Fundamentals of nursing : standards & practice / Sue C.DeLaune, Patricia K. Ladner

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
Unit 1 Nursing's perspective - past, present and future:
1. Evolution of nursing and health care;
2. Theoretical foundations of nursing;
3. Nursing education and research.

Unit 2 The individual and health care:
4. The individual, health and holism;
5. The life cycle;
6. Cultural diversity and nursing.

Unit 3 Delivery of health care:
7. The health-care delivery system;
8. Nursing and alternative-treatment modalities;
9. Quality management.

Unit 4 Professional accountability and empowerment:
10. Professional accountability and leadership;
11. Legal responsibilities;
12. Ethical responsibilities.

Unit 5 The therapeutic nature of nursing:
13. Nursing, healing and caring;
14. Therapeutic interaction.

Unit 6 Nursing process - the standard of care:
15. Nursing process as a therapeutic framework;
16. Assessment;
17. Physical assessment and vital signs;
18. Nursing diagnosis;
19. Outcome identification and planning;
20. Implementation;
21. Evaluation;
22. Documentation of the therapeutic process.

Unitt 7 Application of the nursing process:
23. Stress, anxiety and adaptation;
24. Responding to loss and grief;
25. Responding to knowledge deficits;
26. Responding to the special needs of the elderly;
27. Responding to the client undergoing diagnostic testing;
28. Responding to the peri-operative client.

Unit 8 Elemental standards of care and protocols for care:
29. Self-concept;
30. Safety and hygiene;
31. Oxygenation;
32. Comfort and sleep;
33. Medication administration;
34. Mobility;
35. Skin integrity;
36. Cognitive and sensory perception;
37. Metabolism;
38. Nutrition;
39. Elimination.
40. Nursing Care of Perioperative Client 1348