Description: Fundamentals of Nursing: Standards and Practice, third edition, highlights the core themes for the introductory nursing student, including nurse, person, health, and environment. This text provides comprehensive coverage of fundamental nursing concepts, skills, and standards of practice that challenge you to learn and apply critical thinking skills for culturally diverse populations in a variety of environments. Research, evidence-based practice, and emerging practice issues are highlighted to help you prepare for delivering care across a continuum of settings. Product Benefits: - Explores the evolution of the profession: includes an in-depth discussion of informatics and its impact on nursing documentation. In addition, new Delegation Tips accompany every procedure, showing you how leadership and management skills are put into practice.
- Shows the big picture: related concepts are grouped so you can easily see the connection among topics, such as safety, hygiene, and infection control.
- Encourages critical thinking: new discussion topics at the end of each chapter stimulate classroom discussion and enhance problem solving.
- Uses current language: NIC and NOC have been added in all Nursing Care Plans as standard language for interventions and outcomes.
- Presents evidence-based research: boxes featuring the latest research appear in all clinical chapters and in other applicable chapters, such as Nursing Theory.
- Robust online resources: an Online Companion packed with Concept Maps corresponding to Nursing Care Plans in the book is available to you as well as links to Delmar's WebTutor Toolbox. Delmar is a part of Cengage Learning.
Table of Contents: UNIT I: NURSINGS PERSPECTIVE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
Ch. 1 Evolution of Nursing and Nursing Education
Ch. 2 Nursing Theory
Ch. 3 Research and Evidence Based Practice
Ch. 4 Health Care Delivery, Quality, and Continuum of Care
UNIT II: NURSING PROCESS: THE STANDARD OF CARE
Ch. 5 Critical Thinking, Decision Making, and Nursing Process
Ch. 6 Assessment
Ch. 7 Nursing Diagnosis
Ch. 8 Planning and Outcome Identification
Ch. 9 Implementation
Ch. 10 Evaluation
UNIT III: PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Ch. 11 Leadership, Delegation, and Change
Ch. 12 Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
Ch. 13 Documentation and Informatics
UNIT 1V: PROMOTING CLIENT HEALTH
Ch. 14 Nursing, Healing, and Caring
Ch. 15 Communication
Ch. 16 Health and Wellness Promotion
Ch. 17 Individual, Family, and Community as Client
Ch. 18 The Life Cycle
Ch. 19 The Older Client
Ch. 20 Cultural Diversity
Ch. 21 Client Education
UNIT V: RESPONDING TO BASIC PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS
Ch. 22 Self Concept
Ch. 23 Stress, Anxiety, and Adaptation
Ch. 24 Spirituality
Ch. 25 Loss and Grief
UNIT VI: RESPONDING TO BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
Ch. 26 Vital Signs
Ch. 27 Physical Assessment
Ch. 28 Diagnostic Testing
Ch. 29 Safety, Infection Control, and Hygiene
Ch. 30 Medication Administration
Ch. 31 Complementary/Alternative Modalities
Ch. 32 Oxygenation
Ch. 33 Fluid and Electrolytes
Ch. 34 Nutrition
Ch. 35 Comfort and Sleep
Ch. 36 Mobility
Ch. 37 Skin Integrity and Wound Healing
Ch. 38 Sensation, Perception, and Cognition
Ch. 39 Elimination
Ch. 40 Nursing Care of the Perioperative Client |
