Description
**Selected for Doody's Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**Learn a conceptual approach to nursing care and how to apply concepts to a wide variety of clinical settings! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition uses a straightforward, intuitive approach to describe 60 important concepts, spanning the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Exemplars identified for each concept provide useful examples and models, helping you more easily understand concepts and apply them to any clinical setting. To reinforce understanding, this text also makes connections among related concepts via ebook links to exemplars of those concepts in other Elsevier textbooks in your ebook library. New to this edition are six new concepts and a focus on related core competencies. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this authoritative text will help you build clinical judgment skills and prepare confidently for almost any clinical nursing situation.- Authoritative content written by expert contributors and meticulously edited by concept-based curriculum (CBC) expert Jean Giddens sets the standard for the growing CBC movement- Clearly defined and analyzed nursing concepts span the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment- Featured Exemplars sections describe selected exemplars related to each nursing concept, covering the entire lifespan and all clinical settings, and help you assimilate concepts into practice- Integrated exemplar links connect you to concept exemplars in other purchased Elsevier nursing titles- Logical framework of concepts by units and themes helps you form immediate connections among related concepts — a key to conceptual learning- Case Studies in each chapter make it easier to apply knowledge of nursing concepts to real-world situations- Interrelated Concepts illustrations provide visual cues to understanding and help you make connections across concepts
Table of Contents
SECTION I: Health Care Recipient ConceptsTheme: Attributes, Resources, and Preferences1. Development2. Functional Ability3. Family Dynamics4. Culture5. Self-ManagementSECTION II: Health and Illness ConceptsTheme: Homeostasis and Regulation6. Fluid and Electrolytes7. Acid-Base Balance8. Thermoregulation9. Sleep10. Cellular Regulation11. Intracranial Regulation12. Hormonal Regulation13. Glucose Regulation14. Nutrition15. Elimination16. Perfusion17. Clotting — NEW!18. Gas ExchangeTheme: Sexuality and Reproduction19. Reproduction20. SexualityTheme: Protection and Movement21. Immunity22. Inflammation23. Infection24. Mobility25. Tissue Integrity26. Sensory Perception27. Pain28. FatigueTheme: Mood, Cognition, Behavior29. Stress and Coping30. Mood and Affect31. Anxiety32. Cognition33. Psychosis34. Substance Misuse and Addiction35. Interpersonal ViolenceSECTION III: Professional Nursing and Health Care ConceptsTheme: Personal Development36. Professional Identity37. Well-Being and Resilience — NEW!38. Leadership39. Evidence40. Clinical JudgmentTheme: Holistic Care41. Person-Centered Care — NEW!42. Ethics43. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — NEW!Theme: Care Competencies44. Communication45. Collaboration46. Safety47. Health Care Quality48. Technology and Informatics49. Health Disparities and Health Equity50. Care Coordination51. Health Promotion52. Patient Education53. Palliative Care54. Population Health55. Public Health Emergencies — NEW!Theme: Health Care Infrastructure56. Spheres of Practice — NEW!57. Health Systems58. Health Care Economics59. Health Policy60. Health Care Law
