Modern Healthcare Internship Handbook

Author: Tang Haigeng, Liao Jisheng (editors)
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Publishing Date: 1998-01-01
Features: The book is divided into an upper part, a lower part, and an appendix, totaling 1.8 million words. The upper part is titled "Modern Medical and Nursing Diagnosis and Treatment Protocols," which includes 586 common and frequently occurring diseases, organized into six chapters: Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, and Stomatology. After a general overview of each disease, there are three sections: "Key Points of Diagnosis," "Key Points of Treatment," and "Key Points of Nursing Care." The "Key Points of Diagnosis" include general information about the disease's onset, main symptom characteristics, and necessary objective examination criteria. Some diseases also provide a table for differential diagnosis. The "Key Points of Treatment" are divided into three parts: general treatment, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment, and Western medicine treatment. General treatment primarily describes basic treatment methods and lifestyle precautions for the disease. TCM treatment emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment, focusing on the main symptoms, treatment methods, herbal formulas, and dosages for each syndrome. It also summarizes experiences in commonly used TCM patent medicines, single herbs, external treatments, and acupuncture therapy. Western medicine treatment focuses on drug selection and application, detailing the dosage, usage, and efficacy of medications for each disease. Additionally, it introduces other necessary treatments, such as surgical therapy, radiotherapy, physical therapy, dialysis therapy, external counterpulsation therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and plasma exchange therapy. The "Key Points of Nursing Care" summarize the requirements for monitoring the condition, observing drug side effects, and symptom management for each disease. The lower part is titled "Modern Diagnosis and Nursing Techniques," which includes 522 commonly used techniques, organized into three chapters: "Diagnostic Techniques," "Treatment Techniques," and "Nursing Techniques." Diagnostic techniques are divided into five parts: examination purpose, pre-examination preparation, operation methods, result interpretation, and precautions. Treatment techniques primarily focus on indications, preoperative preparation, operation methods, and precautions. Nursing techniques are generally discussed in itemized form. The appendix includes four sections: "Diagnostic and Nursing Indicators," "Common Drugs," "Medical Record Writing Techniques," and "Common Medical Measurement Units, Prescription Language, and Related Foreign Language Writing." The book covers everything from disease diagnosis to treatment and nursing, from TCM to Western medicine, from drugs and surgery to medical record writing, from examination methods to electrocardiography, echocardiography, B-ultrasound, X-rays, and CT scans. It is well-organized, detailed, and highly practical, making it an excellent reference book for students in secondary health schools and higher medical colleges. It also provides valuable reference material for medical students and healthcare professionals in grassroots medical units.