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Title: Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing by Suzanne C., Rn, Edd, Faan Smeltzer, Brenda G., Rn, Msn Bare ISBN: 0-7817-4154-8 Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $92.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Golly Miss Molly!!
Comment: A huge book that is chock full of much information- for students as well as experienced clinicians. I recommend it as an excellent reference book to keep around. Organized well, system by system. Nurses in need of repair may also be interested in "Treat Your Own Knees" and "The Multifidus Back Pain Solution."
Rating: 3
Summary: Exhaustive (Good) & Exhausting (Not-so-good)
Comment: I'm a recent graduate of a Registered Nursing program in which we used this textbook as our primary resource for Med-Surg information. I had a strong love/hate relationship with this textbook and I believe with a few revisions, it could be a truly outstanding piece of work.
First, THE GOOD: It is unarguably EXHAUSTIVE in the depth of information presented, thus it makes an excellent reference material. The explanations of diseases, disorders, treatments, and techniques are clear and concise, albeit very dense. Don't expect to be able to skim anything here - absolutely every word seems necessary, and no space is wasted. One can gain a great deal of confidence when one has absolute confidence in the validity of their textbook. Brunner & Suddarths projects that kind of reliability.
THE BAD: Such copious amounts of information require precise and meticulous organization, which Brunner & Suddarth's is lacking. Though it does not take away from the validity of the information, you might have some difficulty finding what you're looking for. More than once I noticed a disease or disorder's definition out of chronological order in the chapter, located well after the text had referred to it several times. (I was often feeling quite lost and stupid when the book would mention something I'd never seen before, only to define it 30 pages later. Once I discovered that pattern, I knew to dig for definitions before continuing my studies.) The index often seems incomplete, as I often found myself wandering for a passage I had been studying earlier, searching until I stumbled on the passcode-type keyword. Sometimes, there is no cross-reference in the index at all.
If you're a nursing student (first of all, GOOD LUCK! It's worth the trials!) or a RN who is looking for a great reference material for your profession, this textbook comes recommended. For most effective study, use it more like an encyclopedia than a standard text.
Rating: 5
Summary: Smeltzer & Bare
Comment: I have really become very close to this book. The text is presented in a manner which makes it easily understandable. The content goes into ellaborate depth, leaving no unanswered questions. Well Done!
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