Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition by Patricia A. Williams

Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition by Patricia A. Williams

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   0323694764
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   978-0323694766Learn all the fundamental ideas and elementary expertise that an LPN/LVN wants! Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition prepares you for nursing observe in a lot of care settings, together with hospitals, long-term care services, medical workplaces, clinics, surgical procedure facilities, and residence care businesses. Illustrated, easy-to-read tips be sure that you achieve an intensive understanding of the nursing course of and downside fixing, addressing matters such because the physiologic and psychosocial wants of the affected person, essential pondering and scientific judgment, communication, collaboration with the well being care crew, affected person educating, and cultural competence. Written by famous educator Patricia Williams, this textual content prepares you to cross the Subsequent Technology NCLEX-PN^® Examination and achieve any care setting.

   • Idea maps assist college students visualize ideas addressed within the textual content and present how a situation or response can have an effect on a couple of physique system, referring to signs, therapies, and unintended effects.
   • QSEN and Security info highlights the information, expertise, and attitudes wanted to repeatedly enhance the standard and security of affected person care.
   • Greater than 110 Skills and Steps current step-by-step procedures in an motion/rationale format, together with pattern documentation examples and House Care packing containers, as applicable.
   • Clear, easy-to-understand readability stage (11.65) makes the e-book accessible for LPN/LVN college students, accommodating each starting college students and these talking English as a second language.
   • Get Prepared for the NCLEXExamination! part on the finish of every chapter reinforces studying with key factors, evaluate questions, essential pondering actions, and further studying sources.
   • Life Span Issues: Older Adults spotlight adjustments that happen with getting old and how these have an effect on LPNs and LVNs working with older adults in group and long-term care.
   • Greater than 20 nursing care plans illustrate every step of the nursing course of, and embody essential pondering questions.
   • Nursing course of framework options the applying of the nursing course of and nursing care plans, reinforcing utility of the nursing course of within the scientific setting.
   • Well being Promotion and Affected person Instructing packing containers embody tips to advertise well being, forestall sickness, and develop self-care methods.
   • Assume Critically packing containers encourage college students to synthesize info and apply ideas to observe.
   • Communication packing containers present examples of nurse-patient dialogues and therapeutic communication strategies.
   • House Care Issues packing containers spotlight the difference of nursing expertise and strategies for the affected person within the residence care setting.
   • Key Phrases embody phonetic pronunciations, that are useful for ESL college students, and textual content web page references to search out the definition.
   • Numbered goals start every chapter, and are divided right into a framework of principle and scientific observe.
   • Medical chapters give college students a refresher in anatomy and physiology, with an summary of Construction and Perform, and embody a piece on getting old.
   • Cultural Issues cowl biocultural variations in addition to well being promotion for particular ethnic teams, so college students can present culturally competent care.

   • NEW! Protection of the NCSBN Medical Judgment Measurement Mannequin introduces college students to the testing mannequin used on the Subsequent Technology NCLEX^® Examination.
   • NEW case research and Subsequent Technology NCLEX Examination-style questions give college students observe and put together them for the Subsequent Technology NCLEX Examination.
   • NEW pictures and illustrations present essential expertise and procedures.
   • NEW! Up to date tips embody these from the American Coronary heart Affiliation, The Joint Fee, Nationwide Stress Ulcer Advisory Panel, Dietary Pointers, and extra.
   • NEW! Expanded Proof-Primarily based Observe packing containers and finest practices are highlighted all through the e-book.