Foundations and Adult Health Nursing - Text and E-Book 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 & physiology, and medical-surgical content. It's everything students need to succeed both in the classroom and in practice.

• Student-friendly, full-color design is packed with student learning features, including NCLEX® exam-style review questions at the end of each chapter.
• Nursing Process is applied to the discussion of disorders and appears in a summary form at the end of each chapter.
• Over 110 skills are 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 and include Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each care plan.
• Nursing Diagnosis boxes, screened and highlighted in the text, include nursing diagnoses for specific disorders paired with the appropriate nursing interventions.
• Objectives in the medical-surgical chapters are separated into Anatomy & Physiology and Medical-Surgical categories.
• Assessment is separated into Subjective and Objective Data.
• Clinical Pathways are included to reflect collaborative care.
• 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&P that LPN/LVNs need to know.
• Unique Mathematics review chapter provides full coverage of basic arithmetic skills prior to discussion of medication administration.
• 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.
• Home Health Considerations boxes discuss issues facing patients and their caregivers in the home setting.
• Unique Therapeutic Dialogue boxes illustrates communication strategies through real-life examples of nurse-patient dialogue.
• Unique Medication tables are meticulously detailed and provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs.
• 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.

• New Companion CD, bound in every text, includes an audio glossary, 580 NCLEX® exam-style multiple-choice & 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.
• Unique Health Promotion Considerations boxes, a LPN thread, highlights information on wellness and disease prevention, including infect