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The Clinical Companion for Ignatavicius & Workman: Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care, 7th Edition, is an easy-to-use, A-Z guide to 245 common medical-surgical conditions and their management. Written in a reader-friendly, direct-address style, this handbook is a convenient quick reference that you can carry with you on clinical days. * A-Z synopses of 245 diseases and disorders, along with related collaborative care, serve as both a quick reference for clinical days and a study resource for essential information* Streamlined format helps you focus more effectively on nursing care priorities * Consistent collaborative care format helps you prepare for clinical days more efficiently. * Special Considerations highlights call your attention to important aspects of nursing care, such as Genetic/Genomic Considerations, Considerations for Older Adults, Women's Considerations, and Cultural Considerations. * National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) icons help you provide safe and effective care by highlighting safety information identified in The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals. * Concepts of Medical-Surgical Nursing sections provide a quick, one-stop review of eight concepts that are critical to medical-surgical nursing practice. * A-Z thumb tabs along the edges of the pages facilitate quick access to clinical information for just-in-time learning and review at the bedside. * 10 quick-reference appendices provide need-to-know, quick-reference coverage of common or important clinical topics * Guide to Head-To-Toe Physical Assessment of Adults * Terminology Associated With Fluid and Electrolyte Balance * Laboratory Values * Interventions for Common Environmental Emergencies * and Biological Agents of Terrorism * Discharge Planning * Electrocardiographic Complexes, Segments, and Intervals * The Patient Requiring Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation * The Patient Requiring Chest Tubes * Communication Quick Reference for Spanish-Speaking Patients * Updated content matches the Ignatavicius & Workman textbook for a reliably seamless reference and study experience. * UNIQUE! Nursing Safety Priorities highlights have been refined and divided into three types of Nursing Safety Priority highlights: Drug Alert!, Critical Rescue!, and Action Alert! to help you recognize critical situations in which the patient's or very life may be in jeopardy. * Increased use of color improves table readability and highlights headings and new Nursing Safety Priority boxes.