Research Catalog

Title

Fundamentals of nursing / Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry.

Author

Potter, Patricia Ann.

Publication

St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier Mosby, [2005], ©2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Perry, Anne Griffin.

Description

xliii, 1728 pages : illustrations; 29 cm +

Subjects

• Nursing Process
• Nursing Care
• Nursing
• Soins infirmiers
• Nurse-Patient Relations

Note

• CD-ROM includes: Butterfield's Fluids and Electrolytes Tutorial, NCLEX-style chapter review questions with rationales, audio glossary, and test-taking tips.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Unit I. The client and the health care environment -- 1. Nursing today -- 2. Health care delivery system -- 3. Community-based nursing practice -- 4. Theoretical foundations of nursing practice -- 5. Nursing research as a basis for practice -- Unit II. Caring throughout the life span -- 6. Health and wellness -- 7. Caring in nursing practice -- 8. Culture and ethnicity -- 9. Caring for families -- 10. Developmental theories -- 11. Conception through adolescence -- 12. Young to middle adult -- 13. Older adult -- Unit III. Critical thinking in nursing practice -- 14. Critical thinking in nursing practice -- 15. Nursing assessment -- 16. Nursing diagnosis -- 17. Planning nursing care -- 18. Implementing nursing care -- 19. Evaluation -- 20. Managing client care -- Unit IV. Professional standards in nursing practice -- 21. Ethics and values -- 22. Legal implications in nursing practice -- 23. Communication -- 24. Client education -- 25. Documentation -- Unit V. Psychosocial basic for nursing practice -- 26. Self-concept -- 27. Sexuality -- 28. Spiritual health -- 29. The experience of loss, death, and grief -- 30. Stress and coping -- Unit VI. Scientific basis for nursing practice -- 31. Vital signs -- 32. Health assessment and physical examination -- 33. Infection control -- 34. Medication administration -- 35. Complementary and alternative therapies -- Unit VII. Basic human needs -- 36. Activity and exercise -- 37. Client safety -- 38. Hygiene -- 39. Oxygenation -- 40. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances -- 41. Sleep -- 42. Comfort -- 43. Nutrition -- 44. Urinary elimination -- 45. Bowel elimination -- Unit VIII. Client with special needs -- 46. Mobility and immobility -- 47. Skin integrity and wound care -- 48. Sensory alterations -- 49. Care of surgical clients.

ISBN

0323025862

OCLC

• ocm55686932
• SCSB-5070890

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries