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Study Guide for Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing

  • 7th Edition
  • April 1, 2025
  • Patricia A. Williams
  • English
Reinforce your understanding of basic nursing concepts and skills! Corresponding to the chapters in Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 7th Edition, this study guide provides the review and practice you need to master essential LPN/LVN knowledge. Engaging exercises and questions help you learn to apply the nursing process, set priorities, practice critical thinking, make good decisions, and communicate effectively. With this practical review, you will get more out of your textbook and prepare for success on the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® exam.

Fundamentals of Nursing

  • 12th Edition
  • March 17, 2025
  • Patricia A. Potter + 4 more
  • English
Learn the concepts and skills and develop the clinical judgment you need to provide excellent nursing care! Fundamentals of Nursing, 12th Edition prepares you to succeed as a nurse by providing a solid foundation in critical thinking, clinical judgment, nursing theory, evidence-based practice, and patient-centered care in all settings. With illustrated, step-by-step guidelines, this book makes it easy to learn important skills and procedures. Care plans are presented within a nursing process framework that is coordinated with clinical judgement, and case studies show how to apply concepts to nursing practice. From an expert author team led by Patricia Potter and Anne Perry, this bestselling nursing textbook helps you develop the understanding and clinical judgment you need to succeed in the classroom and in your career.

Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing

  • 7th Edition
  • November 22, 2024
  • Patricia A. Williams
  • English
Learn the basic concepts and fundamental skills that LPN/LVNs need in current practice! Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing, 7th Edition, prepares you for nursing practice in a variety of care settings, including hospitals, long-term care facilities, medical offices, clinics, surgery centers, and home care agencies. Illustrated, easy-to-read guidelines provide a thorough understanding of the nursing process and problem solving, addressing topics such as the physiologic and psychosocial needs of the patient, critical thinking and clinical judgment, communication, collaboration with the health care team, patient teaching, and cultural competence. Ideal for LPN/LVN programs with a concept-based curriculum, this text prepares you to pass the Next Generation NCLEX-PN® Exam and succeed in any care setting.

Tabbner's Nursing Care 2 Vol Set

  • 9th Edition
  • November 19, 2024
  • Gabrielle Koutoukidis + 1 more
  • English
Must-have resource for all future Enrolled NursesTabbner’s Nursing Care is the main resource for Diploma of Nursing students and instructors. This well-established and highly respected book provides the knowledge and skills learners need to qualify as Enrolled Nurses.Written by a highly qualified team of editors and contributors, the book equips the learner to provide safe, competent and person-centred care. It teaches and prepares learners to apply critical and reflective thinking to decision-making, use healthcare technology and work as part of a healthcare team in a variety of settings.Complete with an accompanying workbook and a host of features to support and facilitate teaching and learning, Tabbner’s Nursing Care is the ideal contemporary, evidenced-based resource to develop competent and safe Enrolled Nurses of the future.

Essential Enrolled Nursing Skills Workbook for Person-Centred Care

  • 3rd Edition
  • November 13, 2024
  • Gabby Koutoukidis + 1 more
  • English
Comprehensive and reliable teaching and learning resourceThe Essential Enrolled Nursing Skills for Person-Centred Care Workbook supports learners to develop the confidence and skills they need to successfully undertake and complete clinical skills during their course and graduate to become safe, knowledgeable and competent Enrolled Nurses.The workbook covers the knowledge and skills a learner will need to work as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team. This includes how to support individuals in their activities of daily living and plan care to ensure individuals have positive outcomes and can reach their health goals. This resource will help learners strengthen critical thinking and problem-solving skills and develop proficiency in providing person-centred care.This edition has been fully updated by clinical and academic experts to reflect current best practice and the requirements of the Diploma of Nursing.

Learning to Care

  • 2nd Edition
  • August 16, 2024
  • Ian Peate
  • English
As the role of the nursing associate becomes increasingly embedded in health and care in the UK, this popular text is designed to fully prepare students for their future professional role as competent and compassionate nursing associates. Learning to Care is written by a team of leading educators and practitioners to meet the specific needs of student nursing associates. It is straightforward to read and understand, covering everything from how to learn and how to write an essay, to fundamental anatomy and physiology and how to manage common disorders. This second edition has been fully updated to address evolving trends, making it ideal for all student nursing associates, educators and practitioners.

Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach

  • 8th Edition
  • August 10, 2024
  • Donna D. Ignatavicius + 1 more
  • English
Develop the multiple types of thinking you need to make safe, appropriate clinical judgments! Alfaro’s Clinical Judgment in Nursing: A How-To Practice Approach, 8th Edition, brings these concepts to life through engaging, easy-to-understand language, diverse learning activities, and real-life clinical scenarios. This edition emphasizes readiness for nursing practice and the Next-Generation NCLEX® exam, with a focus on the six cognitive (thinking) skills needed to make evidence-based clinical judgments.

Communication

  • 5th Edition
  • July 22, 2024
  • Gjyn O'Toole
  • English
Essential guide to better communication in practice Communication is a core skill for all healthcare professionals, regardless of their specific discipline. The fifth edition of Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Healthcare Professionals provides a comprehensive introduction that will be invaluable for students undertaking any training program in health.The book guides students toward an understanding of all the basic communication techniques and skills they will need in practice. They will learn to develop self-awareness about the impact their words and actions might have on others, use a person-centred model to reconstruct their communication style and approach, and then apply their new knowledge and skills to real-life scenarios.Easy to read and logically ordered over four sections, this book will guide students towards developing lifelong communication skills that will ultimately enable optimal person-centred care, successful therapeutic relationships and positive patient outcomes.