Patient teaching reference manual with CD-ROM

This manual for nurses and other health care professionals provides current patient-teaching materials on over 500 topics. Organized alphabetically by disorders within body systems, the book features over 600 illustrations, key teaching points and commonly asked questions for each disorder, abundant references, a handy list of resources for patients and caregivers, and a cross-referenced index.

Contents cover planning, evaluation, and documentation, and what to teach about body system disorders.

Format includes causes, complications, diagnostic work-up, and treatments.

This user-friendly, comprehensive collection features large print, simple language, and clear, concise explanations.

Complementing the manual, the CD-ROM offers easy-to-understand fully illustrated teaching aids to print and distribute to patients and caregivers.

Some teaching aids also available in Spanish.