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NURSING Fundamentals & Skills

Fundamentals: Perspectives on the Art and Science of Canadian Nursing 2nd Edition By david Gregory, Tracey Stephen, Christy Raymond-Seniuk, and Linda Patrick

DESCRIPTION Fundamentals: Perspectives on the Art and Science of Cana- dian Nursing is a fully Canadian, second edition textbook that

explores the multifaceted role of the nurse along a lifelong learning journey. All the content in this textbook has been developed by talented Canadian students, nurses, scholars, and educators who share a passion for representing the realities of Canadian nursing and nursing education. Uniquely organized, chapters have been organized into clusters that represent processes of a learn- ing continuum in nursing, represented by five units of Knowing, Thinking, Being, Interacting, and Understanding. Each chapter builds on previous chapters in the textbook to promote an integrated understanding of nursing fundamentals. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Features included in each chapter to emphasize the important content, perspectives, and thinking skills. ▶ ▶ New! Inter-Professional Practice. Highlights ways that health professionals work together to provide better patient care. ▶ ▶ New! Diversity Consideration. Emphasis on care and consideration regarding culture, sexuality, gender, economics, visible minorities, and religious beliefs. ▶ ▶ New! NCLEX-Style Questions. At end of each chapter as a review on content. ▶ ▶ Case Studies. Each chapter introduces and follows a nursing student or patient presented with a scenario that exemplifies the information and issues covered in the chapter. ▶ ▶ Nursing Skills. Includes reviewing pertinent information, preparing for the skill, name of actual skill, engaging in evaluation, and documenting effectively.

Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-9848-2 / ($134.99(t) / £N/A / €N/A) World Approx. 1,168 pp. / 400 in Full Color / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / February 2019

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in May 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-60547-090-0).

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