Media Edition Fundamentals of Nursing: Collaborating for Optimal Health (2nd Edition)

A three-volume full-color set, this presentation of nursing fundamentals is lively and readable. Offering the most comprehensive coverage of health assessment content and skills available, it covers all the information needed to be successful in the ever-expanding role of the nurse in health care today. Emphasis on managed care, collaborative care planning, and critical pathways help learners to better understand the case management role of the nurse. Key chapter topics include legal considerations in nursing practice; politics, policy-making, and nursing; values and ethics in nursing; community and family health; the patient as an individual; growth and development across the life span; the nurse-patient relationship; collaborative health evaluation; nursing diagnosis; making, writing, and evaluating patient care plans; health care economics and delivery; and wellness and well-being. A focus on the Internet as an essential nursing resource provides useful URLs and Websites to make research easier for the nursing student. For use in RN programs.