Kozier & Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing, 8/E
Audrey J. Berman, Ph.D., RN, AOCN, Samuel Merritt College
Shirlee Snyder
Barbara J. Kozier, MN, RN
RN, BSN, Glenora Erb

ISBN-10: 0131714686
ISBN-13: 9780131714687

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2008
Format: Cloth; 1656 pp
Published: 01/08/2007

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Fundamentals of Nursing, 8/E presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. Hallmark features are a clear and accessible writing style, a focus on practical application with real-world examples and case studies, and an appropriate level of detail for beginning students. The text is supported by a state-of-the art technology package to enhance the learning process.

NEW FEATURES FOR 8e:

 

A&P Reviews

Benefit: Provides students with a quick review and direct application of A&P since they may have not taken A&P course in a while.

RealWord Practice

Benefit: Written by nurses from magnet hospitals, provides students with a real world perspective of practice.

RealWorld Reflection

Benefit: students can see what challenges other novice students experience in clinical and know what to expect themselves.  It also helps them to see the importance of reflecting upon and self-evaluating their experiences.

Clinical Manifestations

Benefit: A quick memorization tool for students to memorize key signs and symptoms of illness.

Drug Capsules

Benefit: Helps student learn the implications of certain medications that they may see in their first clinical encounters.

 

REVISED FROM 7e

Research Notes

Benefit: Introduces new students to the concept of evidence-based nursing practice. Reviews relevant nursing research and discusses the implications for nursing practice. More of these have been added into 8e. 

Assessment Interviews

Benefit: Shows students how to ask these questions in their first clinical encounters.

Home Care Assessment

Benefit: Ongoing reinforcement that not all care is in a facility.

Providing Culturally Competent Care

Benefit: Students are aware of diversity and impact on health.

LifeSpan Considerations

Benefit: Alert students to the care needs of different age populations.

Client Teaching

Benefit: Gives students a guide for what to say to clients.

Home Care Considerations

Benefit: instruct students to consider adaptation for performing the skill in the home.

Nursing Care Plan

Benefit: Reinforces the nursing process for novice students

Concept Maps: Completely redone. Consists of two types–1) visual version of the care plan. Benefit: Reinforces the steps of the nursing process–different steps in different colors. 2) Difficult concepts mapped visually for students to synthesize information, eg. Grieving client, G&D,  stress. Benefit: helping students synthesize content. 

EOC Review:

Chapter Highlights

Critical Thinking Checkpoint

Review or NCLEX Review Questions 

New Features for 8th edition

         

  • A & P Reviews! Provide students with a quick review and direct application of A&P.
  • Real World Practice! Provide students with a real world perspective (as told by experts in the field) of practice.
  • Real World Reflection! Student accounts of actual experiences. Students can see what challenges others have experienced and what to expect themselves.
  • Clinical Manifestations! A quick tool for students to learn key signs of illness.
  • Drug Capsules! Help students learn the implications of certain medications they may encounter.
  • New chapter on elder health!
  • Separate chapters on Communication and Caring!
  • Separate chapter on Family Health!

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·        UNIT 1   THE NATURE OF NURSING

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·        Chapter 1    Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice

·        Chapter 2    Nursing Education and Research

            Chapter 3    Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks

·        Chapter 4    Legal Aspects of Nursing

·        Chapter 5    Values, Ethics and Advocacy

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·        UNIT 2   CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE

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·        Chapter 6    Health Care Delivery Systems

·        Chapter 7    Community Nursing and Care Continuity

·        Chapter 8    Home Care 

·        Chapter 9    Nursing Informatics

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        UNIT 3   THE NURSING PROCESS

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·        Chapter 10   Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process

·        Chapter 11   Assessing

·        Chapter 12   Diagnosing

·        Chapter 13   Planning

·        Chapter 14   Implementing and Evaluating

·        Chapter 15   Documenting and Reporting  

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·        UNIT 4   HEALTH BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

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·        Chapter 16   Health Promotion 

·        Chapter 17   Health, Wellness, and Illness

·        Chapter 18   Culture and Heritage

·        Chapter 19   Complementary and Alternative Healing Modalities

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·        UNIT 5   LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

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·        Chapter 20   Concepts of Growth and Development  

·        Chapter 21   Promoting Health from Conception through Adolescence

·        Chapter 22   Promoting Health in Young and Middle-Aged Adults

·        Chapter 23   Promoting Health in Elders  - NEW CHAPTER!  

·        Chapter 24   Promoting Family Health

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·        UNIT 6 INTEGRAL ASPECTS OF NURSING

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·        Chapter 25   Caring

·        Chapter 26   Communicating — NEW CHAPTER!

·        Chapter 27   Teaching 

·        Chapter 28   Delegating, Managing, and Leading  

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·        UNIT 7 ASSESSING HEALTH

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·        Chapter 29   Vital Signs

·        Chapter 30   Health Assessment

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·        UNIT 8   INTEGRAL COMPONENTS OF CLIENT CARE

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·        Chapter 31   Asepsis

·        Chapter 32   Safety

·        Chapter 33   Hygiene

·        Chapter 34   Diagnostic Testing

·        Chapter 35   Medications 

·        Chapter 36   Skin Integrity and Wound Care

·        Chapter 37   Perioperative Nursing

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·        UNIT 9   PROMOTING PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH

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·        Chapter 38   Sensory Perception  

·        Chapter 39   Self-Concept

·        Chapter 40   Sexuality

·        Chapter 41   Spirituality   

·        Chapter 42   Stress and Coping

·        Chapter 43   Loss, Grieving, and Death

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·        UNIT 10   PROMOTING PHYSIOLOGIC HEALTH

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·        Chapter 44   Activity and Exercise  

·        Chapter 45   Rest  

·        Chapter 46   Pain Management   

·        Chapter 47   Nutrition

·        Chapter 48   Urinary Elimination

·        Chapter 49   Fecal Elimination 

·        Chapter 50   Oxygenation 

·        Chapter 51   Circulation  

·        Chapter 52   Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance  

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