Content includes all of the "need-to-know" facts covering the nursing process, physical assessment, communication, professional standards, health promotion through the lifespan, and more. Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, evidence-based practice, nursing theory, and safe clinical care in all settings.
From an expert author team led by Patricia Potter and Anne Griffin Perry, this bestselling nursing textbook helps you develop the understanding and clinical reasoning you need to provide excellent patient care. Critical Thinking Models in each clinical chapter show how to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to achieve successful clinical outcomes. Evidence-Based Practice chapter shows how nursing research helps in determining best practices. Caring for the Cancer Survivor chapter prepares nurses to care for cancer patients who may still face physical and emotional issues.
Case studies include unique clinical application questions and exercises, allowing you to practice using care plans and concept maps. The 5-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for care, and is demonstrated in more than 20 care plans.
Clear, streamlined writing style makes complex material more approachable. More than 20 concept maps show care planning for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses. Key points and key terms in each chapter summarize important content for more efficient review and study. Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions for each skill alert you to potential problems and appropriate nursing actions. Delegation coverage clarifies which tasks can and cannot be delegated. A glossary provides quick access to definitions for all key terms.
It's your complete guide to nursing - from basic concepts to essential skills! Patient Safety and Quality chapter describes how quality and safety apply to the nurse, and includes a new skill on fall prevention in healthcare settings. NEW content addresses the Affordable Care Act, patients' perspectives on hospital care as measured by HCAHPS surveys, health disparities and vulnerable populations, compassion fatigue, pain assessment, patient education techniques like teach-back, new equipment, Healthy People , and more.
Unique Evidence-Based Practice boxes in every chapter include a PICO question - the Problem, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome - and summarize a research study along with its application to nursing practice. Over NEW photos clarify procedures and familiarize you with the latest clinical equipment. With a greater emphasis on, and integration of, interprofessional collaboration, health literacy, and clinical reasoning, Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, Sixth Edition provides you with the solid educational foundation to learn nursing principles, concepts, and skills with ease.
The Sixth edition includes new chapters focused on the health needs of Indigenous people along with information on how to collaborate among interprofessional disciplines. Thoroughly reviewed by Canadian nursing experts, this edition ensures that you are well prepared to practise in Canada. Case studies include unique clinical application questions and exercises, allowing students to practise using care plans and concept maps.
New photos capture the latest updates in skills and equipment relevant to Canadian nursing practice. More than 50 skills demonstrations provide illustrated, step-by-step instructions for safe nursing care — and include rationales for each step. Focus on Older Persons boxes highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care for this population.
Planning sections help nurses plan and prioritize care by emphasizing Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Teamwork and Collaboration.
Implementation sections cover health promotion, acute care, and continuing care to prepare you for all levels of care in all settings. Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions for each skill offer alerts to potential problems and appropriate nursing actions. Procedural guidelines provide streamlined, step-by-step instructions for performing basic skills. Critical Thinking Models in each clinical chapter show students how to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to achieve successful clinical outcomes.
Evidence-Informed Practice chapter includes the concept of research literacy and discusses quality improvement QI. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the theoretical foundations of nursing, the nursing process, basic nursing skills, physiologic patient care, and the latest nursing concepts, including evidence-based practice and critical thinking. Specific topics covered include oxygenation, self-care and hygiene, mobility and exercise, comfort from pain, rest and sleep, skin integrity, nutrition, and urinary and bowel elimination.
Abundant illustrations, call-outs, end-of-chapter quizzes reinforce reading and highlight age-related considerations, risks and complications, and provide tips for documentation and patient-teaching. This textbook is designed for beginning students in all types of professional nursing programs. The comprehensive coverage provides fundamental nursing concepts, skills, and techniques of nursing practice and a firm foundation for more advanced areas of study.
This revision immerses students in a proven nursing framework that clarifies key capabilities — from promoting health, to differentiating between normal function and dysfunction, to the use of scientific rationales and the approved nursing process — and includes new Unfolding Patient Stories and Critical Thinking Using QSEN Competencies.
Bring the principles of nursing to life and build a foundation for success from the classroom to the clinical setting.
Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Practice, 9th Edition helps foster the strong critical thinking, clinical judgment, clear communication, and sound clinical skills students need to succeed throughout the nursing curriculum and to meet the challenges practicing nurses confront each day.
Drawing from the latest clinical evidence, this big-picture approach breathes life into theoretical principles, putting students in the mindset of a successful nurse and immersing them in a proven nursing process framework that clarifies key capabilities, from promoting health to differentiating between normal function and dysfunction, to the use of scientific rationales and the approved nursing process. This updated 9th Edition further enhances students'' clinical capabilities with new Unfolding Patient Stories that challenge students to think critically about commonly encountered patient scenarios.
Unfolding Patient Stories, written by the National League for Nursing, foster valuable reflection on commonly encountered clinical scenarios. Critical Thinking Using QSEN Competencies features include thought-provoking questions to boost students'' clinical reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. Revised organization of the Table of Contents reflects an updated focus on foundational nursing concepts and competencies.
Case Scenarios at the beginning of each chapter encourage students to think holistically about common clinical situations. Examination review questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key content while helping you prepare for examinations. Expanded chapter on genetics focuses on the practical application of genetics to nursing care of patients and includes current changes in Canadian clinical practice.
Genetics in Clinical Practice boxes address key topics such as genetic testing, Alzheimer's disease, sickle cell disease, and genetics-related ethical issues. Assessment Abnormalities tables alert readers to abnormalities frequently encountered in practice, as well as their possible etiologies More than 60 comprehensive nursing care plans on the Evolve website defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems NEW!
Unfolding case studies included throughout each assessment chapter helps you apply important concepts and procedures to real-life patient care. Expanded coverage of evidence-informed practice in Research Highlight and Translating Research Into Practice boxes helps you understand how to apply the latest research to real-life patient care. Informatics boxes discuss how technology is used by nurses and patients in health care settings.
Expanded Safety Alerts throughout the book cover surveillance for high-risk situations. Drug alerts highlight important safety considerations for key drugs NEW!
Revised art program enhances the book's visual appeal and lends a more contemporary look throughout. Best of all — a complete collection of learning and study resources helps students learn more effectively and offers valuable, real-world preparation for clinical practice. Assessment Abnormalities tables alert readers to abnormalities frequently encountered in practice, as well as their possible etiologies More than 60 comprehensive nursing care plans on the Evolve website defining characteristics, expected outcomes, specific nursing interventions with rationales, evaluation criteria, and collaborative problems.
Written by a dedicated team of expert authors led by Sharon Lewis, Medical-Surgical Nursing, 9th Edition offers the same easy-to-read style that students have come to love, along with the timely and thoroughly accurate content that educators have come to trust. Best of all - a complete collection of interactive student resources creates a more engaging learning environment to prepare you for clinical practice.
Highly readable format gives you a strong foundation in medical-surgical nursing. Content written and reviewed by leading experts in the field ensures that the information is comprehensive, current, and clinically accurate. Tap the deepest part of the cheek with a spatula to know the weakness of the tongue.
Give eat slowly in a quiet environment. Start by giving a semi-liquid food orally , soft foods when patients can not swallow water. Help the patient to choose foods that are small or do not need to chew and easy to swallow. Instruct the patient to use a straw to drink liquids. Suggest to participate in the exercise program. Imbalanced Nutrition Less than Body Requirements related to lack of adequate food intake. Outcomes : Adequate nutritional intake. Instruct the patient to eat slowly and chew food thoroughly.
Feeding little and often with foods that are not irritating. Serve food in interesting ways. Avoid eating or drinking foods that contain irritant substances. Measure body weight each day and record the increase. Share on :. Popular Post. Acute pain nursing care plan - Nursing Care Plan Examples.
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See where you thrive, what gets you excited. Put off choosing a specialty until you have experienced life as a nurse for a little while. Not everyone gets a great hospital job right out of school. It can feel pretty defeating.
So, what should you do? Thankfully, there are lots of specialties you can do even outside of a hospital. Try one of these. LTAC is another really great stepping stone that looks fantastic on a resume. Essentially, these are patients who are stable but need nursing care.
Think of patients who are too stable to really need to be in a hospital, but require too much nursing care and interventions to be at a nursing home. You get used to working with CNAs who are a wealth of information and knowledge. The difference between. This guide shows 10 differences between them.
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