About the authors
Acknowledgments
Preface
Unit 1. The nature of nursing
Chapter 1. Historical and contemporary nursing practice
Chapter 2. Evidence-based practice and research in nursing
Chapter 3. Legal aspects of nursing
Chapter 4. Values, ethics, and advocacy
Unit 2. Contemporary healthcare
Chapter 5. Healthcare delivery systems
Chapter 6. Community nursing and care continuity
Chapter 7. Home health nursing care
Chapter 8. Electronic health records and information technology
Unit 3. The nursing process
Chapter 9. Critical thinking and clinical reasoning
Chapter 10. Assessing
Chapter 11. Diagnosing
Chapter 12. Planning
Chapter 13. Implementing and evaluating
Chapter 14. Documenting and reporting
Unit 4. Integral aspects of nursing
Chapter 15. Caring
Chapter 16. Communicating
Chapter 17. Teaching
Chapter 18. Leading, managing, and delegating
Unit 5. Health beliefs and practices
Chapter 19. Health promotion
Chapter 20. Health, wellness, and illness
Chapter 21. Culturally responsive nursing care
Chapter 22. Complementary and alternative healing modalities
Unit 6. Lifespan development
Chapter 23. Concepts of growth and development
Chapter 24. Promoting health from conception through adolescence
Chapter 25. Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults
Chapter 26. Promoting health in older adults
Chapter 27. Promoting family health
Unit 7. Assessing health
Chapter 28. Vital signs
Chapter 29. Health assessment
Chapter 30. Pain assessment and management
Unit 8. Integral components of client care
Chapter 31. Asepsis and infection prevention
Chapter 32. Safety
Chapter 33. Hygiene
Chapter 34. Diagnostic testing
Chapter 35. Medication administration
Chapter 36. Skin integrity and wound care
Chapter 37. Perioperative nursing
Unit 9. Psychosocial health
Chapter 38. Sensory perception
Chapter 39. Self-concept
Chapter 40. Sexuality
Chapter 41. Spirituality
Chapter 42. Stress and coping
Chapter 43. Loss, grieving, and death
Unit 10. Promoting physiologic health
Chapter 44. Activity and exercise
Chapter 45. Sleep
Chapter 46. Nutrition
Chapter 47. Urinary elimination
Chapter 48. Fecal elimination
Chapter 49. Oxygenation
Chapter 50. Circulation
Chapter 51. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
Appendix A. Answers to test your knowledge
Glossary

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