Medical-Surgical Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9781582552699
• ISBN10: 158255269X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-08
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

Written in the award-winning Incredibly Easy style, with tips and encouragement from cartoon characters throughout, this handy reference contains the latest information on 300 medical-surgical disorders, treatments, and nursing interventions. The text is organized by body system for quick reference and highlights essential information with abundant icons, tables, illustrations, and flowcharts. Each chapter includes a summary, an anatomy and physiology review, assessment, diagnostic tests, treatments, and nursing diagnoses. Disorders are presented alphabetically using an easy-to-understand, light-hearted approach. A quick quiz at the end of each chapter helps to reinforce learning.

Table of Contents

Contributors and consultants	iv
Foreword	v
1 Medical-surgical nursing practice	1	(12)
2 Nursing process	13	(16)
3 Fluids and electrolytes	29	(26)
4 Perioperative care	55	(20)
5 Pain management	75	(20)
6 Neurologic disorders	95	(68)
7 Eye disorders	163	(32)
8 Ear, nose, and throat disorders	195	(26)
9 Cardiovascular disorders	221	(104)
10 Respiratory disorders	325	(78)
11 Gastrointestinal disorders	403	(94)
12 Endocrine disorders	497	(50)
13 Renal and urologic disorders	547	(62)
14 Reproductive disorders	609	(40)
15 Musculoskeletal disorders	649	(60)
16 Hematologic and lymphatic disorders	709	(32)
17 Immunologic disorders	741	(36)
18 Skin disorders	777	(26)
19 Cancer care	803	(34)
20 Gerontologic care	837	(32)
Appendices and index	869	(1)
Glossary	870	(3)
Selected references	873	(1)
Index	874
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Preface	xi
1. Introducing ColdFusion	1	(8)
What Is ColdFusion?	1	(2)
ColdFusion Architecture	3	(3)
Getting Started with ColdFusion	6	(3)
2. ColdFusion Basics	9	(32)
Getting Started	9	(4)
Datatypes	13	(3)
Variables	16	(9)
Expressions	25	(2)
Writing Output	27	(4)
Conditional Processing	31	(4)
Looping	35	(3)
Including Other Templates	38	(3)
3. Passing Data Between Templates	41	(21)
Passing Parameters Via URL	41	(5)
Passing Data Using Forms	46	(14)
Dealing with Nonexistent Parameters	60	(2)
4. Database Basics	62	(32)
Configuring Data Sources	62	(2)
Introducing cfquery	64	(1)
A Quick SQL Primer	65	(3)
Retrieving and Displaying Data	68	(6)
Sorting Query Results	74	(1)
Grouping Output	75	(5)
Looping Over a Query Result Set	80	(2)
Formatting Techniques	82	(12)
5. Maintaining Database Records	94	(38)
Inserting Records	94	(9)
Updating Existing Records	103	(22)
Deleting Records	125	(7)
6. Complex Datatypes	132	(19)
Lists	132	(3)
Arrays	135	(6)
Structures	141	(9)
Query Objects	150	(1)
7. Maintaining State	151	(49)
Setting Up the Web Application Framework	157	(4)
Using Shared Scope Variables	161	(26)
Browser Redirection	187	(1)
Portal Example	188	(12)
8. Security	200	(26)
Security Basics	200	(1)
Implementing Security from Scratch	201	(14)
Taking Advantage of ColdFusion MX's New Security Framework	215	(11)
9. Error and Exception Handling	226	(33)
Basic Exception Handling	226	(7)
Custom Exception Handling	233	(4)
Rethrowing Exceptions	237	(3)
Error Handling Within the Web-Application Framework	240	(17)
Server-Wide Error Handling	257	(2)
10. Dynamic Form Controls	259	(51)
Combining HTML and CFML Form Controls	260	(2)
Basic Input Controls	262	(8)
Textual Input	270	(2)
A Selection Control	272	(2)
Sliders	274	(4)
Grids	278	(14)
Trees	292	(12)
Preserving Input	304	(2)
Custom Controls	306	(4)
11. Advanced Database Techniques	310	(63)
Display Techniques	310	(15)
Drilldown Queries	325	(4)
Query Caching	329	(4)
Advanced SQL	333	(28)
Query of Queries	361	(2)
Calling Stored Procedures	363	(4)
Transaction Processing	367	(6)
12. Manipulating Files and Directories	373	(34)
Working with Directories	373	(4)
Dealing with Files	377	(13)
Performing FTP Operations	390	(13)
Executing Command-Line Programs	403	(4)
13. Working with Email	407	(33)
Sending Email	407	(11)
Dealing with Undeliverable Email	418	(2)
Retrieving Messages	420	(7)
Building a Web-Based Email Client	427	(13)
14. Interacting with Other Web Servers Using HTTP	440	(24)
Retrieving Information	440	(12)
Parsing Data	452	(2)
Generating Static HTML Pages	454	(3)
Posting Information	457	(5)
cfhttp Considerations	462	(2)
15. Interfacing with IDAP-Enabled Directories	464	(20)
LDAP Basics	464	(2)
Querying an LDAP Directory	466	(8)
Modifying LDAP Entries	474	(7)
Modifying the Distinguished Name	481	(3)
16. Working with the Verity Search Interface	484	(42)
Creating Collections	485	(2)
Populating Collections	487	(6)
Searching Collections	493	(7)
The Verity Search Language	500	(12)
Updating Collections	512	(1)
Maintaining Collections	513	(2)
Advanced Techniques	515	(11)
17. Graphing and Charting	526	(19)
Creating a Simple Graph	526	(3)
Working with Dates	529	(4)
Charting Dynamic Data	533	(1)
Charting Multiple Data Series	534	(4)
Drilling Down on Graph Data	538	(4)
Saving Charts to a Variable	542	(1)
Working with the Chart Cache	543	(2)
18. Regular Expressions in ColdFusion	545	(22)
Regular-Expression Syntax	545	(8)
Finding Strings	553	(6)
Replacing Strings	559	(1)
Backreferences	559	(2)
Useful Regular Expressions	561	(1)
Regular Expression Tester	562	(5)
19. Scripting	567	(14)
Scripting Syntax	567	(2)
Writing Output	569	(1)
Flow Control and Looping	570	(9)
Error and Exception Handling	579	(2)
20. User-Defined Functions	581	(19)
UDF Basics	582	(6)
Calling User-Defined Functions	588	(2)
Advanced Topics	590	(5)
Function Libraries	595	(2)
Script-Based UDFs	597	(3)
21. Creating Custom Tags	600	(52)
Getting Started	600	(2)
Calling Custom Tags	602	(2)
Passing Data	604	(2)
Returning Data	606	(14)
Attribute Validation and Error Handling	620	(3)
Advanced Techniques	623	(23)
Protecting Your Tags	646	(1)
CFX Tags	647	(5)
22. ColdFusion Components	652	(40)
Basic Concepts	652	(2)
Creating Components	654	(8)
Using Components	662	(6)
Advanced CFC Topics	668	(24)
23. XML and WDDX	692	(51)
Working with XML	692	(21)
Using WDDX	713	(30)
24. Web Services	743	(28)
Web Services Overview	743	(2)
Consuming Web Services	745	(15)
Producing Web Services	760	(7)
Web Services Security	767	(4)
25. Working with the System Registry	771	(10)
Getting Registry Keys and Values	772	(4)
Setting Registry Keys and Values	776	(2)
Deleting Registry Keys and Values	778	(3)
26. Using the ColdFusion Scheduler	781	(18)
Scheduling Tasks with the ColdFusion Administrator	781	(5)
Scheduling Tasks with cfschedule	786	(11)
Additional Considerations	797	(2)
27. Interacting with COM, CORBA, and Java	799	(22)
Working with COM	799	(5)
Calling CORBA Objects	804	(1)
Integrating ColdFusion and Java	805	(16)
28. Flash Remoting	821	(25)
Getting Started with Flash Remoting for ColdFusion MX	821	(6)
Interacting with ColdFusion Pages	827	(5)
Interacting with ColdFusion Components	832	(11)
Interacting with Server-Side ActionScript	843	(1)
Flash Remoting with Java Objects Hosted on the ColdFusion MX Server	844	(2)
A. Tag Reference	846	(124)
B. Function Reference	970	(109)
C. Example Database Tables	1079	(4)
D. ColdFusion Resources	1083
Index	1081