This highly practical text aims to provide nurses with a basic guide to gastrointestinal disorders. This is a new edition to the successful Fundamental Aspects of Nursing series. This book provides clear descriptions of epidemiology, pathophysiology, assessment and diagnosis of gastrointestinal disorders. It offers guidances on the clinical nursing skills required to care for patients with gastrointestinal disorders. The information is presented in a user-friendly format with chapter templates, tables and figures throughout.
About the authors
Carol Cox is Professor of Nursing, Advanced Clinical Practice and Research Lead at the Department of Applied Biological Sciences
Martin Steggall is Head of Department of Applied Biological Sciences and Associate Dean Pre-registration Nursing and Midwifery.
Alison Coutts is a Senior Lecturer at Department of Applied Biological Sciences.
Subject
Gastrointestinal disorders, Nursing
Readership
Practice and community nurses, gastrointestinal nurses and technicians, healthcare assistants, nursing students.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract
Lower GI complaints
Upper GI complaints
Tumours of the GI tract
Malabsorption syndromes
GI imaging studies
Other diseases
Nutrition
