This readable and user-friendly textbook presents the most essential material from Barbara Kuhn Timby's market-leading textbook, Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing, Eighth Edition. Essentials of Medical-Surgical Nursing contains essential medical-surgical content and also includes two units on maternity nursing and pediatric nursing. More than 250 full-color illustrations complement the text. Ancillaries will include a study guide, an Instructor's Manual and Testbank CD-ROM, an image bank, and a Connection Website. Essentials of Medical-Surgical Nursing offers LPN/LVN students an easy-to-digest overview of medical-surgical nursing, and is an excellent supplement to Timby's Fundamental Skills and Concepts in Patient Care.