Description
For courses in Fundamentals of Nursing, and Nursing Concepts.
This innovative text uses concrete examples and hands-on exercises to help students clearly understand and apply the five steps of the nursing process to today's rapidly changing healthcare environment. Moving beyond step-by-step instructions, the book encourages students to think about each step of the nursing process and use critical thinking to make better clinical decisions. Balancing practical and conceptual aspects of the nursing process, this edition includes an expanded interactive format, new information on home care/long-term care and the MyNursingKit website to help students begin to think like a nurse.
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Nursing Process
2. Critical Thinking
3. Assessment
4. Diagnostic Reasoning
5. Diagnostic Language
6. Planning: Overview and Outcomes
7. Planning: Interventions
8. Implementation
9. Evaluation
10. Creating a Plan of Care
APPENDIX A: ANSWER KEYS
APPENDIX B: ANA CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES WITH INTERPRETATIVE STATEMENTS
APPENDIX C: MULTIDISCIPLINARY (COLLABORATIVE) PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES AND OTHER PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS
APPENDIX D: MULTIDISCIPLINARY (COLLABORATIVE) PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH SURGICAL TREATMENTS
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Nursing Process and Critical Thinking, CourseSmart eTextbook, 5th Edition
Format: Electronic Book
$21.99 | ISBN-13: 978-0-13-217847-1
