Study guide and skills performance checklists for: Fundamentals of nursing, 7th ed. [by Potter & Perry]. / Geralyn Ochs, Jerrilee LaMar, Linda Turchin - 7th ed. - St Louis, Missouri: Elsevier Mosby, 2009. - x, 382 p.: ill. ;
Contents: Client and the health care environment: Nursing today -- The health care delivery system -- Community-based nursing practice -- Theoretical foundations of nursing practice -- Evidence-based practice -- Caring throughout the life span: Health and wellness -- Caring for the cancer survivor -- Caring in nursing practice -- Culture and ethnicity -- Caring for families -- Developmental theories -- Conception through adolescence -- Young to middle adult -- Older adult -- Critical thinking in nursing practice: Critical thinking in nursing practice -- Nursing assessment -- Nursing diagnosis -- Planning nursing care -- Implementing nursing care -- Evaluation -- Managing client care -- Professional standards in nursing practice: Ethics and values -- Legal implications in nursing practice -- Communication -- Client education -- Documentation and informatics -- Psychosocial basis for nursing practice: Self-concept -- Sexuality -- Spiritual health -- The experience of loss, death, and grief -- Stress and coping -- Scientific basis for nursing practice: Vital signs -- Health assessment and physical examination -- Infection prevention and control -- Medication administration -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Basic human needs: Activity and exercise -- Client safety -- Hygiene -- Oxygenation -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance -- Sleep -- Pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Clients with special needs: Mobility and immobility -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Sensory alterations -- Care of surgical clients --
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