deWit's Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing -Second South Asia Edition

2nd Edition - September 26, 2022
Editors: Ambika Ravindran, Sonali Banerjee
Language: English
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Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 6th Edition prepares students to learn the basic concepts and fundamental skills that LPNs/LVNs need to practice in a number of care settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical offices, clinics, surgery centres, and home care agencies. This second South Asia Edition of DeWit’s Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing is a uniquely featured textbook, designed to make a worthy impact on its readers. The book is customised as per the revised B.Sc. Nursing curriculum prescribed by the Indian Nursing Council (INC) to meet the learning requirements of undergraduate students. Nursing professionals aspiring for higher education or career progression will also find this book useful for reference.
The full-colour text contains theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications to build a strong foundation in the patient care experience. The underlying framework of all the chapters pivots around the nursing process, and also portrays the concepts like psycho-social aspects, critical thinking, communication skills, inter- professional collaborations, patient-family education and cultural integrity.

Cover Image
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Know the Authors
Contributors and Reviewers
Reviewers of the South Asia Edition
Preface—Second South Asia Edition
To the Instructor
To the Student
Acknowledgements—Second South Asia Edition
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Unit I Introduction to Nursing and the Health Care System
Chapter 1 Concepts of Health, Illness, Stress, Illness Prevention, Health Promotion and The Health Care System
ON UNDERSTANDING THE CONCEPTS
HEALTH AND ILLNESS
TRADITIONAL VIEWS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
CURRENT VIEWS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
FACTORS INFLUENCING HEALTH AND ILLNESS
IMPLICATIONS OF CURRENT VIEWS
THE CONSUMER CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
IMPACT OF ILLNESS ON INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY
THE HOLISTIC APPROACH
HOMEOSTASIS
HEALTH PROMOTION AND ILLNESS PREVENTION
Chapter 2 Nursing in the Health Care System
INTRODUCTION
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
THE ART AND SCIENCE OF NURSING
CURRENT NURSING PRACTICE
NURSING EDUCATION PATHWAYS
NURSING EDUCATION PATHWAYS IN INDIA
MODES OF DELIVERY OF NURSING CARE
PRACTICE SETTINGS
TODAY'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Chapter 3 Nursing as a Profession
PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING
CORE NURSING VALUES
ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF CLINICAL NURSES
CONTEMPORARY ADVANCED ROLES
NURSING AND ADVOCACY
TECHNIQUES FOR IMPLEMENTING ADVOCACY IN NURSING
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF NURSES
Chapter 4 Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing
LAW AND ITS SOURCES
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL LAW
LEGAL SAFEGUARDS FOR NURSING PRACTICE–PROFESSION-RELATED SAFEGUARDS
LAWS AND GUIDELINES AFFECTING NURSING PRACTICE
BIOMEDICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES
ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
LEGAL DOCUMENTS
VIOLATIONS OF LAW
ETHICS IN NURSING
Unit II Communication in Nursing
Chapter 5 Communication and the Nurse–Patient Relationship
THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS
THERAPEUTIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES
BLOCKS TO EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
INTERVIEWING SKILLS
THE NURSE–PATIENT RELATIONSHIP—THE HELPING RELATIONSHIP
NURSE–PATIENT COMMUNICATION
COMMUNICATING WITH CHILDREN
COMMUNICATING WITH PATIENTS’ FAMILIES
COMMUNICATION WITHIN THE HEALTH CARE TEAM
COMMUNICATION IN THE HOME AND COMMUNITY
Chapter 6 Patient Education and Health Promotion
IMPORTANCE AND PURPOSES OF PATIENT EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING NEEDS OF PATIENTS
THE PATIENT EDUCATION PLAN
COORDINATION WITH DISCHARGE PLANNING
Chapter 7 Documentation and Reporting
INTRODUCTION
PURPOSES OF DOCUMENTATION
DOCUMENTATION AND THE NURSING PROCESS
THE MEDICAL RECORD AND CONFIDENTIALITY
METHODS OF DOCUMENTATION (CHARTING)
THE DOCUMENTATION PROCESS
Chapter 8 Essentials for Collaborative Practice
LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS
KNOWING THE KEYS TO EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
CLINICAL COMPETENCE AND CONFIDENCE
ORGANISATION AND PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS
DELEGATION AND FOLLOW UP
PERFORMING LEADERSHIP ROLES
MANAGEMENT SKILLS
RISK MANAGEMENT
Unit III Critical Thinking and Nursing
Chapter 9 Critical Thinking—The Core of Good Nursing
CRITICAL THINKING
CLINICAL REASONING AND JUDGMENT
CRITICAL THINKING IN NURSING
PRIORITY SETTING AND WORK ORGANISATION
IMPORTANCE OF CRITICAL THINKING FOR NURSES
APPLICATION OF CRITICAL THINKING IN Processing Nursing Care
Chapter 10 The Nursing Process—An Overview
THE NURSING PROCESS
ASSESSMENT (DATA COLLECTION)
DATA ANALYSIS/PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
PLANNING
Unit IV Developmental, Psychosocial, and Cultural Considerations Across the Life Span
Chapter 11 Overview of Growth and Development: From Conception to Birth and Infancy through Adolescence
AGE GROUPS
THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
PRINCIPLES OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
INFANTS
YOUNG CHILDREN
MIDDLE AND OLDER CHILDREN
ADOLESCENTS
Chapter 12 Adulthood and the Family
ADULTHOOD AS CONTINUING CHANGE
THEORIES OF DEVELOPMENT
FAMILIES
EMERGING ISSUES IN FAMILIES
YOUNG ADULTS
MIDDLE ADULTHOOD
Chapter 13 Promoting Healthy Adaptation to Ageing
OVERVIEW OF AGEING
PHYSICAL CHANGES
COGNITIVE ASPECTS OF AGEING
PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF AGEING
WHEN OLDER ADULTS NEED HELP
Chapter 14 Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care
TRANSCULTURAL CARE AND NURSING
UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, ETHNICITY AND RACE
MAJOR RELIGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
MAJOR RELIGIONS IN INDIA
DEVELOPING CULTURAL COMPETENCE
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
NURSING PROCESS AND CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL IN TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
Chapter 15 Loss, Grief and End-of-Life Care
LIFE CHANGES OF LOSS, GRIEF AND MOURNING
DEATH AND DYING
ATTITUDES TOWARDS END-OF-LIFE CARE
NURSING AND THE DYING PROCESS
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
SIGNS OF IMPENDING DEATH
LEGAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS OF LIFE-AND-DEATH ISSUES
POSTMORTEM (AFTER DEATH) CARE
Unit V Basic Nursing Skills
Chapter 16 Prevention and Control of Infections, Nature of Infections, Body's Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis
TYPES OF INFECTIOUS AGENTS
PROCESS (CHAIN) OF INFECTION
BODY'S DEFENSES AGAINST INFECTION
CONCEPT OF ASEPSIS
Chapter 17 Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home
INFECTION
INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL
INFECTION CONTROL SURVEILLANCE
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 18 Safely Lifting, Moving and Positioning Patients
OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM
MAINTENANCE OF NORMAL BODY ALIGNMENT AND MOBILITY
FACTORS AFFECTING BODY ALIGNMENT AND MOBILITY
UNDERSTANDING BODY MECHANICS
APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF BODY MOVEMENT FOR NURSES
APPLICATION OF PRINCIPLES OF BODY MOVEMENT FOR PATIENTS
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 19 Assisting With Hygiene, Personal Care, Skin Care and the Prevention of Pressure Injuries
OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 20 Promoting Environmental Safety
FACTORS AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
PATIENT UNIT
SAFETY CONCERNS
PROTECTIVE DEVICES AND SAFE USAGE
ROLE OF NURSES IN PROVIDING SAFE ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 21 Measuring Vital Signs
OVERVIEW OF THE PHYSIOLOGIC MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE THE VITAL SIGNS
MEASURING VITAL SIGNS
TYPES OF THERMOMETERS
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
MEASURING THE PULSE
CHARACTERISTICS OF PULSE
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
MEASURING RESPIRATIONS
FACTORS AFFECTING RESPIRATION
MEASURING THE BLOOD PRESSURE
FACTORS AFFECTING BLOOD PRESSURE
MEASURES TO REDUCE COMMON ERRORS WHILE GAUGING THE BLOOD PRESSURE READINGS
ALTERATIONS IN BLOOD PRESSURE
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
PAIN, THE FIFTH VITAL SIGN
AUTOMATED VITAL SIGN MONITORS
DOCUMENTING VITAL SIGNS ON GRAPHIC RECORD
Chapter 22 Assessing Health Status
PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSING HEALTH STATUS
PROCESS OF HEALTH ASSESSMENT
OBTAINING HEALTH HISTORY
PERFORMING PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
ASSESSMENT OF BODY SYSTEMS
APPLICATION OF ASSESSMENT IN THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGEMENT MODEL
Chapter 23 Admitting, Transferring and Discharging Patients
TYPES OF ADMISSIONS
ADMISSION PROCESS
DISCHARGING THE PATIENT
TRANSFERS TO OTHER HOSPITAL UNITS
DISCHARGE PLANNING
CARE OF THE DYING PATIENT
Chapter 24 Assisting with Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS AND PROCEDURES
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 25 First Aid and Bandaging
FIRST AID
FIRST AID AND EMERGENCY AID
SAFETY MEASURES IN FIRST AID
THE FIRST AID KIT
FIRST AID FOR WOUNDS, HAEMORRHAGE, SHOCK, AND MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURIES
FOREIGN BODY IN THE EYE
FOREIGN BODIES IN THE NOSE
FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EAR
FOREIGN BODIES IN THE THROAT AND STOMACH
FOREIGN BODY IN THE SKIN
FIRST AID FOR BURNS AND SCALDS
FIRST AID FOR POISONING, BITES, AND STINGS
FIRST AID FOR FROSTBITE AND EFFECTS OF HEAT
COMMUNITY EMERGENCIES
MANAGING EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS
BANDAGING
CONCLUSION
Unit VI Meeting Basic Physiologic Needs
Chapter 26 Fluid, Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance
COMPOSITION OF BODY FLUIDS
DISTRIBUTION OF BODY FLUIDS
FACTORS CAUSING FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCES
Acid-base BALANCE
FACTORS CAUSING Acid-base IMBALANCES
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 27 Concepts of Basic Nutrition and Cultural Considerations
OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
DIETARY GUIDELINES
PROTEIN
VEGETARIAN DIETS
CARBOHYDRATES
FATS (LIPIDS)
VITAMINS
MINERALS
WATER
FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE NUTRITION
CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 28 Nutritional Therapy and Assisted Feeding
THE GOALS OF NUTRITIONAL THERAPY
THE PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY
HEALTH ISSUES RELATED TO NUTRITION
DISEASE PROCESSES THAT BENEFIT FROM NUTRITIONAL THERAPY
ASSISTED FEEDING
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
DATA ANALYSIS/PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
PLANNING
IMPLEMENTATION
EVALUATION
Chapter 29 Assisting With Respiration and Oxygen Delivery
OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SYMPTOMS OF HYPOXIA
PULSE OXIMETRY
AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION AND RESPIRATORY ARREST
CLEARING RESPIRATORY SECRETIONS FOR PATENT AIRWAY
POSTURAL DRAINAGE
OXYGEN ADMINISTRATION
ARTIFICIAL AIRWAYS
CARE OF PATIENTS ON CHEST DRAINAGE TUBES
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 30 Promoting Urinary Elimination
OVERVIEW OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
NORMAL URINARY ELIMINATION
COMPOSITION OF URINE
ALTERATIONS IN URINARY ELIMINATION
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 31 Promoting Bowel Elimination
OVERVIEW OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE INTESTINAL SYSTEM
CHARACTERISTICS OF STOOL
HYPERACTIVE BOWEL AND DIARRHOEA
FAECAL INCONTINENCE
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
RECTAL SUPPOSITORIES
ENEMAS
RECTAL TUBE
FAECAL IMPACTION
BOWEL TRAINING FOR INCONTINENCE
BOWEL OSTOMY
Chapter 32 Pain, Comfort, Rest and Sleep
PAIN AND DISCOMFORT
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGEMENT MODEL
COMFORT AND REST
SLEEP
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGEMENT MODEL
Chapter 33 Complementary Health Approaches
COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH APPROACHES
MIND AND BODY INTERVENTIONS
NATURAL PRODUCTS
OTHER COMPLEMENTARY INTERVENTIONS
THE NURSE’S ROLE IN COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH APPROACHES
Unit VII Medication Administration
Chapter 34 Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration
PHARMACOLOGY
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION AND SAFETY
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 35 Administering Oral, Topical and Inhalant Medications
NURSING RESPONSIBILITIES IN MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION
MEDICATION ORDERS
MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
MEDICATION ERRORS
Chapter 36 Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular Injections
PURPOSES OF INJECTIONS
PARENTERAL INJECTIONS
PRECAUTIONS AND PRINCIPLES FOR SAFE AND EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF PARENTERAL MEDICATIONS
ROUTES FOR PARENTERAL MEDICATION
INJECTION EQUIPMENT
PARENTERAL SOLUTIONS
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 37 Administering Intravenous Solutions and Medications
INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
NURSE'S ROLE IN INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
TYPES OF INTRAVENOUS SOLUTION
EQUIPMENT FOR INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION
COMPLICATIONS OF INTRAVENOUS THERAPY
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Unit VIII Care of the Surgical and Immobile Patient
Chapter 38 Care of the Surgical Patient
PURPOSES OF SURGERY
PATIENTS AT HIGHER RISK FOR SURGICAL COMPLICATIONS
PERIOPERATIVE NURSING
ENHANCEMENTS TO SURGICAL TECHNIQUE
ANAESTHESIA
PHASES OF SURGICAL CARE
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
INTRAOPERATIVE CARE
POSTANAESTHESIA IMMEDIATE CARE
POSTOPERATIVE CARE
Chapter 39 Providing Wound Care and Treating Pressure Injuries
TYPES OF WOUNDS AND THE HEALING PROCESS
PHASES OF WOUND HEALING
FACTORS AFFECTING WOUND HEALING
COMPLICATIONS OF WOUND HEALING
TREATMENT OF WOUNDS
TREATMENT OF PRESSURE INJURIES OR VASCULAR ULCERS
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Chapter 40 Promoting Musculoskeletal Functioning to Prevent Dangers of Immobility
SYSTEMIC EFFECT OF IMMOBILISATION
PSYCHOSOCIAL EFFECTS OF IMMOBILISATION
TYPES OF IMMOBILISATION
DEVICES USED TO PREVENT PROBLEMS OF IMMOBILITY
THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE
APPLICATION OF THE NURSING PROCESS/CLINICAL JUDGMENT MODEL
Unit IX Caring for Older Adults
Chapter 41 Common Physical Care Problems of theOlder Adult
THE CONCEPT OF AGING
IMPAIRED MOBILITY AND INCREASED RISK FOR FALLS
ALTERATION IN ELIMINATION
ALTERATION IN NUTRITION
SENSORY DEFICITS
SEXUALITY
POLYPHARMACY
Chapter 42 Common Psychosocial Care Problems of the Older Adult
CHANGES IN COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN OLDER ADULTS
ASSESSMENT OF COGNITIVE CHANGES IN OLDER ADULTS
COMMON COGNITIVE DISORDERS IN OLDER ADULTS
SAFETY FOR THE COGNITIVELY IMPAIRED
DEPRESSION, ALCOHOLISM, AND SUICIDE
CRIMES AGAINST OLDER ADULTS
SCAMS AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME
FUTURE ISSUES OF CONCERN TO OLDER ADULTS
Appendix A Standard Steps for All Nursing Procedures
Appendix B NALPN Nursing Practice Standards for the Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse
Appendix C American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses
Appendix D Standard Precautions
Appendix E Most Common Laboratory Test Values
Reader References
Bibliography
Glossary
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