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Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing

  • 2nd Edition - February 28, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Barbara L. Yoost, Lynne R. Crawford, Patricia Castaldi
  • Language: English

Coordinated chapter-by-chapter to the new second edition of Yoost and Crawford’s Fundamentals of Nursing, this engaging study tool encompasses a wealth of activities and feature… Read more

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Description

Coordinated chapter-by-chapter to the new second edition of Yoost and Crawford’s Fundamentals of Nursing, this engaging study tool encompasses a wealth of activities and features — like case study questions, study group challenges, self-review questions, and more — to keep your learning interactive, meaningful, and fun. For chapters that include skills, detailed and interactive skills checklists will be provided on the Fundamentals of Nursing Evolve website. Answers to all questions will be included in the back of the study guide to help you assess your learning.

Key features

  • Chapter review questions include multiple choice, matching, true-false, completion, image labelling, and more
  • Answers and detailed rationales are included at the end of the study guide
  • Skills performance checklists (located on the Evolve website in both interactive and printable formats) have been updated to match the latest versions of skills

Table of contents

1. Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice

2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring

3. Communication

4. Critical Thinking in Nursing

5. Introduction to the Nursing Process

6. Assessment

7. Nursing Diagnosis

8. Planning

9. Implementation and Evaluation

10. Documentation, Electronic Health Records, and Reporting

11. Ethical and Legal Considerations

12. Leadership and Management

13. Evidence-Based Practice and Nursing Research

14. Health Literacy and Patient Education

15. Nursing Informatics

16. Health and Wellness

17. Human Development: Conception through Adolescence

18. Human Development: Young Adult through Older Adult

19. Vital Signs

20. Health History and Physical Assessment

21. Ethnicity and Cultural Assessment

22. Spiritual Health

23. Public Health, Community-Based, and Home Health Care

24. Human Sexuality

25. Safety

26. Asepsis and Infection Control

27. Hygiene and Personal Care

28. Activity, Immobility, and Safe Movement

29. Skin Integrity and Wound Care

30. Nutrition

31. Cognitive and Sensory Alterations

32. Stress and Coping

33. Sleep

34. Diagnostic Testing

35. Medication Administration

36. Pain Management

37. Perioperative Nursing Care

38. Oxygenation and Tissues Perfusion

39. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

40. Bowel Elimination

41. Urinary Elimination

42. Death and Loss

Appendix A: Answer Key

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 9, 2019
  • Language: English

About the authors

BY

Barbara L. Yoost

Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA

PC

Patricia Castaldi

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