Study Guide for deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing
Saunders (Verlag)
978-0-323-48326-1 (ISBN)
Review questions for the NCLEX-PN® Examination provide you with additional NCLEX practice to prepare you for the exam.
Critical thinking activities give you practice at higher-level application questions.
Communication exercises ask you to practice communicating complex and difficult ideas in nursing with partners.
Cultural Points explore how the health care field varies in different countries, and how culture affects healthcare in our own country, to give you a broader perspective of nursing care outside your comfort zone.
Setting Priorities questions ask you to rank tasks in order of importance.
Clinical situations applied to sample practice situations stimulate critical thinking and practical application of nursing concepts.
Pronunciation and Intonation Skills assist you with the more difficult terms and words with multiple meanings in the nursing field.
Grammar Points exercises offer a refresher on common grammatical errors made in the nursing field.
Word Attack Skills provide focused concentration on some of the more important or confusing terms in the curriculum.
Meeting Clinical Objectives activities help you meet stated clinical practice objectives of the corresponding chapter.
Review of structure and function of the human body refreshes you on content learned in previous classes and how it applies to this curriculum.
Completion exercises with key terms reinforce nursing vocabulary.
Short answer, identification, multiple choice, and matching questions use multiple formats to test your knowledge of concepts conveyed in the text.
Application of the Nursing Process questions reinforce the different stages of the nursing process.
NEW! Updated exercises reflect the most current textbook content.
Unit I: Introduction to Nursing and the Health Care System 1. Nursing and the Health Care System 2. Concepts of Health, Illness, Stress, and Health Promotion 3. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing
Unit II: The Nursing Process 4. The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking 5. Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, and Planning 6. Implementation and Evaluation
Unit III: Communication in Nursing 7. Documentation of Nursing Care 8. Communication and the Nurse-Patient Relationship 9. Patient Education and Health Promotion 10. Delegation, Leadership, and Management
Unit IV: Developmental, Psychosocial, and Cultural Considerations 11. Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence 12. Adulthood and the Family 13. Promoting Healthy Adaptation to Aging 14. Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care 15. Loss, Grief, and End-of-Life Care
Unit V: Basic Nursing Skills 16. Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis 17. Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home 18. Safe Lifting, Moving, and Positioning of Patients 19. Assisting with Hygiene, Personal Care, Skin Care, and the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers 20. Patient Environment and Safety 21. Measuring Vital Signs 22. Assessing Health Status 23. Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging Patients 24. Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection
Unit VI: Meeting Basic Physiologic Needs 25. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 26. Concepts of Basic Nutrition and Cultural Considerations 27. Nutritional Therapy and Assisted Feeding 28. Assisting with Respiration and Oxygen Delivery 29. Promoting Urinary Elimination 30. Promoting Bowel Elimination 31. Pain, Comfort, and Sleep 32. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Unit VII: Medication Administration 33. Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration 34. Administering Oral, Topical, and Inhalant Medications 35. Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Injections 36. Administering Intravenous Solutions and Medications
Unit VIII: Care of the Surgical and Immobile Patient 37. Care of the Surgical Patient 38. Providing Wound Care and Treating Pressure Ulcers 39. Promoting Musculoskeletal Function
Unit IX: Caring for the Elderly 40. Common Physical Care Problems of the Older Adult 41. Common Psychosocial Care Problems of Older Adults
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.04.2017 |
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| Verlagsort | Philadelphia |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 216 x 276 mm |
| Gewicht | 770 g |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Pflege ► Ausbildung / Prüfung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-323-48326-7 / 0323483267 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-323-48326-1 / 9780323483261 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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