Fundamentals of nursing (paperback)

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.

Unit 1: Nursing and the Health Care Environment

1. Nursing Today

2. The Health Care Delivery System

3. Community-Based Nursing Practice

4. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice

5. Evidence-Based Practice

Unit 2: Caring Throughout the Life Span

6. Health and Wellness

7. Caring in Nursing Practice

8. Caring for the Cancer Survivor

9. Culture and Ethnicity

10. Caring for Families

11. Developmental Theories

12. Conception Through Adolescence

13. Young to Middle Adult

14. Older Adult

Unit 3: Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice

15. Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice

16. Nursing Assessment

17. Nursing Diagnosis

18. Planning Nursing Care

19. Implementing Nursing Care

20. Evaluation

21. Managing Patient Care

Unit 4: Professional Standards in Nursing Practice

22. Ethics and Values

23. Legal Implications in Nursing Practice

24. Communication

25. Patient Education

26. Documentation and Informatics

Unit 5: Foundations for Nursing Practice

27. Patient Safety

28. Infection Prevention and Infection Control

29. Vital Signs

30. Health Assessment and Physical Examination

31. Medication Administration

32. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Unit 6: Psychosocial Basis for Nursing Practice

33. Self-Concept

34. Sexuality

35. Spiritual Health

36. The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief

37. Stress and Coping

Unit 7: Physiological Basis for Nursing Practice

38. Activity and Exercise

39. Hygiene

40. Oxygenation

41. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

42. Sleep

43. Pain Management

44. Nutrition

45. Urinary Elimination

46. Bowel Elimination

47. Mobility and Immobility

48. Skin Integrity and Wound Care

49. Sensory Alterations

50. Care of Surgical Patients