Fundamentals of nursing : human health and function
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Fundamentals of nursing : human health and function
J.B. Lippincott, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A comprehensive introductory text which covers the basic concepts, clinical concepts and clinical skills, with step-by-step illustrated procedures. With its emphasis on health and human function, the text aims to prepare students for the challenges of nursing practice in the 1990s. A strong nursing process framework serves as the basis for discussing this information and for covering the delivery of nursing care. This book emphasizes the critical and essential topics fundamental to a solid foundation for future professional practice.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Conceptual foundations of nursing: concepts essential for professional nursing - the profession of nursing (theory, education and practice), the health care delivery system, ethical and legal concerns, nursing leadership and management, nursing research
- the nursing process - framework for clinical nursing therapeutics - the nursing process in human health and function, nursing assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing management (planning, implementation and evaluation), communication of the nursing process (recording and reporting)
- concepts essential for human function and nursing management - health and wellness, human needs, life span development, individual, family, and community, culture and ethnicity, values communication (the nurse-patient relationship)
- essential assessment of components - health assessment of human function, vital sign assessment, diagnostic tests and procedures
- selected clinical nursing therapeutics - patient teaching, asepsis, perioperative nursing, medication administration. Part 2 Human function and clinical nursing therapeutics: health perception and health management - safety, health maintenance, home maintenance management
- activity and exercise - self-care and hygiene, body mechanics and mobility, oxygenation (respiratory function) oxygenation (cardiac function and tissue perfusion)
- nutrition and metabolism - fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance, nutrition, skin integrity and wound healing, the body's defenses against infection, thermoregulation
- elimination - urinary elimination, bowel elimination
- sleep and rest - sleep and rest
- cognition and perception - pain perception and comfort, sensory perception, cognitive processes
- self perception and self concept
- roles and relationships - communication (social interaction), families and their relationships, loss and grieving
- coping and stress management - stress, coping, and adaptation
- sexuality and reproduction - human sexuality
- values and beliefs - spiritual health. Appendices: equivalents
- laboratory values
- prefixes, suffixes and roots commonly used in meidcal terms
- recommended dietary allowances, United States
- recommended nutrient intakes for Canadians.
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