Introduction to nursing -- Theory, research, and evidence-based practice -- Health, wellness, and health disparities -- Health of the individual, family, and community -- Cultural diversity -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Legal dimensions of nursing practice -- Communication -- Teaching and counseling -- Leading, managing, and delegation -- The health care delivery system -- Collaborative practice and care coordination across settings -- Blended competencies, clinical reasoning, and processes of person-centered care -- Assessing -- Diagnosing -- Outcome identification and planning -- Implementing -- Evaluating -- Documenting and reporting -- Nursing informatics -- Developmental concepts -- Conception through young adult -- The aging adult -- Asepsis and infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Safety, security, and emergency preparedness -- Complementary and integrative health -- Medications -- Perioperative nursing -- Hygiene -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Activity -- Rest and sleep -- Comfort and pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Oxygenation and perfusion -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance -- Self-concept -- Stress and adaptation -- Loss, grief, and dying -- Sensory functioning -- Sexuality -- Spirituality.
Summary:
"Today's competitive, market-driven health care environment is challenging the very nature of professional nursing practice. Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Care, Ninth Edition, promotes nursing as an evolving art and science, directed to human health and well-being"--Provided by publisher.
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