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Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice

  • 9th Edition - March 1, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Patricia A. Potter, Anne G. Perry, Patricia A. Stockert, Amy Hall, Patricia Castaldi
  • Language: English

Corresponding to the chapters in Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice reinforces your understanding of key nursin… Read more

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Corresponding to the chapters in Essentials for Nursing Practice, 9th Edition, Study Guide for Essentials for Nursing Practice reinforces your understanding of key nursing ideas. Each chapter includes a Preliminary Reading, Case Study questions, a Chapter Review, Study Group Questions, and directions to help you create your own personalized Study Chart for the chapter. In addition, each Chapter Review includes many different kinds of questions to keep learning the material interactive and fun!

Key features

  • Answers and rationales
  • included on the Essentials for Nursing Practice Evolve
  • Each chapter includes a case study with related questions allowing students to apply what they’ve learned.
  • Chapter review questions include matching, short answer, multiple choice, and true/false questions provide students with evaluation and test-taking practice.
  • Study group questions make it easier for students to review material with their peers site.
  • Skills performance checklists help you measure your mastery of important nursing procedures.
  • Study charts in select chapters helps provide focus and structure for students reviewing the material and key concepts.

Table of contents

1. Professional Nursing

2. Health and Wellness

3. The Health Care Delivery System

4. Community-Based Nursing Practice

5. Legal Implications in Nursing Practice

6. Ethics

7. Evidence-Based Practice

8. Critical Thinking

9. Nursing Process

10. Informatics and Documentation

11. Communication

12. Patient Education

13. Managing Patient Care

14. Infection Prevention and Control

15. Vital Signs

16. Health Assessment and Physical Examination

17. Administering Medications

18. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balances

19. NEW! Complementary and Alternative Therapies

20. Caring in Nursing Practice

21. Cultural Awareness

22. Spiritual Health

23. Growth and Development

24. Self-Concept and Sexuality

25. Family Dynamics

26. Stress and Coping

27. Loss and Grief

28. Exercise and Activity

29. Immobility

30. Safety

31. Hygiene

32. Oxygenation

33. Sleep

34. Pain Management

35. Nutrition

36. Urinary Elimination

37. Bowel Elimination

38. Skin Integrity and Wound Care

39. Sensory Perceptions

40. Surgical Patient

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 15, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

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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, USA

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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, USA

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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, Illinois, USA

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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, USA

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Patricia Castaldi

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Practical Nursing Program, Union County College; Plainfield, NJ