LEARN–APPLY–ASSESS Davis Advantage for Basic Nursing combines an innovative text with an immersive online program that make this challenging but must-know content easier to master by making learning personal. Together, they create a seamless experience that tracks each student’s progress and assesses their knowledge until they have mastered the concepts and are ready to apply them in class, clinical, and practice. An access code inside new, printed textbooks unlocks an ebook, as well as access to Davis Advantage. Or choose the all-digital Instant Access option, which includes the ebook and immediate access to Davis Advantage. THE TEXTBOOK A comprehensive approach to care promotes critical thinking and clinical judgment to teach students how to “Think Like a Nurse� from the very first day. A consistent and concise organization along with a wealth of pedagogical features emphasizes the Thinking, Doing, and Caring at the heart of professional practice. In every chapter, students first explore the theoretical knowledge behind key Fundamentals concepts. Then, they learn the practical knowledge guided by the nursing process; and finally, the skills and procedures for safe and effective nursing care. ONLINE (DAVIS ADVANTAGE) Using a unique and proven approach across a Learn-Apply-Assess continuum, Davis Advantage engages students and helps them make the connections to key topics. Whether teaching in-person or online, this complete, integrated solution aligns seamlessly with the textbook and equips instructors with actionable analytics to track students’ progress, remediate where needed, and facilitate an active learning environment. LEARN—Personalized Learning The foundation of the Davis Advantage platform, Personalized Learning, immerses students in an online learning experience tailored to their needs. Students are assessed on their comprehension of key topics from the text, and then are guided through animated mini-lecture videos and dynamic activities to reinforce learning and bring concepts to life. APPLY—Clinical Judgment (NEW!) Clinical Judgment elevates students’ critical thinking and clinical reasoning, helping them to build the clinical judgment skills they need to practice safe and effective nursing care and to prepare for the Next Generation NCLEX® with confidence. Progressive case studies featuring real-life, complex clinical situations challenge students to apply their knowledge, make informed decisions, and evaluate outcomes. ASSESS—Quizzing Quizzing uses NCLEX®-style questions for assessment and remediation. Its adaptive, question-based format provides the additional practice students need to test their knowledge, master course content, and perform well on course and board exams. Textbook Provides the evidence-based, foundational knowledge students need to learn how to ‘think like a nurse’. Promotes critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical decision making through a comprehensive approach to care. Prepares students for real-world practice with case studies and clinically based exercises that develop clinical judgment skills and reinforce the thinking, doing, and caring they will do as nurses. Features over 230 step-by-step, illustrated procedures with rationales to teach students how to perform and master essential nursing skills. Emphasizes the important aspects of safe and effective care to ensure the best patient outcomes. Davis Advantage (Personalized Learning, Clinical Judgment (NEW!) and Quizzing) Personalized Learning engages students through videos and interactive activities that present key concepts in a way that makes content more relatable and understandable. Clinical Judgment (NEW!) challenges students with complex questions that align with the cognitive areas of the NCSBN’s Clinical Judgment Measurement Model, requiring careful analysis, synthesis of the data, and critical thinking. Quizzing provides thousands of NCLEX®-style questions (including alternate format questions) and detailed rationales to test students’ knowledge and promote in-depth understanding. Personalized Learning Plans and dashboards track students’ progress across their assignments and highlight where they need to focus their study time. Actionable analytics allow instructors to track comprehension and participation, monitor performance, and identify areas for remediation. Personalized Teaching Plans provide instructors with engaging lesson plans and activities that can be leveraged in both virtual and in-person classroom settings. Integrated ebook allows students to reference the textbook anytime, anywhere. New To This Edition: NEW! Clinical Judgment component now in Davis Advantage. EXPANDED & ENHANCED! Increased focus on Clinical Judgment reflecting the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model (CJMM) and the relationship among the nursing process, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and clinical judgment. NEW! “Critical-Thinking and Clinical Judgment� scenario with questions added to each chapter. UPDATED! “Example Client Conditions� to reflect CJMM. REVISED! Nursing process chapters combined into a single chapter to better explain the interconnectedness of each step in the Nursing Process. EXPANDED & ENHANCED! Focus on patient advocacy.

Fundamentals of Nursing takes a fresh, unique approach to Fundamentals education across a Learning-Applying-Assessing continuum. Combining the power of a student-focused textbook that teaches students to think like a nurse with an interactive personalized learning and quizzing experience, this complete, integrated solution engages students and helps them make the connections to key Fundamentals topics. Davis Advantage equips instructors with real-time insights on students’ performance to assess comprehension, and teaching tools that include lesson plans, active classroom activities, and quizzing to help drive student mastery. An access code inside new, printed texts unlocks an eBook, and an interactive Personalized Learning and Quizzing experience for students. Or, go all-digital with the purchase of the ebook version of the text that includes instant access to the online resources. TEXT - Explores a full-spectrum nursing model of thinking, doing, and caring and reinforces the model with critical-thinking questions and clinically-based exercises in every chapter to help students think like a nurse and prepare for practice. - Illustrate key points and bring concepts to life through two Case Studies (“Meet Your Patient� in Volume 1, and “Caring for the Nguyens� in Volume 2), that demonstrate their practical application in real-world nursing care. - Features over 230 step-by-step, illustrated procedures with rationales to teach students how to perform and master essential nursing skills. - Emphasizes safety and evidenced-based practice to ensure the best patient outcomes. - Promotes effective care planning with care plan and concept maps. ONLINE Davis Advantage—Personalized Learning and Quizzing - Personalized Learning - Creates personalized learning plans tailored to students’ individual needs to help them build a strong foundation and make the connections to key Fundamentals topics. - Reinforces learning and engages students through videos and interactive activities to drive mastery. - Tracks students’ progress every step of the way; students know exactly how they’re doing and where they need to focus their studies. - Davis Edge Quizzing - Features over 1,500 NCLEX-style questions that align with the Fundamentals of Nursing text with page references. - Includes self-grading that provides immediate feedback as each quiz is completed. - Promotes in-depth understanding and comprehension with comprehensive rationales for both correct and incorrect responses. - Builds students' confidence for the difficult alternate-format questions, including "select all that apply" and "ordered response". - Prepares students for course exams, ATI, HESI, and NCLEX® exams with test-taking strategies and tips. - Makes studying and reviewing on the go even easier with access to the ebook version of the text.

All of the must-know procedures...all in one place! Assess your progress. Checklists for over 165 common nursing procedures that follow the procedures presented in Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition and Basic Nursing, 2nd Edition. Begin with the principle-based checklist that you'll use with all the procedures. Then, for each individual procedure, you'll follow and check off all of the steps in the order that they must be performed to ensure the safety of both the patient and the nurse. Put your knowledge to work and use these checklists to practice your skills or to participate in peer check-offs.