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Fifth Edition
By
Barbara Christensen, MS, RN, Nurse Educator, Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE
Elaine Kockrow, MS, RN, Formerly, Nurse Educator, Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE
Patricia Castaldi, RN, MSN, BSN, Director, Practical Nursing Program, Unon County College; Plainfield, NJ
Kim Cooper, RN, MSN, Chair, Nursing Department Program, Ivy Tech State College, Terre Haute, IN
Description
This all-in-one study guide, structured around Objectives and the Activities specific to each objective, is designed to assist students
in understanding and applying the content presented in the fifth edition of Foundations and Adult Health Nursing! Together with the textbook,
this study guide will help students gain a solid understanding of the key principles, concepts, and skills they will need to succeed
in their nursing education and career.
Contents
UNIT ONE BASIC NURSING CONCEPTS
Chapter 1 The Evolution of Nursing
Chapter 2 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing
Chapter 3 Communication
Chapter
4 Physical Assessment
Chapter 5 Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
Chapter 6 Documentation
Chapter 7 Cultural and Ethnic
Considerations
Chapter 8 Life Span Development
Chapter 9 Loss, Grief, Dying, and Death
UNIT TWO BASIC NURSING SKILLS
Chapter
10 Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
Chapter 11 Vital Signs
Chapter 12 Medical-Surgical Asepsis and Infection Control
Chapter
13 Surgical Wound Care NEW CHAPTER!
Chapter 14 Safety
Chapter 15 Body Mechanics and Patient Mobility
Chapter 16 Pain Management,
Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
Chapter 17 Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Chapter 18 Hygiene and Care of the Patient?s Environment
Chapter
19 Specimen Collection and Diagnostic Examination
Chapter 20 Selected Nursing Skills
UNIT THREE BASIC NURSING INTERVENTIONS
Chapter
21 Basic Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy
Chapter 22 Fluids and Electrolytes
Chapter 23 Mathematics Review and Medication Administration
Chapter
24 Emergency First Aid Nursing
UNIT FOUR MATERNAL AND NEONATAL NURSING
Chapter 25 Health Promotion and Pregnancy
Chapter
26 Labor and Delivery
Chapter 27 Care of the Mother and Newborn
Chapter 28 Care of the High-Risk Mother, Newborn, and Family with
Special Needs
UNIT FIVE PEDIATRIC NURSING
Chapter 29 Health Promotion for the Infant, Child, and Adolescent
Chapter 30
Basic Pediatric Nursing Care
Chapter 31 Care of the Child with a Physical Disorder
Chapter 32 Care of the Child with a Mental or
Cognitive Disorder
UNIT SIX GERONTOLOGIC NURSING
Chapter 33 Health Promotion and Care of the Older Adult
UNIT SEVEN
PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Chapter 34 Basic Concepts of Mental Health
Chapter 35 Care of the Patient with a Psychiatric
Disorder
Chapter 36 Care of the Patient with an Addictive Personality
UNIT EIGHT COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Chapter 37 Home
Health Nursing
Chapter 38 Long-Term Care
Chapter 39 Rehabilitation Nursing
Chapter 40 Hospice Care
UNIT NINE ADULT
HEALTH NURSING
Chapter 41 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology
Chapter 42 Care of the Surgical Patient
Chapter 43 Care of
the Patient with an Integumentary Disorder
Chapter 44 Care of the Patient with a Musculoskeletal Disorder
Chapter 45 Care of the
Patient with a Gastrointestinal Disorder
Chapter 46 Care of the Patient with a Gallbladder, Liver, Biliary Tract, or Exocrine Pancreatic
Disorder
Chapter 47 Care of the Patient with a Blood or Lymphatic Disorder
Chapter 48 Care of the Patient with a Cardiovascular
or a Peripheral Vascular Disorder
Chapter 49 Care of the Patient with a Respiratory Disorder
Chapter 50 Care of the Patient with
a Urinary Disorder
Chapter 51 Care of the Patient with an Endocrine Disorder
Chapter 52 Care of the Patient with a Reproductive
Disorder
Chapter 53 Care of the Patient with a Visual or Auditory Disorder
Chapter 54 Care of the Patient with a Neurological Disorder
Chapter
55 Care of the Patient with an Immune Disorder
Chapter 56 Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS
Chapter 57 Care of the Patient with
Cancer
UNIT TEN FROM GRADUATE TO PROFESSIONAL
Chapter 58 Professional Roles and Leadership
Appendix A Common Abbreviations
Appendix
B JCAHO Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols
Appendix C Laboratory Reference Values
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 880 pages, publication date: JAN-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-04237-6
ISBN-10: 0-323-04237-6
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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