Brunner & Suddarth’s Textbook of
Medical-Surgical Nursing 15th
, Edition Hinkle Cheever – Updated
2025/2026
UNIT 1: NURSING BASICS AND EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Chapter 1 — Health Care Delivery and Evidence-Based Nursing Practice
Chapter 2 — Community-Based Nursing Practice
Chapter 3 — Critical Thinking, Ethical Decision Making, and the Nursing
Process
Chapter 4 — Health Education and Health Promotion
Chapter 5 — Adult Health and Nutritional Assessment
UNIT 2: BIOPHYSICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCEPTS IN NURSING
PRACTICE
Chapter 6 — Individual and Family Homeostasis, Stress, and Adaptation
Chapter 7 — Overview of Transcultural Nursing
Chapter 8 — Overview of Genetics and Genomics in Nursing
Chapter 9 — Chronic Illness and Disability
Chapter 10 — Principles and Practices of Rehabilitation
Chapter 11 — Health Care of the Older Adult
UNIT 3: CONCEPTS AND CHALLENGES IN PATIENT MANAGEMENT