Table Of Content 1. The Nursing Process. 2. Overview of Health Assessment. 3. Overview of Communication. 4. Overview of Professional Standards. 5. Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan. 6. Overview of Skills Necessary for Safe Practice. 7. Meeting Basic Human Needs. 8. Meeting the Needs of the Client with Pain. 9. Meeting the Needs of the Perioperative Client. 10. Meeting the Needs of the Client with Altered Skin Integrity, Sensory Perception, or Mobility 11. Administrating Medications and Intravenous Fluids. Appendix: Suggested Answers to Practice to Pass & Case Studies. Index
SynopsisEssential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of nursing fundamentals. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies. Included in the Prentice Hall' s Nursing Reviews & Rationales Series, is a unique comprehensive CD-ROM with 700 practice questions that provides additional review. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" facts covering the nursing process, physical assessment, communication, professional standards, health promotion through the lifespan, and more. For nursing students in need of a resource that focuses on course review or NCLEX review as well as nursing professionals looking to familiarize themselves with a new specialty., Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of nursing fundamentals. Included is a unique comprehensive CD-ROM with 700 practice questions that provide additional review., Providing a core content review of key topics in nursing, this text prepares candidates for many of the issues they can expect to face in nursing exams., Essential for NCLEX, course and competencey review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of nursing fundamentals. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" facts covering the nursing process, physical assessment, communication, professional standards, health promotion through the lifespan, and more.