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Study Guide for Foundations and Adult Health Nursing

  • 8th Edition - October 30, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Kim Cooper, Kelly Gosnell
  • Language: English

Corresponding to the chapters in Cooper and Gosnell’s Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 8th Edition, this study guide helps you learn, understand, and apply the concepts of LPN… Read more

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Corresponding to the chapters in Cooper and Gosnell’s Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 8th Edition, this study guide helps you learn, understand, and apply the concepts of LPN/LVN nursing. Hundreds of labeling, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions are included. It also includes critical thinking questions based on clinical scenarios, and multiple-choice and alternate-format questions to help you review for the NCLEX-PN® examination. From anatomy and physiology to nursing interventions and maternity, neonatal, pediatric, adult, geriatric, mental health, and community health care, this guide covers the skills essential to clinical practice.

Key features

  • An increased emphasis on critical thinking and clinical scenarios prepares you more effectively for the NCLEX-PN® examination, with more NCLEX-style alternate-format type questions and more critical thinking activities.
  • Learning activities help you meet content objectives, and includes crossword puzzles, labeling, matching, and completion activities.

Table of contents

UNIT I: Fundamentals of Nursing

1. The Evolution of Nursing

2. Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing

3. Documentation

4. Communication

5. Nursing Process and Critical Thinking

6. Cultural and Ethnic Considerations

UNIT II: Fundamentals of Clinical Practice

7. Asepsis and Infection Control

8. Body Mechanics and Patient Mobility

9. Hygiene and Care of the Patient’s Environment

10. Safety

11. Admission, Transfer, and Discharge

UNIT III: Introduction to Nursing Interventions

12. Vital Signs

13. Physical Assessment

14. Oxygenation

15. Elimination

16. Care of Patients Experiencing Urgent Alterations in Health

17. Dosage Calculation and Medication Administration

18. Fluids and Electrolytes

19. Nutritional Concepts and Related Therapies

20. Complementary and Alternative Therapies

21. Pain Management, Comfort, Rest, and Sleep

22. Surgical Wound Care

23. Specimen Collection and Diagnostic Testing

UNIT IV: Nursing Care Across the Life Span

24. Lifespan Development

25. Loss, Grief, Dying, and Death

26. Health Promotion and Pregnancy

27. Labor and Delivery

28. Care of the Mother and Newborn

29. Care of the High-Risk Mother, Newborn, and Family with Special Needs

30. Health Promotion for the Infant, Child, and Adolescent

31. Basic Pediatric Nursing Care

32. Care of the Child with a Physical and Mental or Cognitive Disorder

33. Health Promotion and Care of the Older Adult

UNIT V: Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing

34. Concepts of Mental Health

35. Care of the Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder

UNIT VI: Fundamentals of Community Health Nursing

36. Care of the Patient with an Addictive Personality

37. Home Health Nursing

38. Long-Term Care

39. Rehabilitation Nursing

40. Hospice Care

UNIT VII: Adult Health Nursing

41. Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

42. Care of the Surgical Patient

43. Care of the Patient with an Integumentary Disorder

44. Care of the Patient with a Musculoskeletal Disorder

45. Care of the Patient with a Gastrointestinal Disorder

46. Care of the Patient with a Gallbladder, Liver, Biliary Tract, or Exocrine Pancreatic Disorder

47. Care of the Patient with a Blood or Lymphatic Disorder

48. Care of the Patient with a Cardiovascular or a Peripheral Vascular Disorder

49. Care of the Patient with a Respiratory Disorder

50. Care of the Patient with a Urinary Disorder

51. Care of the Patient with an Endocrine Disorder

52. Care of the Patient with a Reproductive Disorder

53. Care of the Patient with a Visual or Auditory Disorder

54. Care of the Patient with a Neurological Disorder

55. Care of the Patient with an Immune Disorder

56. Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS

57. Care of the Patient with Cancer

UNIT: VIII: From Graduate to Professional

58. Professional Roles and Leadership

Product details

  • Edition: 8
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 30, 2018
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Kim Cooper

Kim Cooper, RN, MSN, is Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Nursing at Ivy Tech Community College in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Affiliations and expertise
Dean and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

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Kelly Gosnell

Kelly Gosnell, RN, MSN, is Associate Professor and Department Chair of the School of Nursing at Ivy Tech Community College at Terre Haute, Indiana.
Affiliations and expertise
Department Chair and Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Ivy Tech Community College, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA