Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice, 7/E
Barbara J. Kozier, MN, RN
RN, BSN, Glenora Erb
Audrey J. Berman, Ph.D., RN, AOCN, Samuel Merritt College
Shirlee Snyder

ISBN-10: 0130455296
ISBN-13: 9780130455291

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2004
Format: Cloth; 1552 pp
Published: 08/12/2003

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Fundamentals of Nursing, 7/E  presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. Text offers an accessible writing style, a focus on practical application with real-world examples and case studies. The text is supported by a state-of-the art technology package to enhance the learning process.

  • MediaLinks—Icon that refers students to CD or Web for additional content.

    • Provides students with a host of additional tools and review on the Student CD or website.

  • Nursing Care Plans—Based on case studies with critical thinking questions following.

    • Provides students with organized information about a client's care and includes actions nurses must take to address the nursing diagnosis and produce the desired outcomes.

  • Nursing Process in Action Sections—A visual summary of the nursing process that outlines the five steps of the nursing process.

    • Provides students with case based applications of the nursing process.

  • Assessment Interview boxes.

    • Enables students to learn the type and range of assessment questions to ask clients.

  • Home Care Assessment boxes.

    • Guides students on how to assess the client's knowledge, self-care abilities, environment and family and community resources.

  • Visual presentation of Health Assessment—Assessment data is summarized with normal and abnormal findings, followed by a review of body anatomy, then by actual assessment techniques/procedures, and photos and graphics to illustrate techniques/procedures.

    • Provides students with an easy-to-follow chart format that clearly presents health assessment.

  • Identifying Nursing Diagnoses (IND) and Identifying Nursing Diagnoses, Outcomes and Interventions (INDOI) boxes—List NANDA diagnoses, NIC and NOC taxonomy terms.

    • Provides students with support of application of the nursing process in a meaningful way.

  • Focus on Critical Thinking boxes—Brief case studies followed by critical thinking questions.

    • Provides students with concrete examples that help reinforce the difficult concept of critical thinking.

  • Research Notes—Review and provide implications of current research reports.

    • Provides students with reinforcement of the need for and the utility of nursing research.

  • Lifespan Consideration boxes.

    • Provides students with a customized look at a particular skill or procedure for different aged populations.

  • Clinical procedures detailed.

    • Provides students with step-by-step instructions of clinical skills that they will need to perform.

  • Home Care Considerations boxes—Follow each skill.

    • Presents students with issues to consider when performing procedures in the home.

  • Practice Guidelines boxes.

    • Provides students with instant-access to summaries of clinical do's and don'ts.

  • Concept maps—Follows each care plan.

    • Provides students with a visual presentation of the care plan.

  • Culturally Competent Care boxes.

    • Shows students what the nurse may do differently in a care-related situation in consideration of a client's cultural background.

  • Diagnostic Testing chapter—Consolidates content from many different chapters.

    • Provides students with a more cohesive presentation of diagnostic testing.

  • Circulation chapter added.

    • Provides students with the most current information and findings regarding circulation.

  • Clinical Alerts.

    • Provides students with brief sidebars that pertain to special information such as safety in clinical practice.

  • Illustrations and photographs.

    • Provides students with a visually appealing and relevant presentation of material.

I. THE NATURE OF NURSING.

 1. Historical and Contemporary Nursing Practice.

 2. Nursing Education and Research.

 3. Nursing Theories and Conceptual Frameworks.

 4. Legal Aspects of Nursing.

 5. Values, Ethics and Advocacy.

II. CONTEMPORARY HEALTH CARE.

 6. Health Care Delivery Systems.

 7. Community-Based Nursing and Care Continuity.

 8. Health Promotion.

 9. Home Care.

10. Nursing Informatics.

III. HEALTH BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.

11. Health, Wellness, and Illness.

12. Individual, Family, and Community Health.

13. Culture and Heritage.

14. Complementary and Alternative Healing Modalities.

IV. THE NURSING PROCESS.

15. Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process.

16. Assessing.

17. Diagnosing.

18. Planning.

19. Implementing and Evaluating.

20. Documenting and Reporting.

V. LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT.

21. Concepts of Growth and Development.

22. Promoting Health from Conception through Adolescence.

23. Promoting Health in Adults and Older Adults.

VI. INTEGRAL ASPECTS OF NURSING.

24. Caring, Comforting and Communicating.

25. Teaching.

26. Delegating, Managing and Leading.

VII. ASSESSING HEALTH.

27. Vital Signs.

28. Health Assessment.

VIII. INTEGRAL COMPONENTS OF CLIENT CARE.

29. Asepsis.

30. Safety.

31. Hygiene.

32. Diagnostic Testing.

33. Medications.

34. Skin Integrity and Wound Care.

35. Perioperative Nursing.

IX. PROMOTING PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH.

36. Sensory Perception.

37. Self-Concept.

38. Sexuality.

39. Spirituality.

40. Stress and Coping.

41. Loss, Grieving and Death.

X. PROMOTING PHYSIOLOGIC HEALTH.

42. Activity and Exercise.

43. Rest and Sleep.

44. Pain Management.

45. Nutrition.

46. Fecal Elimination.

47. Urinary Elimination.

48. Oxygenation.

49. Circulation.

50. Fluid, Electrolyte, Acid-Base Balance.

Appendix A: Critical Thinking Possibilities.

Glossary.

Index.

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