Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing
- 1st Edition - January 18, 2024
- Author: Janis McMillan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 1 1 0 4 - 3
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Gain valuable experience applying your knowledge and critical thinking skills to real-world scenarios! Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing features 50 case studies that cover all clinical areas of practice: fundamental skills, medical-surgical adult health nursing, pediatric, maternity, mental health, geriatric nursing, and leadership management. Patient scenarios help you learn how to apply nursing knowledge to nursing practice by promoting the development of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. Cases integrate content on assessment findings, diagnostic/laboratory tests, pharmacology, and nutrition to encourage you to think critically about all aspects of patient care, including the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient, communication, collaboration with the health care team, teaching wellness and health promotion, and integration of cultural competence. Cases unfold as care is provided and a variety of multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply, prioritization, and short-answer questions challenge you to formulate and select relevant and/or potential decisions. The case studies are separated by clinical area, allowing you to use this worktext throughout your nursing program. Questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) prepare you for the biggest change to the NCLEX-PN® test plan to date.
Gain valuable experience applying your knowledge and critical thinking skills to real-world scenarios! Case Studies in LPN/LVN Nursing features 50 case studies that cover all clinical areas of practice: fundamental skills, medical-surgical adult health nursing, pediatric, maternity, mental health, geriatric nursing, and leadership management. Patient scenarios help you learn how to apply nursing knowledge to nursing practice by promoting the development of critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. Cases integrate content on assessment findings, diagnostic/laboratory tests, pharmacology, and nutrition to encourage you to think critically about all aspects of patient care, including the physical and psychosocial needs of the patient, communication, collaboration with the health care team, teaching wellness and health promotion, and integration of cultural competence. Cases unfold as care is provided and a variety of multiple-choice, select-all-that-apply, prioritization, and short-answer questions challenge you to formulate and select relevant and/or potential decisions. The case studies are separated by clinical area, allowing you to use this worktext throughout your nursing program. Questions for the Next-Generation NCLEX® (NGN) prepare you for the biggest change to the NCLEX-PN® test plan to date.
- Fifty case studies cover patient scenarios that span the entire LPN/LVN curriculum.
- Unfolding case progressions help you learn to identify changes, anticipate outcomes, and prioritize care.
- Emphasis on interprofessional collaboration builds your communication and delegation skills.
- A variety of question formats reinforce critical thinking and help you prepare for the NCLEX-PN® exam.
- Documentation questions challenge you to identify critical information to chart.
LPN/LVN students
- 1,127 LPN/LVN programs
- 104,759 estimated enrolment
- 56,004 graduates annually
Source: IPEDS 2015 data.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgment
- Section 1. Fundamentals
- Case Study 1. Infection control
- Case Study 2. Vital signs
- Case Study 3. Nutrition
- Case Study 4. Medication administration
- Case Study 5. Mobility
- Case Study 6. Hygiene
- Case Study 7. Unfolding case study of the perioperative process
- Section 2. Medical-Surgical
- Case Study 8. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Case Study 9. Cerebrovascular accident
- Case Study 10. Chronic kidney disease
- Case Study 11. Diabetes mellitus type 2
- Case Study 12. Inflammatory bowel disease
- Case Study 13. Heart failure
- Case Study 14. Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE/lupus)
- Case Study 15. Hypertension
- Case Study 16. DVT/PE
- Case Study 17. Parkinson’s disease
- Case Study 18. Peptic ulcer
- Case Study 19. Pneumonia
- Case Study 20. Hypothyroidism
- Case Study 21. Urinary tract infection
- Section 3. Maternity
- Case Study 22. Prenatal care
- Case Study 23. Labor
- Case Study 24. Assessment of newborn
- Case Study 25. Preterm infant
- Case Study 26. Postpartum/mood disorder
- Section 4. Pediatrics
- Case Study 27. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
- Case Study 28. Epilepsy
- Case Study 29. Communicable disease
- Case Study 30. Diabetes mellitus type 1
- Case Study 31. Gastroenteritis
- Case Study 32. Pediatric fracture
- Case Study 33. Meningitis
- Case Study 34. Pediatric asthma
- Case Study 35. Leukemia
- Section 5. Mental Health
- Case Study 36. Anxiety
- Case Study 37. Bipolar
- Case Study 38. Depression
- Case Study 39. Substance use disorder
- Section 6. Geriatrics
- Case Study 40. Sensory
- Case Study 41. Polypharmacy
- Case Study 42. Alzheimer’s disease
- Case Study 43. Constipation
- Case Study 44. Dehydration
- Case Study 45. End of life
- Case Study 46. Falls
- Case Study 47. Incontinence
- Case Study 48. Wound care
- Section 7. Leadership Management
- Case Study 49. Therapeutic communication
- Case Study 50. Delegation
- Index
- No. of pages: 200
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 18, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323711043