Harkreader, Helen.  <br/><br/>
Fundamentals of nursing :  caring and clinical judgement / 
Helen Harkreader & Mary Ann Hogan. 
 - 2nd edition. 
 - St. Louis, Mo. :  Saunders,  c2004. 
 - xli, 1346 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  29 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Contents;<br/><br/>SECTION 1: THE CONTEXT OF NURSING PRACTICE <br/>Unit 1: The Social Context of Nursing <br/>1. The Nursing Profession <br/>2. Legal and Ethical Context of Practice <br/>3. Cultural Context of Practice <br/>4. The Health Care Delivery System <br/><br/>Unit 2: A Framework for Nursing Practice <br/>5. Caring and Clinical Judgment <br/>6. Client Assessment: Nursing History <br/>7. Assessing Vital Signs <br/>8. Physical Assessment <br/>9. Nursing Diagnosis <br/>10. Planning, Intervening, and Evaluating <br/>11. Documenting Care <br/><br/>Unit 3: The Tools of Practice <br/>12. The Nurse-Client Relationship <br/>13. Client Teaching <br/>14. Managing Client Care <br/>15. Nursing Research <br/><br/>Unit 4: The Well Client Across the Life Span <br/>16. Infancy Through Adolescence <br/>17. The Young, Middle, and Older Adult <br/><br/>SECTION 2: NURSING CARE FOR FUNCTIONAL HEALTH <br/>Unit 5: Health Perception-Health Management Pattern <br/>18. Health Perception <br/>19. Health Maintenance: Lifestyle Management <br/>20. Health Maintenance: Medication Management <br/>21. Health Protection: Risk for Infection <br/>22. Health Protection: Risk for Injury <br/><br/>Unit 6: Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern <br/>23. Promoting Healthy Nutrition <br/>24. Restoring Nutrition <br/>25. Maintaining Fluid and Electrolyte Balance <br/>26. Promoting Wound Healing <br/>27. Managing Body Temperature <br/><br/>Unit 7: Elimination Pattern <br/>28. Managing Bowel Elimination <br/>29. Managing Urinary Elimination <br/><br/>Unit 8: Activity-Exercise Pattern <br/>30. Managing Self Care Deficit <br/>31. Restoring Physical Mobility <br/>32. Preventing Disuse Syndrome <br/>33. Supporting Respiratory Function <br/>34. Supporting Cardiovascular Function <br/><br/>Unit 9: Sleep-Rest Pattern <br/>35. Managing Sleep and Rest Unit <br/>10: Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern <br/>36. Managing Pain <br/>37. Supporting Sensory/Perceptual Function <br/>38. Supporting Verbal Communication <br/>39. Managing Confusion <br/><br/>Unit 11: Self-Perception-Self-Concept Pattern <br/>40. Promoting Self-Concept <br/>41. Managing Anxiety <br/>42. Managing Vulnerability <br/><br/>Unit 12: Role-Relationship Pattern <br/>43. Managing Functional Limitations <br/>44. Managing Loss <br/><br/>Unit 13: Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern <br/>45. Maintaining Sexual Health <br/><br/>Unit 14: Coping--Stress-Tolerance Pattern <br/>46. Supporting Stress Tolerance and Coping <br/>47. Supporting Family Coping <br/><br/>Unit 15: Value-Belief Pattern <br/>48. Supporting Spirituality <br/><br/>Unit 16: The Surgical Client <br/>49. The Surgical Client 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780721691411 0721691412  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nursing--Practice.<br/>Practice Management.<br/>Nursing--Practice--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>WY 100 H282f 2004