Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing

FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FOR NURSING is the first full-color fundamentals text written especially for LPN/LVN students. It's packed with over 475 vividly colored photos and drawings that clearly depict the skills students need to master. What's more, FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS AND SKILLS FOR NURSING concisely covers the fundamentals of the nursing process. By keeping a focus on the basics, students don't have to wade through pages of unneeded information. This new text builds upon the basics, then moves into the more complex information vital to real-life application.

Over 475 original, full-color photographs and illustrations (numbered and unnumbered)

enhance the text and instruct the student, especially in the Skills and Steps, which are the

central source of practical and applied knowledge.

¶ Theory Objectives and Clinical Practice Objectives in each chapter highlight the most important goals of learning for the student.

¶ Skillsare fully illustrated and clearly presented in an Action/Rationale nursing process

format. Numbered and cited in-text. Listed in chapter opener and inside cover.

¶ Think About boxes encourage students to think critically, outside the box. Application

of concepts beyond the context of the chapter.

¶ Communication Cues present examples of nurse/patient dialogues and instructive

therapeutic communication techniques. Unnumbered; placed where appropriate.

¶ Glossaryincludes all Key Terms plus many more nursing and medical terms than

glossaries in other fundamentals and skills books.

Key Termsare listed in the chapter opener, then bolded at first use in the text, with an

accompanying brief definition. All Key Terms are found in the Glossary.

Overview of Structure and Function at the beginning of relevant chapters gives a

review of basic anatomy and physiology for comprehension of the concepts and

skills. Includes section on changes that occur with aging.

Application of the Nursing Process is integrated throughout as part of the standard

format. Skills are all in nursing process format, and the Nursing Care Plan in relevant

chapters serves to reinforce application.

Steps are nonillustrated, shorter versions of skills. Action/Rationale format. Numbered

and cited in-text. Listed in chapter opener and inside cover.

Nursing Care Planssupport appropriate chapters by further demonstrating the

application of nursing process. Numbered and cited in-text.

Elder Care Pointboxes feature the changes that occur with age and how they

affect the deliveryof nursing care. Unnumbered and placed where appropriate.

Home Careboxes highlight the changes necessary to adapt nursing skills and techniques

to the patient in the home setting. Pertinent patient assessments are described.

Patient Teachinglists teaching guidelines to prevent illness, foster health promotion, and develop self-care strategies. Numbered and cited in-text.

Critical Thinking Activities help students develop problem-solving skills. End of each

chapter.

Chapter Highlightssummarize key concepts. End of each chapter.

Study Questionspresent brief situations followed by a series of relevant multiple choice

questions. End of each chapter. Answers provided in Appendix 6.