Full Description
Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today's nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost's Fundamentals of Nursing, 3rd Edition, this study guide provides a variety of exercises and activities to reinforce your understanding of nursing concepts and skills. Chapter reviews use engaging activities to make learning more meaningful, and review questions help you apply concepts to the practice setting. Now with new Next Generation NCLEX®-style practice questions, this study guide also prepares you for success on classroom and NCLEX examinations.
Chapter review questions include multiple-choice, matching, true/false, and image labeling questions, testing your comprehension of nursing fundamentals and making learning more fun.
Answers and detailed rationales for all of the questions are included in the back of the study guide.
Skills performance checklists on the Evolve website are completely updated to match the latest versions of nursing skills, and are both interactive and printable.
NEW! Next Generation NCLEX®-style practice questions in clinical chapters help you develop skills in clinical judgment.
NEW! Updated content reflects changes to the Fundamentals of Nursing, 3rd Edition textbook.
NEW! Preliminary Readings refer you back to the related chapter in the textbook.
NEW! Open-ended questions provide questions, activities, and guidance to make study group time more productive.
Contents
Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
Values, Beliefs, and Caring
Communication
Critical Thinking in Nursing
Introduction to the Nursing Process
Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation and Evaluation
Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting
Ethical and Legal Considerations
Leadership and Management
Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research
Health Literacy and Patient Education
Nursing Informatics
Health and Wellness
Human Development: Conception through Adolescence
Human Development: Young Adult through Older Adult
Vital Signs
Health History and Physical Assessment
Ethnicity and Cultural Assessment
Spiritual Health
Public Health, Community-Based, and Home Health Care
Human Sexuality
Safety
Asepsis and Infection Control
Hygiene and Personal Care
Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement
Skin Integrity and Wound Care
Nutrition
Cognitive and Sensory Alterations
Stress and Coping
Sleep
Diagnostic Testing
Medication Administration
Pain Management
Perioperative Nursing Care
Oxygenation and Tissues Perfusion
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
Bowel Elimination
Urinary Elimination
Death and Loss
Appendix A: Answer Key
