Main description:

Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Healthcare Students is a succinct but complete overview of the structure and function of the human body, with clinical applications throughout.  Designed specifically for nursing and healthcare students, the new edition of this best–selling textbook provides a user–friendly, straightforward, jargon–free introduction to the subject. 

Key features:

• Clinical considerations and scenarios throughout showing how the material can be applied to daily practice


• Featuring over 300 superb full colour illustrations


• Now includes a boxed feature throughout on medicines management; providing information concerning a variety of medicines used in the care and management of people that are related to the body system of the chapter


• The Conditions feature within each chapter provides you with a list of disorders that are associated with the topics discussed, helping relate theory to practice


• Each chapter includes learning outcomes, test your knowledge, scenarios, activities and summaries.


• Includes a list of prefixes and suffixes, as well as normal values, and a glossary of terms


• Supported by enhanced online resources with fantastic extras for both lecturers and students, including an image bank, online glossary, flashcards, interactive multiple choice questions, examples of patient notes, and more

Back cover:

Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Healthcare Students is a succinct but complete overview of the structure and function of the human body, with clinical applications throughout.  Designed specifically for nursing and healthcare students, the new edition of this best–selling textbook provides a user–friendly, straightforward, jargon–free introduction to the subject. 

Key features:

• Clinical considerations and scenarios throughout showing how the material can be applied to daily practice


• Featuring over 300 superb full colour illustrations


• Now includes a boxed feature throughout on medicines management; providing information concerning a variety of medicines used in the care and management of people that are related to the body system of the chapter


• The Conditions feature within each chapter provides you with a list of disorders that are associated with the topics discussed, helping relate theory to practice


• Each chapter includes learning outcomes, test your knowledge, scenarios, activities and summaries.


• Includes a list of prefixes and suffixes, as well as normal values, and a glossary of terms


• Supported by enhanced online resources with fantastic extras for both lecturers and students, including an image bank, online glossary, flashcards, interactive multiple choice questions, examples of patient notes, and more

Contents:

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Preface to the second edition

Prefixes, suffixes

How to use your textbook

About the Companion Website

Chapter 1: Basic scientific principles of physiology

Peter S Vickers

Chapter 2: Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems fluid
movement between compartments
Muralitharan Nair

Chapter 3: Genetics
Peter S Vickers

Chapter 4: Tissues
Anthony Wheeldon

Chapter 5: Skeletal system
Ian Peate

Chapter 6: Muscular system
Janet G Migliozzi

Chapter 7: Circulatory system
Muralitharan Nair

Chapter 8: Cardiac system
Carl Clare

Chapter 9: Digestive system
Louise McErlean

Chapter 10: Renal system
Muralitharan Nair

Chapter 11: Respiratory system
Anthony Wheeldon

Chapter 12: Reproductive systems
Ian Peate

Chapter 13: The Nervous system
Louise McErlean and Janet G Migliozzi

Chapter 14: The Senses
Carl Clare

Chapter 15: Endocrine system
Carl Clare

Chapter 16: Immune system
Peter S Vickers

Chapter 17: The Skin
Ian Peate