Using a unique collaborative care approach to adult health nursing Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care 8th Edition covers the essential knowledge you need to succeed at the RN level of practice. Easy-to-read content includes evidence-based treatment guidelines an enhanced focus on QSEN competencies and an emphasis on developing clinical judgment skills. This edition continues the books trendsetting tradition with increased LGBTQ content and a new Care of Transgender Patients chapter. Written by nursing education experts Donna Ignatavicius and M. Linda Workman this bestselling text also features NCLEX^? Exam-style challenge questions to prepare you for success on the NCLEX Exam. Cutting-edge coverage of the latest trends in nursing practice and nursing education prepares you not just for todays nursing practice but also for tomorrows.

• UNIQUE! Collaborative care approach organizes all medical surgical nursing and other interventions within the framework of the nursing process mirroring the nurses role in the coordination/management of care in the real world of medical-surgical nursing.
• UNIQUE! A focus on nursing concepts relates concepts learned in Nursing Fundamentals with the disorders you will study in Medical-Surgical Nursing.
• Easy to read direct-address writing style makes this one of the most readable medical-surgical nursing textbooks available.
• UNIQUE! A focus on QSEN emphasizes patient safety and evidence-based practice with Nursing Safety Priority boxes including Drug Alerts Critical Rescues and Action Alerts.
• UNIQUE! Emphasis on clinical judgment teaches you to develop skills in clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making when applying concepts to clinical situations with Clinical Judgment Challenge questions throughout the chapters.
• An emphasis on prioritization stresses the most important patient problems and nursing interventions with patient problems presented in a single prioritized list of nursing diagnoses and collaborative problems.?
• UNIQUE! NCLEX preparation tools include chapter-opening Learning Outcomes and chapter-ending Get Ready for the NCLEX Examination! sections organized by NCLEX^? Client Needs Categories?? plus NCLEX Examination Challenge questions?? with an answer key in the back of the book and on the Evolve companion website.
• Practical learning aids include NCLEX Examination Challenges?? Clinical Judgment Challenges?? Best Practice for Patient Safety & Quality Care charts?? common examples of drug therapy?? concept maps?? laboratory profiles?? and more.
• A clear alignment with the language of clinical practice reflects the real world of nursing practice with NANDA diagnostic labels where they make s