Full Description
Say hello to the perfect pocket-sized partner for Barbara Yoost and Lynne Crawford's brand new fundamentals text: the easy-to-use Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice. This new Clinical Companion features the hard-to-remember charts, graphs, numbers, and abbreviations you need to know for your first clinical experience and beyond - all in quick reference format. Its topics follow the flow of the textbook, so retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures could not be easier.Small, portable size so you can carry it with you on clinical days and also use as a reference in clinical practice.Includes basic facts and figures you need for early clinical experience. Content presented in tabular, list, and outline formats for easy retrieval and review of key information on adult health care. Topics organized by unit follow the flow of the textbook. Chapter outlines with corresponding page numbers provide quick, easy access to information.
Contents
UNIT I1. Nursing and Professional Practice2. Values, Beliefs and Caring3. Communication4. Critical Thinking in NursingUNIT II: NURSING PROCESS5. Introduction to the Nursing Process6. Assessment7. Nursing Diagnosis8. Planning9. Implementation and EvaluationUNIT III: NURSING PRACTICE10. Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting11. Ethical and Legal Considerations12. Leadership and Management13. Health Literacy and Patient Education14. Health and WellnessUNIT IV: NURSING ASSESSMENT15. Human Development16. Vital Signs17. Ethnicity and Cultural Assessment18. Spiritual Health 19. Public Health, Community-Based, and Home Health Care20. Human SexualityUNIT V: NURSING PRINCIPLES21. Safety22. Asepsis and Infection Control23. Hygiene and Patient Care24. Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement25. Skin Integrity and Wound Care 26. Nutrition27. Cognitive and Sensory Alterations28. Stress and CopingUNIT: VI NURSING CARE29. Diagnostic Testing30. Medication Administration31. Perioperative Nursing Care32. Oxygenation and Tissue Perfusion 33. Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance
