Fundamentals of Nursing - Pageburst E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card)
Caring and Clinical Judgment
By- Helen Harkreader, PhD, RN, Professor, Austin Community College Austin, TX
- Mary Ann Hogan, RN, MSN, Clinical Assistant Professor; School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Amherst, MA
- Marshelle Thobaben, MS, RN, PHN, APNP, FNP, Professor and Community Health and Psychiatric Nursing Consultant, Department of Nursing, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA
This is a Pageburst digital textbook; The new edition of Fundamentals of Nursing gives you complete coverage of the nursing principles, concepts, and skills that form the foundation of a solid nursing education. This engaging text features streamlined procedures that focus on the essential information you need to know to provide safe and effective care. Each clinical chapter begins with a case study and an overview of key nursing diagnoses, and then assessment, planning, interventions, and evaluation are presented within the context of that case study and those key diagnoses. A new Companion CD provides a variety of activities and review questions to help you master important concepts.
Book, 1424 Pages
Published: April 2007
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-1-4557-3531-0
Contents
- UNIT 1 The Social Context of Nursing
1. The Nursing Profession
2. The Legal and Ethical Context of Practice
3. The Cultural Context of Practice
4. The Health Care Delivery System
UNIT 2 A Framework for Nursing Practice
5. Caring and Clinical Judgment
6. Client Assessment
7. Assessing Vital Signs
8. Physical Assessment
9. Making a Nursing Diagnosis
10. Planning, Intervening and Evaluating Care
11. Documenting Care
UNIT 3 The Tools of Practice
12. The Nurse-Client Relationship
13. Client Teaching
14. Managing Client Care
15. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
UNIT 4 The Well Client Across the Life Span
16. Infancy Through School-Age
17. Adolescents and Young Adults
18. Middle and Older Adult New!!
UNIT 5 Health Perception - Health Management Pattern
19. Health Perception
20. Health Maintenance: Lifestyle Management
21. Health Maintenance: Medication Management
22. Health Protection: Risk for Infection
23. Health Protection: Risk for Injury
UNIT 6 Nutritional - Metabolic Pattern
24. Promoting Nutrition
25. Restoring Nutrition
26. Maintaining Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
27. Promoting Wound Healing
28. Body Temperature
UNIT 7 Elimination Pattern
29. Managing Bowel Elimination
30. Managing Urinary Elimination
UNIT 8 Activity - Exercise Pattern
31. Managing Self-Care Deficit
32. Restoring Physical Mobility
33. Preventing Disuse Syndrome
34. Supporting Respiratory Function
35. Supporting Cardiovascular Function
UNIT 9 Sleep - Rest Pattern
36. Managing Sleep and Rest
UNIT 10 Cognitive - Perceptual Pattern
37. Managing Pain
38. Supporting Sensory/Perceptual Function
39. Supporting Verbal Communication
40. Managing Confusion
UNIT 11 Self-Perception - Self-Concept Pattern
41. Promoting Self-Concept
42. Managing Anxiety
43. Managing Vulnerability
UNIT 12 Role - Relationship Pattern
44. Managing Functional Limitations
45. Managing Loss
UNIT 13 Sexuality - Reproduction Pattern
46. Maintaining Sexual Health
UNIT 14 Coping - Stress - Tolerance Pattern
47. Supporting Stress Tolerance and Coping
48. Supporting Family Coping
UNIT 15 Value - Belief Pattern
49. Supporting Spirituality
UNIT 16 The Surgical Client
50. The Surgical Client
