Completely revised and updated, the Second Edition of Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! presents essential nursing fundamentals in the easy-to-read, fun-to-learn format that is popular with nurses, nursing students, and faculty. The book provides comprehensive coverage of the theoretical foundations of nursing, the nursing process, basic nursing skills, physiologic patient care, and the latest nursing concepts, including evidence-based practice and critical thinking. Specific topics covered include oxygenation, self-care and hygiene, mobility and exercise, comfort from pain, rest and sleep, skin integrity, nutrition, and urinary and bowel elimination. Abundant illustrations, call-outs, end-of-chapter quizzes reinforce reading and highlight age-related considerations, risks and complications, and provide tips for documentation and patient-teaching.
Contents Contributors and consultants Foreword Part 1 Foundational concepts 1 Overview of nursing 2 Basics of health and illness 3 Ethical and legal considerations 4 Nursing process Part 2 General nursing skills 5 Communication 6 Health assessment 7 Taking vital signs 8 Asepsis and infection control 9 Medication basics 10 Medication administration 11 I.V. therapy Part 3 Physiologic needs 12 Oxygenation 13 Self-care and hygiene 14 Mobility, activity, and exercise 15 Skin integrity and wound healing 16 Comfort, rest, and sleep 17 Pain management 18 Nutrition 19 Urinary elimination 20 Bowel elimination Appendices and index Glossary Index
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