Fundamentals of Nursing

COORDINATING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY * Health-Illness Continuum * The Health Care Delivery System * Health Promotion and Primary Health Care * Acute Care * Restorative and Home Health Care * THE NURSING PROCESS AND CRITICAL THINKING * Critical Thinking and Nursing Judgment * Assessment * Nursing Diagnosis * Planning * Implementation * Evaluation * Documentation and Reporting * PROFESSIONAL NURSING CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES * Profession of Nursing * Communication * Teaching-Learning Process * Research * Leadership and Management * Values * Ethics * Legal Issues * BASIC PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS * Cultural Diversity * Stress and Adaptation * Self-Concept * Sexuality * Spiritual Health * Coping With Loss, Death, and Grieving * PROMOTING WELLNESS THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN * Basic Human Needs: Individual and Family * Conception Through Preschool * School Age Through Adolescence * Young and Middle Adult * Older Adult * PROFESSIONAL NURSING SKILLS * Vital Signs * Physical Examination and Health Assessment * Infection Control * Administration of Medications * PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT * Safety * Mobility and Immobility * Skin Integrity * Sensory Alterations * BASIC PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS * Hygiene * Nutrition * Sleep * Comfort * Oxygenation * Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances * Urinary Elimination * Bowel Elimination * CARING FOR THE PERIOPERATIVE CLIENT * Surgical Client * Clients with Wounds