding of how they'll apply what they've learned in practice.