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Sixth 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
Description
Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this comprehensive text prepares you for safe and effective nursing practice in today's fast-paced
healthcare environment. Covering maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, and community nursing, Foundations of Nursing,
6th Edition, includes all of the essential LPN/LVN content you need.
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: Vital Signs
Chapter 5: Physical Assessment
Chapter 6: Nursing
Process and Critical Thinking
Chapter 7: Documentation
Chapter 8: Cultural and Ethnic Considerations
Chapter 9:
Life Span Development
Chapter 10: Loss, Grief, Dying, and Death
Unit Two: Basic Nursing Skills
Chapter 11: Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
Chapter 12: Medical-Surgical Asepsis and Infection Control
Chapter 13:
Surgical Wound Care
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: From Graduate to Professional
Chapter 41: Professional Roles and Leadership
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 1392 pages, publication date: FEB-2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05732-5
ISBN-10: 0-323-05732-2
Imprint: MOSBY
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Last update: 25 Nov 2009
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