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To find the clinical facts you need to know, make this pocket guide
your constant companion! Clinical Companion to Fundamentals of
Nursing, 11th 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
your nursing fundamentals course, this reference 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! Basic facts and
figures, standard values, care guidelines and more provide the
background frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice.
At-a-glance content is provided in outline, list, and tabular
formats for easy lookup and review. Detailed information on
medications helps to prevent medication errors and ensure safe
practice, with topics including dosage calculations,
compatibilities, conversions, and administration. Vital Signs
chapter contains everything you need to know to quickly and
accurately obtain vital signs. Physical Assessment chapter provides
a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment.
Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation chapter explains the
role of the nurse within the larger healthcare team. Pressure
injury information includes prevention and care guidelines.
Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology chapter acts
as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand
clinical terms as they are encountered. Concise, pocket-sized
format ensures portability for use in the clinical setting. NEW! A
Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process chapter is added to this
edition.
Designed to accompany Elkin's Nursing Interventions & Clinical
Skills, 4th edition text, these handy checklists serve as a
valuable assessment tool for each skill presented in the textbook.
Learn the concepts and skills and develop the clinical judgment you
need to provide excellent nursing care! Fundamentals of Nursing,
11th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a
solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical judgment, nursing
theory, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care in all
settings. With illustrated, step-by-step guidelines, this book
makes it easy to learn important skills and procedures. Care plans
are presented within a nursing process framework that is
coordinated with clinical judgement, and case studies show how to
apply concepts to nursing practice. From an expert author team led
by Patricia Potter and Anne Perry, this bestselling nursing
textbook helps you develop the understanding and clinical judgment
you need to succeed in the classroom and in your career. Review
questions in every chapter test your retention of key concepts,
with answers and rationales in the book and on the Evolve companion
website; at least four of these questions are alternate format.
Reflective Learning helps you use clinical reasoning to think about
your clinical and simulation experiences. UNIQUE! Caring for
Patients with Chronic Illness chapter helps you address the unique
health care needs of patients who deal with chronic illness.
UNIQUE! Interprofessional collaboration and cooperation are
emphasized. UNIQUE! Building Competency boxes summarize QSEN
competencies, each with a clinical situation followed by several
open-ended questions designed to help you understand and apply
these core competencies. Evidence-Based Practice chapter shows how
nursing research helps in determining best practices. Over 50
nursing skills include illustrated, step-by-step instructions in a
two-column format - with rationales for each step. Over 30
procedural guidelines provide streamlined, step-by-step
instructions for performing basic skills. UNIQUE! Critical Thinking
Models in each clinical chapter show how to apply the nursing
process, clinical judgment, and critical thinking to make sound
clinical decisions. In-text case studies include clinical
application questions and exercises, allowing you to practice using
care plans and concept maps. UPDATED 1,100-question test bank
includes multiple-choice and alternate item questions at all
difficulty levels. Focus on safety and quality in the Patient
Safety and Quality chapter shows how these concepts apply to
nursing practice, and includes a skill on fall prevention in
healthcare settings. Nursing Assessment Questions boxes help you
learn to effectively phrase questions for patients. Cultural
Aspects of Care boxes summarize cultural considerations and provide
practical guidelines on meeting patients' cultural needs and
preferences. Patient Teaching boxes promote effective patient
education by first identifying outcomes, then developing strategies
on how to teach and evaluate compliance. Focus on Older Adult boxes
highlight key aspects of nursing assessment and care of elderly
adults. Planning sections help you plan and prioritize
comprehensive patient care, with coverage of Goals and Outcomes,
Setting Priorities, and Teamwork and Collaboration. Practical study
tools on Evolve include 50 video clips of nursing skills, 80 skills
checklists, a concept map creator, printable key points, answers to
the questions in the book, an audio glossary, and more. NEW content
includes topics such as clinical judgment, COVID-19, compassion
fatigue, gun violence, patient safety, the opioid epidemic, and
device addiction. NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R)-style questions
with cases are provided on the Evolve website to prepare you for
these challenging new question types. NEW! Nursing Process and
Clinical Judgment steps are coordinated so that you can quickly
understand how both models drive their nursing care. NEW objectives
are clearly and precisely tied to content, making it easier to find
relevant information.
Learn clinical nursing skills and prepare for success on the Next
Generation NCLEX (R) Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills &
Techniques, 10th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to
more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more
than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework,
and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn
to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and
make timely decisions. New to this edition are NGN-style unfolding
case studies, preparing you for the changes to the NCLEX exam.
Written by respected nursing experts Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia
A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, and Nancy Laplante, this trusted text
is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market! Comprehensive
coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced
nursing skills and procedures. Rationales for each step within
skills explain the why as well as the how of each skill, and
include citations from the current literature. Clinical Decision
Points alert you to key steps that affect patient outcomes and help
them modify care as needed to meet individual patient needs.
Unique! Unexpected Outcomes and Related Interventions sections
highlight what might go wrong and how to appropriately intervene.
Clinical Debrief at the end of each chapter provides case-based
review questions that focus on issues such as managing conflict,
care prioritization, patient safety, and decision-making. More than
1,200 full-color photos and drawings make it easier to visualize
concepts and procedures. Five-step nursing process format helps you
apply the nursing process while learning each skill. Coverage of
QSEN core competencies is incorporated into each lesson, including
the areas of delegation and collaboration, reporting and recording,
safety guidelines, and considerations relating to teaching,
pediatric, geriatric, and home care. Unique! Using Evidence in
Nursing Practice chapter covers the entire process of conducting
research, including collecting, evaluating, and applying evidence
from published research. F NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R)
(NGN)-style unfolding case studies include answers at the back of
the book, providing optimal preparation for the Next Generation
NCLEX Examination.
Learn clinical nursing skills and prepare for success on the Next
Generation NCLEX (R) Examination! Clinical Nursing Skills &
Techniques, 10th Edition provides clear, step-by-step guidelines to
more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced skills. With more
than 1,200 full-color illustrations, a nursing process framework,
and a focus on evidence-based practice, this manual helps you learn
to think critically, ask the right questions at the right time, and
make timely decisions. New to this edition are NGN-style unfolding
case studies, preparing you for the changes to the NCLEX exam.
Written by respected nursing experts Anne Griffin Perry, Patricia
A. Potter, Wendy Ostendorf, and Nancy Laplante, this trusted text
is the bestselling nursing skills book on the market! Comprehensive
coverage includes more than 200 basic, intermediate, and advanced
nursing skills and procedures. NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R)
(NGN)-style unfolding case studies include answers at the back of
the book, providing optimal preparation for the Next Generation
NCLEX Examination. Rationales for each step within skills explain
the why as well as the how of each skill, and include citations
from the current literature. Clinical Decision Points alert you to
key steps that affect patient outcomes and help them modify care as
needed to meet individual patient needs. Unique! Unexpected
Outcomes and Related Interventions sections highlight what might go
wrong and how to appropriately intervene. Clinical Debrief at the
end of each chapter provides case-based review questions that focus
on issues such as managing conflict, care prioritization, patient
safety, and decision-making. More than 1,200 full-color photos and
drawings make it easier to visualize concepts and procedures.
Five-step nursing process format helps you apply the nursing
process while learning each skill. Coverage of QSEN core
competencies is incorporated into each lesson, including the areas
of delegation and collaboration, reporting and recording, safety
guidelines, and considerations relating to teaching, pediatric,
geriatric, and home care. Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing
Practice chapter covers the entire process of conducting research,
including collecting, evaluating, and applying evidence from
published research. F NEW! Next Generation NCLEX (R) (NGN)-style
unfolding case studies include answers at the back of the book,
providing optimal preparation for the Next Generation NCLEX
Examination.
Corresponding to the chapters in Essentials for Nursing Practice,
9th Edition, Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice
reinforces your understanding of key nursing ideas. Each chapter
includes a Preliminary Reading, Case Study questions, a Chapter
Review, Study Group Questions, and directions to help you create
your own personalized Study Chart for the chapter. In addition,
each Chapter Review includes many different kinds of questions to
keep learning the material interactive and fun! Answers and
rationales included on the Essentials for Nursing Practice Evolve
Each chapter includes a case study with related questions allowing
students to apply what they've learned. Chapter review questions
include matching, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false
questions provide students with evaluation and test-taking
practice. Study group questions make it easier for students to
review material with their peers site. Skills performance
checklists help you measure your mastery of important nursing
procedures. Study charts in select chapters helps provide focus and
structure for students reviewing the material and key concepts.
NEW! Content completely updated to match Nursing Essentials 9th
Edition. NEW! Chapter on Complementary and Alternative Therapies,
addresses content that is now included on the NCLEX (R) exam. NEW!
Preliminary Readings sections provide you with an easy reference
point to the related text chapter.
Master nursing skills with this guide from the respected Perry,
Potter & Ostendorf author team! The concise coverage in Nursing
Interventions & Clinical Skills, 7th Edition makes it easy to
learn the skills most commonly used in everyday nursing practice.
Clear, step-by-step instructions cover more than 160 basic,
intermediate, and advanced skills - from measuring body temperature
to insertion of a peripheral intravenous device - using
evidence-based concepts to improve patient safety and outcomes. A
streamlined, visual approach makes the book easy to read, and an
Evolve companion website enhances learning with review questions
and handy checklists for each clinical skill. Coverage of more than
160 skills and interventions addresses the basic, intermediate, and
advanced skills you'll use every day in practice. Safe Patient Care
Alerts highlight risks or other key information to know in
performing skills, so you can plan ahead at each step of nursing
care. Unique! Using Evidence in Nursing Practice chapter provides
the information needed to use evidence-based care to solve clinical
problems. Coverage of evidence-based nursing techniques includes
the concept of care bundles, structured practices that improve
patient safety and outcomes, in addition to the coverage of
teach-back. Delegation & Collaboration guidelines help you make
decisions in whether to delegate a skill to unlicensed assistive
personnel, and indicates what key information must be shared.
Teach-Back step shows how to evaluate the success of patient
teaching, so you can see whether the patient understands a task or
topic or if additional teaching may be needed. Recording guidelines
describe what should be reported and documented after performing
skills, with Hand-off Reporting sections listing important patient
care information to include in the handoff. Special Considerations
indicate the additional risks or accommodations you may face when
caring for pediatric or geriatric patients, as well as patients in
home care settings. A consistent format for nursing skills makes it
easier to perform skills, organized by Assessment, Planning,
Implementation, and Evaluation. Media resources include skills
performance checklists on the Evolve companion website and related
lessons, videos, and interactive exercises on Nursing Skills
Online. NEW! 2017 Infusion Nurses Society standards are included on
administering IVs and on other changes in evidence-based practice.
NEW Disaster Preparedness chapter focuses on caring for patients
after biological, chemical, or radiation exposure. NEW! SBAR
samples show how to quickly and effectively communicate a patient's
condition in terms of Situation, Background, Assessment, and
Recommendation. NEW! Practice Reflections sections include a
clinical scenario and questions, helping you reflect on clinical
and simulation experiences. NEW! Three Master Debriefs help you
develop a better understanding of the "big picture" by synthesizing
skill performance with overall patient care.
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