Berman, Audrey. <br/><br/>
Kozier & Erb's fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process, and practice. / 
Audrey Berman ...[et. al]. 
 - Upper Saddle River, N.J.:  Pearson Prentice Hall,  2008. 
 - xxv, 1631 p. :  ill. ;  18 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents: The nature of nursing: Historical and contemporary nursing practice -- Nursing education, research and evidence-based practice -- Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks -- Legal aspects of nursing -- Values, ethics and advocacy -- Contemporary health care: Health care delivery systems -- Community nursing and care continuity -- Home care -- Nursing informatics -- The nursing process: Critical thinking and the nursing process -- Assessing -- Diagnosing-- Planning -- Implementing and evaluating -- Documenting and reporting -- Health beliefs and practices: Health promotion -- Health, wellness and illness -- Culture and heritage -- Complementary and alternative healing modalities -- Life span development: Concepts of growth and development -- Promoting health from conception through adolescence -- Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults -- Promoting health in elders -- Promoting family health -- Integral aspects of nursing: Caring -- Communicating -- Teaching -- Leading, managing and delegating -- Assessing health: Vital signs -- Health assessment -- Integral components of client care: Asepsis -- Safety -- Hygiene -- Diagnostic testing -- Medications -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Perioperative nursing -- Promoting psychosocial health: Sensory perception -- Self-concept -- Sexuality -- Spirituality -- Stress and coping -- Loss, grieving and death -- Promoting physiologic health: Activity and exercise -- Sleep -- Pain management -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Fecal elimination -- Oxygenation -- Circulation -- Fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance --   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0131714686 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006029312 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing<br/>Nursing Process<br/>Nursing Care<br/>Nursing Theory
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RT41.F88 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610.73