Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing
- 12th Edition - February 17, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Author: Geralyn Ochs
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 4 0 7 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 1 2 5 1 2 - 6
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Request a sales quoteGet the most from your fundamentals course with the Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing! Corresponding to the chapters in Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, this completely updated study guide helps reinforce your understanding of key nursing concepts through review questions, exercises, and learning activities. Next Generation NCLEX®-style question types and brief case studies help you study and prepare for your exams — at the same time.
- UPDATED! Content coordinates with the Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition, textbook
- Next Generation NCLEX® (NGN)-style questions in most clinical chapters help you develop clinical judgment and prepare for items you will see on the NCLEX®
- Brief case studies for every chapter challenge you to apply the knowledge you have gained. These are in addition to the case studies already presented in the text chapters and are separate from the NGN-style questions
- Comprehensive Understanding sections cover the entire chapter in detail, helping you master the content
- Preliminary Readings refer you back to the related text chapter
- Alternate question items help you prepare for the kinds of questions you will see on the NCLEX® exam
- Critical Thinking Model exercises help you develop a systematic framework for learning
- Multiple-choice review questions evaluate your comprehension of key chapter objectives
Nursing students in 2-year and 4-year programs
- Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing
- Cover image
- Title page
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Unit One. Nursing and the Health Care Environment
- 1. Nursing today
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Nursing as a profession
- Professional responsibilities and roles
- Historical highlights
- Contemporary influences
- Trends in nursing
- Professional registered nurse education
- Nursing practice
- Professional nursing organizations
- Case study
- Review questions
- 2. The health care delivery system
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Issues in health care delivery
- Case study
- Review questions
- 3. Population health
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Community-based care
- Community-oriented nursing
- Community-based nursing
- Competency in community-based nursing
- Community assessment
- Case study
- Review questions
- 4. Theoretical foundations of nursing practice
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Theory
- Domains of nursing
- Shared theories
- Selected nursing theories
- Link between theory and knowledge development in nursing
- Case study
- Review questions
- 5. Evidence-based practice
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- The need for evidence-based practice
- Critiquing the evidence
- Nursing research
- Research process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Unit Two. Caring Throughout the Life Span
- 6. Health and wellness
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Healthy people
- Definition of health
- Models of health and illness
- Variables influencing health and health beliefs and practices
- Health promotion, wellness, and illness prevention
- Risk factors
- Risk-factor identification and changing health behaviors
- Illness
- Impact of illness on the patient and family
- Case study
- Review questions
- 7. Caring in nursing practice
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Theoretical views on caring
- Ethics of care
- Caring in nursing practice
- The challenge of caring
- Case study
- Review questions
- 8. Caring for patients with chronic illness
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Prevalence and costs of chronic disease
- Genetics and chronic illness
- Interaction of genetics, environment, and lifestyle
- The effect of chronic illness on patients and families
- Case study
- Review questions
- 9. Cultural care
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Health disparities
- Culture
- Race, ethnic, and cultural diversity
- Core measures
- A model of cultural competence
- Cultural awareness and knowledge
- Case study
- Review questions
- 10. Family dynamics
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- The family
- Family forms and current trends
- Family-centered care and the nursing process
- Implementing family-centered care
- Case study
- Review questions
- 11. Developmental theories
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Developmental theories
- Case study
- Review questions
- 12. Conception through adolescence
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Intrauterine life
- Transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life
- Newborn
- Infant
- Toddler
- Preschoolers
- School-age children
- Adolescents
- Case study
- Review questions
- 13. Young and middle adults
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Young adults
- Middle adults
- Case study
- Review questions
- 14. Older adults
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Myths and stereotypes
- Developmental tasks for older adults
- Community-based and institutional health care services
- Assessing the needs of older adults
- Addressing the health concerns of older adults
- Older adults and the acute care setting
- Older adults and restorative care
- Case study
- Review questions
- Unit Three. Clinical Judgment in Nursing Practice
- 15. Critical thinking and clinical judgment
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Clinical judgment in nursing practice
- Critical thinking competencies
- Components of critical thinking in the clinical judgment model
- Evaluation of clinical judgments
- Case study
- Review questions
- 16. Nursing assessment
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Critical thinking in assessment
- The patient-centered interview
- Nursing health history format
- Case study
- Review questions
- 17. Analysis and nursing diagnosis
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Critical thinking in analysis and nursing diagnosis
- Sources of diagnostic errors
- Case study
- Review questions
- 18. Planning and outcomes identification in nursing care
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Establishing priorities
- Critical judgement in setting outcomes
- Planning nursing interventions
- Systems for planning nursing care
- Consulting with health care professionals
- Case study
- Review questions
- 19. Implementing nursing care
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Standard nursing interventions
- Critical thinking in implementation
- Implementation process
- Direct care
- Achieving patient outcomes
- Case study
- Review questions
- 20. Evaluation
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Clinical judgement and critical thinking in evaluation
- Experience
- Standards and attitudes for evaluation
- Evaluation process
- Document outcomes
- Evaluation of health care
- Case study
- Review questions
- 21. Managing patient care
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Building a nursing team
- Leadership skills for nursing students
- Case study
- Review questions
- Unit Four. Professional Standards in Nursing Practice
- 22. Ethics and values
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Basic terms in health ethics
- Professional nursing code of ethics
- Values
- Approaches to ethics
- Nursing point of view
- Issues in health care ethics
- Case study
- Review questions
- 23. Legal implications in nursing practice
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Legal limits of nursing
- Scope and standards of nursing
- Federal statutes impacting nursing practice
- State statutes impacting nursing practice
- Legal implications and reducing your legal risks
- Nursing workforce guidelines
- Reducing legal risks
- Case study
- Review questions
- 24. Communication
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Communication and nursing practice
- Elements of the communication process
- Professional nursing relationships
- Elements of professional communication
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- 25. Patient education
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Purposes of patient education
- Teaching and learning
- Nursing process
- Implementation
- Evaluation
- Case study
- Review questions
- 26. Informatics and documentation
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Purposes of the health care record
- Standards and guidelines for quality nursing documentation
- Standards and guidelines for quality documentation
- Methods of documentation
- Common record-keeping forms within the electronic health record
- Documenting communication with providers and unique events
- Case management and use of critical pathways
- Informatics and information management in health care
- Case study
- Review questions
- Unit Five. Foundations for Nursing Practice
- 27. Patient safety and quality
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for risk for fall
- 28. Infection prevention and control
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- The infectious process
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Analysis and nursing diagnosis
- Evaluation
- Case study
- Review questions
- 29. Vital signs
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Guidelines for measuring vital signs
- Body temperature
- Nursing process
- Evaluation
- Pulse
- Respiration
- Blood pressure
- Analysis and nursing diagnosis
- Case study
- Review questions
- 30. Health assessment and physical examination
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Purposes of the physical examination
- Preparation for examination
- Organization of the examination
- Techniques of physical assessment
- General survey
- Skin, hair, and nails
- Head and neck
- Thorax and lungs
- Heart
- Vascular system
- Breasts
- Abdomen
- Female genitalia and reproductive tract
- Male genitalia
- Rectum and anus
- Musculoskeletal system
- Neurological system
- Case study
- Review questions
- 31. Medication administration
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Critical thinking
- Nursing process
- Analysis and nursing diagnosis
- Planning and outcomes identification
- Implementation
- Medication administration
- Case study
- Review questions
- 32. Complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Complementary and integrative therapies
- Nursing-accessible therapies
- Training-specific therapies
- The integrative nursing role
- Case study
- Review questions
- Unit Six. Psychosocial Basis for Nursing Practice
- 33. Self-concept
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for disturbed body image related to negative view of self after mastectomy
- 34. Sexuality
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for the nursing care plan for impaired sexual functioning
- 35. Spiritual health
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for decreased spiritual distress
- 36. Loss and grief
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for hopelessness
- 37. Stress and coping
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for difficulty coping
- Unit Seven. Physiological Basis for Nursing Practice
- 38. Activity and exercise
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for activity intolerance
- 39. Immobility
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- 40. Hygiene
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care for self-care deficit: Impaired ability to bath
- 41. Oxygenation
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for impaired airway clearance
- 42. Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for dehydration
- 43. Sleep
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for impaired sleep
- 44. Pain management
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for arthritis pain
- 45. Nutrition
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for impaired low nutritional intake
- 46. Urinary elimination
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for stress incontinence of urine
- 47. Bowel elimination
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for constipation
- 48. Skin integrity and wound care
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for impaired skin integrity
- 49. Sensory alterations
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Nursing process
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for risk for injury
- 50. Perioperative nursing care
- Preliminary reading
- Comprehensive understanding
- Scientific knowledge base
- Nursing knowledge base
- Preoperative surgical phase
- Intraoperative surgical phase
- Postoperative surgical phase
- Postoperative recovery and convalescence
- Case study
- Review questions
- Critical thinking model for nursing care plan for anxiety
- Answer key
- Edition: 12
- Published: February 17, 2025
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443124075
- eBook ISBN: 9780443125126
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Geralyn Ochs
Geralyn Ochs is Assistant Professor of Nursing, Coordinator of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, St. Louis University, School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor of Nursing, Coordinator of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program, St. Louis University, School of Nursing, St. Louis, MO, USA