RN Med-Surg Simplified: A plain language study book for students

Your med-surg textbook is over a thousand pages. Your exam is Tuesday.RN Med-Surg Simplified is what two Professors of Nursing kept after they cut the rest. Thirteen body systems, in plain English, built around the four things you are actually asked for: the pathophysiology you need, the signs you will really see, the medications you will really give, and the nursing action that protects the patient.Not a summary of the textbook. A sorting of it - by faculty who teach the course and write the review questions their own students sit.Inside- 13 body-system chapters - cardiac, respiratory, GI, renal, endocrine, neuro, musculoskeletal, integumentary, hematology, immune and oncology, sensory, reproductive, and fluid and electrolyte care- Comparative tables for the ones students mix up under pressure - left versus right heart failure, hyper- versus hypothyroidism, Crohn's versus UC, SIADH versus DI- EKG rhythm strips with the immediate RN action for each- ABG and acid-base interpretation using the ROME mnemonic, with the electrolyte changes that show on the ECG- Medication tables organised around what to watch for before you give it- Pressure-injury staging, burn rule-of-nines and Glasgow Coma Scale references- Current infection-control coverage, including Hantavirus- Faculty tips and NCLEX-RN-style review questions in every chapterWho it is forNursing students in a med-surg course, students preparing for the NCLEX-RN, and nurses returning to bedside practice who want the essentials back quickly.What it is notIt is not a replacement for your assigned textbook or your instructors. It is the layer between them and the exam - the part nobody has time to build for themselves at eleven at night.Kept aligned to the NCLEX-RN test plan that took effect 1 April 2026. Also available spiral-bound, so it lies flat while you write.By Imelda de Vera Guimary, DNP, APN, MPH, CDE, CWC-AP and Robert Guimary, MSN, RN - Professors of Nursing in active clinical practice.