table of contentstable of contents1chapter 01: overview of professional nursing concepts for medical surgical nursingchapter 02: overview of health concepts for medical surgical nursingchapter 03: common health problems of older adultschapter 04: assessment and care of patients with painchapter 05: genetic concepts for medical surgical nursingchapter 06: rehabilitation concepts for chronic and disabling health problemschapter 07: end of life carechapter 08: concepts of emergency and trauma nursingchapter 09: care of patients with common environmental emergencieschapter 10: concepts of emergency and disaster preparednesschapter 11: assessment and care of patients with fluid and electrolyte imbalanceschapter 12: assessment and care of patients with acid base imbalanceschapter 13: infusion therapychapter 14: care of preoperative patientschapter 15: care of intraoperative patientschapter 16: care of postoperative patientschapter 17: inflammation and immunitychapter 18: care of patients with arthritis and other connective tissue diseaseschapter 19: care of patients with hiv diseasechapter 20: care of patients with hypersensitivity (allergy) and autoimmunitychapter 21: cancer developmentchapter 22: care of patients with cancerchapter 23: care of patients with infectionchapter 24: assessment of the skin