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Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing

Active Learning for Collaborative Practice

  • 2nd Edition - January 29, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Barbara L. Yoost, Lynne R. Crawford
  • Language: English

Keep all the hard-to-remember nursing information with you right at the point of care with this portable, easy-to-use clinical reference. Organized with your clinical experience in… Read more

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Description

Keep all the hard-to-remember nursing information with you right at the point of care with this portable, easy-to-use clinical reference. Organized with your clinical experience in mind, this Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice, 2nd Edition features all the facts, terms, charts, graphs, numbers, and abbreviations you need to know from the time you see your first patient and all the patients after! Take advantage of the new body system assessment chapters, new guidelines on preventing pressure ulcers, and a new section on health care terminology. Best of all, the facts and figures housed in this compact reference are organized using tabs, lists, and outlines to make the process of finding the right information a fast one.

Key features

  • Detailed information on calculations, safety, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more help you prevent medication errors and ensure safe practice
  • Tabular, list, and outline formats for content make information easy to find and review
  • Small, portable size makes the information easy to carry around during clinical practice

Table of contents

1. Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology

2. Communication

3. Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation

4. Nursing Process and Care Planning

5. Documentation

6. Patient Interview

7. Vital Signs

8. Physical Assessment

9. Pain Assessment

10. Skin, Hair, Nail Assessment

11. Head, Ears, Eyes, Nose, and Throat Assessment

12. Respiratory Assessment

13. Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Assessment

14. Musculoskeletal Assessment

15. Neurological Assessment

16. Abdominal Assessment

17. Breast and Genital Assessment

18. Safety

19. Equivalents and Dosage Calculation

20. Medication Administration

21. Infection Control

22. Mobility and Positioning

23. Personal Care

24. Wound Care

25. Oxygen Administration

26. Nutrition and Diets

27. Diagnostic Testing and Procedures

28. Preoperative and Postoperative Care

29. Emergent Clinical Situations

30. Death and Dying

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 29, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

BY

Barbara L. Yoost

Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA