Fundamentals of nursing : caring and clinical judgement.

Author/creator Harkreader, Helen Chandler
Other author Hogan, Mary Ann (Nurse)
Other author Thobaben, Marshelle.
Format Book
Edition3rd ed. / Helen Harkreader, Mary Ann Hogan, Marshelle Thobaben.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia, PA ; Edinburgh : Saunders/Elsevier, 2007.
Descriptionxxx, 1394 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
Subjects
Nursing.
Practice Management.

Partial contents I. The social context of nursing. The nursing profession -- Ethical and legal context of practice -- Cultural context of practice -- The health care delivery system -- II. A framework for nursing practice. Caring and clinical judgment -- Client assessment: nursing history -- Assessing vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Nursing diagnosis -- Planning, intervening, and evaluation -- Documenting care -- III. The tools of practice. The nurse-client relationship -- Client teaching -- Managing client care -- Evidence-based practice and nursing research -- IV. The well client across the life span. Infancy through school-age development -- The adolescent and young adult -- The middle and older adult -- V. Health perception-health management pattern. Health perception -- Health maintenance: lifestyle management -- Health maintenance: medication management -- Health protection: risk for infection -- Health protection: risk for injury -- VI. Nutritional-metabolic pattern -- Restoring nutrition -- Maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance -- Promoting wound healing -- Managing body temperature -- VII. Elimination pattern. Managing bowel elimination -- Managing urinary elimination -- VIII. Activity-exercise pattern. Managing self-care deficit -- Restoring physical mobility -- Preventing disuse syndrome -- Supporting respiratory function -- Supporting cardiovascular function -- IX. Sleep-rest pattern. Managing sleep and rest -- X. Cognitive-perceptual pattern. Managing pain -- Supporting sensory/perceptual function -- Supporting verbal communication -- Managing confusion -- XI. Self-perception-self-concept pattern. Promoting self-concept -- Managing anxiety -- Managing vulnerability -- XII. Role-relationship pattern. Managing functional limitations -- Managing loss -- XIII. Sexuality-reproduction pattern. Maintaining sexual health -- XIV. Coping-stress-tolerance pattern. Supporting stress tolerance and coping -- Supporting family coping -- XV. Value-belief pattern. Supporting spirituality -- XVI. The surgical client -- Appendices: A. ANA Standards of Nursing Practice and Professional Performance -- B. Appreviations used in documentation -- C. Quick guide to medical terminology -- D. HIPAA Privacy Act: fact sheet: protecting the privacy of patients' health information.
General notePrevious ed.: published as Helen Harkreader and Mary Ann Hogan. St. Louis, Mo.: Saunders, 2004.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN9781416034360 :
ISBN1416034366

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Laupus Books - Stacks WY 100 F979 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold