Focus on Adult Health Medical Surgical Nursing
Honan · 2nd Edition · ISBN 9781496349286 · Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Focus on Adult Health Medical Surgical Nursing (2nd Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 55 chapters.
Overview
Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing (2nd Edition) by Linda Honan is a core med-surg text that organizes adult care around nursing assessment and management by body system. This study guide is built to follow it chapter by chapter, so you review in the same order your professor teaches — from the nurse's role in adult health, health education, chronic illness and end-of-life care, fluid and electrolyte and acid-base imbalances, perioperative nursing, cancer care, and pain management, and then system by system through respiratory, cardiovascular and circulatory, hematologic, digestive and gastrointestinal, renal and urinary, endocrine, reproductive, immune, rheumatic, and musculoskeletal disorders, pairing assessment chapters with the nursing management of specific conditions. It pulls out the priority assessments, must-know nursing interventions, and pathophysiology-to-care connections you need for exams. It is an independent, aligned study companion — not the textbook itself and not a reproduction of its content.
Aligned with undergraduate medical-surgical nursing courses and written in an NCLEX-RN style, with priorities and rationales that mirror how adult-health content is tested on course exams and the licensure exam.
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Nurse's role in adult health
- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
- Perioperative nursing overview
- Cancer care nursing
- Pain assessment and management
- Respiratory disorders management
- Cardiovascular disorders management
- Common hematologic disorders
- Common gastrointestinal disorders
- Renal and urinary disorders
- Diabetes and endocrine disorders
- Immune and rheumatic disorders
- Musculoskeletal assessment overview
Need the textbook itself?
Written by Linda Honan and published by Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), Focus on Adult Health: Medical-Surgical Nursing is known for pairing system-based assessment with the nursing management of specific adult-health conditions.
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Chapters covered
Every chapter below is fully covered in the PDF — summary, learning objectives, key terms, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales.
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What exactly do I get?
A printable PDF study guide covering all 55 chapters of Focus on Adult Health Medical Surgical Nursing (2nd Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
How soon will I get it?
Instantly. A download link appears on screen and lands in your inbox the moment your payment clears.
Does this match the 2nd Edition?
Yes. It follows the 2nd Edition (ISBN 9781496349286) by Honan chapter by chapter, including the assessment and management chapters by body system.
Is it enough for my med-surg final?
It covers the high-yield priorities, interventions, and rationales by chapter, making it a strong review tool alongside your lectures and the textbook.
Are the questions NCLEX-style?
Yes. Practice and rationales are written in an NCLEX-RN style to mirror how medical-surgical nursing is tested.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 2nd Edition. If your class uses a different edition, chapter numbering may shift slightly, but the topics and learning objectives are usually unchanged.
Do I still need the textbook?
The study guide is a companion, not a replacement — it helps you study efficiently and review fast, but you'll still want the textbook for full depth and any assigned readings. You can buy new, rent, or find a used copy through the price links on this page.
What if it is not what I expected?
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Is this a test bank or copied from the textbook?
No. This is an original study guide written to align with Focus on Adult Health Medical Surgical Nursing — summaries, objectives, and practice questions with rationales, not a reproduced publisher test bank or copied text.
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About this study guide
This is an original study guide written to align with the topics and learning objectives covered in Focus on Adult Health Medical Surgical Nursing (2nd Edition) by Honan. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.