Fundamentals of nursing: volume 2: thinking, doing, and caring. / Judith M. Wilkinson and Leslie S. Treas.
Material type: TextPublisher: Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Company , 2011Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxv, 1064 p. : ill, col. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780803622654LOC classification: RT41.W56(2eVol.2)Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliography and index.
Contents: Contents: Unit 1: How nurses think: Evolution of nursing thought and action -- Critical thinking and the nursing process -- Nursing process: assessment -- Nursing process: diagnosis -- Nursing process: planning outcomes -- Nursing process: planning interventions -- Nursing process: implementation and evaluation -- Nursing theory and research. Unit 2: Factors affecting health: Development across the life span -- Experiencing health and illness -- Psychosocial health and illness -- The family -- Culture and ethnicity -- Spirituality -- Loss, grief, and dying -- Unit 3: Essential nursing interventions: Documenting and reporting -- Measuring vital signs -- Communicating and therapeutic relationships -- Health assessment: performing a physical examination -- Promoting asepsis and preventing infection -- Promoting safety -- Facilitating hygiene -- Administering medications -- Teaching clients -- Unit 4: How nurses support physiological functioning: Stress and adaptation -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Sensory perception -- Pain management -- Activity and exercise -- Sexual health -- Sleep and rest -- Skin integrity and wound healing -- Oxygenation -- Fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base balance -- Perioperative nursing -- Unit 5: Nursing functions: Leading and managing -- Nursing informatics -- Holistic healing -- Promoting health -- Unit 6: The context for nurses' work: Community nursing -- Nursing in home care -- Ethics and values -- Legal issues -- Healthcare in Canada (refer to the student resource disk or DavisPlus)
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