Foundations of Nursing

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.