Fundamentals of Nursing Human Health and Function
by Craven, Ruth F.; Hirnle, Constance J.Edition: 6th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-02-04
Publisher(s): LWW
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Summary
This groundbreaking text maintains its emphasis on critical thinking by weaving it throughout each chapter. Chapters open with a Clinical Vignette followed by critical thinking questions and include Apply Your Knowledge Checkpoint Boxes, Therapeutic Dialogues Boxes, Collaborating with the Healthcare Team Boxes, and Ethical-Legal Boxes that together build your students' decision-making abilities and clinical judgment. Craven & Hirnle now offers completely revised skills presentations and a brand-new, comprehensive, integrated art program of nearly 1,000 drawings and photographs. Overall, the Sixth Edition has an increased focus on patient safety, communication, and evidence-based research in practice. A complete suite of products will now accompany the Sixth Edition including Craven and Hirnle's Nursing Fundamentals and Procedures Online, an online skills reference, and Lippincott's Video Series: Nursing Procedures, along with a printed Study Guide, Procedures Checklists, and a FREE CD-ROM with bonus content bundled with the text.
Table of Contents
| The Delivery of Nursing | |
| The Delivery of Nursing | |
| Community-Based Nursing and Continuity of Care | |
| Concepts Essential for Professional Nursing | |
| The Profession of Nursing | |
| Nursing Theory and Conceptual Frameworks | |
| Values | |
| Ethical and Legal Concerns | |
| Nurse Leader and Manager | |
| Nursing Research: Evidence Based Care | |
| The Nursing Process: Framework for Clinical Nursing Therapies | |
| Nursing Process: Foundation for Practice | |
| Nursing Assessment | |
| Nursing Diagnosis | |
| Outcome Identification and Planning | |
| Implementation and Evaluation | |
| Critical Thinking | |
| Communication of the Nursing Process: Documenting and Reporting | |
| Concepts Essential for Human Function and Nursing Management | |
| Health and Wellness | |
| Complementary and Alternative Medicine | |
| Lifespan Development | |
| The Older Adult | |
| Individual, Family and Community | |
| Culture and Ethnicity | |
| Communication: The Nurse-Client Relationship | |
| Client Education | |
| Care Management | |
| Essential Assessment Components | |
| Health Assessment of Human Function | |
| Vital Sign Assessment | |
| Selected Clinical Nursing Therapeutics | |
| Asepsis and Infection Control | |
| Medication Administration | |
| Intravenous Therapy | |
| Perioperative Nursing | |
| Health Perception and Health Management | |
| Safety | |
| Health Maintenance | |
| Activity and Exercise | |
| Self-Care and Hygiene | |
| Mobility and Body Mechanics | |
| Oxygenation: Respiratory Function | |
| Oxygenation: Cardiovascular Function | |
| Nutrition and Metabolism | |
| Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance | |
| Nutrition | |
| Skin Integrity and Wound Healing | |
| The Body's Defense Against Infection | |
| Elimination | |
| Urinary Elimination | |
| Bowel Elimination | |
| Sleep and Rest | |
| Sleep and Rest | |
| Cognition and Perception | |
| Pain Perception and Management | |
| Sensory Perception | |
| Cognitive Processes | |
| Self-Perception and Self-Concept | |
| Self-Concept | |
| Roles and Relationships | |
| Families and Their Relationships | |
| Loss and Grieving | |
| Coping and Stress Management | |
| Stress Coping and Adaptation | |
| Sexuality and Reproduction | |
| Human Sexuality | |
| Values and Beliefs | |
| Spiritual Health | |
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