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Fundamentals & Skills
FundamentalsofNursing:TheArtandScienceofPerson-
CenteredNursingCare, EighthEdition, International Edition
CarolTaylor, PhD,MSN, RN
978-1-4511-9388-6 •October2014 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” • 1816pp. •290 illus • 160Tables
978-1-4511-8561-4 •NorthAmericanEdition:Available inUS,Canada,Australia,NewZealand, PuertoRicoandUSVirgin Islandsonly
Help your students develop the blended competencies (cognitive,
technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal) theywill need to effectively
care for patients in both institutional and community-based
practice settings with this updated Eighth Edition of the best-selling
FundamentalsofNursing
.
Reflecting today’s rapidly evolving healthcare delivery system, the
Eighth Edition offers new content, new pedagogy, a revised art and
photo program, and a wide range of online teaching and learning
resources to saveyou timeandhelpyour students succeed.
Features
•
NEW! Reflectionquestions for cultivatingQSENcompetencies
encourage critical thinking.
•
NEW!Contentonpatient safety
includes expanded safety
information related to children, adolescents, andolder adults.
•
Streamlinedcoverage
helps students focuson the fundamentals
theyneed to know for competent, caringnursing.
•
Anexpandedchapter, “OxygenationandPerfusion,”
provides
balanced coverageof respiratoryand cardiovascular content.
•
Asepsiscoverage
, nowappearingat thebeginningof the clinical
chapters, alignswith student learningneeds.
•
Revisions ineachclinical chapter
helpeducators and students
remain current throughexpanded informationongenomics, new
informationonSIDSandSUID (suddenunexplained infantdeath),
anexpandeddiscussionof childhoodobesity, and coverageof the
dangers associatedwithenergydrinks, syntheticmarijuana, and
bath salts.
•
PICO inPractice:AskingClinicalQuestionsboxes
show students
how todoa critical appraisal of themost relevant evidence to
answer an important clinical questionusing thePICO (population,
intervention, comparison,&outcome)model.
•
More than70NursingSkills
showbothactions and rationales,
highlight special considerations andunexpectedoutcomes, and
includedocumentationguidelines and samples.
•
Chapter-openingPatientScenarios
present three “patients”
withphotos anda shortdescriptionof their cases.To reinforce
learningandengage the reader, the three “patients” arementioned
throughout the chapter in
case scenarionarratives
that support
clinical examples from the text.
Table of Contents
Unit I:
FoundationsofNursing
Practice
Unit II:
HealthCareDelivery
Unit III:
Person-CenteredCareand
theNursingProcess
Unit IV:
PromotingHealthAcross the
Lifespan
UnitV:
RolesBasic toNursingCare
UnitVI:
ActionsBasic toNursingCare
UnitVII:
PromotingHealthy
PhysiologicResponses
UnitVIII:
PromotingHealthy
Psychosocial Responses
Glossary
Index
AppendixA:
Guidelines for
DelegationDecisionMaking
AppendixB:
Equivalents
AppendixC:
NormalAdult Laboratory
Values
SkillChecklists for FundamentalsofNursing:TheArtand
ScienceofPerson-CenteredNursingCare, EighthEdition
ThomasH.McConnell,MD, FCAP
978-1-4511-9366-4 •October2014 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •176pp.
StudyGuide for FundamentalsofNursing:TheArtand
ScienceofPerson-CenteredNursingCare, EighthEdition
Carol Lillis,MSN, RN
978-1-4511-9272-8 •September2014 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875” •440pp. •35 Illus.
NEW !