PEARSON REVIEWS & RATIONALES: MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING WITH NURSING REVIEWS & RATIONALES, 3e provides a clear, concentrated, and up-to-date review of today's need to know knowledge for understanding medical-surgical nursing. Developed by Mary Ann Hogan, RN and reviewed by a large team of nurse educators, this program can be used by current nursing students as a course study aid, for NCLEX-RN(r) exam preparation, or by practicing nurses seeking comprehensive yet concise review of this discipline. Fully reflective of the current (2010) NCLEX-RN(r) Test Plan, it begins by introducing the basics of the medical-surgical nursing process, physical assessment, and common tests. Next, it provides complete chapters on each of these sets of disorders: respiratory, cardiac, peripheral vascular, neurological, renalurinary, hepatobiliarypancreatic, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, integumentary, immunologic, cellular, endocrinemetabolic, hematologic, reproductive, and eyeear.