Essentials for Nursing Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 8th Edition

• NEW! Chapter on professional nursing includes information on QSEN, prioritization, delegation, and professional levels.
• NEW! QSEN activity scenarios present a clinical situation followed by an open-ended question designed to help students understand and apply these core competencies.
• NEW! TEACH for Nurses suite of educator resources gives you all the tools you need to make your course as effective and easy as possible.
• Progressive case studies are introduced at the beginning of the chapter and are then used to tie together the care plan, concept map, and clinical decision-making exercises.
• NEW! Revised review questions contain a strong mix of clinical thinking and application-level questions.
• NEW! Procedural guidelines on blood glucose monitoring and a new skill on patient-controlled analgesia give students insight and direction in performing these key skills.
• NEW! Patient-Centered Care boxes address racial and ethnic diversity along with the cultural differences that impact socioeconomic status, values, geography, and religion. These will related to the chapter case studies when possible.
• NEW! Expanded use of Evidence-Based Practice boxes include a PICO question, summary of the results of a research study, and a description of how the study has affected nursing practice — in every chapter.
• NEW! Content on the impact of exercise covers its influence on disease reduction, compassion fatigue, lateral violence, cyber bullying, social media implications, caregiver strain, and safe patient handling.
• 65 Skills and procedural guidelines provide clear, step-by-step instructions for providing safe nursing care.
• 5-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for clinical chapters.
• NEW! Over 100 updated images capture the latest updates in skills and equipment.

• NEW! QSEN scenarios present a clinical situation followed by an open-ended question designed to help you understand and apply these core competencies.
• NEW! Chapter on professional nursing includes information on QSEN, prioritization, delegation, and professional levels.
• NEW! Completely revised review questions contain a strong mix of clinical thinking and application-level questions.
• NEW! Content on the impact of exercise covers its influence on disease reduction, compassion fatigue, lateral violence, cyber bullying, social media implications, caregiver strain, and safe patient handling.
• NEW! Expanded use of Evidence-Based Practice boxes include a PICO question, summary of the results of a research study, and a description of how the study has affected nursing practice — in every chapter.
• NEW! Patient-Centered Care boxes address racial and ethnic diversity along with the cultural differences that impact socioeconomic status, values, geography, and religion. These will related to the chapter case studies when possible.

UNIT 1: CONCEPTS IN NURSING

1. Professional Nursing NEW!
2. Health and Wellness
3. The Health Care Delivery System
4. Community-Based Nursing Practice
5. Legal Principles in Nursing
6. Ethics
7. Evidence-Based Practice

UNIT 2: PROCESSES IN NURSING CARE
  
8. Critical Thinking
9. Nursing Process
10. Informatics and Documentation
11. Communication
12. Patient Education
13. Managing Patient Care

UNIT 3: NURSING PRACTICE FOUNDATIONS
 
14. Infection Control
15. Vital Signs
16. Health Assessment and Physical Examination
17. Administering Medications
18. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances

UNIT 4: PROMOTING PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH
 
19. Caring in Nursing Practice
20. Cultural Awareness
21. Spiritual Health
22. Growth and Development
23. Self-Concept and Sexuality
24. Family in Nursing
25. Stress and Coping
26. Loss and Grief

UNIT 5: PROMOTING PHYSICAL HEALTH
  
27. Exercise and Activity
28. Safety
29. Hygiene
30. Oxygenation
31. Sleep
32. Pain Management
33. Nutrition
34. Urinary Elimination
35. Bowel Elimination
36. Immobility
37. Skin and Wound Care
38. Sensory Alterations
39. Surgical Patient