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Licensed Practical / Vocational Nursing (LPN/LVN)
Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts, Tenth Edition
Barbara K. Timby, RN, BC, BSN, NA
978-1-60831-787-5 • March 2012 • Softbound • 10.875” x 8.375” • 92 pp. • 506 Illus. • 300Tables
This very popular full-color text, part of the
Lippincott’s Pathways For
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, as well 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,
documentation and reporting, HIPAA, and more.
Table of Contents
Unit 1:
Exploring Contemporary
Nursing
Ch. 1: Nursing Foundations
Ch. 2: Nursing Process
Unit 2:
Integrating Basic Concepts
Ch. 3: Laws and Ethics
Ch. 4: Health and Illness
Ch. 5: Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress
Ch. 6: Culture and Ethnicity
Unit 3:
Fostering Communication
Ch. 7: The Nurse — Client Relationship
Ch. 8: Client Teaching
Ch. 9: Recording and Reporting
Unit 4:
Performing Basic Client Care
Ch. 10: Asepsis
Ch. 11: Admission, Discharge, Transfer,
and Referrals
Ch. 12: Vital Signs
Ch. 13: Physical Assessment
Ch. 14: Special Examinations and Tests
Unit 5:
Assisting with Basic Needs
Ch. 15: Nutrition
Ch. 16: Fluid and Chemical Balance
Ch. 17: Hygiene
Ch. 18: Comfort, Rest, and Sleep
Ch. 19: Safety
Ch. 20: Pain Management
Ch. 21: Oxygenation
Ch. 22: Infection Control
Unit 6:
Assisting the Inactive Client
Unit 7:
The Surgical Client
Unit 8:
Promoting Elimination
Unit 9:
Medication Administration
Unit 10:
Intervening in Emergency
Situations
Unit 11:
Carry for the Terminally Ill
. . . Abridged to fit
Workbook for Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts,
Tenth Edition
Barbara K. Timby, RN, BC, BSN, NA
978-1-4511-5167-1 •March2012 •Softbound •8.375”x10.875”
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Eleventh Edition
Barbara K Timby, RN, BC, BSN, MA
978-1-4963-3454-1 •October2016 •Softbound •320pp
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Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts,
Eleventh Edition
Barbara K Timby, RN, BC, BSN, MA
978-1-4963-2762-8 •October2016 •Softbound •8.25”x10.75” •948pp
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