Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, North American Edition: In Two Volumes (Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing) (Hardcover)

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Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, Eleventh Edition has now been enhanced by new, state-of-the-art ancillaries. Purchasers of this new book will gain access to the following assets at http://thepoint.lww.com: online searchable text; Concepts-in-Action animations; Watch and Learn video clips; journal articles for each chapter; clinical simulations; case studies for each chapter; heart and breath sounds; and LiveAdvise student tutorial. A new bound-in CD-ROM contains 300 bonus NCLEX-style questions related to medical-surgical nursing and 3,500 NCLEX-style questions spanning the curriculum.

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Product Details Hardcover: 2774 pages Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Eleventh Edition edition (March 1, 2008) Language: English ISBN-10: 1582559945 ISBN-13: 978-1582559940 Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 3.4 inches Shipping Weight: 12.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,095 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #7 in  Books > Science > Medicine > Nursing > Medical & Surgical #7 in  Books > Professional & Technical > Medical > Nursing > Medical & Surgical

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 2774 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Eleventh Edition edition (March 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582559945
• ISBN-13: 978-1582559940
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 3.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,095 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Medical Surgical nursing, September 14, 2008

By	Mariarosa Munoz (Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

good book, however the cd was not very helpful, if you set up by chapters or by body systems i would be able to just get to the point w/o wasting time
thanks

5.0 out of 5 stars great med/surg nursing ref. book, May 19, 2009

By	C. Shoaf - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a giant book with 2 vol. I used in in nursing school and found it to be usefull in nursing practice for reference. It has just about every disease and condition in it. Over all pretty informative book. I would really recommend for a book you can take to with you to work or clinicals the Handbood for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbood of medical-surgical nursing. It is a 7in x 4in x 1in book that has every disease with a little patho, dx test, and nursing treatments and implications great for ref on the job for the diseases you dont get everyday written by the same authors but a much smaller version.

5.0 out of 5 stars just what i ordered!, January 13, 2009

By	M. Hirata (Yosemite, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

the books were in exactly the condition the seller stated they were in. quick, even with the holiday rush!