Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing - ANZ

Includes Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing, ANZ

6th Edition - November 1, 2020
Authors: Jackie Crisp, Clint Douglas, Geraldine Rebeiro, Donna Waters
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 7 2 9 5 - 4 4 1 3 - 9

Now in its 6th edition, this trusted reference for nursing students supports the development of safe, effective and person-centred practice. The text has been comprehensively revi… Read more

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Now in its 6th edition, this trusted reference for nursing students supports the development of safe, effective and person-centred practice.

The text has been comprehensively revised by nursing leaders and experts from across the spectrum of clinical practice, education, research and health policy settings; and a highly experienced editorial team, which includes Jackie Crisp, Clint Douglas, Geraldine Rebeiro and Donna Waters.

Chapters of Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 6e engage students with contemporary concepts and clinical examples, designed to build clinical reasoning skills. Early chapters introduce frameworks such as Fundamentals of Care and cultural safety, as ways of being and practising as a nurse. These frameworks are then applied in clinical and practice context chapters throughout. Reflection points in each chapter encourage curiosity and creativity in learning, including the importance of self-care and self-assessment.

This new edition includes Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) for Potter & Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing, ANZ 6e. Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to the core text, EAQ prepares students for tutorials, lectures and exams, with access to thousands of exam-style questions at your fingertips.

Part 1 Evolving nursing: nursing and the healthcare environment

1. Creating a proactive and dynamic nursing profession

2. Building nursing practice: The Fundamentals of Care Framework

3. Engaging patients and keeping them safe

4. Enabling cultural safety

5. Partnering in care
Part 2 Framing nursing: critical processes in nursing practice

6. Developing clinical reasoning for nursing practice

7. Gathering relevant information and making decisions

8. Setting priorities, taking action and evaluating outcomes

9. Generating and using nursing knowledge
Part 3 Positioning nursing: professional responsibility and accountability for safe and effective care

10. Collaborating for integrated care

11. Examining the ethical practice of nursing

12. Practising nursing within Australian regulatory frameworks

13. Acting in accordance with New Zealand regulatory frameworks

14. Placing communication at the heart of person-centred care

15. Putting the ‘e’ in health
Part 4 Practising nursing: Fundamentals of Care for quality and safety

16. The vital signs: using a primary survey approach for patient assessment

17. Undertaking a focused assessment: physical assessment of body systems

18. Preventing and controlling infection

19. Optimising skin integrity and wound care

20. Ensuring medication safety

21. Promoting mobility

22. Assessing and managing pain

23. Supporting oxygenation and perfusion

24. Balancing fluid, electrolyte and acid–base

25. Meeting nutritional needs

26. Maintaining hygiene

27. Managing continence: urinary

28. Managing continence: bowel

29. Fostering sleep
Part 5 Adapting nursing: life stages and transitions

30. Considering the developmental context from conception to adolescence

31. Considering the developmental context of youth and adults

32. Considering the older person

33. Considering the person with disability

34. Considering sexuality and sexual health

35. Managing mental health and wellbeing

36. Considering end-of-life care
Part 6 Adapting nursing: contexts of care

37. Working in the aged care sector

38. Working in primary and community health sectors

39. Working in the acute care sector

40. Working in the mental sector