Appropriate for all levels of nursing—from basic to advanced.

This best selling resource remains a comprehensive source of the essential information needed for success at all levels of nursing.

Features

• NEW—Chapter on Bioterrorism—Disaster Nursing—Contains the latest information on triage and disaster preparedness.
• Provides pertinent information so nurses are prepared to function in a disaster.
• NEW—Sections on maternity and pediatrics—Included in the physical assessment chapter. These sections consider the special adaptations for care and special needs.
• Provides all information in one source so students don't have to go to other books.
• NEW—Evidenced–based nursing care—Includes current and relevant studies.
• Supports nursing interventions and innovations in client care.
• NEW—Cultural/religious considerations—Have been added. These sections detail special cultural / religious considerations.
• Provides students with an awareness of cultural diversity related to skills.
• NEW—Case study critical thinking scenarios—Now appear within each chapter for streamlined study.
• Helps students in applying knowledge of client care.
• NEW—Management Guidelines and delegation—Have been expanded.
• Assists students in prioritizing client care, delegating skill activities appropriately and communicating relevant data.
• NEW—Focus on Community-Based Nursing.
• Allows students to apply a skill to a variety of client settings.
• Nursing Diagnosis.
• Gives students quick and clear guidelines for the appropriate use of nursing diagnoses in their client care plans.
• Learning Objectives, Terminology—These pedagogic features include the essential information supporting the skills.
• Assists students with learning.
• Nursing Process Data—Consisting of Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.
• Provides the organizing framework for this text and for each unit of skills.
• Basic Skills—Presented in a clear, concise, and step-by-step format.
• Enables students to visualize, perform, and evaluate the skill.
• Intermediate Skills.
• Prepares students for the skills they will use in the majority of their client care situations or settings.
• Advanced Skills.
• Prepares graduating nurses to assume a professional role.
• Documentation.
• Provides pertinent data for input into client's record.
• Critical Thinking Application—Included in thought-provoking sections for each unit.
• Encourages problem solving in a clinical context and offers alternative nursing interventions for problem resolution.
• Gerontologic Considerations.
• Offers content for special adaptations of care and special needs of the elderly.