Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing
Active Learning for Collaborative Practice
- 4th Edition - February 26, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Barbara L. Yoost
- Language: English
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Make this clinical companion your best friend at the point of care! When you need hard-to-remember clinical information, rely on Yoost’s Clinical Companion for Fundamentals of Nursing, 4th Edition, for quick access to thousands of facts, lab values, assessment guidelines, abbreviations with definitions, and more. Bulleted lists and summary tables make it easy to look up the details essential to providing safe, patient-centered care. This handbook is more than just a condensed version of the text — it’s a portable tool that will enhance your clinical judgment. It’s an indispensable nursing reference for class, lab, and clinicals!
- Clinical Judgment in Nursing chapter helps you learn how to develop and apply clinical judgment skills in the clinical setting.
- Chapters on body system assessment help you learn a systematic and thorough approach to health assessment.
- Thousands of basic facts and figures, standard lab values, care guidelines and more provide the information frequently needed in a reference for clinical practice.
- Detailed information on medication safety includes dosage calculations, compatibilities, conversions, administration, and more, helping you prevent medication errors and ensuring safe practice.
- Updated guidelines for pressure injury prevention and care may be referenced quickly while on the job.
- Concise outlines, bulleted lists, and summary tables allow easy, at-a-glance lookup and review.
- Section on health care terminology acts as a quick medical terminology refresher and helps you understand clinical terms as they are encountered.
- Compact, portable size makes this handbook easy to carry during clinical practice.
Nursing students in 2-year and 4-year programs
CHAPTER 1 Medical, Nursing, and Health Professions Terminology
CHAPTER 2 Communication
CHAPTER 3 Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation
CHAPTER 4 Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process
CHAPTER 5 Documentation
CHAPTER 6 Patient Interview
CHAPTER 7 Vital Signs
CHAPTER 8 Physical Assessment
CHAPTER 9 Pain Assessment
CHAPTER 10 Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment
CHAPTER 11 Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Assessment (HEENT)
CHAPTER 12 Respiratory Assessment
CHAPTER 13 Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Assessment
CHAPTER 14 Musculoskeletal Assessment
CHAPTER 15 Neurological Assessment
CHAPTER 16 Abdominal Assessment
CHAPTER 17 Breast and Genital Assessment
CHAPTER 18 Safety
CHAPTER 19 Equivalents and Dosage Calculation
CHAPTER 20 Medication Administration
CHAPTER 21 Infection Control
CHAPTER 22 Mobility and Positioning
CHAPTER 23 Personal Care
CHAPTER 24 Wound Care
CHAPTER 25 Oxygen Administration
CHAPTER 26 Nutrition and Diets
CHAPTER 27 Diagnostic Testing and Procedures
CHAPTER 28 Preoperative and Postoperative Care
CHAPTER 29 Emergent Clinical Situations
CHAPTER 30 Death and Dying
CHAPTER 2 Communication
CHAPTER 3 Interprofessional Collaboration and Delegation
CHAPTER 4 Clinical Judgment and the Nursing Process
CHAPTER 5 Documentation
CHAPTER 6 Patient Interview
CHAPTER 7 Vital Signs
CHAPTER 8 Physical Assessment
CHAPTER 9 Pain Assessment
CHAPTER 10 Skin, Hair, and Nail Assessment
CHAPTER 11 Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, and Throat Assessment (HEENT)
CHAPTER 12 Respiratory Assessment
CHAPTER 13 Cardiac and Peripheral Vascular Assessment
CHAPTER 14 Musculoskeletal Assessment
CHAPTER 15 Neurological Assessment
CHAPTER 16 Abdominal Assessment
CHAPTER 17 Breast and Genital Assessment
CHAPTER 18 Safety
CHAPTER 19 Equivalents and Dosage Calculation
CHAPTER 20 Medication Administration
CHAPTER 21 Infection Control
CHAPTER 22 Mobility and Positioning
CHAPTER 23 Personal Care
CHAPTER 24 Wound Care
CHAPTER 25 Oxygen Administration
CHAPTER 26 Nutrition and Diets
CHAPTER 27 Diagnostic Testing and Procedures
CHAPTER 28 Preoperative and Postoperative Care
CHAPTER 29 Emergent Clinical Situations
CHAPTER 30 Death and Dying
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: February 26, 2026
- Language: English
BY
Barbara L. Yoost
Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA