Foundations of Nursing

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.

• Student-friendly, full-color design is packed with student learning features and NCLEX exam-style review questions at the end of each chapter.
• Over 100 skills presented in a step-by-step format with clearly defined nursing actions and rationales.
• Nursing Care Plans, presented in a case-study format, emphasize patient goals and outcomes.
• Nursing Diagnosis boxes, screened and highlighted in the text, include nursing diagnoses for specific disorders are paired with the appropriate nursing interventions.
• 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.
• Cultural and Ethnic Considerations boxes include a variety of cultural scenarios that nurses may face when providing health care.
• 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.