Preceded by Basic nursing / Leslie S. Treas, Judith M. Wilkinson, Karen Barnett, Mable H. Smith. Second edition. [2018]. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Unit 1: How Nurses Think -- Chapter 1: Evolution of Nursing Thought & Actions -- Chapter 2: Clinical Judgment -- Chapter 3: The Steps of the Nursing Process -- Chapter 4: Evidence-Based Practice: Theory and Research -- Unit 2: Factors Affecting Health -- Chapter 5: Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood -- Chapter 6: Life Span: Older Adults -- Chapter 7: Experiencing Health & Illness -- Chapter 8: Stress & Adaptation -- Chapter 9: Psychosocial Health & Illness -- Chapter 10: Family Health -- Chapter 11: Caring in Multicultural Healthcare Environments -- Chapter 12: Spirituality -- Chapter 13: Experiencing Loss -- Unit 3: Essential Nursing Interventions -- Chapter 15: Communicating & Therapeutic Relationships -- Chapter 16: Patient Education -- Chapter 17: Documenting & Reporting -- Chapter 18: Measuring Vital Signs -- Chapter 19: Physical Assessment -- Chapter 20: Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection -- Chapter 21: Safety -- Chapter 22: Facilitating Hygiene -- Chapter 23: Administering Medications -- Unit 4: Supporting Physiological Function -- Chapter 24: Nutrition -- Chapter 25: Urinary Elimination -- Chapter 26: Bowel Elimination -- Chapter 27: Sensation, Perception, & Response -- Chapter 28: Pain -- Chapter 29: Physical Activity & Immobility -- Chapter 30: Sexual Health -- Chapter 31: Sleep & Rest -- Chapter 32: Skin Integrity & Wound Healing -- Chapter 33: Oxygenation -- Chapter 34: Circulation & Perfusion -- Chapter 35: Hydration & Homeostasis -- Chapter 36: Caring for the Surgical Patient -- Unit 5: The Context for Nurses' Work -- Chapter 37: Community & Home Health Nursing -- Chapter 38: Nursing Informatics -- Chapter 39: Legal Accountability -- Chapter 40: Leading & Managing -- Chapter 41: Ethics & Values.
Summary:
"The textbook contains all the theoretical and conceptual material typically present in a fundamentals text, presented in a clinically focused, user-friendly manner, and incorporating many examples. And because this basic, fundamental content will be used throughout the nurse's career, we believe it is-or should be-the most important course students take. We want them to say, "Everything I need to know, I learned in fundamentals-all I needed to know about how to think, what to do, and how to care" (at a basic level). You will see those themes integrated throughout each chapter"-- Provided by publisher.
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