The new Sixth Edition of this award-winning classic prepares its users for delivering expert care in this most challenging nursing specialty. It addresses neuroanatomy, assessment, diagnostic evaluation, and management of the complete range of neurological disorders for which nurses provide patient care, including trauma, stroke, tumors, seizures, headache, aneurysms, infections, degenerative disorders, and peripheral neuropathies. This edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect standards of care based on evidence-based practice. It now includes case studies, community nursing sections throughout, and increased coverage of normal pressure hydrocephalus, inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, and Creutzfeld-Jacob disease.

"Neuroscience nurses practice in a very complex and challenging environment, caring for equally complex patients with multiple needs. Therefore, the contemporary neuroscience nurse engages in high-level assessment, information processing, and decision making. This requires professional competency in not only the specialty of neuroscience nursing practice, but also in general nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice. Much of the care delivered is through teams, with the nurse being an integral team member. The complexities of team communications, coordination, continuity, and safety require new models of practice to achieve optimal outcomes"--

The new Seventh Edition of the award-winning classic prepares its users to deliver expert care in this challenging nursing specialty. It addresses neuroanatomy, assessment, diagnostic evaluation and management of the complete range of neurological disorders for which nurses provide patient care, including trauma, stoke, tumors, seizures, headache, aneurysms, infections, degenerative disorders and features new chapters on neurological critical care and peripheral neuropathies. The new edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect standards of care based on evidence-based practice. It now includes separate pathophysiology sections in each chapter, new resource guides, such as internet sites and professional and patient information sources, key points summaries, evidence-based boxes, and nursing research features.

The new edition of this book is a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of neurological diseases and disorders. Beginning with an overview of neurological examination, each of the following chapters covers a different condition including peripheral nerve disease, bladder, bowel and sexual dysfunction, various pareses (muscular weakness caused by nerve damage), Parkinsonism, dementia, dysphagia, and many more. Each disorder is presented in a step by step format, describing neuroanatomy and neurophysiology, history taking, symptoms and signs, examination, interpretation and diagnosis, and management strategies. The book concludes with a chapter on neurological examination of a child. The text is further enhanced by clinical photographs and diagrams, as well as a selection of case studies to assist learning. The second edition has been fully revised and updated to provide clinicians and trainees with the latest advances in the field. The content has been reorganised and new topics added to help trainees prepare for examinations. The previous edition (9789389587913) published in 2020.

The Fourth Edition of this classic comprehensive reference continues to provide reliable clinical guidance for neurological and neurosurgical nursing. A wide range of clinical topics is presented, including neuroanatomy, physiology, neurological assessment, diagnostic evaluation and specific disorders such as trauma, stroke, tumors, aneurysms, headaches, seizures, infections, and degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Six new chapters: The Continuum of Care and Models of Practice; Clinical Reasoning and Neuroscience Nursing Practice; Pharmacological Management of Neuroscience Patients; Respiratory Management of Neuroscience Patients; Management of Pain; and AIDS: Neurological Manifestations and Critical Thinking.

Perfect for: • Undergraduate Nursing Students • Postgraduate Specialist Nursing Pathways (Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing) • TAFE Bachelor of Nursing Program Lewis’s Medical–Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 4th Edition is the most comprehensive go-to reference for essential information about all aspects of professional nursing care of patients. Using the nursing process as a framework for practice, the fourth edition has been extensively revised to reflect the rapid changing nature of nursing practice and the increasing focus on key nursing care priorities. Building on the strengths of the third Australian and New Zealand edition and incorporating relevant global nursing research and practice from the prominent US title Medical–Surgical Nursing, 9Th Edition, Lewis’s Medical–Surgical Nursing, 4th Edition is an essential resource for students seeking to understand the role of the professional nurse in the contemporary health environment. 49 expert contributors from Australia and New Zealand Current research data and Australian and New Zealand statistics Focus on evidence-based practice Review questions and clinical reasoning exercises Evolve Resources for instructor and student, including quick quiz’s, test banks, review questions, image gallery and videos. • Chapter on current national patient safety and clinical reasoning • Over 80 new and revised case studies • Chapter on rural and remote area nursing • Fully revised chapter on chronic illness and complex care • Chapter on patient safety and clinical reasoning • Greater emphasis on contemporary health issues, such as obesity and emergency and disaster nursing • Australia and New Zealand sociocultural focus

Get the most relevant facts on neurologic pathology in a handy A-to-Z format – at your fingertips in seconds! This concise volume is an easy-access resource of useful neurologic signs, heavily illustrated and supplemented with dozens of videos online. More than 1,500 entries guide you in the important art of mastering the neurological examination so you can arrive at a quick, accurate diagnosis. Details the physical signs of neurologic pathology in an easy-to-use alphabetical format. Heavily illustrated with clinical photographs and descriptive figures to help you sharpen your diagnostic skills. More than 50 videos online take you step by step through a neurological examination. Provides hard-to-find information on multiple signs or lesser-known signs that are useful to know.