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The Fourth Edition of this comprehensive text provides an introduction to the broad range of the discipline of nursing, including theory, the nursing process, and step-by-step procedures. The Fourth Edition maintains its emphasis on both wellness/health and human function as frameworks for nursing practice. An emphasis is also placed on critical thinking by regularly incorporating features that apply to client situations, research, clinical scenarios and ethical-legal issues.

Table of Contents:
SECTION I: CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING Unit 1. The Delivery of Nursing Care1. The Changing Face of Nursing2. Community-Based Nursing and Continuity of Care Unit 2. Concepts Essential for Professional Nursing3. The Profession of Nursing4. Nursing Theory and Conceptual Frameworks5. Values6. Ethical and Legal Concerns7. Nurse Leader and Manager8. Nursing Research: Evidence-Based Care Unit 3. The Nursing Process: Framework for Clinical Nursing Therapeutics9. Nursing Process: Foundation for Practice10. Nursing Assessment11. Nursing Diagnosis12. Outcome Identification and Planning13. Implementation and Evaluation14. Critical Thinking15. Communication of the Nursing Process: Documenting and Reporting Unit 4. Concepts Essential for Human Functioning and Nursing Management16. Health and Wellness17. Lifespan Development18. Care of the Older Adult 19. Individual, Family, and Community20. Culture and Ethnicity21. Communication: The Nurse-Client Relationship22. Client Education23. Care Management Unit 5. Essential Assessment Components24. Health Assessment of Human Function25. Vital Sign Assessment Unit 6. Selected Clinical Nursing Therapeutics26. Asepsis and Infection Control27. Medication Administration28. Intravenous Therapy29. Perioperative Nursing SECTION II: HUMAN FUNCTION AND CLINICAL NURSING THERAPEUTICS Unit 7. Health Perception and Health Management30. Safety31. Health Maintenance Unit 8. Activity and Exercise32. Self-care and Hygiene33. Mobility and Body Mechanics34. Oxygenation: Respiratory Function35. Oxygenation: Cardiovascular Function Unit 9. Nutrition and Metabolism36. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance37. Nutrition38. Skin Integrity and Wound Healing39. The Body?s Defense Against Infection Unit 10. Elimination40. Urinary Elimination41. Bowel Elimination Unit 11. Sleep and Rest42. Sleep and Rest Unit 12. Cognition and Perception43. Pain Perception and Management44. Sensory Perception45. Cognitive Processes Unit 13. Self Perception and Self-Concept46. Self-Concept Unit 14. Roles and Relationships47. Families and Their Relationships48. Loss and Grieving Unit 15. Coping and Stress Management49. Stress, Coping, and Adaptation Unit 16. Sexuality and Reproduction50. Human Sexuality Unit 17. Values and Beliefs51. Spiritual HealthAppendix A: Answers to "Apply your Knowledge" DisplaysAppendix B: Laboratory ValuesAppendix C: Medical Terminology: Prefixes, Roots, and SuffixesAppendix D: Selected Information Resources for Nursing PracticeGlossary Inde


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  • ISBN-13: 9780781735810
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Publisher Imprint: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Human Health and Function
  • Width: 213 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0781735815
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 277 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 3050 gr


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