Product Benefits: - Includes completely new chapters on rehabilitation, home health, long-term care, and hospice.
- Adds more critical thinking questions to chapters, which increases critical thinking, as well as 10 NCLEX style questions for each chapter to help prepare students for the NCLEX examination.
- Updated features includes the addition of concept maps and concept care maps where appropriate as well as new feature Memory Tricks that provides mnemonic devices for important concepts.
- Exciting new interactive StudyWARE CD-ROM free with purchase provides chapter by chapter quizzes, games such as hangman and crossword puzzles, flashcard activities, animations of physiological processes, video clips of nursing procedures, and much more.
- Numerous special features including Client Teaching, Professional Tips, Critical Thinking, Life Span Considerations, Community/Home Health Care, Cultural Considerations enrich the content and provide practical information the nurse can apply directly to practice.
- Includes NIC/NOC references in Nursing Care Plans to reflect current practice.
- Includes Nursing Management sections in all Nursing Process sections that emphasize the nurse's responsibilities in delivering safe, effective, and competent care.
- Sample Nursing Care Plans provide a model for creating effective care plans (all updated to reflect the most current NANDA Definitions and Classifications), while Case Studies allow the reader to use critical thinking skills to develop additional care plans based on the information provided.
Table of Contents: Unit 1 Essential Concepts.
1. Anesthesia.
2. Surgery.
3. Oncology.
Unit 2 Nursing Care of the Client. Oxygenation and Perfusion.
4. Respiratory System
5. Cardiovascular System.
6. Hematologic and Lymphatic Systems.
Unit 3 Nursing Care of the Client. Digestion and Elimination.
7. Gastrointestinal System.
8. Urinary System.
Unit 4 Nursing Care of the Client. Mobility, Coordination, and Regulation.
9. Musculoskeletal System.
10. Neurological System.
11. Sensory System.
12. Endocrine System.
Unit 5 Nursing Care of the Client. Reproductive and Sexual Health.
13. Reproductive System.
14. Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
Unit6 Nursing Care of the Client. Body Defenses.
15. Integumentary System.
16. Immune System.
Unit 7 Nursing Care of the Client. Physical and Mental Integrity.
17. Mental Illness.
18. Substance Abuse.
Unit 8 Nursing Care of the Client. Older Adult.
19. The Older Adult.
Unit 9 Nursing Care of the Client. Health Care in the Community.
20. Rehabilitation, Home Health, Long-Term Care and Hospice.
Unit 10 Applications.
21. Responding to Emergencies.
22. Integration.
Appendix A. NANDA Nursing Diagnoses 2009-2011.
Appendix B; Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule.
Appendix C. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols.
Appendix D. English/Spanish Words and Phrases.
Glossary.
Index. |
