Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice
Stromberg · 5th Edition
Complete chapter-by-chapter study guide aligned with Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice (5th Edition). Includes summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions for all 49 chapters.
Overview
deWit's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice (5th Edition), by Holly Stromberg, is a widely used med-surg text for practical and vocational nursing programs, and this study guide is built to match it chapter for chapter so you review in exactly the order your course runs. It is written for the way LPN and LVN programs teach adult health — clear, practical, and focused on safe bedside care — and this companion turns each chapter into a quick, testable review. For every one of the 49 chapters you get a plain-English summary of the key concepts, the chapter's learning objectives laid out up front, and 30 or more NCLEX-PN-style practice questions with a full rationale for every answer, so it is more than a question bank, it walks you through the pathophysiology, assessment, and nursing care behind each answer. It follows the 5th Edition's unit structure, moving system by system — immune, respiratory, hematologic, cardiovascular, neurologic, sensory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, urinary, endocrine, reproductive, and integumentary — plus emergency, disaster, and adult mental health nursing, so nothing feels out of sequence. The questions are written to mirror how safe, practical adult-health care is tested on unit exams and the licensure exam. Whether you are prepping for a test, reviewing a system before clinical, or studying for the NCLEX-PN, it is a printable companion you can highlight, annotate, and keep across the whole course. Use it beside the text to find weak spots early and lock in the reasoning behind safe medical-surgical care. It keeps the same practical, no-nonsense tone the text is known for, so what you review is what you will actually be expected to do on the floor, and the rationales connect each answer back to the assessment finding or nursing action that makes it correct. Original, independently written, and not affiliated with the publisher.
Aligned with practical and vocational medical-surgical courses and written in an NCLEX-PN style — the practice questions and rationales mirror how adult-health pathophysiology, assessment, and nursing care are tested on course exams and the PN licensure exam.
- 1,470+ practice questions
- 49 chapters
- ~147 pages
- Instant PDF download
What you'll learn
The major topics this guide walks you through, matched to the textbook's order:
- Concepts and practice of medical-surgical nursing
- Critical thinking and the nursing process
- Fluid, electrolyte, acid-base, and IV therapy
- Perioperative and surgical patient care
- Infection prevention, pain, and cancer care
- Immune, respiratory, and hematologic disorders
- Cardiovascular disorders
- Neurologic and sensory disorders
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Musculoskeletal and urinary disorders
- Endocrine disorders and diabetes
- Reproductive disorders and STIs
- Integumentary disorders and burns
- Emergency, disaster, and adult mental health nursing
Need the textbook itself?
The textbook itself, by Holly Stromberg (Elsevier), continues the well-known deWit medical-surgical series and is a core adult-health text in LPN/LVN programs, known for its clear, system-by-system organization and practical nursing-care focus.
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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 49 chapters of Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice (5th Edition) — chapter summaries, learning objectives, and NCLEX-style practice questions with rationales. One file, lifetime access, no subscription.
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Does this match the 5th Edition specifically?
Yes — it is built around the 5th Edition, following its 49-chapter numbering and unit structure. If your course uses the 6th Edition, most content still aligns, though some chapters may be renumbered or retitled.
Is this aimed at LPN/LVN students?
Yes — the questions are written in an NCLEX-PN style to match how this text is used in practical and vocational nursing programs, though it also works as a plain-English adult-health review for RN students.
Will it match my edition?
This guide is built around the 5th 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 Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice — 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 Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts & Practice (5th Edition) by Stromberg. 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.