, Handbook of Clinical Nursing:
MEDICAL–SURGICAL NURSING
,Ronald L. Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FAAN, is an associate professor and a board-
certified acute care nurse practitioner at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve
University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned a bachelor of arts in biology, a master of science (acute
care nurse practitioner), and a doctorate in nursing from CWRU. He has received regional and national
distinctions for his commitment and sustained contributions to nursing science and practice. Dr. Hickman is
a nationally recognized nurse scientist and advanced practice nurse. In 2015, he was elected a fellow of the
American Academy of Nursing and National Academies of Practice. With nearly two decades of clinical
experience, he has provided evidence-based nursing care to patients and their families across tertiary care
settings. He has authored more than 50 publications and numerous book chapters with a clinical focus, and
serves as a contributing editor for the American Journal of Critical Care. As an associate editor of A Guide
to Mastery in Clinical Nursing, Dr. Hickman’s clinical expertise in the management of patients requiring
life-sustaining care in emergency departments and intensive care units is highlighted in the book’s content
regarding emergency and critical care, medical–surgical, and nurse anesthesia care.
Celeste M. Alfes, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE-A, is associate professor and director of the Center for
Nursing Education, Simulation, and Innovation at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case
Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing
(University of Akron), master of science in nursing (University of Akron), and doctor of nursing practice at
CWRU. With a background in critical care nursing, she has 20 years of experience teaching baccalaureate
nursing students and has been instrumental in developing high-fidelity simulation programs nationally and
internationally. She was instrumental in developing the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight
Nursing, which features the nation’s first high-fidelity Sikorsky S76® helicopter simulator adapted for
interdisciplinary education and crew resource management. She received the National League for Nursing’s
Simulation Leader in Nursing Education award (2012) and the Joyce Griffin-Sobel Research award (2014).
Her research incorporates interprofessional simulations to strengthen clinical reasoning and performance
outcomes. Dr. Alfes currently serves as a reviewer for the National Science Foundation, is a coinvestigator
on funded research projects with the Laerdal Foundation of Norway and the U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory, is on the editorial board of Applied Nursing Research, and is a reviewer for the journals Nursing
Education Perspectives and Clinical Simulation in Nursing.
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP, is Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing,
Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio,
where she was the dean from 1982 through 1997. She is also an adjunct professor, Department of Geriatrics,
Ichan School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York. She earned a bachelor of science in
nursing (Georgetown University), an MS in psychiatric–mental health nursing (The Ohio State University),
a PhD in nursing (New York University), and an MBA at CWRU. She was elected a fellow of the American
Academy of Nursing (AAN; 1981) and a fellow in the National Academies of Practice (1996). She received
the American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award 20 times. Dr. Fitzpatrick received the American
Nurses Foundation Distinguished Contribution to Nursing Science award for sustained commitment and
contributions to the development of the discipline (2002). She was a Fulbright Scholar at University
College Cork, Cork, Ireland (2007–2008), and was inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International
Research Hall of Fame (2014). In 2016, she was named a Living Legend of the AAN. Dr. Fitzpatrick’s
work is widely disseminated in nursing and health care literature; she has authored or edited more than 300
,publications, including more than 80 books. She even served as a coeditor of the Annual Review of Nursing
Research series, volumes 1 to 26, and she currently edits the journals Applied Nursing Research, Archives of
Psychiatric Nursing, and Nursing Education Perspectives, the official journal of the National League for
Nursing.
, Handbook of Clinical Nursing:
MEDICAL–SURGICAL NURSING
Ronald L. Hickman, Jr., PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP,
FAAN Celeste M. Alfes, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE, CHSE-A
Joyce J. Fitzpatrick, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN, FNAP
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Contributors
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Addison’s Disease
Yolanda Flenoury
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Mary Jo Elmo
Anemia in Adults
Kerry Mastrangelo and Mary T. Quinn Griffin
Atelectasis
Ashley L. Foreman
Atherosclerosis
Kari Gali
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
Kelly Ann Lynn
Bladder Cancer
Dianna Jo Copley
Bowel Obstruction
Kelly Ann Lynn and Jane F. Marek
Brain Tumors
Peter J. Cebull
Cardiomyopathy
Elsie A. Jolade
,Chronic Kidney Disease
Mary de Haan
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Christina M. Canfield
Colorectal Cancer
Visnja Maria Masina and Crina V. Floruta
Coronary Artery Disease in Adults
Kate Cook and Mary T. Quinn Griffin
Cushing Syndrome
Yolanda Flenoury and Jane F. Marek
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Kelly K. McConnell
Diabetes Insipidus
Danielle M. Diemer
Diabetes Mellitus
Mary Beth Modic
Diverticular Disease
Rhoda Redulla
Endocarditis
Courtney G. Donahue and Celeste M. Alfes
Fractures
Joseph D. Perazzo
Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Disease
Andrea Marie Herr
Gastric Cancer
Una Hopkins and Jane F. Marek
Gastritis
Maria G. Smisek
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Kelly Ann Lynn
, Gout
Maria A. Mendoza
Guillain–Barré Syndrome
Kathleen Marsala-Cervasio
Heart Failure
Arlene Travis
Hemolytic Anemia
Rebecca M. Lutz and Charrita Ernewein
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Bette K. Idemoto and Jane F. Marek
Hiatal Hernia
Maricar P. Gomez
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Scott Emory Moore
Hypertension
Marian Soat
Hyperthyroidism
Colleen Kurzawa
Hypothyroidism
Karen L. Terry
Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Adults
Ronald Rock
Leukemia
Marisa A. Cortese
Liver Cancer
Shannon A. Rives
Lung Cancer
Helen Foley
Lymphoma
Marisa A. Cortese and Jane F. Marek
