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NURSING Fundamentals & Skills

Fundamentals of Nursing Concepts and Competencies for Practice 9th Edition By Ruth F. Craven, EdD, RN, FAAN , Professor Emerita, Department of Biobehav- ioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA; Constance Hirnle, MN, RN , Retired Faculty Member, Senior Lecturer, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Informatics, University of Wash- ington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA; and Christine M. Henshaw, EdD, RN-BC , Professional Development Specialist, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA DESCRIPTION Establish a foundation for success from the classroom to today’s fast-paced clinical settings. This big-picture approach to nursing practice instills a com- plete understanding of essential concepts and helps you develop the critical thinking and clinical judgment skills to confidently manage the challenges nurses encounter every day.

FEATURES ▶ ▶ NEW! Unfolding Patient Stories , written by the National League for Nursing, foster valuable reflection on commonly encountered clinical scenarios. ▶ ▶ UPDATED! Additional NCLEX® Review Questions reinforce your exam readiness. ▶ ▶ NEW! Critical Thinking Using QSEN Competencies features include thought-provoking questions to boost your clinical reasoning and problem-solving capabilities. ▶ ▶ NEW! Revised organization of the Table of Contents reflects an updated focus on foundational nursing concepts and competencies. ▶ ▶ Case Scenarios at the beginning of each chapter encourage you to think holistically about common clinical situations. ▶ ▶ Richly illustrated concept maps help you apply the nursing process and think critically about the chapter-opening case scenarios. ▶ ▶ PICO (patient/problem, intervention, comparison, outcome) displays guide you through a structured, evidence- based approach to finding answers to clinical challenges related to the chapter-opening case scenarios. ▶ ▶ Collaborating with the Healthcare Team displays familiarize you with the SBAR technique for effective interpersonal communication. ▶ ▶ Therapeutic Dialogues emphasize close listening and enhance your patient communication capabilities. ▶ ▶ Concept Mastery Alerts clarify potentially confusing topics as identified by Lippincott ® ’s Adaptive Learning powered by PrepU . ▶ ▶ Apply Your Critical Thinking features encourage deep thinking on concepts and situations, with detailed answers in an appendix identifying areas for further review. ▶ ▶ Ethical-Legal Issues equip you to think critically about complex situations you may encounter in practice. ▶ ▶ Plan of Care features help you apply available knowledge and evidence-based research to create effective care plans. ▶ ▶ Outcome-Based Teaching Plans guide you to specific patient education outcomes. ▶ ▶ NANDA-I Tables clearly outline the relationship between nursing diagnosis, outcomes and interventions. ▶ ▶ Safety Alerts highlight specific considerations for safe practice. ▶ ▶ Evidence-Based Bundles to Improve Patient Care recommend sets of evidenced-base practices to reliably improve patient outcomes.

▶ ▶ Key Terms lists familiarize you with essential vocabulary in each chapter. ▶ ▶ Learning Objectives alert you to the most important chapter concepts.

North American Edition / Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-2042-9 / ($139.99(t) / £N/A / €N/A) World International Edition / Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-5697-8 / ($139.99(t) / £79.00 / €88.00) Approx. 1,560 pp. / 725 in Full Color / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / February 2020

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in February 2016 (ISBN: 978-1-4698-9860-5).

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