Make this portable pocket reference your constant companion in the clinical setting! The Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of a nursing fundamentals course, this text features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever!
1. Clinical Companion Fundamentals of Nursing - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Preface - p. iii 7. 1. Medical, nursing, and health professions terminology - p. 1 8. 2. Communication - p. 35 9. 3. Interprofessional collaboration and delegation - p. 54 10. 4. Clinical judgment and the nursing process - p. 62 11. 5. Documentation - p. 71 12. 6. Patient interview - p. 77 13. 7. Vital signs - p. 85 14. 8. Physical assessment - p. 101 15. 9. Pain assessment - p. 106 16. 10. Skin, hair, and nail assessment - p. 112 17. 11. Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat assessment (HEENT) - p. 128 18. 12. Respiratory assessment - p. 144 19. 13. Cardiac and peripheral vascular assessment - p. 156 20. 14. Musculoskeletal assessment - p. 165 21. 15. Neurological assessment - p. 172 22. 16. Abdominal assessment - p. 192 23. 17. Breast and genital assessment - p. 208 24. 18. Safety - p. 215 25. 19. Equivalents and dosage calculation - p. 227 26. 20. Medication administration - p. 234 27. 21. Infection control - p. 252 28. 22. Mobility and positioning - p. 264 29. 23. Personal care - p. 273 30. 24. Wound care - p. 286 31. 25. Oxygen administration - p. 300 32. 26. Nutrition and diets - p. 310 33. 27. Diagnostic testing and procedures - p. 325 34. 28. Preoperative and postoperative care - p. 349 35. 29. Emergent clinical situations - p. 365 36. 30. Death and dying - p. 375 37. Index - p. 387
Make this portable pocket reference your constant companion in the clinical setting! The Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of a nursing fundamentals course, this text features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever!
1. Clinical Companion Fundamentals of Nursing - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Preface - p. iii 7. 1. Medical, nursing, and health professions terminology - p. 1 8. 2. Communication - p. 35 9. 3. Interprofessional collaboration and delegation - p. 54 10. 4. Clinical judgment and the nursing process - p. 62 11. 5. Documentation - p. 71 12. 6. Patient interview - p. 77 13. 7. Vital signs - p. 85 14. 8. Physical assessment - p. 101 15. 9. Pain assessment - p. 106 16. 10. Skin, hair, and nail assessment - p. 112 17. 11. Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat assessment (HEENT) - p. 128 18. 12. Respiratory assessment - p. 144 19. 13. Cardiac and peripheral vascular assessment - p. 156 20. 14. Musculoskeletal assessment - p. 165 21. 15. Neurological assessment - p. 172 22. 16. Abdominal assessment - p. 192 23. 17. Breast and genital assessment - p. 208 24. 18. Safety - p. 215 25. 19. Equivalents and dosage calculation - p. 227 26. 20. Medication administration - p. 234 27. 21. Infection control - p. 252 28. 22. Mobility and positioning - p. 264 29. 23. Personal care - p. 273 30. 24. Wound care - p. 286 31. 25. Oxygen administration - p. 300 32. 26. Nutrition and diets - p. 310 33. 27. Diagnostic testing and procedures - p. 325 34. 28. Preoperative and postoperative care - p. 349 35. 29. Emergent clinical situations - p. 365 36. 30. Death and dying - p. 375 37. Index - p. 387
