Basic Nursing: Concepts, Skills & Reasoning

Cover
Front Matter
Contents in Brief
Title Page
Copyright Page
Authors
Dedication
Preface
Contributors
Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Table of Contents
Meet the Nguyens
Unit 1 How Nurses Think
	Chapter 1 Nursing Past & Present
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		NURSING IMAGES THROUGHOUT HISTORY
		CONTEMPORARY NURSING: EDUCATION, REGULATION, AND ORGANIZATION
		CONTEMPORARY NURSING: CARING FOR CLIENTS
		WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE CONTEMPORARY NURSING PRACTICE?
	Chapter 2 Critical Thinking & the Nursing Process
		WHAT IS YOUR VIEW OF NURSING?
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS CRITICAL THINKING?
		WHY IS CRITICAL THINKING IMPORTANT FOR NURSES?
		A MODEL FOR CRITICAL THINKING
		WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE?
		WHAT IS THE NURSING PROCESS?
		WHAT IS CARING?
		WHAT IS FULL-SPECTRUM NURSING?
	Chapter 3 Assessment
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		ASSESSMENT: THE FIRST STEP OF THE NURSING PROCESS
		WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF A NURSING HEALTH HISTORY?
		INTERVIEWING PATIENTS
		HOW AND WHEN SHOULD I VALIDATE DATA?
		HOW CAN I ORGANIZE DATA?
		HOW SHOULD I DOCUMENT DATA?
		REFLECTING CRITICALLY ABOUT ASSESSMENT
	Chapter 4 Diagnosis
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		DIAGNOSIS: THE SECOND STEP OF THE NURSING PROCESS
		WHAT IS DIAGNOSTIC REASONING?
		REFLECTING CRITICALLY ON YOUR DIAGNOSTIC REASONING
		HOW ARE DIAGNOSTIC STATEMENTS WRITTEN?
		REFLECTING CRITICALLY ABOUT DIAGNOSTIC STATEMENTS
	Chapter 5 Planning Outcomes
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS PLANNING?
		NURSING CARE PLANS
		WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR WRITING AN INDIVIDUALIZED NURSING CARE PLAN?
		PLANNING PATIENT GOALS/OUTCOMES
		REFLECTING CRITICALLY ABOUT EXPECTED OUTCOMES/GOALS
	Chapter 6 Planning Interventions
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE NURSING INTERVENTIONS?
		HOW DO I DECIDE WHICH INTERVENTIONS TO USE?
		HOW CAN I USE STANDARDIZED LANGUAGE TO PLAN INTERVENTIONS?
		WHAT ARE NURSING ORDERS, AND HOW DO I WRITE THEM?
	Chapter 7 Implementation & Evaluation
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		IMPLEMENTATION: THE ACTION PHASE OF THE NURSING PROCESS
		EVALUATION: THE FINAL STEP OF THE NURSING PROCESS
	Chapter 8 Theory, Research, & Evidence-Based Practice
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		THE IMPORTANCE OF NURSING THEORY AND RESEARCH
		NURSING THEORIES
		NURSING RESEARCH
Unit 2 Factors Affecting Health
	Chapter 9 Development: Infancy Through Middle Age
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		HOW DOES DEVELOPMENT OCCUR?
		THE GESTATIONAL PERIOD: CONCEPTION TO BIRTH
		NEONATAL PERIOD: BIRTH TO 28 DAYS
		INFANCY: 1 MONTH TO 1 YEAR OF AGE
		TODDLERHOOD: AGES 1 TO 3 YEARS
		PRESCHOOL STAGE: AGES 4 AND 5 YEARS
		SCHOOL-AGE: AGES 6 TO 12 YEARS
		ADOLESCENCE: AGES 12 TO 18 YEARS
		YOUNG ADULTHOOD: AGES 19 TO 40 YEARS
		MIDDLE ADULTHOOD: AGES 40 TO 64 YEARS
		PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
	Chapter 10 Development: Older Adulthood
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		PERSPECTIVES ON AGING
		AGING IN PLACE AND ALTERNATIVES
		THEORIES OF AGING
		STAGES OF OLDER ADULTHOOD
		DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES OF OLDER ADULTS
		PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
	Chapter 11 Experiencing Health & Illness
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND HEALTH AND ILLNESS?
		HOW DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE HEALTH AND ILLNESS?
		WHAT FACTORS DISRUPT HEALTH?
		WHY DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE ILLNESS DIFFERENTLY?
		USING THE NURSING PROCESS TO PROMOTE HEALTH
		PROCEDURES
	Chapter 12 Stress & Adaptation
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS STRESS?
		HOW DO COPING AND ADAPTATION RELATE TO STRESS?
		HOW DO PEOPLE RESPOND TO STRESSORS?
		COMMON PROBLEMS WHEN ADAPTATION FAILS
	Chapter 13 Psychosocial Health & Illness
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH
		COMMON PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS
		NURSING CARE TO PROMOTE PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH
	Chapter 14 Family
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS A FAMILY?
		WHAT THEORIES ARE USEFUL FOR FAMILY CARE?
		WHAT ARE SOME FAMILY HEALTH RISK FACTORS?
		WHAT ARE SOME CHALLENGES TO FAMILY HEALTH?
	Chapter 15 Culture & Ethnicity
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHY LEARN ABOUT CULTURE?
		WHAT IS MEANT BY CULTURE?
		HOW DO CULTURAL VALUES, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES AFFECT HEALTH?
		WHAT IS THE “CULTURE OF HEALTHCARE”?
		WHAT IS CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE?
		WHAT ARE SOME BARRIERS TO CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE?
	Chapter 16 Spirituality
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		HISTORY OF SPIRITUALITY IN NURSING
		WHAT ARE RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY?
		HOW MIGHT SPIRITUAL BELIEFS AFFECT HEALTH?
		MAJOR RELIGIONS: WHAT SHOULD I KNOW?
	Chapter 17 Loss, Grief, & Dying
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS LOSS?
		WHAT IS GRIEF?
		DEATH AND DYING
Unit 3 Essential Nursing Interventions
	Chapter 18  Documenting & Reporting
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		DOCUMENTATION
		ORAL REPORTING
		GUIDELINES FOR DOCUMENTING CARE
	Chapter 19 Vital Signs
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE VITAL SIGNS?
		BODY TEMPERATURE
		PULSE
		RESPIRATION
		BLOOD PRESSURE
		PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
	Chapter 20  Communicating & Therapeutic Relationships
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS COMMUNICATION?
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT COMMUNICATION?
		WHAT IS COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION?
		WHAT IS THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION IN THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS?
	Chapter 21 Physical Assessment
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE THE PURPOSES OF A PHYSICAL EXAMINATION?
		THE GENERAL SURVEY
		THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
		THE HEAD
		THE NECK
		THE BREASTS AND AXILLAE
		THE CHEST AND LUNGS
		THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
		THE ABDOMEN
		THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
		THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM
		THE GENITOURINARY SYSTEM
	Chapter 22 Infection Prevention & Control
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHY MUST NURSES KNOW ABOUT INFECTION PROCESSES?
		HOW DOES INFECTION OCCUR?
		WHAT ARE THE BODY’S DEFENSES AGAINST INFECTION?
		WHAT FACTORS INCREASE HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY?
		PRACTICING MEDICAL ASEPSIS
		PRACTICING SURGICAL ASEPSIS
		INFECTION CONTROL AND PREVENTION FOR HEALTHCARE WORKERS
		SUMMARY
	Chapter 23 Safety
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT SAFETY?
		WHAT SAFETY HAZARDS ARE IN THE HOME?
		WHAT SAFETY HAZARDS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY?
		WHAT SAFETY HAZARDS ARE IN THE HEALTHCARE FACILITY?
	Chapter 24  Hygiene
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		HYGIENE AND SELF-CARE
		CARE OF THE SKIN
		CARE OF THE FEET
		CARE OF THE NAILS
		ORAL HYGIENE
		CARE OF THE HAIR
		CARE OF THE EYES
		CARE OF THE EARS
		CARE OF THE NOSE
		THE CLIENT’S ENVIRONMENT
	Chapter 25  Medicating Patients
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		HOW ARE DRUGS NAMED AND CLASSIFIED?
		WHAT MECHANISMS PROMOTE DRUG QUALITY AND SAFETY?
		WHAT IS PHARMACOKINETICS?
		WHAT IS PHARMACODYNAMICS?
		HOW DO I MEASURE AND CALCULATE DOSAGE?
		WHAT MUST I KNOW ABOUT MEDICATION PRESCRIPTIONS?
		MEDICATION ERRORS
		ENSURING SAFE MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
		ADMINISTERING ORAL MEDICATIONS
		ADMINISTERING TOPICAL MEDICATIONS
		PERFORMING IRRIGATIONS AND INSTILLATIONS
		ADMINISTERING RESPIRATORY INHALATIONS
		ADMINISTERING PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
	Chapter 26 Teaching & Learning
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHO ARE THE LEARNERS?
		WHAT ARE MY TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES?
		WHAT ARE SOME BASIC LEARNING CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES?
	Chapter 27 Health Promotion
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS HEALTH PROMOTION?
Unit 4 Supporting Physiological Function
	Chapter 28 Nutrition
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE SOME RELIABLE SOURCES OF NUTRITION INFORMATION?
		WHAT ARE THE ENERGY NUTRIENTS?
		WHAT ARE THE MICRONUTRIENTS?
		WHY IS WATER AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT?
		WHAT MUST I KNOW ABOUT ENERGY BALANCE?
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT NUTRITION?
		HOW DO I SCREEN CLIENTS FOR NUTRITIONAL PROBLEMS?
		FOCUSED NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
	Chapter 29 Bowel Elimination
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE THE ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT?
		HOW DOES THE BOWEL ELIMINATE WASTE?
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT BOWEL ELIMINATION?
		BOWEL CONDITIONS MAY BE TREATED MEDICALLY AND SURGICALLY
	Chapter 30  Urinary Elimination
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		HOW DOES THE URINARY SYSTEM WORK?
		HOW DOES URINARY ELIMINATION OCCUR?
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT URINARY ELIMINATION?
	Chapter 31 Sensory Perception
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		COMPONENTS OF THE SENSORY EXPERIENCE
		FACTORS AFFECTING SENSORY FUNCTION
		SENSORY ALTERATIONS
	Chapter 32 Pain
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS PAIN?
		WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SOMEONE HAS PAIN?
		WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE PAIN?
		HOW DOES THE BODY REACT TO PAIN?
		NURSING PROCESS IN ACTION
	Chapter 33 Activity & Exercise
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		PHYSIOLOGY OF MOVEMENT
		BODY MECHANICS
		PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE
		FACTORS AFFECTING MOBILITY AND ACTIVITY
	Chapter 34 Sexual Health
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
		SEXUALITY
		SEXUAL HEALTH
		PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
	Chapter 35 Sleep & Rest
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHY DO WE NEED TO SLEEP?
		HOW MUCH SLEEP DO WE NEED?
		PHYSIOLOGY OF SLEEP
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT SLEEP?
		WHAT ARE SOME COMMON SLEEP DISORDERS?
		PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
	Chapter 36 Skin Integrity & Wound Healing
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT SKIN INTEGRITY?
		WOUNDS
		CHRONIC WOUNDS
	Chapter 37 Oxygenation
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		THE PULMONARY SYSTEM
		WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PULMONARY SYSTEM?
		WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE PULMONARY FUNCTION?
	Chapter 38 Circulation & Perfusion
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE THE STRUCTURES OF THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM?
		HOW ARE OXYGEN AND CARBON DIOXIDE TRANSPORTED?
		HOW IS CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION REGULATED?
		WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION?
	Chapter 39 Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid–Base Balance
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		BODY FLUIDS
Unit 5 
The Context for Nurses’ Work
	Chapter 40 Perioperative Nursing
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
		PREOPERATIVE CARE
		INTRAOPERATIVE CARE
		POSTOPERATIVE CARE
	Chapter 41 Community & Home Nursing
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY
		UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING
		WORKING WITHIN COMMUNITIES
		APPLYING THE NURSING PROCESS IN COMMUNITY-BASED CARE
		UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPT OF HOME HEALTHCARE?
		WHO PROVIDES HOME HEALTHCARE?
		WHO PAYS FOR HOME HEALTHCARE?
		WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF HOME HEALTHCARE?
		HOW ARE CLIENTS REFERRED TO HOME HEALTHCARE?
		HOW DO I MAKE A HOME VISIT?
		NURSING PROCESS IN HOME CARE
	Chapter 42 Nursing Ethics
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		ETHICS AND MORALS
		WHAT IS NURSING ETHICS?
		WHAT FACTORS AFFECT MORAL DECISIONS?
		ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTHCARE
		VALUES CLARIFICATION
		ETHICAL DECISION MAKING
	Chapter 43 Legal Issues
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT ARE THE SOURCES AND TYPES OF LAW?
		WHAT LAWS AND REGULATIONS GUIDE NURSING PRACTICE?
		WHAT IS CRIMINAL LAW?
		WHAT IS CIVIL LAW?
		LITIGATION IN CIVIL CLAIMS
		WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON MALPRACTICE CLAIMS?
		HOW CAN YOU MINIMIZE YOUR MALPRACTICE RISKS?
		SUMMARY
	Chapter 44 Nursing Informatics
		ABOUT THE KEY CONCEPTS
		WHAT IS NURSING INFORMATICS?
		UNDERSTANDING COMPUTERS
		COMPUTERS IN THE WORKPLACE
		COMPUTERS AND HEALTHCARE REFORM
		INFORMATICS IN NURSING PRACTICE
		WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF AN ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD?
		USING INFORMATICS TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
	BIBLIOGRAPHY
	CREDITS
	INDEX