For everything an LPN/LVN student needs to know about medical-surgical, anatomy and physiology, check out ADULT HEALTH NURSING. Now in full color, it provides a detailed overview of only the medical-surgical and anatomy and physiology content needed to educate LPN/LVNs. Created as a complement to the well-respected FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING, these two texts provide the most comprehensive content needed in a successful LPN/LVN curriculum. This four-color textbook is available separately or packaged with FOUNDATIONS at a competitive price. * Therapeutic Dialogues in every chapter provide practical guidelines for effective communication. * Case study-based Care Plans focus on patient outcomes and the latest NANDA nursing diagnoses. * Critical Thinking Questions follow each care plan to promote clinical decision making abilities. * Patient/Family Teaching is stressed in boxes and narrative to highlight this vital nursing responsibility. * Medication Tables provide information on action, dosage, side effects, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs. * Nursing process framework provides a logical, consistent format. * Easy-to-understand writing style enhances learning and understanding. * Numerous boxes and tables highlight and summarize important content. * Hundreds of full color illustrations and photographs to promote learning.

Adult Health Nursing

Medical Books

Kockrow RN MS, Elaine Oden

Christensen RN MS, Barbara Lauritsen

Nursing

Mosby

Well respected in the marketplace, FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING now provides the fundamentals and skills content needed in the LPN/LVN curriculum. The anatomy and physiology and medical-surgical content formerly in FOUNDATIONS is now available in the accompanying text - Adult Health Nursing. Combined, these two books provide the latest and most important content that every LPN/LVN student needs. FOUNDATIONS correlates with Adult Health Nursing and is available separately or packaged with Adult Health Nursing at a competitive price. * Nursing process framework provides a logical, consistent format. * Essential nursing skills are presented in a clear, step-by-step format with rationales. * Case-study-based Care Plans focus on patient outcomes and the latest NANDA nursing diagnoses, to prompt students to think of real world situations. * Patient/Family Teaching and Older Adult Considerations are stressed in boxes and narrative to highlight these growing and vital nursing responsibilities. * Medication Tables provide quick access to information on action, dosage, side effects, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs. * Critical Thinking Questions follow each care plan to promote clinical decision making abilities. * Numerous boxes and tables highlight and summarize important content and hundreds of large, clear photographs and drawings promote learning.

Foundations of Nursing

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<li>Key Terms appear with phonetic pronunciations at the beginning of the chapter and are defined in the Glossary. Pronunciations have been reviewed by an English as a Second Language consultant.</li>
<li>Content has been reorganized based on reviewers' suggestions to improve accessibility.</li>
<li>Complementary and Alternative Therapy boxes in nearly every chapter give a breakdown of specific therapies, along with precautions and possible side effects.</li>
<li>Key Points and a Chapter Challenge with NCLEX-style, multiple-choice study questions immediately follow the end of each chapter.</li>
<li>References and Suggested Readings are located at the end of the book for easy access and are revised, updated, and followed by Additional Resources such as agencies and websites where applicable.</li>
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Foundations of Nursing/Adult Health Nursing (Set of 2 volumes)

An ideal companion text to Adult Health Nursing, this clearly-written, colorful, and attractively-designed resource has all the fundamentals and skills ― maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, community, and leadership content ― needed to educate LPN/LVNs. Used together, these two texts provide all the content covered in the entire LPN/LVN curriculum.
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<li>Skills for a wide range of nursing care are presented in a straightforward, step-by-step format with nursing actions and rationales clearly defined.</li>
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Clinical Pathways are discussed and explained.</li>
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Nursing Care Plans include critical thinking questions and are developed around specific case studies with an emphasis on patient goals and outcomes.</li>
<li>The nursing process is applied consistently and logically to the discussion of disorders, and appears in complete summary form at the end of applicable chapters.</li>
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Nursing Diagnoses paired with disorder-appropriate Nursing Interventions are screened and highlighted.</li>
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Therapeutic Dialogue boxes focus on communication through real-life examples of nurse-patient dialogue.</li>
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Patient Teaching boxes examine discharge instructions and health promotion for patients and families.</li>
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Home Health Considerations boxes discuss issues facing patients and caregivers in the home care setting.</li>
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Older Adult Considerations boxes bring a gerontologic perspective to the analysis of specific disorders.</li>
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Cultural and Ethnic Considerations boxes teach students about specific cultural preferences and how to address the needs of cultural diversity when planning nursing care.</li>
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Medications tables provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs.</li>
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<li>Full-color art, photography and design</li>
<li>Contents reorganized based on reviewers' suggestions to improve accessibility of content</li>
<li>New chapters:</li>
<li>- Complementary and Alternative Therapies (Chapter 16)</li>- Care of the Patient with an Addictive Personality (Chapter 35)<li>End-of-chapter pedagogy is reorganized, with Key Points and Chapter Challenge References and Suggested Readings are revised and updated </li>
<li>Enhanced and upgraded ancillary package</li>

Basic Sciences

An ideal companion text to Foundations of Nursing, this clearly-written, colorful, and attractively-designed resource prepares the LPN/LVN for today's medical-surgical nursing practice. Content focuses on the nursing process and nursing actions, addressing contemporary issues that include care of the older adult, cultural considerations, delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel, patient/family teaching, and home/long-term care. Used together, these two texts provide all the content covered in the entire LPN/LVN curriculum.
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<li>The nursing process is applied consistently and logically to the discussion of disorders and appears in complete summary form at the end of every chapter.</li>
<li>Full-color art, photography, and design add visual appeal to text content.</li>
<li>An Overview of Anatomy and Physiology opens all body systems chapters.</li>
<li>Objectives are divided into Anatomy &amp; Physiology and Medical-Surgical categories.</li>
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Nursing Care Plans are developed around specific case studies with an emphasis on patient goals, outcomes, and questions to promote critical thinking.</li>
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Clinical Pathways reflect collaborative care.</li>
<li>Assessment is separated out into Subjective and Objective Data.
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Nursing Diagnosespaired with disorder-appropriate Nursing Interventions are screened and highlighted in the text.</li>
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Critical Thinking Questions are found at the end of every Nursing Care Plan.
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Therapeutic Dialogue boxes focus on communication through real-life examples of nurse-patient dialogue.</li>
<li>
Patient Teaching boxes examine discharge instructions and health promotion for patients and families.</li>
<li>
Home Health Considerations boxes discuss issues facing patients and caregivers in the home care setting.</li>
<li>
Older Adult Considerations boxes bring a gerontologic perspective to the analysis of specific disorders.</li>
<li>
Cultural and Ethnic Considerations boxes teach students about specific cultural preferences and how to address the needs of cultural diversity when planning nursing care.</li>
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Medications tables provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs.</li>
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<li>Key Terms appear with phonetic pronunciations at the beginning of the chapter, are in color </li>
<li>at first mention, and are defined in the Glossary. Pronunciations have been reviewed by an </li>
<li>English as a Second Language (ESL) consultant</li>
<li>TOC reorganized based on reviewers' suggestions to improve accessibility of content</li>
<li>Complementary and Alternative Therapy boxes in nearly every chapter give a breakdown of specific therapies, along with precautions and possible side effects</li>
<li>End-of-chapter pedagogy is reorganized, with Key Points and Chapter Challenge (Study Questions) immediately following the end of the narrative</li>
<li>Chapter Challenge ends the chapter with NCLEX-style multiple-choice Study Questions</li>
<li>References and Suggested Readings are revised and updated and, where applicable, are followed by Additional Resources such as agencies and websites. Grouped by chapter at the end of the book</li>
<li>Enhanced and upgraded ancillary package</li>

Each chapter in this completely revised Study Guide promotes learning, understanding, and application of the core content covered in the fourth edition of the parent text. Challenging exercises ensure that students meet the learning objectives set by the text.
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<li>Objectives are included with Activities specific to each Objective.</li>
<li>Activities may include any or all of the following: Labeling and Tracing; Matching (Definitions) Completion; Identification; NCLEX-style multiple-choice questions, with textbook page numbers where the content is located for easy reference; and critical thinking questions.</li>
<li>Text page references are provided.</li>
<li>A complete answer key is provided in the Instructor's Manual.</li>
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Study Guide to Accompany Foundations of Nursing

Foundations of Nursing/Adult Health Nursing Study Guide Package

Reference

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Part of the popular LPN Threads series, Foundations of Nursing provides coverage of all the fundamental content and skills students need to know, including entire units covering maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, and community content. Designed to be used in conjunction with Adult Health Nursing, by the same author team, together these two full-color texts provide complete coverage of all of the content needed in an LPN/LVN curriculum.
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<li>Student-friendly, full-color design is packed with student learning features and NCLEX exam-style review questions at the end of each chapter. </li>
<li>Over 100 skills presented in a step-by-step format with clearly defined nursing actions and rationales. </li>
<li>Nursing Care Plans, presented in a case-study format, emphasize patient goals and outcomes. </li>
<li>Nursing Diagnosis boxes, screened and highlighted in the text, include nursing diagnoses for specific disorders are paired with the appropriate nursing interventions. </li>
<li>Patient Teaching boxes include post-hospital discharge guidelines and disease prevention instructions with a strong focus on three-way communication among the nurse, patient, and family members. </li>
<li>Cultural and Ethnic Considerations boxes include a variety of cultural scenarios that nurses may face when providing health care. </li>
<li>Older Adult Considerations boxes provide age-specific information for the care of the aging population, which is often the primary focus of the LPN/LVN nurse. </li>
</ul>

This convenient, money-saving package is a must-have for practical/vocational nursing students. It includes Christensen's Foundations of Nursing, 5th edition text and Christensen's Adult Health Nursing, 5th edition text.

Foundations of Nursing and Adult Health Nursing Package

Part of the popular LPN Threads series, Foundations and Adult Health Nursing is the full-color single-volume text that includes all of the content from Foundations of Nursing and Adult Health Nursing. It covers the entire LPN/LVN curriculum including fundamentals and skills, maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, community, anatomy &amp; physiology, and medical-surgical content. It's everything students need to succeed both in the classroom and in practice.
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<li>Student-friendly, full-color design is packed with student learning features, including NCLEX® exam-style review questions at the end of each chapter. </li>
<li>Nursing Process is applied to the discussion of disorders and appears in a summary form at the end of each chapter. </li>
<li>Over 110 skills are presented in a step-by-step format with clearly defined nursing actions and rationales. </li>
<li>Nursing Care Plans, presented in a case-study format, emphasize patient goals and outcomes and include Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each care plan. </li>
<li>Nursing Diagnosis boxes, screened and highlighted in the text, include nursing diagnoses for specific disorders paired with the appropriate nursing interventions. </li>
<li>Objectives in the medical-surgical chapters are separated into Anatomy &amp; Physiology and Medical-Surgical categories. </li>
<li>Assessment is separated into Subjective and Objective Data. </li>
<li>Clinical Pathways are included to reflect collaborative care. </li>
<li>Overview of Anatomy and Physiology begins all body systems chapters and the Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology chapter provides a clear, basic understanding of the A&amp;P that LPN/LVNs need to know. </li>
<li>Unique Mathematics review chapter provides full coverage of basic arithmetic skills prior to discussion of medication administration. </li>
<li>Patient Teaching boxes include post-hospital discharge guidelines and disease prevention instructions with a strong focus on three-way communication among the nurse, patient, and family members. </li>
<li>Cultural and Ethnic Considerations boxes include a variety of cultural scenarios that nurses may face when providing health care. </li>
<li>Older Adult Considerations boxes provide age-specific information for the care of the aging population, which is often the primary focus of the LPN/LVN nurse. </li>
<li>Home Health Considerations boxes discuss issues facing patients and their caregivers in the home setting. </li>
<li>Unique Therapeutic Dialogue boxes illustrates communication strategies through real-life examples of nurse-patient dialogue. </li>
<li>Unique Medication tables are meticulously detailed and provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs. </li>
<li>Unique Complementary and Alternative Therapy boxes, in nearly every medical-surgical chapter, provide a breakdown of specific therapies, along with precautions and possible side effects. </li>
</ul>
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<li>New Companion CD, bound in every text, includes an audio glossary, 580 NCLEX® exam-style multiple-choice &amp; alternate item format review questions, fluids and electrolytes tutorial, Spanish-English phrases, Body Spectrum - an electronic anatomy coloring book, Critical Thinking review, 30 animations, 30 video clips, 15 audio clips, and a Mathematics Review. </li>
<li>Unique Health Promotion Considerations boxes, a LPN thread, highlights information on wellness and disease prevention, including infection control, diet, and pregnancy. </li>
<li>Unique Delegation Considerations boxes provide parameters for delegation to nurse assistants, patient care technicians, and unlicensed assistive personnel. </li>
<li>Safety Considerations boxes, a LPN thread, highlights the importance of maintaining safety to protect patients, families, health care providers, and the public from the accidental spread of diseases.</li>
<li>New Surgical Wound Care chapter covers wound care and related skills, including a skill on Wound Vacuum Assisted Closure (V.A.C.). </li>
<li>New content on HIPAA, initiating intravenous therapy, insertion of nasogastric tube, CDC hand hygiene guidelines, surgical hand scrub, computerized charting, medication administration, the latest blood pressure guidelines from the National Heart and Lung Institute, and the tuberculin syringe, blood tests for congestive heart failure (BNP), treatment modalities in Chapter 56, Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS, new diabetes medications, revised hepatitis classifications, sacroneuro stimulators for urinary incontinence, and more. </li>
<li>Bioterrorism/terrorism content is expanded in the Safety chapter to include the nursing response to biological attacks, nuclear attacks and radiation syndrome, and chemical terrorism. </li>
<li>Two new appendices include JCAHO Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols; and Laboratory Reference Values. </li>
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Foundations and Adult Health Nursing

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Books by Kockrow RN MS, Elaine Oden

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Adult Health Nursing

Foundations of Nursing

Foundations of Nursing/Adult Health Nursing (Set of 2 volumes)

Foundations of Nursing

Adult Health Nursing

Study Guide to Accompany Foundations of Nursing

Foundations of Nursing/Adult Health Nursing Study Guide Package

Foundations of Nursing

Foundations of Nursing and Adult Health Nursing Package

Foundations and Adult Health Nursing