Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art & Science of Nursing Care

by Taylor, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780781722735
• ISBN10: 078172273X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Designed to maximize visual learning, this Sixth Edition features a new art program and an integrated, cohesive, student-focused suite of multimedia products. Brand-new icons direct students to free video clips and online activities. New concept maps walk students through the nursing process for selected case-study patients. Unexpected outcomes are now included in skills descriptions. Like previous editions, the text maintains its unique holistic "blended skills" approach to nursing care and focuses on case-based learning and critical thinking. A back-of-book CD-ROM includes video clips and a Spanish-English audio glossary. A companion online course is available free with purchase of the text.

Author Biography

Carol Taylor, CSFN, RN, MSN, PhD Georgetown University, Washington, DC Carol Lillis, RN, MSN Delaware County Community College, Media, Pennsylvania Priscilla LeMone, RN, DSN, FAAN University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri

Table of Contents

UNIT I Foundations of Nursing Practice	2	(114)
Introduction to Nursing	5	(18)
Health of the Individual, Family, and Community	23	(12)
Culture and Ethnicity	35	(20)
Health and Illness	55	(12)
Theoretical Base for Nursing Practice	67	(12)
Values and Ethics in Nursing	79	(18)
Legal Implications of Nursing	97	(19)
UNIT II Promoting Health Across the Life Span	116	(56)
Developmental Concepts	119	(14)
Conception Through Young Adult	133	(22)
The Aging Adult	155	(17)
UNIT III Community-Based Settings for Patient Care	172	(40)
Community-Based Healthcare	175	(14)
Continuity of Care	189	(12)
Home Healthcare	201	(11)
UNIT IV The Nursing Process	212	(132)
Blended Skills and Critical Thinking Throughout the Nursing Process	215	(22)
Assessing	237	(18)
Diagnosing	255	(16)
Planning	271	(18)
Implementing	289	(14)
Evaluating	303	(14)
Documenting, Reporting, and Conferring	317	(27)
UNIT V Roles Basic to Nursing Care	344	(70)
Communicator	347	(26)
Teacher and Counselor	373	(22)
Leader, Researcher, and Advocate	395	(19)
UNIT VI Actions Basic to Nursing Care	414	(260)
Vital Signs	417	(38)
Health Assessment	455	(50)
Safety	505	(28)
Asepsis	533	(34)
Medications	567	(72)
Perioperative Nursing	639	(35)
UNIT VII Promoting Healthy Psychosocial Responses	674	(166)
Self-Concept	677	(24)
Stress and Adaptation	701	(24)
Loss, Grief, and Dying	725	(30)
Sensory Stimulation	755	(24)
Sexuality	779	(38)
Spirituality	817	(23)
UNIT VIII Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses	840	(503)
Hygiene	843	(56)
Skin Integrity and Wound Care	899	(48)
Activity	947	(66)
Rest and Sleep	1013	(24)
Comfort	1037	(42)
Nutrition	1079	(52)
Urinary Elimination	1131	(50)
Bowel Elimination	1181	(40)
Oxygenation	1221	(50)
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance	1271	(72)
Appendices
Appendix A Equivalents	1333	(2)
Appendix B Normal Adult Values	1335	(8)
Glossary	1343	(12)
Index	1355