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Now in full color, this comprehensive Eighth Edition nursing text continues to meet the needs of practical/vocational nursing curriculum as one coherent source. Broad coverage includes anatomy and physiology; nursing process, growth and development; nursing skills; and, pharmacology. A solid foundation is also provided for medical-surgical, maternity, pediatric, and psychiatric-mental health nursing. Step-by-step procedures are formatted in two-column presentation with rationale and numerous illustrations to show clearly all aspects of nursing procedures. Appendixes provide English-Spanish healthcare phrases, key abbreviations and acronyms, and more.Other new features include a section on study skills and home health care mentioned throughout the text. Now with three multimedia CD-ROMs: an audio pronunciation CD-ROM; a clinical simulation of wound care of the diabetic patient; a bonus CD-ROM containing a simulated NCLEX-PN exam; a clinical simulation on whistleblowing; a full video on treatment of pressure ulcers; and six animations - cell cycle, congestive heart failure, hypertension, immune response, nerve synapse, and stroke.

Table of Contents:
PART A: FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING Unit 1: The Nature of NursingChapter 1: The History of NursingChapter 2: Beginning a Nursing CareerChapter 3: The Healthcare Delivery SystemChapter 4: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing Unit 2: Personal and Environmental HealthChapter 5: Basic Human NeedsChapter 6: Health and WellnessChapter 7: Community HealthChapter 8: Transcultural Healthcare Unit 3: Development Throughout the Life CycleChapter 9: The FamilyChapter 10: Infancy and ChildhoodChapter 11: AdolescenceChapter 12: Early and Middle AdulthoodChapter 13: Older Adulthood and AgingChapter 14: Death and Dying Unit 4: Structure and FunctionChapter 15: Organization of the BodyChapter 16: The Integumentary SystemChapter 17: Fluid and Electrolyte BalanceChapter 18: The Musculoskeletal SystemChapter 19: The Nervous SystemChapter 20: The Endocrine SystemChapter 21: The Sensory SystemChapter 22: The Cardiovascular SystemChapter 23: The Hematologic and Lymphatic SystemsChapter 24: The Immune SystemChapter 25: The Respiratory SystemChapter 26: The Digestive SystemChapter 27: The Urinary SystemChapter 28: The Male Reproductive SystemChapter 29: The Female Reproductive System Unit 5: Nutrition and Diet TherapyChapter 30: Basic NutritionChapter 31: Transcultural and Social Aspects of NutritionChapter 32: Diet Therapy and Special Diets PART B: NURSING CARE SKILLS Unit 6: The Nursing ProcessChapter 33: Introduction to the Nursing ProcessChapter 34: Nursing AssessmentChapter 35: Diagnosis and PlanningChapter 36: Implementing and Evaluating CareChapter 37: Documenting and Reporting Unit 7: Safety in the Healthcare FacilityChapter 38: The Healthcare Facility EnvironmentChapter 39: Emergency PreparednessChapter 40: Microbiology and Defense Against Disease Chapter 41: Medical AsepsisChapter 42: Infection ControlChapter 43: First Aid Unit 8: Client CareChapter 44: Therapeutic Communication SkillsChapter 45: Admission, Transfer, and DischargeChapter 46: Vital SignsChapter 47: Data Collection in Health CareChapter 48: Body Mechanics and PositioningChapter 49: Beds and BedmakingChapter 50: Personal Hygiene and Skin CareChapter 51: EliminationChapter 52: Specimen CollectionChapter 53: Bandages and BindersChapter 54: Heat and Cold ApplicationChapter 55: Client Comfort and Pain ManagementChapter 56: Preoperative and Postoperative CareChapter 57: Surgical AsepsisChapter 58: Wound CareChapter 59: Care of the Dying Person Unit 9: Pharmacology and Administration of MedicationsChapter 60: Review of MathematicsChapter 61: Introduction to PharmacologyChapter 62: Classification of MedicationsChapter 63: Administration of Medications PART C: NURSING THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE Unit 10: Maternal and Newborn NursingChapter 64: Normal PregnancyChapter 65: Normal Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum CareChapter 66: Care of the Normal NewbornChapter 67: High-Risk Pregnancy and ChildbirthChapter 68: The High-Risk NewbornChapter 69: Sexuality, Fertility, and STDs Unit 11: Pediatric NursingChapter 70


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780781752954
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Publisher Imprint: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 64 mm
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0781752957
  • Publisher Date: 10 Oct 2003
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 280 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 3759 gr


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