Essentials for Nursing Practice, (Paperback)

<p>Get a solid foundation in essential nursing principles, concepts, and skills! <b>Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9^th Edition </b>combines everything you need from your fundamentals course and streamlines it into a format that&amp;#39;s perfect for busy nursing students. The ninth edition retains many classic features, including chapter case studies, procedural guidelines, and special considerations for various age groups, along with new content including a chapter on <i>Complementary and Alternative Therapies</i>, interactive clinical case studies on Evolve, a new <i>Reflective Learning</i> section, and QSEN activities to encourage active learning. Thoroughly reviewed by nursing clinical experts and educators, this new edition ensures you learn nursing <i>Essentials</i> with the most accurate, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand book on the market.</p><ul><b> </b><li><b>Progressive case studies </b>are introduced at the beginning of the chapter and are then used to tie together the care plan, concept map, and clinical decision-making exercises.</li> <li><b><i>Focused Patient Assessment</i> tables </b>include actual questions to help you learn how to effectively phrase questions to patients as well as target physical assessment techniques.</li> <li><b>Nursing skills at the end of each chapter </b>feature full-bleed coloring on the edge of the page to make them easy to locate.</li> <li><b>Safety guidelines for nursing skills </b>sections precede each skills section to help you focus on safe and effective skills performance.</li> <li><b>Detailed care plans </b>in the text and on Evolve<b> </b>demonstrate the application of the 5-step nursing process to individual patient problems to help you understand how a plan is developed and how to evaluate care. </li> <li><b>Unexpected outcomes and related interventions </b>for skills alert you to possible problems and appropriate nursing action.</li> <li><b><i>Patient Teaching</i> boxes </b>help you plan effective teaching by first identifying an outcome, then developing strategies on how to teach, and finally, implementing measures to evaluate learning.</li> <li><b><i>Care of the Older Adult</i> boxes </b>highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care for this growing population.</li> <li><b>Key points </b>neatly summarize the most important content for each chapter to help you review and evaluate learning.</li> <li><b><i>Evidence-Based Practice</i> boxes</b> include a PICO question, summary of the results of a research study, and a <b>F </b>description of how the study has affected nursing practice - in every chapter.</li> <li><b><i>Patient-Centered Care</i> boxes</b> address racial and ethnic diversity along with the cultural differences that impact socioeconomic status, values, geography, and religion. </li> <li><b>65 Skills and procedural guidelines </b>provide clear, step-by-step instructions for providing safe nursing care.</li> <li><b>5-step nursing process </b>provides a consistent framework for clinical chapters.</li> <li><b>Concept maps </b>visually demonstrate planning care for patients with multiple diagnoses.</li> <li><b>NOC outcomes, NIC interventions, and NANDA diagnoses </b>are incorporated in care plans to reflect the standard used by institutions nationwide.</li></ul><ul><b> </b><li><b>NEW! Chapter on <i>Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Therapies</i></b> addresses new content now included on the NCLEX(R)</li></ul>

• Essentials for Nursing Practice, (Paperback)
• Author: Elsevier Masson
• ISBN: 9780323481847
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2018-03-08
• Page Count: 1296