TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilkinson, Judith M.
AU  - Treas, Leslie S.
TI  - Fundamentals of nursing: volume 1: theory, concepts, and applications.
SN  - 9780803622647
AV  - RT41.W56 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Philadelphia
PB  - F. A. Davis
N1  - Includes index; 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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