Professional Guide to Diseases
Willis · 11th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Professional Guide to Diseases (11th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 21 chapters.
Overview
Professional Guide to Diseases (11th Edition) is the Lippincott disease reference organized by body system, and this study guide is written from scratch to move through the same 21 disease categories, so you review in the same order the reference is organized and always know where a condition belongs. For every category you get a plain-English summary of the key conditions and their hallmark features, learning objectives laid out up front, and NCLEX-style practice questions with a full rationale for every answer, so it teaches you why each choice is right or wrong rather than just handing you a key. You'll work through cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurologic disorders, then gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and musculoskeletal disorders, followed by renal and urologic, immune, and hematologic disorders. From there you'll cover metabolic and nutritional, endocrine, eye, and ear/nose/throat disorders, then skin disorders, malignant neoplasms, infection, and trauma, before finishing with genetic, obstetric and gynecologic, sexual, and psychiatric disorders. This body-system organization mirrors how the reference itself groups conditions, so your review builds the same working mental map you'll use at the bedside when a diagnosis doesn't match the chapter you just studied. As you study you'll practice recognizing hallmark signs and symptoms across an unusually wide range of diagnoses and connecting each condition to its priority nursing interventions, the kind of broad disease recognition med-surg courses and the NCLEX both test. Whether you're prepping for a comprehensive exam or reviewing disease content across a full nursing program before the licensure exam, this printable companion is built to be highlighted, annotated, and kept for the whole program. It aligns with the categories the reference emphasizes without reproducing its content. Original, independently written, and not affiliated with the publisher.
Aligned with comprehensive med-surg and disease-recognition content across nursing curricula and written in an NCLEX-RN style — the practice questions mirror how broad disease recognition is tested on course exams and the licensure exam.
- 630+ practice questions
- 21 chapters
- ~120 pages
- Instant PDF download
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Cardiovascular and respiratory disorders
- Neurologic and gastrointestinal disorders
- Musculoskeletal and renal/urologic disorders
- Immune and hematologic disorders
- Metabolic, nutritional, and endocrine disorders
- Eye, ear, nose, and throat disorders
- Skin disorders
- Malignant neoplasms
- Infectious disease by organism
- Trauma by anatomical region
- Genetic and obstetric/gynecologic disorders
- Sexual and psychiatric disorders
Need the textbook itself?
The reference itself (Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, clinical edition by Laura M. Willis) is a comprehensive disease reference organized by body system, covering hallmark signs, symptoms, and nursing considerations across the full range of adult and pediatric 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 21 chapters of Professional Guide to Diseases (11th 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 11th Edition specifically?
Yes — it's built around the 11th Edition, following its 21-category, body-system organization. If your edition differs slightly in category order, the disease groupings themselves still line up.
Is this the textbook or a study guide?
It's an original, independently written study guide that reviews the same topics in the same order — plain-English summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. It does not reproduce the textbook and isn't affiliated with the publisher.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 11th 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.
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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 Professional Guide to Diseases — 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 Professional Guide to Diseases (11th Edition) by Willis. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or licensed by the publisher or the textbook's authors. All summaries, practice questions, and explanations are independently authored.