Handbook of Pathophysiology (Books)

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Summary: Nursing Student
Review: Excellent prep and supplement text for patho class. This text was recommended to me by a past grad and I use it during notes review and while READING.
Do yourself a favor and get this. It seems to be the quick resource for patho, manifestation, and rec treatment and evaluation.
Good luck,
Kitt

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Summary: Nursing Student
Review: When writing care plans for nursing clinicals, this book is a real time saver. You can quickly find information on virtually every major condition in simple, straight forward terms. If a particualar disease or illness has special implications or maniffestations for a specific population, like geriatric or puberty, special consideration is given. At the end of each chapter a bibliography lists other sources which could be used for additional research. The book is broken down into 21 chapters each dealing with a specific system or function of the body. Each chapter then gives a basic overview of the system followed by the different pathophysiological concepts which apply to that system, followed by conditions of the disease or injury. This structure makes review of a particular disease or injury simple and straight forward. An excellent index combined with great information makes this a great resource for brushing up on pathophysiology as well as writing out nursing care plans for clinicals.

Rating:
Summary: A nurnsing student's time saver
Review: When writing care plans for nursing clinicals, this book is a real time saver. You can quickly find information on virtually every major condition in simple, straight forward terms. If a particualar disease or illness has special implications or maniffestations for a specific population, like geriatric or puberty, special consideration is given. At the end of each chapter a bibliography lists other sources which could be used for additional research. The book is broken down into 21 chapters each dealing with a specific system or function of the body. Each chapter then gives a basic overview of the system followed by the different pathophysiological concepts which apply to that system, followed by conditions of the disease or injury. This structure makes review of a particular disease or injury simple and straight forward. An excellent index combined with great information makes this a great resource for brushing up on pathophysiology as well as writing out nursing care plans for clinicals.