Ochs, Geralyn

Study guide and skills performance checklists for Potter and Perry fundamentals of nursing / Geralyn Ochs ; Jerrilee LaMar, Linda Turchi - 7th edition - St. Louis : Mosby/Elsevier, c2009 - ix, 382 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Unit I: The Client and the Health Care Environment
1. Nursing Today
2. Health Care Delivery System
3. Community-Based Nursing Practice
4. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice
5. Evidence-Based Practice

Unit II: Caring Throughout the Life Span
6. Health and Wellness
7. Caring in Nursing Practice
8. Culture and Ethnicity
9. Caring for Families
10. Developmental Theories
11. Conception Through Adolescence
12. Young to Middle Adult
13. Older Adult

Unit III: Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice
14. Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice
15. Nursing Assessment
16. Nursing Diagnosis
17. Planning for Nursing Care
18. Implementing Nursing Care
19. Evaluation
20. Managing Client Care

Unit IV: Professional Standards in Nursing Practice
21. Ethics and Values
22. Legal Implications
23. Communication
24. Client Education
25. Documentation

Unit V. Psychosocial Basis for Nursing Practice
26. Self-Concept
27. Sexuality
28. Spiritual Health
29. The Experience of Loss, Death, and Grief
30. Stress and Coping

Unit VI: Scientific Basis for Nursing Practice
31. Vital Signs
32. Health Assessment and Physical Examination
33. Infection Control
34. Medication Administration
35. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Unit VII: Basic Human Needs
36. Activity and Exercise
37. Client Safety
38. Hygiene
39. Oxygenation
40. Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balances
41. Sleep
42. Pain Management
43. Nutrition
44. Urinary Elimination
45. Bowel Elimination

Unit VIII: Clients with Special Needs
46. Mobility and Immobility
47. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
48. Sensory Alteration
49. Care of Surgical Clients

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