Note:This is Book does not include Prep U.

Prepare for medical-surgical nursing practice and success on the NCLEX with Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 13th Edition. A favorite resource for students and practicing nurses for almost a half-century, this book provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of a broad range of medical conditions while focusing on the nursing process and the nurse€s role in caring for and educating patients and families within today€s complex health care delivery system.   

Up-to-date coverage of the health care needs of people with disabilities, nursing research findings, ethical considerations, and evidence-based practice gives you opportunities to refine your clinical decision-making skills.  Fully updated and enhanced, this new edition provides a fully integrated solution that promotes clinical judgment, performance, and success on the NCLEX examination and in nursing practice.

Key Features in the 13th Edition:

• NEW! Concept Mastery Alerts clarify difficult concepts, informed by data from Misconception Alert questions in PrepU for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 12e.
• NEW! Quality and Safety Nursing Alerts build upon previous edition€s Nursing Alerts to highlight issues related to quality and safety nursing care.
• NEW! The updated unit openers include new Case Studies with QSEN Competency Focus to highlight a competency and related knowledge, skills, and attitudes.  Additional information for these case studies related to NANDA-I, NIC, NOC and the nursing process is available online.
• NEW! Prioritization Questions have been added to the Critical Thinking Exercises.
• UPDATED! Genetics Charts and Ethical Dilemma Charts have been revised to reflect the latest advances in the field.
• UPDATED! Critical care information has been updated to further the authors' goal to have the most up-to-date and clinically relevant content on critical care throughout the book.
• EXPANDED! Expanded coverage of obesity, highlighted with a new icon, focuses on this epidemic health problem in our society.
• STEAMLINED! The Table of Contents has been reorganized for a more logical sequence and flow.
• REVISED! The accompanying Study Guide now features reorganized content and revised questions.
• Nursing Process sections, Plans of Nursing Care, and Critical Care sections
• More than 2,900 NCLEX-style review questions
• Assessment Charts, Risk Factor Charts, Guidelines Charts, Genetics in Nursing Practice Charts, Patient Education Charts, Health Promotion Charts,  Ethics and Related Issues Charts, and Pharmacology Charts and tables.
• Gerontologic Considerations sections, Physiology/Pathophysiology figures, and Home Care Checklists
• Nursing Research Profiles and EBP questions help students learn the importance of evidence-based practice.
• Concepts in Action Animations bring anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology concepts to life.