Contents: Health care delivery and nursing practice -- Community-based nursing practice -- Critical thinking, ethical decision making, and the nursing process -- Health education and health promotion -- Adult health and nutritional assessment -- Homeostasis, stress and adaptation -- Individual and family considerations related to illness -- Perspectives in transcultural nursing -- Genetics and genomics perspectives in nursing -- Chronic illness and disability -- Principles and practices of rehabilitation -- Health care of the older adult -- Pain management -- Fluid and electrolytes: Balance and disturbance -- Shock and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome -- Oncology: nursing management in cancer care -- End-of-life care -- Perioperative concepts and nursing management -- Intraoperative nursing management -- Postoperative nursing management -- Assessment of respiratory function -- Management of patients with upper respiratory tract disorders -- Management of patients with chest and lower respiratory tract disorders -- Management of patients with chronic pulmonary disease -- Respiratory care modalities -- Assessment of cardiovascular function -- Management of patients with dysrhythmias and conduction problems -- Management of patients with coronary vascular disorders -- Management of patients with structural infectious and inflammatory cardiac disorders -- Management of patients with complications from heart disease -- Assessment and management of patients of patients with vascular disorders and problems of peripheral circulation -- Assessment and management of patients with hypertension -- Assessment and management of patients with hematologic disorders -- Assessment of digestive and gastrointestinal function -- Management of patients with oral and esophageal disorders -- Gastrointestinal intubation and special nutritional modalities -- Management of patients with gastric and duodenal disorders -- Management of patients with intestinal and rectal disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with hepatic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with biliary disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with diabetes mellitus -- Assessment and management of patients with endocrine disorders -- Assessment of renal and urinary tract function -- Management of patients with renal disorders -- Management of patients with urinary disorders -- Assessment and management of female physiologic processes -- Management of patients with female reproductive disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with breast disorders -- Assessment and management of problems related to male reproductive processes -- Assessment of immune function -- Management of patients with immunodeficiency -- Management of patients with with HIV infection and AIDS -- Assessment and management of patients with allergic disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with rheumatic disorders -- Assessment of integumentary function -- Management of patients with dermatologic problems -- Management of patients with burn injury -- Assessment and management of patients with eye and vision disorders -- Assessment and management of patients with hearing and balance disorders -- Assessment of neurologic function -- Management of patients with neurologic dysfunction -- Management of patients with cerebrovascular disorders -- Management of patients with neurologic trauma -- Management of patients with neurologic infections, autoimmune disorders and neuropathies -- Management of patients with oncologic or degenerative neurologic disorders -- Assessment of musculoskeletal function -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Management of patients musculoskeletal trauma -- Management of patients with infectious diseases -- Emergency nursing -- Terrorism, mass casualty and disaster nursing --