Study Guide to Accompany Fundamentals of Nursing : The Art and Science of Nursing Care

by Taylor, Carol; Lillis, Carol; Lemone, Priscilla; Lebon, Marilee

• ISBN13: 9780781722858
• ISBN10: 0781722853
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Summary

Using bulleted outlines and various question types, this Study Guide helps students understand, apply, and retain essential material from Fundamentals of Nursing, Sixth Edition. The Study Guide includes chapter overviews, critical thinking and case study-based questions, Developing Your Knowledge Base sections with matching and fill-in-the-blank questions, and NCLEX®-style questions including alternate-item questions. An Answer Key appears at the back of the book.

Table of Contents

Unit I Foundations of Nursing Practice
Introduction to Nursing	3	(5)
Health of the Individual, Family and Community	8	(4)
Culture and Ethnicity	12	(5)
Health and Illness	17	(4)
Theoretical Base for Nursing Practice	21	(4)
Values and Ethics in Nursing	25	(6)
Legal Implications of Nursing	31	(8)
Unit II Promoting Health Across the Life Span
Developmental Concepts	39	(6)
Conception Through Young Adult	45	(6)
The Aging Adult	51	(6)
Unit III Community-Based Settings for Patient Care
Community-Based Healthcare	57	(6)
Continuity of Care	63	(4)
Home Healthcare	67	(6)
Unit IV The Nursing Process
Blended Skills and Critical Thinking Throughout the Nursing Process	73	(6)
Assessing	79	(4)
Diagnosing	83	(5)
Planning	88	(6)
Implementing	94	(4)
Evaluating	98	(4)
Documenting, Reporting, and Conferring	102	(7)
Unit V Roles Basic to Nursing Care
Communicator	109	(7)
Teacher and Counselor	116	(6)
Leader, Researcher, and Advocate	122	(7)
Unit VI Actions Basic to Nursing Care
Vital Signs	129	(6)
Health Assessment	135	(8)
Safety	143	(6)
Asepsis	149	(6)
Medications	155	(9)
Perioperative Nursing	164	(9)
Unit VII Promoting Healthy Psychological Responses
Self-Concept	173	(7)
Stress and Adaptation	180	(6)
Loss, Grief, and Dying	186	(6)
Sensory Stimulation	192	(6)
Sexuality	198	(7)
Spirituality	205	(8)
Unit VIII Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses
Hygiene	213	(8)
Skin Integrity and Wound Care	221	(8)
Activity	229	(10)
Rest and Sleep	239	(8)
Comfort	247	(10)
Nutrition	257	(9)
Urinary Elimination	266	(8)
Bowel Elimination	274	(9)
Oxygenation	283	(9)
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance	292	(11)
Answer Key	303