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Main description:
Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy is an invaluable reference book, covering all the core topics of nursing.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of the theoretical foundations of nursing, the nursing process, basic nursing skills, physiological patient care (oxygenation, self-care and hygiene, mobility and exercise, comfort from pain, rest and sleep, skin integrity, nutrition, and urinary and bowel elimination), and the latest nursing concepts, including evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy is packed with reader-friendly features including abundant illustrations, cartoons, checklists, quick quizzes, memory joggers and chapter summaries. Drawing on current UK guidance, it is an essential resource for nursing students, or those needing a refresher in the fundamentals of nursing.
Contents:
Foundational concepts
- 1 Overview of nursing
- 2 Basics of health and illness
- 3 Ethical and legal considerations
- 4 Nursing process
2 General nursing skills
- 5 Communication
- 6 Health assessment
- 7 Taking vital signs
- 8 Asepsis and infection control
- 9 Medication basics
- 10 Medication administration
- 11 I.V. therapy
3 Physiologic needs
- 12 Oxygenation
- 13 Self-care and hygiene
- 14 Mobility, activity, and exercise
- 15 Skin integrity and wound healing
- 16 Comfort, rest, and sleep
- 17 Pain management
- 18 Nutrition
- 19 Urinary elimination
- 20 Bowel elimination
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: September, 2010
Pages: 656
Weight: 2g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Nursing
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