TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harkreader, Helen. 
AU  - Hogan,Mary Ann
TI  - Fundamentals of nursing: caring and clinical judgement 
SN  - 9780721691411
U1  - WY 100 H282f 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - St. Louis, Mo.
PB  - Saunders
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Practice
KW  - Practice Management
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents;

SECTION 1: THE CONTEXT OF NURSING PRACTICE 
Unit 1: The Social Context of Nursing 
1. The Nursing Profession 
2. Legal and Ethical Context of Practice 
3. Cultural Context of Practice 
4. The Health Care Delivery System 

Unit 2: A Framework for Nursing Practice 
5. Caring and Clinical Judgment 
6. Client Assessment: Nursing History 
7. Assessing Vital Signs 
8. Physical Assessment 
9. Nursing Diagnosis 
10. Planning, Intervening, and Evaluating 
11. Documenting Care 

Unit 3: The Tools of Practice 
12. The Nurse-Client Relationship 
13. Client Teaching 
14. Managing Client Care 
15. Nursing Research 

Unit 4: The Well Client Across the Life Span 
16. Infancy Through Adolescence 
17. The Young, Middle, and Older Adult 

SECTION 2: NURSING CARE FOR FUNCTIONAL HEALTH 
Unit 5: Health Perception-Health Management Pattern 
18. Health Perception 
19. Health Maintenance: Lifestyle Management 
20. Health Maintenance: Medication Management 
21. Health Protection: Risk for Infection 
22. Health Protection: Risk for Injury 

Unit 6: Nutritional-Metabolic Pattern 
23. Promoting Healthy Nutrition 
24. Restoring Nutrition 
25. Maintaining Fluid and Electrolyte Balance 
26. Promoting Wound Healing 
27. Managing Body Temperature 

Unit 7: Elimination Pattern 
28. Managing Bowel Elimination 
29. Managing Urinary Elimination 

Unit 8: Activity-Exercise Pattern 
30. Managing Self Care Deficit 
31. Restoring Physical Mobility 
32. Preventing Disuse Syndrome 
33. Supporting Respiratory Function 
34. Supporting Cardiovascular Function 

Unit 9: Sleep-Rest Pattern 
35. Managing Sleep and Rest Unit 
10: Cognitive-Perceptual Pattern 
36. Managing Pain 
37. Supporting Sensory/Perceptual Function 
38. Supporting Verbal Communication 
39. Managing Confusion 

Unit 11: Self-Perception-Self-Concept Pattern 
40. Promoting Self-Concept 
41. Managing Anxiety 
42. Managing Vulnerability 

Unit 12: Role-Relationship Pattern 
43. Managing Functional Limitations 
44. Managing Loss 

Unit 13: Sexuality-Reproductive Pattern 
45. Maintaining Sexual Health 

Unit 14: Coping--Stress-Tolerance Pattern 
46. Supporting Stress Tolerance and Coping 
47. Supporting Family Coping 

Unit 15: Value-Belief Pattern 
48. Supporting Spirituality 

Unit 16: The Surgical Client 
49. The Surgical Client
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