NEW content includes topics such as clinical judgment, COVID-19, compassion fatigue, gun violence, patient safety, the opioid epidemic, and device addiction. NEW! Next Generation NCLEX®-style questions with cases are provided on the Evolve website to prepare you for these challenging new question types. NEW! Nursing Process and Clinical Judgment steps are coordinated so that you can quickly understand how both models drive their nursing care. NEW objectives are clearly and precisely tied to content, making it easier to find relevant information.
Get the most from your fundamentals education with the Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition! Corresponding to the chapters in Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition, this study guide helps reinforce your understanding of key nursing concepts through review questions, exercises, and learning activities. Also included are online skills checklists that walk you through all of the nursing procedures found in your fundamentals text. Comprehensive understanding sections help you master the content through detailed coverage of each chapter. Multiple-choice review questions evaluate your understanding of key chapter content. Critical thinking exercises help you develop a framework for learning fundamentals concepts. Preliminary readings refer back to related chapters in Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition. NEW! Additional critical thinking models visually clarify case study takeaways. UPDATED! Content mirrors new information in Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition.
A concise, pocket-sized nursing reference, Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing: Just the Facts, 8th Edition provides quick access to all of the information you'll need to know in your clinicals. A streamlined format organizes content by body system, using tables, boxes and bulleted lists to simplify lookup. From definitions and abbreviations to dosage calculations and lab values, this pocket guide presents the most up-to-date guidelines and clinical information in a popular, quick-reference format! The concise, pocket-sized format ensures portability for use in the clinical setting. Content is presented in tabular, list, and outline format for quick and easy retrieval. A body-systems organization makes it easy to locate specific information, including basic assessment and infection control guidelines, diagnostic tests, basic emergency care procedures, and more. Chapter outlines with corresponding page numbers provide quick, easy access to information. Basic facts and figures provide the valuable background frequently needed in early clinical experiences. Abbreviation guidelines are included. An English-to-Spanish Translation Guide helps you communicate with Spanish-speaking patients. Thoroughly updated information reflects current nursing practice. New 2010 AHA CPR Guidelines are included. The latest information on infection control is included. Updates include the newest information on pressure ulcers. Includes the latest NANDA diagnoses.
Get the solid foundation you need to practise nursing in Canada! Potter & Perry's Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing, 7th Edition covers the nursing concepts, knowledge, research, and skills that are essential to professional nursing practice in Canada. The text’s full-colour, easy-to-use approach addresses the entire scope of nursing care, reflecting Canadian standards, culture, and the latest in evidence-informed care. New to this edition are real-life case studies and a new chapter on practical nursing in Canada. Based on Potter & Perry’s respected Fundamentals text and adapted and edited by a team of Canadian nursing experts led by Barbara J. Astle and Wendy Duggleby, this book ensures that you understand Canada’s health care system and health care issues as well as national nursing practice guidelines. More than 50 nursing skills are presented in a clear, two-column format that includes steps and rationales to help you learn how and why each skill is performed. The five-step nursing process provides a consistent framework for care, and is demonstrated in more than 20 care plans. Nursing care plans help you understand the relationship between assessment findings and nursing diagnoses, the identification of goals and outcomes, the selection of interventions, and the process for evaluating care. Planning sections help nurses plan and prioritize care by emphasizing Goals and Outcomes, Setting Priorities, and Teamwork and Collaboration. More than 20 concept maps show care planning for clients with multiple nursing diagnoses. UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Model in each clinical chapter shows you how to apply the nursing process and critical thinking to provide the best care for patients. UNIQUE! Critical Thinking Exercises help you to apply essential content. Coverage of interprofessional collaboration includes a focus on patient-centered care, Indigenous peoples’ health referencing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Report, the CNA Code of Ethics, and Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) legislation. Evidence-Informed Practice boxes provide examples of recent state-of-the-science guidelines for nursing practice. Research Highlight boxes provide abstracts of current nursing research studies and explain the implications for daily practice. Patient Teaching boxes highlight what and how to teach patients, and how to evaluate learning. Learning objectives, key concepts, and key terms in each chapter summarize important content for more efficient review and study. Online glossary provides quick access to definitions for all key terms.
Master content from your textbook with this helpful study tool! Corresponding to the chapters in Basic Nursing, 7th Edition, this study guide helps you understand and apply material with chapter review questions, activities, case studies, and more! Chapter review questions include matching, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false questions to provide evaluation and test-taking practice. Skills performance checklists help you measure your mastery of important nursing procedures. Each chapter includes a case study with related questions allowing you to apply what you’ve learned. Instructions for creating and using study charts assist you in organizing the material and reviewing key concepts. Study group questions make it easier for you to review material with your peers.
Corresponding to the chapters in Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice reinforces your understanding of key nursing ideas. Each chapter includes a Preliminary Reading, Case Study questions, a Chapter Review, Study Group Questions, and directions to help you create your own personalized Study Chart for the chapter. In addition, each Chapter Review includes many different kinds of questions to keep learning the material interactive and fun! Answers and rationales included on the Essentials for Nursing Practice Evolve Each chapter includes a case study with related questions allowing students to apply what they’ve learned. Chapter review questions include matching, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false questions provide students with evaluation and test-taking practice. Study group questions make it easier for students to review material with their peers site. Skills performance checklists help you measure your mastery of important nursing procedures. Study charts in select chapters helps provide focus and structure for students reviewing the material and key concepts. NEW! Content completely updated to match Nursing Essentials 9th Edition. NEW! Chapter on Complementary and Alternative Therapies, addresses content that is now included on the NCLEX® exam. NEW! Preliminary Readings sections provide you with an easy reference point to the related text chapter.
To find the clinical facts you need to know, make this pocket guide your constant companion! Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 11th Edition includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of your nursing fundamentals course, this reference features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever! Basic facts and figures, standard values, care guidelines and more provide the background frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice. At-a-glance content is provided in outline, list, and tabular formats for easy lookup and review. Detailed information on medications helps to prevent medication errors and ensure safe practice, with topics including dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, and administration. Vital Signs chapter contains everything you need to know to quickly and accurately obtain vital signs. Physical Assessment chapter provides a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment. Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation chapter explains the role of the nurse within the larger healthcare team. Pressure injury information includes prevention and care guidelines. Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology chapter acts as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand clinical terms as they are encountered. Concise, pocket-sized format ensures portability for use in the clinical setting. NEW! A Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process chapter is added to this edition.
A concise, pocket-sized nursing reference, Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition includes all the facts and figures you ll need to succeed in clinicals. The streamlined format organizes content by body system, with tables, boxes, and bulleted lists that simplify searching. From definitions and abbreviations to dosage calculations and lab values, this pocket guide presents the most up-to-date guidelines and clinical information in an easy-to-use, quick-reference format!Basic assessment by body system makes it easy to locate specific information.Concise, pocket-sized format ensures portability for use in the clinical setting.Basic facts and figures provide valuable background information.English-to-Spanish translations help you communicate with Spanish-speaking patients.Content is presented in tabular, list, and outline format for quick and easy retrieval.Chapter outlines with corresponding page numbers provide quick, easy access to information.NEW! The latest information on infection control, pressure ulcers, dietary guidelines, and more.NEW! Uses the latest NANDA-1 (2015-17), NIC, and NOC terminologies. UPDATED images serve as visual reinforcement throughout.NEW! Additional information for six QSEN competencies.UPDATED chapter bibliographies reference related sources for further in-depth study.
Master content from your textbook with this helpful study tool! Corresponding to the chapters in Basic Nursing, 7th Edition, this study guide helps you understand and apply material with chapter review questions, activities, case studies, and more! Chapter review questions include matching, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false questions to provide evaluation and test-taking practice. Skills performance checklists help you measure your mastery of important nursing procedures. Each chapter includes a case study with related questions allowing you to apply what you've learned. Instructions for creating and using study charts assist you in organizing the material and reviewing key concepts. Study group questions make it easier for you to review material with your peers.
Approx.1218 pages Approx.1218 pages NEW! QSEN scenarios present a clinical situation followed by an open-ended question designed to help you understand and apply these core competencies. NEW! Chapter on professional nursing includes information on QSEN, prioritization, delegation, and professional levels. NEW! Completely revised review questions contain a strong mix of clinical thinking and application-level questions. NEW! Content on the impact of exercise covers its influence on disease reduction, compassion fatigue, lateral violence, cyber bullying, social media implications, caregiver strain, and safe patient handling. NEW! Expanded use of Evidence-Based Practice boxes include a PICO question, summary of the results of a research study, and a description of how the study has affected nursing practice — in every chapter. NEW! Patient-Centered Care boxes address racial and ethnic diversity along with the cultural differences that impact socioeconomic status, values, geography, and religion. These will related to the chapter case studies when possible.
This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for nursing students. It includes Potter's Basic Nursing: Essentials for Practice, 6th edition text & Virtual Clinical Excursions 3.0 for Basic Nursing, 6th edition.
Corresponding to Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing, 8th Edition, Nursing Skills Online, 2.0 provides an engaging way for you to review procedures before you perform them in the clinical setting. It includes 18 modules with realistic, case-based lessons that focus on safely and effectively performing 66 essential skills. The interactive online format uses videos, animations, and slide shows, as well as content overviews, textbook reading assignments, and self-assessment tests, to make learning easier and more dynamic. Feedback from hundreds of students indicates that they value time spent using Nursing Skills Online and many even credit it with helping them improve their grades! This product includes a user guide booklet with directions on how to set up the course and a code to access the course. Fundamentals of Nursing textbook must be purchased separately. Case-based, problem-oriented approach relates to real-life patient scenarios and promotes critical thinking. Reading assignments link lessons in Nursing Skills Online to content in your Fundamentals of Nursing text. Self-assessment exercises allow you to test your knowledge of key concepts, with correct answers and rationales provided for immediate feedback. Lesson posttests allow you to evaluate your comprehension and review any areas of weakness before taking the module exam, and may be repeated as often as needed. Information on delegation is included within each case study. Reformatted procedure guidelines are easier to display and print, enabling you to study or review anytime, anywhere. Objectives, equipment lists, and delegation responsibilities at the beginning of each lesson help you focus on the most important information. Improved video viewer provides a larger window to display video clips and animations. An easy-to-read, bulleted format and small learning segments make it easier for you to absorb and retain information. NEW! The Debriefing Room offers a capstone critical thinking exercise for each module where you to watch a video scenario and evaluate skill performance. NEW! Blood Therapy module covers principles of the ABO and RH systems, initiating transfusion, implementing auto-transfusion, and monitoring for adverse reactions. New video clips, animations, and photos depict the most current equipment, techniques, and procedures.
Reading assignments link Nursing Skills Online to content in the Basic Nursing text. An easy-to-read, bulleted format and small segments of information make it easier to master information. The case-based/problem-oriented format relates content to real-life patient scenarios and promotes critical thinking. Interactive activities allow you to check your understanding of the material. Self-assessment exercises allow you to test your knowledge of key concepts, with correct answers and rationales provided for immediate feedback. Video clips of procedures can be viewed from start to finish, paused, or repeated as desired. Photos and illustrations clarify and highlight key information. Objectives, equipment lists, and delegation responsibilities at the beginning of each lesson focus your attention on important information. Printable procedure guides make it easy to study or review anytime, anywhere. Lesson posttests allow you to evaluate your comprehension and review any areas of weakness before taking the module exam, and may be repeated as often as you want. A new Blood Therapy module covers principles of the ABO and RH systems, initiating transfusion, implementing auto-transfusion, and monitoring for adverse reactions. The Debriefing Room offers a capstone critical thinking exercise for each module, asking you to watch a video scenario and evaluate skill performance. Cultural Considerations sections address variations in approach to patients of differing cultures during performance of the skills. Information on delegation is included within all case studies. New video clips from Mosby's Nursing Video Skills, Version 3.0 demonstrate updated techniques and procedures. New animations help you visualize concepts. New photos depict the most current information on equipment and techniques. Reformatted procedure guidelines are easier to display and print.
Introducing Virtual Clinical Excursions -- a new breed of workbook that is now a critical component of several of Mosby and W.B. Saunders' most prominent nursing texts. Inside, an extraordinary new CD-ROM provides an incredibly true-to-life simulation of clinical practice! This CD-ROM features a virtual hospital setting with five unique patients. These patients have their own diverse health problems, medical histories, families, cultural backgrounds, and personalities. You can access the patients, review their charts, lab data, and medication administration records...monitor daily changes when their nurses take their vital signs and perform a variety of tests...formulate nursing diagnoses...and plan interventions. In short, you can practice making all of the clinical decisions that lie at the heart of nursing...on your own schedules and at your own convenience! This workbook sends you into the virtual hospital setting to learn communication, documentation, assessment, critical thinking, and other essential skills. It also calls on you to collect information, make decisions, and set priorities. Each lesson has a reading assignment from Potter & Perry: Basic Nursing: Essentials For Practice, Fifth Edition, as well as activities that call on you to "visit" the patients in the virtual hospital. The workbook exercises provide a perfect environment in which you can practice what you are learning from the text.
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