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Fundamentals & Skills
Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function,
Eighth Edition, International Edition
Ruth F. Craven, EdD, RN, BC, FAAN
978-1-4963-4550-9 • February 2016 • Hardbound • 1560 pp
978-1-4698-9860-5 • North American Edition : Available in US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands only
FundamentalsofNursing: HumanHealthand Function
gives students
the knowledge, tools, and problem-solving skills they need to tackle
real-life challenges in today’s fast-paced clinical settings. In addition
to focusing on basics such as how to promote health, differentiate
between normal function and dysfunction, use scientific rationales,
and follow the approved nursing process, this practical book goes a
step further by providing something just as valuable: an understanding
of patient safety, communication, and critical thinking, all of which
successful nurses must demonstrate.
Features
• A timely new chapter—Chapter 4, The Nurse’s Role in Healthcare
Quality and Patient Safety—responds to multiple imperatives in
today’s health care, helping students understand systems that
promote exceptional care in a complex environment.
• Case scenarios that open each chapter show nurses thinking
holistically and reflecting on critical thinking questions.
• All-new, richly illustrated concept maps, ideal for visual learners,
apply the nursing process and critical thinking to the chapter-
opening case scenarios.
• PICO (patient/problem, intervention, comparison, outcome)
displays illustrate examples of a structured, evidence-based way to
find answers to clinical questions related to the chapter-opening
case scenarios.
• Concept Mastery Alerts improve students’ understanding of
potentially confusing topics, as identified by Misconception Alerts in
Lippincott’s Adaptive Learning Powered by prepU.
• Apply Your Critical Thinking features guide students to explore
concepts and situations more deeply. Answers in Appendix B allow
students to check their thinking.
• Patient Care Plans and Procedures sections (including some newly
added procedures) help students transition from the classroom to
nursing practice.
• NCLEX-style Review Questions prepare students for success on the
NCLEX exam.
• A robust ancillary package is provided for instructors and students.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 Conceptual Foundations of Nursing
1. The Profession of Nursing
2. Health, Wellness & Complimentary
Medicine
3. Healthcare in the Community and
Home
4. The Culture of Safety in Healthcare
5. Culture and Diversity
6. Communication in the Nurse-Patient
Relationship
7. Values Ethics and Legal Issues
8. Nursing Research & Evidence Based
Care
9. Patient Education and Health
Promotion
10. Caring for the Older Adult
Unit 2 Nursing Process
11. Foundations of Practice
12. Nursing Assessment
13. Nursing Diagnosis
14. Outcome Identification and Planning
15. Implementation and Planning
16. Documentation and Communication in
the Healthcare Team
Unit 3 Clinical Nursing Therapies
17. Health Assessment
18. Vital Signs
19. Asepsis
20. Medical Administration
21. Intravenous Therapy
22. Perioperative Nursing
Unit 4 Clinical Nursing Care
23. Safety
24. Hygiene
25. Mobility
26. Respiratory Function
27. Cardiac Function
28. Fluid, Electrolytes and Acid Base
29. Nutrition
30. Skin Integrity and Wound Healing
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