RN Brochure 2024-2025

MEDICAL–SURGICAL

Davis Advantage for Medical-Surgical Nursing, Making Connections to Practice, 3rd Edition

Janice J. Hoffman, PhD, RN, ANEF Nancy J. Sullivan, DNP, RN, CHSE

Davis Advantage for Medical-Surgical Nursing is a complete, integrated solution that combines the power of a student-friendly textbook with personalized learning, clinical judgment, quizzing, and simulation (Coming Soon!) assignments. TEXTBOOK The 3rd Edition of Medical-Surgical Nursing continues its groundbreaking approach— helping students make the connections between concepts and patient care by fostering an understanding of the relationships between the physiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, and management of disorders. § NEW! “Making Connections to Clinical Judgment” features brand-new questions aligning the chapter’s unfolding case study to the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model. § NEW! Online “Making Connections to Clinical Judgment” tables provide a visual clinical judgment analysis of the chapter case studies, connecting the steps of the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model to practice. § NEW! Disorders added include COVID-19, chronic venous insufficiency, Huntington’s disease, thyroid cancer, and bowel obstruction. § NEW! “Medication” tables outline treatment options for selected disorders and include priority nursing implications. § REVISED & UPDATED! Coverage of current and important topics in nursing education and practice includes Healthy People 2030 and COVID-19. § EXPANDED! Safety content. § Focuses on the diseases and disorders that nurses are most likely to encounter. § Provides clear and well-defined nursing care guidance that identifies and reinforces what the nurse’s responsibilities are as a member of an interprofessional care team. § Presents Nursing Management consistently using the nursing process; prioritizes care according to the ABCs and Maslow’s Hierarchy; and includes bulleted rationales to explain the `hows’ and `whys’ of treatment. § Incorporates chapters dedicated to critical care content important for new nurses. DAVIS ADVANTAGE Using a unique and proven approach across a Learn-Apply-Assess-Simulate continuum, Davis Advantage aligns with the textbook to help students understand and retain content, refine their clinical judgment skills, and prepare for the NGN and real-world practice. See pages 4-9 to learn more.

§ eBook § Davis Advantage

• Personalized Learning • Clinical Judgment • Quizzing • Sims (Coming in 2025!)

§ Additional Resources Printed Text 1,904 pages | 830 Illustrations Hard cover | 2024 $214.95 (US) ISBN: 978-1-7196-4736-6

Access Card $194.95 (US) ISBN-13: 978-1-7196-4738-0 Or purchase online access at FADavis.com

Instructor § Test Bank with NGN Questions § Image Bank § PowerPoints § Implementation Guide § Clinical Judgment Debriefing Guidelines § AACN Essentials Mapped to Davis Advantage

“The focus on common disorders helps make the content more concise and pertinent to students. Nursing care and implications are clearly identified and presented with nursing interventions front and center.” —Cathy R., Instructor, Eastern Mennonite University