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Now in its eleventh edition, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing is designed to assist nurses in preparing for their roles and responsibilities in the health care settings. The textbook focuses on physiological, pathophysiological, and psychosocial concepts as they relate to nursing care; Brunner is known for its strong Nursing Process focus and its Now in its eleventh edition, Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing is designed to assist nurses in preparing for their roles and responsibilities in the health care settings.

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The textbook focuses on physiological, pathophysiological, and psychosocial concepts as they relate to nursing care; Brunner is known for its strong Nursing Process focus and its readability. This edition's thoroughly revamped CD-ROM includes over 3,500 NCLEX-style questions and numerous three-dimensional animations that demonstrate disease processes. The companion Website at includes over 99 free journal articles. Having been in both Associate degree and Baccalaureate nursing programs, I can say that this is the better of the two Med-Surg textbooks I have used.

While this one is beast compared to the the other one (Medical-Surgical Nursing by Lewis, et al.), I found the extra bulk was offset by the relevance of the content. Brunner's provide the A&P of the conditions and provides excellent info about the nursing interventions associated with each condition, often broken down into ADPIE sections. When I Having been in both Associate degree and Baccalaureate nursing programs, I can say that this is the better of the two Med-Surg textbooks I have used. While this one is beast compared to the the other one (Medical-Surgical Nursing by Lewis, et al.), I found the extra bulk was offset by the relevance of the content. Brunner's provide the A&P of the conditions and provides excellent info about the nursing interventions associated with each condition, often broken down into ADPIE sections.

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When I was writing my care plans and concept maps in Baccalaureate program I found myself using the Brunner's textbook and mainly used to the Lewis book to hold open the pages of other books. If your program doesn't use Brunner's, get a copy because it will save your careplans.

Synopsis: The Study Guide to Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Ninth Edition, was developed as a learning tool to help nursing students understand the concepts, techniques, and disease processes presented in the main text. It is an easy-to-use, authoritative guide that simplifies studying and enhances learning. It contains various exam-style questions and answers that will test knowledge of Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Ninth Edition and reinforce understanding of the main text. The study guide follows a critical thinking approach, and includes knowledge-based exercises and clinical applications that will help nursing students prepare for and successfully complete their examinations. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.