Fundamentals Of Nursing - Corrected Printing - With Cd - 7th edition

Summary: Comprehensive, logically organized, and now easier to read, this market-leading fundamentals text provides you with up-to-date coverage of nursing principles, concepts, and skills. The book's nursing process framework, critical thinking emphasis, health promotion focus, and thorough coverage of acute and continuing care in all settings help prepare you for nursing practice today. This new edition addresses the increased focus on evidence-based practice and new guidel ...show moreines for safe patient handling. Plus, a new, cutting-edge chapter on Surviving Cancer helps prepare you to address the unique health care needs of patients who have survived cancer, but still face the physical and emotional after-effects of the illness and its therapy.

# The 5-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for clinical chapters.
# UNIQUE! Critical Thinking in each clinical chapter includes Critical Thinking Models demonstrating the application of the nursing process and critical thinking.
# More than 60 skills are generously illustrated and provide clear, step-by-step instructions for practicing safe nursing care.
# Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions for skills alert you to possible problems and appropriate action.
# Procedural Guidelines boxes provide streamlined, step-by-step instructions for performing very basic skills.
# More than 20 care plans demonstrate the application of the 5-step nursing process to individual patient problems to help you understand how a plan is developed and how to evaluate care.
# Clients in the care plan extend to the critical thinking activities at the end of each chapter.
# Over 20 concept maps visuallydemonstrate planning care for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses.
# Planning sections include sections on Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Collaborative Care to help you plan and prioritize comprehensive client care.
# Implementation sections include health promotion, acute care, and continuing care to prepare you for all levels of care in all settings.
# UNIQUE! Safety Alerts provide information and techniques to ensure client and nurse safety based on The Joint Commission's list of National Patient Safety Goals.
# Cultural Aspect of Care boxes summarize cultural considerations related to the chapter topic and provide practical guidelines for how to meet clients' cultural needs and preferences.
# Client Teaching boxes help you plan effective teaching by first identifying outcomes, then developing strategies on how to teach, and, finally, implementing measures to evaluate learning.
# Focus on Older Adult boxes highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care for this population.
# Key concepts neatly summarize the most important content for each chapter to help you review and evaluate learning.

# UNIQUE! An ESL/Readability specialist has edited each chapter to streamline the text and improve readability.
# UNIQUE! Companion CD, included with the text, provides you with interactive learning activities, searchable audio glossary, Spanish/English audio glossary, Butterfield's Fluids & Electrolytes Tutorial, test-taking skills, and NCLEX exam-style review questions.
# UNIQUE! Evidence Based Practice boxes summarize the results of a research study and describe the difference the study has made in nursing practice.
# Evidence-Based Practice chapter helps you understand how nursing research serves as the basis for determining best practice, and the critical importance of this continually evolving dynamic.
# UNIQUE! Surviving Cancer chapter prepares you to address the unique health care needs of patients who have survived cancer, but still face the physical and emotional after-effects of the illness and its therapy.
# NCLEX examination-style review questions for each chapter include new alternate-item format questions, as well as rationales for all answer choices.
# Delegation coverage is enhanced, noting which skills can and cannot be delegated, and indicating related tasks that should be delegated. To help you apply this information, many chapters incorporate delegation considerations into the chapter case study and address them in the critical thinking and NCLEX exam-style review questions.
# Nursing Assessment Questions boxes help you learn to effectively phrase questions for clients.
# Expanded coverage of informatics familiarizes you with the use of information technology in documenting care and researching best practices.
# UNIQUE! Critical Thinking in Practice sections at the end of each chapter provide questions that require you to apply knowledge, often to the case study detailed in the chapter's care plan.
# New Safe Patient Handling Guidelines are included in the Safety chapter.
# NOC outcomes, as well as NIC interventions, are incorporated in care plans to reflect the standard used by institutions nationwide.
# Key terms are conveniently placed at the beginning of each chapter and include page references where definitions can be found.
# The companion Evolve website offers free downloadable skills video clips and audio chapter summaries. ...show less

Edition/Copyright: 7TH 09
Cover: Hardback
Publisher: C.V. Mosby Co.
Published: 12/19/2008

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Table of Contents
Unit I The client and the health care environment
1 Nursing today 1
2 Health care delivery system 26
3 Community-based nursing practice 46
4 Theoretical foundations of nursing practice 60
5 Nursing research as a basis for practice 73
Unit II Caring throughout the life span
6 Health and wellness 89
7 Caring in nursing practice 106
8 Culture and ethnicity 118
9 Caring for families 139
10 Developmental theories 155
11 Conception through adolescence 171
12 Young to middle adult 216
13 Older adult 234
Unit III Critical thinking in nursing practice
14 Critical thinking in nursing practice 260
15 Nursing assessment 277
16 Nursing diagnosis 299
17 Planning nursing care 317
18 Implementing nursing care 339
19 Evaluation 354
20 Managing client care 370
Unit IV Professional standards in nursing practice
21 Ethics and values 388
22 Legal implications in nursing practice 405
23 Communication 423
24 Client education 448
25 Documentation 476
Unit V Psychosocial basic for nursing practice
26 Self-concept 500
27 Sexuality 522
28 Spiritual health 543
29 The experience of loss, death, and grief 567
30 Stress and coping 595
Unit VI Scientific basis for nursing practice
31 Vital signs 617
32 Health assessment and physical examination 671
33 Infection control 772
34 Medication administration 821
35 Complementary and alternative therapies 910
Unit VII Basic human needs
36 Activity and exercise 929
37 Client safety 959
38 Hygiene 1001
39 Oxygenation 1066
40 Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances 1134
41 Sleep 1198
42 Comfort 1228
43 Nutrition 1271
44 Urinary elimination 1322
45 Bowel elimination 1373
Unit VIII Client with special needs
46 Mobility and immobility 1420
47 Skin integrity and wound care 1482
48 Sensory alterations 1565
49 Care of surgical clients 1593

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