Table of Contents Chapter 01 Professional Nursing Practice 2 Chapter 02 Medical-Surgical Nursing 17 Chapter 03 Health Education and Health Promotion 30 Chapter 04 Adult Health and Physical, Nutritional, and Cultural Assessment 45 Chapter 05 Stress and Inflammatory Responses 60 Chapter 06 Genetics and Genomics in Nursing 76 Chapter 07 Disability and Chronic Illness 92 Chapter 08 Management of the Older Adult Patient 107 Chapter 09 Pain Management 121 Chapter 10 Fluid and Electrolytes 137 Chapter 11 Shock, Sepsis, and Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome 153 Chapter 12 Management of Patients with Oncologic Disorders 169 Chapter 13 Palliative and End-of-Life Care 183 Chapter 14 Preoperative Nursing Management 199 Chapter 15 Intraoperative Nursing Management 214 Chapter 16 Postoperative Nursing Management 228 Chapter 17 Assessment of Respiratory Function 243 Chapter 18 Management of Patients with Upper Respiratory Tract Disorders 258 Chapter 19 Management of Patients with Chest and Lower Respiratory Tract Disorders 272 Chapter 20 Management of Patients with Chronic Pulmonary Disease 288 Chapter 21 Assessment of Cardiovascular Function 304 Chapter 22 Management of Patients with Arrhythmias and Conduction Problems 318 Chapter 23 Management of Patients with Coronary Vascular Disorders 331 Chapter 24 Management of Patients with Structural, Infectious, and Inflammatory Cardiac Disorders 347 Chapter 25 Management of Patients with Complications from Heart Disease 361 Chapter 26 Assessment and Manageme