deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing - Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource, 5th Edition

• NEW! Nursing Concepts and Exemplars listed for each chapter to support concept curriculums.
• NEW! Discussion of QSEN and highlighted Safety information provides students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of patient care.
• EXPANDED! Evidence-Based Practice boxes and highlighted best practices point out the most current, evidence-based information.
• UPDATED! Expanded art program with original photos and line art better illustrates nursing concepts.
• Concept maps give a visual example of concepts addressed in the text, help students visualize difficult material, and illustrate how a disorder’s multiple symptoms, treatments, and side effects are associated.
• Over 110 skills and steps, featuring sample documentation examples and Home Care Considerations boxes where appropriate, present step-by-step procedures in an action/rationale format.
• Life Span Considerations: The Older Adult highlight changes that occur with aging and how they affect nursing care by LPN/LVNs working in community and long-term care.
• Easy-to-follow reading level and text organization　presents information from simple to most complex, making it perfect for lower level students and those speaking English as a second language.
• Numbered objectives, divided by theory and clinical practice, provide a framework for content.
• Get Ready for the NCLEX® Examination section at the end of each chapter provides key points, review questions, and critical thinking activities to reinforce learning.
• Cultural Considerations cover biocultural variations, as well as health promotion for specific ethnic groups, so students provide culturally competent care.
• Health Promotion and Patient Teaching boxes include guidelines to prevent illness, promote health, and develop self-care strategies.
• Nursing process framework features application of the nursing process and nursing care plans to reinforce application of the nursing process in the clinical setting.
• Think Critically boxes encourage students to synthesize information and apply concepts to practice.
• Home Care Considerations boxes highlight the necessary adaptations of nursing skills and techniques for the patient in the home care setting.
• Communication boxes present examples of nurse-patient dialogues and instructive therapeutic communication techniques.
• Over 20 nursing care plans, which include critical thinking questions at the end of the text, provide students with a model for planning patient care.
• Clinical chapters provide an overview of structure and function to give students a refresher in related anatomy and physiology, including a section on aging.
• Key terms include phonetic pronunciations, which are helpful for ESL students, and text page references to find the definition.
• Standard LPN Threads features　include helpful characteristics such as full-color design, key terms, numbered objectives, key points, critical thinking questions, critical thinking activities, glossary, and references.

• NEW! Nursing Concepts and Exemplars listed for each chapter to support concept curriculums.
• NEW! Discussion of QSEN and highlighted Safety information provides you with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to continuously improve the quality and safety of patient care.
• EXPANDED! Evidence-Based Practice boxes and highlighted best practices point out the most current, evidence-based information.
• UPDATED! Expanded art program with original photos and line art better illustrates nursing concepts.

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

Appendix A: Standard Steps for All Nursing Procedures
Appendix B: NFLPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse
Appendix C: ANA Code of Ethics
Appendix D: Standard Precautions
Appendix E: Common Laboratory Test Values
Appendix F: NANDA-I Approved Nursing Diagnoses, 2015-2017
Reader References
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