Basic Nursing

Name: Basic Nursing
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ISBN: 9780323058919

ISBN-10: 0323058914

ISBN-13: 9780323058919

Edition: 7th 2011

Authors: Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia Stockert, Amy Hall

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Basic Nursing is known for its visually appealing design and direct, easy-to-read style, making it perfect for beginning nursing students. It addresses all the essential nursing principles, concepts, and skills needed, and consistently follows the 5-step nursing process framework with a strong focus on critical thinking that provides a solid base for clinicals. The 5-step nursing process provides you with a constant framework for all the clinical chapters.UNIQUE! Improved and streamlined readability makes it easy to understand key concepts.Care Plans demonstrate the application of the 5-step nursing process to individual patient problems.Companion CD ROM helps you learn and apply textbook… content with tutorials, audio glossaries, and video clips highlighting different skills.Audio chapter summaries allow for easy content review, even on the go.English/ Spanish audio glossary provides definitions and explanations of key terms.UNIQUE! Video icons direct you to videos of skills on the Evolve website for additional practice.Each skill includes unexpected outcomes and related interventions to alert you to what might go wrong and how to react.Key terms reinforce key points in the text and familiarize you with the language of nursing and health care.UNIQUE! Synthesis in Practice boxes tie case study patients to appropriate theory, helping you gain insight into the "how?" and "why?" of nursing care.UNIQUE! Evaluation boxes provide you with a follow-up to case study patients and help you relate the situation to actual practice.Best Practice boxes relate how research can be applied to everyday practice.Patient Teaching boxes instruct you how to best teach a patient about self-care.Care of the Older Adult boxes highlight changes that occur with aging and how they affect delivery of nursing care.Cultural Focus boxes alert you to care issues unique to people of specific cultural backgrounds.Delegation coverage teaches you to delegate appropriately for comprehensive, safe patient care.Key points help to summarize the most important information and act as a quick refresher tool.Review questions prepare you for the NCLEXâ examination.Critical thinking exercises give you the opportunity to further relate real scenarios to those you will encounter in clinicals and practice.Chapter on evidence-based practice addresses the growing market demand of using research to achieve the best possible outcomes.Chapter on informatics and documentation covers the data, knowledge, and information being integrated to support specific patient needs.UNIQUE! Chapter case studies demonstrate how key nursing diagnoses affect specific patients.Addresses the QSEN competencies for quality care and safe practice.UNIQUE! Concept maps make abstract processes clear and concrete.UNIQUE! Safety guidelines focus on safe and effective skills performance.Separated skills section at the end of clinical chapters makes this text more easy-to-follow and increases readability with step-by-step instructions.

Book details

List price: $105.00
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
Publication date: 3/2/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1200
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.06" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 6.094
Language: English




Concepts in Nursing



Health and Wellness



The Health Care Delivery System



Community-Based Nursing Practice



Legal Principles in Nursing



Ethics



Evidence-Based Practice NEW!



Processes in Nursing Care



Critical Thinking



Nursing Process



Informatics and Documentation



Communication



Patient Education



Managing Patient Care



Essentials for Nursing Practice



Infection Control



Vital Signs



Health Assessment and Physical Examination



Administering Medications



Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances



Promoting Psychosocial Health



Caring in Nursing Practice



Cultural Diversity



Spiritual Health



Growth and Development



Self-Concept and Sexuality



Family Context in Nursing



Stress and Coping



Loss and Grief



Promoting Physical Health



Exercise and Activity



Safety



Hygiene



Oxygenation



Sleep



Pain Management



Nutrition



Urinary Elimination



Bowel Elimination



Immobility



Skin and Wound Care



Sensory Alterations



Surgical Patient