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LicensedPractical /VocationalNursing (LPN/LVN)
FundamentalNursingSkillsandConcepts,TenthEdition
BarbaraK.Timby, RN, BC, BSN,NA
978-1-60831-787-5 •March2012 • Softbound • 10.875” x8.375” •92pp. •506 Illus. •300Tables
This very popular full-color text, part of the
Lippincott’sPathwaysFor
LPN/LVN Education Series
, and now in its Tenth Edition, combines
theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and
clinical applications to form the foundation of the LPN/LVN course of
study. This edition retains the well-liked organization and features of
previous editions, including an impressive and comprehensive ancillary
package for students and faculty, end-of-unit exercises, and specially
displayed
Gerontologic Considerations
. In addition, it features new
Nutrition Notes and Pharmacological Considerations
written by
renowned experts as well as thoroughly updated content on quality
and safety and new technologies, aswell as nursing practice, laws and
ethics, recording and reporting, nutrition, fluid and chemical balance,
asepsis, infection control, medication administration, cost-related
issues, emerging healthcare settings, concept mapping, malpractice,
documentationand reporting,HIPAA, andmore.Theaccompanyingfor-
sale Student StudyGuide has been converted to a StudentWorkbook,
with the answers available only to instructors online, to enhance the
student’s study experience. This product is truly a comprehensive
curricular resource, especiallywhenpackagedwith itssisterpublication,
IntroductoryMedical-SurgicalNursing.
Features
• Words toKnow
• StopThink+Respondboxes
• CriticalThinkingExercises
• NCLEX
®
-StyleReviewQuestions
• EndofUnit Exercises
• GerontologicConsiderations
• PharmacologicConsiderations
• NutritionNotes
• Client and FamilyTeaching
• NursingGuidelines
• NursingCarePlans
• Skills
Table of Contents
Unit1:
ExploringContemporary
Nursing
Ch. 1:Nursing Foundations
Ch. 2:Nursing Process
Unit2:
IntegratingBasicConcepts
Ch. 3: Laws andEthics
Ch. 4:Health and Illness
Ch. 5:Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress
Ch. 6: Culture andEthnicity
Unit3:
FosteringCommunication
Ch. 7:TheNurse—Client Relationship
Ch. 8: ClientTeaching
Ch. 9: Recording andReporting
Unit4:
PerformingBasicClientCare
Ch. 10: Asepsis
Ch. 11: Admission,Discharge,Transfer,
andReferrals
Ch. 12: Vital Signs
Ch. 13: Physical Assessment
Ch. 14: Special Examinations andTests
Unit5:
AssistingwithBasicNeeds
Ch. 15:Nutrition
Ch. 16: Fluid andChemical Balance
Ch. 17:Hygiene
Ch. 18: Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
Ch. 19: Safety
Ch. 20: PainManagement
Ch. 21:Oxygenation
Ch. 22: InfectionControl
Unit6:
Assisting the InactiveClient
Unit7:
TheSurgicalClient
Unit8:
PromotingElimination
Unit9:
MedicationAdministration
Unit10:
Intervening inEmergency
Situations
Unit11:
Carry for theTerminally Ill
. . . Abridged tofit
Workbook for FundamentalNursingSkillsandConcepts,
TenthEdition
BarbaraK. Timby, RN, BC, BSN,NA
978-1-4511-5167-1 •March2012 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875”