Adult Health Nursing

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.

• 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.
• Full-color art, photography, and design add visual appeal to text content.
• An Overview of Anatomy and Physiology opens all body systems chapters.
• Objectives are divided into Anatomy & Physiology and Medical-Surgical categories.
• Nursing Care Plans are developed around specific case studies with an emphasis on patient goals, outcomes, and questions to promote critical thinking.
• Clinical Pathways reflect collaborative care.
• Assessment is separated out into Subjective and Objective Data.
• Nursing Diagnosespaired with disorder-appropriate Nursing Interventions are screened and highlighted in the text.
• Critical Thinking Questions are found at the end of every Nursing Care Plan.
• Therapeutic Dialogue boxes focus on communication through real-life examples of nurse-patient dialogue.
• Patient Teaching boxes examine discharge instructions and health promotion for patients and families.
• Home Health Considerations boxes discuss issues facing patients and caregivers in the home care setting.
• Older Adult Considerations boxes bring a gerontologic perspective to the analysis of specific disorders.
• Cultural and Ethnic Considerations boxes teach students about specific cultural preferences and how to address the needs of cultural diversity when planning nursing care.
• Medications tables provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs.