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 guidelines 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.
Salient Features * 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. * 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. * 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. * 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.
Table of Contents * UNIT I - THE CLIENT AND THE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENT 1. Nursing Today 2. Health Care Delivery System 3. Community-Based Nursing Practice 4. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice 5. Evidence-Based Practice
* UNIT II - CARING THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN 6. Health and Wellness 7. Surviving Cancer 8. Caring in Nursing Practice 9. Culture and Ethnicity 10. Caring for Families 11. Developmental Theories 12. Conception Through Adolescence 13. Young to Middle Adult 14. Older Adult
* UNIT III - CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING PRACTICE 15. Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice 16. Nursing Assessment 17. Nursing Diagnosis 18. Planning for Nursing Care 19. Implementing Nursing Care 20. Evaluation 21. Managing Client Care
* UNIT IV - PSYCHOSOCIAL BASIS FOR NURSING PRACTICE 22. Ethics and Values 23. Legal Implications 24. Communication 25. Client Education 26. Documentation 27. Self-Concept 28. Sexuality 29. Spiritual Health 30. The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief 31. Stress and Coping
* UNIT VI - SCIENTIFIC BASIS FOR NURSING PRACTICE 32. Vital Signs 33. Health Assessment and Physical Examination 34. Infection Control 35. Medication Administration 36. Complementary and Alternative Therapies UNIT VII - BASIC HUMAN NEEDS 37. Activity and Exercise 38. Client Safety 39. Hygiene 40. Oxygenation 41. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balances 42. Sleep 43. Pain Management 44. Nutrition 45. Urinary Elimination 46. Bowel Elimination
* UNIT VIII - CLIENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 47. Mobility and Immobility 48. Skin Integrity and Wound Care 49. Sensory Alteration 50. Care of Surgical Clients
