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Concepts for nursing practice / Jean Foret Giddens.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Second editionDescription: xii, 559 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0323374735
  • 9780323374736
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 610.73 23
LOC classification:
  • RT42 .C598 2017
Contents:
Health care recipient concepts. Attributes and resources. Development -- Functional ability -- Family dynamics -- Personal preferences. Culture -- Spirituality -- Adherence -- Self management -- Health and illness concepts. Homeostasis and regulation. Fluid and electrolytes -- Acid-base balance -- Thermoregulation -- Sleep -- Cellular regulation -- Intracranial regulation -- Hormonal regulation -- Glucose regulation -- Nutrition -- Elimination -- Perfusion -- Gas exchange -- Clotting -- Sexuality and reproduction. Reproduction -- Sexuality -- Protection and movement. Immunity -- Inflammation -- Infection -- Mobility -- Tissue Integrity -- Sensory Perception -- Pain -- Fatigue -- Resilience. Stress -- Coping -- Mood and cognition. Mood and affect -- Anxiety -- Cognition -- Psychosis -- Maladaptive behavior. Addiction -- Interpersonal violence -- Professional nursing and health care concepts. Nursing attributes and roles. Professional identity -- Clinical judgment -- Leadership -- Ethics -- Patient education -- Health promotion -- Care competencies. Communication -- Collaboration -- Safety -- Technology and informatics -- Evidence -- Health care quality -- Health care delivery. Care coordination -- Caregiving -- Palliative care -- Health disparities -- Health care infrastructure. Health care organizations -- Health care economics -- Health policy -- Health care law.
Summary: "This innovative interactive text explains 58 of the most common nursing concepts - including six all new concepts - that span the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Featured exemplars for each concept are also discussed to help you more easily understand the concepts and apply them to the clinical setting. In addition to more concepts and featured exemplar sections, this new second edition also boasts a more intuitive organization and review questions for both RN and LPN/LVN programs"--Publisher.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 610.73 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A547143B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Health care recipient concepts. Attributes and resources. Development -- Functional ability -- Family dynamics -- Personal preferences. Culture -- Spirituality -- Adherence -- Self management -- Health and illness concepts. Homeostasis and regulation. Fluid and electrolytes -- Acid-base balance -- Thermoregulation -- Sleep -- Cellular regulation -- Intracranial regulation -- Hormonal regulation -- Glucose regulation -- Nutrition -- Elimination -- Perfusion -- Gas exchange -- Clotting -- Sexuality and reproduction. Reproduction -- Sexuality -- Protection and movement. Immunity -- Inflammation -- Infection -- Mobility -- Tissue Integrity -- Sensory Perception -- Pain -- Fatigue -- Resilience. Stress -- Coping -- Mood and cognition. Mood and affect -- Anxiety -- Cognition -- Psychosis -- Maladaptive behavior. Addiction -- Interpersonal violence -- Professional nursing and health care concepts. Nursing attributes and roles. Professional identity -- Clinical judgment -- Leadership -- Ethics -- Patient education -- Health promotion -- Care competencies. Communication -- Collaboration -- Safety -- Technology and informatics -- Evidence -- Health care quality -- Health care delivery. Care coordination -- Caregiving -- Palliative care -- Health disparities -- Health care infrastructure. Health care organizations -- Health care economics -- Health policy -- Health care law.

"This innovative interactive text explains 58 of the most common nursing concepts - including six all new concepts - that span the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Featured exemplars for each concept are also discussed to help you more easily understand the concepts and apply them to the clinical setting. In addition to more concepts and featured exemplar sections, this new second edition also boasts a more intuitive organization and review questions for both RN and LPN/LVN programs"--Publisher.

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