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Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing

  • 3rd Edition - February 12, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Barbara L. Yoost, Lynne R. Crawford, Patricia Castaldi
  • Language: English

Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today’s nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 3rd Edition, this stu… Read more

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Description

Get the review and practice you need to master the role of today’s nurse! With chapters corresponding to the chapters in Yoost’s Fundamentals of Nursing, 3rd Edition, this study guide provides a variety of exercises and activities to reinforce your understanding of nursing concepts and skills. Chapter reviews use engaging activities to make learning more meaningful, and review questions help you apply concepts to the practice setting. Now with new Next Generation NCLEX®-style practice questions, this study guide also prepares you for success on classroom and NCLEX examinations.

Key features

  • Chapter review questions include multiple-choice, matching, true/false, and image labeling questions, testing your comprehension of nursing fundamentals and making learning more fun
  • Answers and detailed rationales for all of the questions are included in the back of the study guide
  • Skills performance checklists on the Evolve website are completely updated to match the latest versions of nursing skills, and are both interactive and printable

Readership

Fundamentals/Skills courses in 2-year (ADN) RN programs

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: 3
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 14, 2022
  • 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