Study Guide for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing
432Study Guide for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing
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Overview
- Review Questions for the NCLEX-PN® Examination let you practice for the exam with multiple-choice and alternate item format questions based on real-life situations.
- Word Attack Skills offer practice in pronouncing difficult terms and phrases, with emphasis on stress and intonation.
- Clinical Situations use realistic sample practice situations to stimulate critical thinking, clinical judgment, and practical application of nursing concepts.
- Critical Thinking Activities provide nursing scenarios and questions to help build your problem-solving skills.
- Developing Clinical Judgment activities help you meet the clinical practice objectives of the corresponding chapter.
- Communication Exercises let you practice using realistic nurse-patient dialogues, and are especially useful when paired with a partner.
- Cultural Points summarize issues and ask questions about customs that may differ across the cultures found in patient communities.
- Grammar Points exercises offer a refresher on common grammatical errors, such as the use of the past tense in taking case histories.
- Completion exercises boost your vocabulary by offering more opportunities to use key terms.
- Priority Setting questions ask you to rank tasks in order of importance.
- Short answer, identification, multiple-choice, and matching questions test and reinforce your knowledge of concepts conveyed in the text.
- Application of the Nursing Process questions ask you to use critical thinking skills and apply the steps of the nursing process to real-life patient care.
- Review of structure and function of the human body helps you remember what you learned in previous classes and how it applies to nursing.
- NEW! Updated exercises reflect content in the new edition of the Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing textbook.
- NEW! UNIQUE! Next Generation NCLEX Exam-style questions are included in every chapter, reflecting the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, and include each of the five new approved question types: enhanced hotspot, cloze (drop down), matrix, extended multiple-response, and extended drag-and-drop question types.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780323683869 |
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Publisher: | Elsevier Health Sciences |
Publication date: | 03/12/2021 |
Edition description: | 6th ed. |
Pages: | 432 |
Sales rank: | 403,501 |
Product dimensions: | 8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d) |
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Nursing and the Health Care System 1
Chapter 2 Concepts of Health, Illness, Stress, and Health Promotion 9
Chapter 3 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing 19
Chapter 4 The Nursing Process, Critical Thinking, and Clinical Judgment 31
Chapter 5 Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis / Problem Identification, and Planning 39
Chapter 6 Implementation and Evaluation 47
Chapter 7 Documentation of Nursing Care 55
Chapter 8 Communication and the Nurse-Patient Relationship 65
Chapter 9 Patient Education and Health Promotion 77
Chapter 10 Delegation, Leadership, and Management 87
Chapter 11 Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence 97
Chapter 12 Adulthood and the Family 107
Chapter 13 Promoting Healthy Adaptation to Aging 117
Chapter 14 Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care 125
Chapter 15 Loss, Grief, and End-of-Life Care 137
Chapter 16 Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis 147
Chapter 17 Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home 157
Chapter 18 Safely Lifting, Moving, and Positioning Patients 169
Chapter 19 Assisting with Hygiene, Personal Care, Skin Care, and the Prevention of Pressure Injuries 179
Chapter 20 Patient Environment and Safety 189
Chapter 21 Measuring Vital Signs 201
Chapter 22 Assessing Health Status 213
Chapter 23 Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging Patients 225
Chapter 24 Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection 233
Chapter 25 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 241
Chapter 26 Concepts of Basic Nutrition and Cultural Considerations 251
Chapter 27 Nutritional Therapy and Assisted Feeding 263
Chapter 28 Assisting with Respiration and Oxygen Delivery 275
Chapter 29 Promoting Urinary Elimination 285
Chapter 30 Promoting Bowel Elimination 295
Chapter 31 Pain, Comfort, and Sleep 307
Chapter 32 Complementary Health Approaches 319
Chapter 33 Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration 325
Chapter 34 Administering Oral, Topical, and Inhalant Medications 335
Chapter 35 Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Injections 345
Chapter 36 Administering Intravenous Solutions and Medications 355
Chapter 37 Care of the Surgical Patient 365
Chapter 38 Providing Wound Care and Treating Pressure Injuries 377
Chapter 39 Promoting Musculoskeletal Function 389
Chapter 40 Common Physical Care Problems of the Older Adult 401
Chapter 41 Common Psychosocial Care Problems of the Older Adult 411
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