Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing (Paperback)

Part of the popular LPN Threads series, this market-leading text uses an easy-to-understand writing style and simple organization to present the concepts and skills students need to know to practice nursing in a variety of care settings. This new edition offers in-depth discussion of QSEN competencies, rationales for the NCLEX-PN review questions and new icons to point out the most current evidence-based information.

Table of Contents
Unit One: Introduction to Nursing and the Health Care System
1. Nursing and the Health Care System
2. Concepts of Health, Illness and Health Promotion
3. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing

Unit Two: The Nursing Process
4. Overview of the Nursing Process and Critical Thinking
5. Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis and Planning 6. Implementation and Evaluation

Unit Three: Communication in Nursing
7. Documentation of Nursing Care
8. Communication and the Nurse-Patient Relationship
9. Patient Teaching
10. Delegation, Leadership and Management

Unit Four: Developmental, Psychosocial and Cultural Considerations
11. Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence
12. Adulthood and the Family
13. Promoting Healthy Adaptation to Aging
14. Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care
15. Loss, Grief and the Dying Patient

Unit Five: Basic Nursing Skills
16. Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis
17. Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home
18. Lifting, Moving and Positioning Patients
19. Assisting with Hygiene, Personal Care, Skin Care and the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
20. Patient Environment and Safety
21. Measuring Vital Signs
22. Assessing Health Status
23. Admitting, Transferring and Discharging Patients
24. Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection

Unit Six: Meeting Basic Physiologic Needs
25. Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance
26. Concepts of Basic Nutrition and Cultural Considerations
27. Diet Therapy and Assisted Feeding
28. Assisting with Respiration and Oxygen Delivery
29. Promoting Urinary Elimination
30. Promoting Bowel Elimination
31. Pain, Comfort and Sleep
32. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Unit Seven: Medication Administration
33. Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration