TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barnes,Susan
TI  - Study guide for fundamentals of nursing: concepts, process, and practice 
SN  - 9780130493002
U1  - WY 18.2 S933 2004 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - New Jersey
PB  - Pearson/Prentice Hall
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Examinations, questions, etc
N1  - Contents

Unit 1: The nature of nursing 
1. Historical and contemporary nursing practice 
2. Nursing education and research 
3. Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks 
4. Legal aspects of nursing 
5. Values, ethics and advocacy

Unit 2: Contemporary health care 
6. Health care delivery systems 
7. Community-based nursing and care continuity 
8. Health promotion
9. Home care 
10. Nursing informatics

Unit 3: Health beliefs and practices 
11. Health, wellness and illness 
12. Individual, family, and community health 
13. Culture and heritage 
14. Complementary and alternative healing modalities

Unit 4: The nursing process 
15. Critical thinking and the nursing process 
16. Assessing 
17. Diagnosing 
18. Planning 
19. Implementing and evaluating
20. Documenting and reporting

Unit 5: Life span and development 
21. Concepts of growth and development 
22. Promoting health from conception through adolescence 
23. Promoting health in adults and older adults 

Unit 6: Integral aspects of nursing 
24. Caring, comforting and communicating 
25. Teaching 
26. Delegating, managing, and leading 

Unit 7: Assessing health
27. Vital signs 
28. Health assessment 

Unit 8: Integral components of client care 
29. Asepsis 
30. Safety 
31. Hygiene 
32. Diagnostic testing 
33. Medications
34. Skin integrity and wound care
35.Perioperative nursing

Unit 9: Promoting psychosocial health 
36. Sensory perception 
37. Self-concept 
38. Sexuality 
39. Spirituality 
40. Stress and coping 
41. Loss, Grieving and death

Unit 10: Promoting physiologic health 
42. Activity and exercise 
43. Rest and sleep 
44. Pain management 
45. Nutrition 
46. Fecal elimination
47. Urinary elimination
48. Oxygenation
49. Circulation
50. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance



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