Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing
- 10th Edition - October 5, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, Amy Hall
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 1 1 3 1 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 1 1 3 2 - 6
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Request a sales quoteTo find the clinical facts you need to know, make this pocket guide your constant companion! Clinical Companion to Fundamentals of Nursing, 10th Edition includes the hard-to-remember facts, lab values, and abbreviations that are essential to providing optimal nursing care. Organized by the major concepts and principles of your nursing fundamentals course, this reference features a quick-access format with summary tables and bulleted lists. The Clinical Companion makes retrieving, reviewing, and retaining clinical facts and figures easier than ever!
- Detailed information on medications helps to prevent medication errors and ensure safe practice, with topics including dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, and administration.
- At-a-glance content is provided in outline, list, and tabular formats for easy lookup and review.
- Basic facts and figures, standard values, care guidelines and more provide the background frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice.
- Concise, pocket-sized format ensures portability for use in the clinical setting.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology
- Abbreviations
- The joint commission “Do Not Use” list1
- Institute for safe medication practices (ISMP) list of error-prone abbreviations and symbols
- Roots
- Prefixes
- Suffixes
- Chapter 2: Communication
- Verbal therapeutic communication techniques
- Nonverbal therapeutic communication techniques
- Nontherapeutic communication
- Defense mechanisms
- Communication in special circumstances
- Chapter 3: Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation
- Interprofessional colleagues
- Professional websites
- Rights of delegation
- Tasks that Can and cannot be delegated
- Chapter 4: Nursing Process and Care Planning
- Nursing process
- Assessment
- Nursing diagnosis
- Planning
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Conceptual care mapping
- Chapter 5: Documentation
- Documentation
- Electronic health record
- Paper charting
- Handoff reporting
- HIPAA
- Social media
- Chapter 6: Patient Interview
- Framework for collecting health history data
- General health information assessment questions
- Medication/vitamin/herbal supplement assessment questions
- Cultural assessment questions
- Spiritual assessment questions
- Sleep assessment questions
- Sexuality assessment questions
- Chapter 7: Vital Signs
- Situations that require vital sign assessment
- Vital sign ranges across the life span
- Temperature
- Pulse
- Respiration
- Oxygen saturation
- Blood pressure
- Chapter 8: Physical Assessment
- General survey
- Assessment techniques
- Chapter 9: Pain Assessment
- Pain Assessment Questions
- Universal Pain Assessment Tool
- Pain assessment mnemonics
- Clinical manifestations of pain
- Timing of pain assessment after treatment
- Chapter 10: Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment
- Skin, hair, and nail health assessment questions
- Skin inspection and palpation
- Types of skin cancer
- Screening for melanoma
- Hair inspection and palpation
- Nail inspection and palpation
- Chapter 11: Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Assessment (HEENT)
- Head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat health assessment questions
- Head inspection and palpation
- Normal eye anatomy
- Eye inspection and palpation
- Six fields of vision
- Pupillary size chart
- Assessment of pupillary light reflex
- Normal ear anatomy
- Ear inspection
- Nose and sinus inspection and palpation
- Mouth and throat inspection and palpation
- Jaw and lymph node inspection and palpation
- Neck inspection, palpation, and auscultation
- Chapter 12: Respiratory Assessment
- Respiratory health assessment questions
- Respiratory system
- Chest inspection and palpation
- Breathing inspection
- Signs and symptoms of hyperventilation
- Signs and symptoms of hypoventilation
- Signs and symptoms of hypoxia
- Auscultation of the lungs
- Normal breath sounds
- Adventitious breath sounds
- Chapter 13: Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Assessment
- Cardiovascular health assessment questions
- Structure of the heart
- Heart inspection and palpation
- Auscultation of the heart
- Peripheral vascular inspection and palpation
- Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal Assessment
- Musculoskeletal health assessment questions
- Musculoskeletal inspection and palpation
- Deep and cutaneous tendon reflex assessment
- Reflex responses
- Types of fractures
- Chapter 15: Neurological Assessment
- Neurological health assessment questions
- Functions of each area of the brain
- Cranial nerves
- Cranial nerve function and assessment
- Sensory nerve assessment
- Motor nerve and coordination assessment
- Mental status assessment
- Cognitive function assessment
- Emotional assessment
- Chapter 16: Abdominal Assessment
- Abdominal health assessment questions
- Gastrointestinal system
- Urinary system
- Abdominal inspection, auscultation, and palpation
- Fecal characteristics
- Types of common bowel ostomies
- Bladder assessment
- Urine characteristics
- Types of common bladder ostomies
- Chapter 17: Breast and Genital Assessment
- Breast and genital health assessment questions
- Breast inspection and palpation
- External female genitalia
- External female genitalia inspection and palpation
- External male genitalia
- External male genitalia inspection and palpation
- Chapter 18: Safety
- Patient safety in the hospital setting
- Life span safety considerations
- Poison safety
- Fire safety
- Seizures
- Special patient situations
- Morse fall scale assessment
- Fall prevention
- Restraints
- Home safety assessment
- Chapter 19: Equivalents and Dosage Calculation
- Equivalent measures
- Dosage calculations
- Intravenous (IV) calculations
- Chapter 20: Medication Administration
- Medication terminology
- Controlled substances
- Medication administration Safety
- Common allergic reactions to medications
- Routes of administration
- Injection information
- Intravenous infusions
- Blood administration
- Drug in syringe compatibility
- Chapter 21: Infection Control
- Hand Hygiene
- Personal protective equipment
- Precautions
- Protective isolation
- Medical asepsis versus surgical asepsis
- Chapter 22: Mobility and Positioning
- Types of joints
- Positioning
- Transfers
- Assistive devices
- Chapter 23: Personal Care
- Bathing and hygiene
- Elimination
- Average daily fluid intake and output
- Altered bowel elimination patterns
- Chapter 24: Wound Care
- Focused wound assessment questions
- Pressure injury risk assessment
- Classification of pressure injuries
- Wound assessment
- Wound Care
- Chapter 25: Oxygen Administration
- Pulmonary function tests
- Oxygen therapy
- Common lung disorders
- Chapter 26: Nutrition and Diets
- Essential components of the digestive system
- My plate recommendations
- Nutrients
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Assistance with feeding an adult
- Types of diets
- Total parenteral nutrition (TPN)
- Chapter 27: Diagnostic Testing and Procedures
- Specimen collection
- Laboratory tests: blood
- Laboratory tests: urine
- Laboratory tests: stool
- Laboratory tests: culture and sensitivity
- Diagnostic examinations
- Chapter 28: Preoperative and Postoperative Care
- Preoperative teaching
- Preoperatve checklist
- Postoperative nursing care
- Chapter 29: Emergent Clinical Situations
- Myocardial infarction (MI)
- Cardiac arrest
- Pulmonary embolism
- Stroke
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Seizures
- Shock
- Suicide potential
- Chapter 30: Death and Dying
- Legal terminology related to death
- Stages of dying and grief
- Nursing interventions related to the stages of grief
- Nursing care for the patient who is dying
- Nursing interventions after death
- Hospice care in the home
- Organ donation
- Index
- Edition: 10
- Published: October 5, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780323711319
- eBook ISBN: 9780323711326
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Patricia A. Potter
Patricia A. Potter, RN, MSN, PhD, FAAN is a Former Director of Research, Patient Care Services Barnes-Jewish Hospital St. Louis, Missouri.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, Director of Research, Patient Care Services, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USAAP
Anne G. Perry
Anne Griffin Perry, RN, MSN, EdD, FAAN is a Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emerita, School of Nursing, Southern Illinois University—Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, USAPS
Patricia A. Stockert
Patricia Stockert, RN, BSN, MS, PhD is the President of the College, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, Illinois.
Affiliations and expertise
Formerly, President, College of Nursing, Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing, Peoria, IllinoisAH
Amy Hall
Amy Hall, RN, BSN, MS, PhD, CNE, Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Dean, School of Nursing, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana