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Available
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Publication
Philadelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 7th edition
ISBN
9780781718783
Description
This popular text has been reprinted in color to add visual appeal while maintaining the same content and presentation. Straightforward and easy to understand, Fundamental Skills and Concepts in Patient Care, Seventh Edition features a well-integrated blend of material and step-by-step procedures. The full color now enhances the material and adds increased visual appeal. Designed specifically for LPN/LVN students, this introductory textbook covers various techniques, procedures, and basic nursing concepts. A Brandon-Hill Recommended Title.
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CONTENTS:
Nursing foundations -- Nursing process -- Laws and ethics -- Health and illness -- Homeostasis, adaptation, and stress -- Culture and ethnicity -- Nurse-patient relationship -- Patient teaching -- Recording and reporting -- Admission, discharge, transfer, and referrals -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Special examinations and tests -- Nutrition -- Fluid and chemical balance -- Hygiene -- Comfort, rest, and sleep -- Safety -- Pain management -- Oxygenation -- Asepsis -- Infection control -- Body mechanics, positioning, and moving -- Therapeutic exercise -- Mechanical immobilization -- Ambulatory aids -- Perioperative care -- Wound care -- Gastrointestinal intubation -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Oral medications -- Topical and inhalant medications -- Parenteral medications -- Intravenous medications -- Intervening in emergency situations -- Airway management -- Resuscitation -- Death and dying.
Nursing foundations -- Nursing process -- Laws and ethics -- Health and illness -- Homeostasis, adaptation, and stress -- Culture and ethnicity -- Nurse-patient relationship -- Patient teaching -- Recording and reporting -- Admission, discharge, transfer, and referrals -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Special examinations and tests -- Nutrition -- Fluid and chemical balance -- Hygiene -- Comfort, rest, and sleep -- Safety -- Pain management -- Oxygenation -- Asepsis -- Infection control -- Body mechanics, positioning, and moving -- Therapeutic exercise -- Mechanical immobilization -- Ambulatory aids -- Perioperative care -- Wound care -- Gastrointestinal intubation -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Oral medications -- Topical and inhalant medications -- Parenteral medications -- Intravenous medications -- Intervening in emergency situations -- Airway management -- Resuscitation -- Death and dying.