Fundamental Skills and Concepts in Patient Care, Revised Reprint

SECTION I Fundamental Nursing Concepts 1

UNIT I EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY NURSING 3

CHAPTER 1 Nursing Foundations 5
CHAPTER 2 Nursing Process 21

UNIT II INTEGRATING BASIC CONCEPTS 33

CHAPTER 3 Laws and Ethics 35
CHAPTER 4 Health and Illness 47
CHAPTER 5 Homeostasis, Adaptation, and Stress 55
CHAPTER 6 Culture and Ethnicity 67

UNIT III FOSTERING COMMUNICATION 79

CHAPTER 7 The Nurse-Patient Relationship 81
CHAPTER 8 Patient Teaching 89
CHAPTER 9 Recording and Reporting 97

SECTION II Fundamental Nursing Skills 115

UNIT IV PERFORMING ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION 117

CHAPTER 10 Admission, Discharge, Transfer, and Referrals 119
CHAPTER 11 Vital Signs 139
CHAPTER 12 Physical Assessment 179
CHAPTER 13 Special Examinations and Tests 205

UNIT V ASSISTING WITH BASIC NEEDS 233

CHAPTER 14 Nutrition 235
CHAPTER 15 Fluid and Chemical Balance 259
CHAPTER 16 Hygiene 305
CHAPTER 17 Comfort, Rest, and Sleep 335
CHAPTER 18 Safety 363
CHAPTER 19 Pain Management 383
CHAPTER 20 Oxygenation 407

UNIT VI PREVENTING INFECTION 439

CHAPTER 21 Asepsis 441
CHAPTER 22 Infection Control 467

UNIT VII ASSISTING THE INACTIVE PATIENT 481

CHAPTER 23 Body Mechanics, Positioning, and Moving 483
CHAPTER 24 Therapeutic Exercise 507
CHAPTER 25 Mechanical Immobilization 527
CHAPTER 26 Ambulatory Aids 547

UNIT VIII THE SURGICAL PATIENT 567

CHAPTER 27 Perioperative Care 569
CHAPTER 28 Wound Care 591
CHAPTER 29 Gastrointestinal Intubation 617

UNIT IX PROMOTING ELIMINATION 649

CHAPTER 30 Urinary Elimination 651
CHAPTER 31 Bowel Elimination 683

UNIT X MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION 707

CHAPTER 32 Oral Medications 709
CHAPTER 33 Topical and Inhalant Medications 725
CHAPTER 34 Parenteral Medications 737
CHAPTER 35 Intravenous Medications 757

UNIT XI INTERVENING IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS 777

CHAPTER 36 Airway Management 779
CHAPTER 37 Resuscitation 795

UNIT XII CARING FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL 807

CHAPTER 38 Death and Dying 809