cover image - Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323711074
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 02-07-2024
Page Count: 412
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $42.99

Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition

by Janis McMillan, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE

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cover image - Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing Elsevier eBook on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780323711074
Copyright: 2025
Publication Date: 02-07-2024
Page Count: 412
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $42.99
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Give students valuable experience applying their knowledge and critical thinking skills to real-world scenarios! Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing features 50 case studies that cover all clinical areas of practice: fundamental skills, medical-surgical adult health nursing, pediatric, maternity, mental health, geriatric nursing, and leadership management. Patient scenarios help students learn how to apply nursing knowledge to nursing practice by promoting the development of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. Cases integrate content on assessment findings, diagnostic/laboratory tests, pharmacology, and nutrition to encourage students to think critically about all aspects of patient care, including the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient, communication, collaboration with the health care team, teaching wellness and health promotion, and integration of cultural competence. Cases unfold as care is provided and a variety of multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply, prioritization, and short-answer questions challenge students to formulate and select relevant and/or potential decisions. The case studies are separated by clinical area, allowing students to use this worktext throughout their nursing program. Questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) prepare students for the biggest change to the NCLEX-PN® test plan to date. Answer keys are available to instructors on our accompanying Evolve website.

    • Fifty case studies cover patient scenarios that span the entire LPN/LVN curriculum.
    • Unfolding case progressions help students identify changes, anticipate outcomes, and prioritize care.
    • Emphasis on interprofessional collaboration builds students’ communication and delegation skills.
    • A variety of question formats reinforce critical thinking and help prepare students for the NCLEX-PN® exam.
    • Documentation questions challenge students to identify critical information to chart.
  • Section 1: Fundamentals
    Case Study 1. Infection Control
    Case Study 2. Vital Signs
    Case Study 3. Nutrition
    Case Study 4. Medication Administration
    Case Study 5. Mobility
    Case Study 6. Hygiene
    Case Study 7. Unfolding Case Study of the Perioperative Process
    Section 2: Medical-Surgical
    Case Study 8. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
    Case Study 9. Cerebrovascular Accident
    Case Study 10. Chronic Kidney Disease
    Case Study 11. Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
    Case Study 12. Inflammatory Bowel Disease
    Case Study 13. Heart Failure
    Case Study 14. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE/Lupus)
    Case Study 15. Hypertension
    Case Study 16. DVT/PE
    Case Study 17. Parkinson’s Disease
    Case Study 18. Peptic Ulcer
    Case Study 19. Pneumonia
    Case Study 20. Hypothyroidism
    Case Study 21. Urinary Tract Infection
    Section 3: Maternity
    Case Study 22. Prenatal Care
    Case Study 23. Labor
    Case Study 24. Assessment of Newborn
    Case Study 25. Preterm Infant
    Case Study 26. Postpartum/Mood Disorder
    Section 4: Pediatrics
    Case Study 27. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
    Case Study 28. Epilepsy
    Case Study 29. Communicable Disease
    Case Study 30. Diabetes Mellitus Type 1
    Case Study 31. Gastroenteritis
    Case Study 32. Pediatric Fracture
    Case Study 33. Meningitis
    Case Study 34. Pediatric Asthma
    Case Study 35. Leukemia
    Section 5: Mental Health
    Case Study 36. Anxiety
    Case Study 37. Bipolar
    Case Study 38. Depression
    Case Study 39. Substance Use Disorder
    Section 6: Geriatrics
    Case Study 40. Sensory
    Case Study 41. Polypharmacy
    Case Study 42. Alzheimer’s Disease
    Case Study 43. Constipation
    Case Study 44. Dehydration
    Case Study 45. End-of-Life
    Case Study 46. Falls
    Case Study 47. Incontinence
    Case Study 48. Wound Care
    Section 7: Leadership Management
    Case Study 49. Therapeutic Communication
    Case Study 50. Delegation
    Index

  • Janis McMillan, PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
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