"Audrey Berman, PhD, RN - A San Francisco Bay Area native, Audrey Berman received her BSN from the University of California–San Francisco and later returned to that campus to
obtain her MS in physiological nursing and her PhD in nursing.
Shirlee J. Snyder, EdD, RN - Shirlee J. Snyder graduated from Columbia Hospital School of Nursing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and subsequently received a Bachelor of Science
in nursing from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Geralyn Frandsen, EdD, RN - Geralyn Frandsen graduated in the last class from DePaul Hospital School of Nursing in St. Louis, Missouri. She earned a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Maryville College"
"UNIT 1 The Nature of Nursing
Chapter 1 Historical and Contemporary Nursing
Practice
Chapter 2 Evidence-Based Practice and Research
in Nursing
Chapter 3 Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks
Chapter 4 Legal Aspects of Nursing
Chapter 5 Values, Ethics, and Advocacy
UNIT 2 Contemporary Health Care
Chapter 6 Health Care Delivery Systems
Chapter 7 Community Nursing and Care Continuity
Chapter 8 Home Care
Chapter 9 Electronic Health Records and Information
Technology
UNIT 3 The Nursing Process
Chapter 10 Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning
Chapter 11 Assessing
Chapter 12 Diagnosing
Chapter 13 Planning
Chapter 14 Implementing and Evaluating
Chapter 15 Documenting and Reporting
UNIT 4 Health Beliefs and Practices
Chapter 16 Health Promotion
Chapter 17 Health, Wellness, and Illness
Chapter 18 Culturally Responsive Nursing Care
Chapter 19 Complementary and Alternative Healing
Modalities
UNIT 5 Life Span Development
Chapter 20 Concepts of Growth and Development
Chapter 21 Promoting Health from Conception Through
Adolescence
Chapter 22 Promoting Health in Young and Middle-Aged Adults
Chapter 23 Promoting Health in Older Adults
Chapter 24 Promoting Family Health
UNIT 6 Integral Aspects of Nursing
Chapter 25 Caring
Chapter 26 Communicating
Chapter 27 Teaching
Chapter 28 Leading, Managing, and Delegating
UNIT 7 Assessing Health
Chapter 29 Vital Signs
Chapter 30 Health Assessment
UNIT 8 Integral Components of Client Care
Chapter 31 Asepsis
Chapter 32 Safety and First Aid
Chapter 33 Hygiene
Chapter 33a Hospital Admission and Discharge
Chapter 34 Diagnostic Testing
Chapter 35 Medications
Chapter 36 Skin Integrity and Wound Care
Chapter 37 Perioperative Nursing
UNIT 9 Promoting Psychosocial Health
Chapter 38 Sensory Perception
Chapter 39 Self-Concept
Chapter 40 Sexuality
Chapter 41 Spirituality
Chapter 42 Stress and Coping
Chapter 43 Loss, Grieving, and Death
UNIT 10 Promoting Physiological Health
Chapter 44 Activity and Exercise
Chapter 45 Sleep
Chapter 46 Pain Management
Chapter 47 Nutrition
Chapter 48 Urinary Elimination
Chapter 49 Fecal Elimination
Chapter 50 Oxygenation
Chapter 51 Circulation
Chapter 52 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid–Base Balance "
"• What's New—A dedicated chapter on hospital admission and discharge. A detailed coverage on hygiene, loss, grieving and death
• Updated! Over 445-chapter review questions based on frequently asked questions in university examinations
• QSEN Linkages— QSEN competencies addresses the gap between nursing education and practice
• Evidence-Based Practice—focuses evidence-informed practice to highlight relevant research and its implications for nursing care
• Home Care Assessment—focuses on educating the client, family, and community to recognize what is needed for care at home
• Home Care Considerations—focuses on teaching the client and caregiver the proper care at home
• Safety Alerts—correlates to the Patient Safety Goals and identify other crucial safety issues.
• Clinical reasoning—cognitive processes a nurse utilizes to gather and analyze client data, evaluate the relevance of the information, and implement nursing interventions to improve the client's well-being
• Interprofessional practice—identifies and reinforces to the student that other members of the health care team may also be performing the specified skill
• Men in nursing—this edition has increased information about men in nursing from a historical and current perspective in Chapter 1"