Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing
- 4th Edition - February 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Barbara L. Yoost
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 0 1 9 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 8 0 2 0 - 7
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, 4th, this study guide… Read more
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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, 4th, 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.
- NGN Single-Episode Case Studies build on aspects of the core text’s detailed case study, helping students think about content clinically and practice answering questions focused on the 6 clinical judgment skills integral to the NGN
- All chapters completely updated to the latest content in Fundamentals of Nursing
- Preliminary Readings refer students back to the related text chapter
- Study Group Challenges provide questions, activities, and guidance to help students make study group time productive and fun
- Chapter Review questions are comprised of multiple choice, matching, true-false, image labelling, crossword puzzles, word finds, and more to make learning of key chapter objectives fun
- Open-ended Self-Review Questions guide students through the objectives for each chapter, to make studying time more productive
- Answers and detailed rationales included in the Study Guide
Nursing students in 2-year and 4-year programs
1. Nursing, Theory, and Professional Practice
2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring
3. Communication
4. Clinical Judgment in Nursing
5. Introduction to the Nursing Process
6. Assessment
7. Data Analysis/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 Tissue Perfusion
39. Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance
40. Bowel Elimination
41. Urinary Elimination
42. Death and Loss
2. Values, Beliefs, and Caring
3. Communication
4. Clinical Judgment in Nursing
5. Introduction to the Nursing Process
6. Assessment
7. Data Analysis/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 Tissue Perfusion
39. Fluid, Electrolytes, and Acid-Base Balance
40. Bowel Elimination
41. Urinary Elimination
42. Death and Loss
- Edition: 4
- Latest edition
- Published: February 1, 2026
- Language: English
BY
Barbara L. Yoost
Affiliations and expertise
Emerita Faculty, Kent State University College of Nursing, USA