Prentice Hall Reviews & Rationales: Nursing Fundamentals
Essential for course review and NCLEX review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of mental health nursing. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" information covering therapeutic communication, developmental disorders, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, somatoform disorders, dissociative disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia and psychotic disorders, cognitive mental disorders, substance abuse, crisis intervention and suicide, death and dying, and much more. Each...
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Essential for NCLEX, course and competencey review, this resource is a complete, concentrated outline of nursing fundamentals. Each chapter contains objectives, pre- and post chapter tests with comprehensive rationales, vocabulary review, practice to pass exercises, critical thinking case studies, as well as NCLEX alerts and new test-taking strategies. Content includes all of the "need-to-know" facts covering the nursing process, physical assessment, communication, professional standards, health promotion through the lifespan, and more.
Preface viThe Nursing Process 1Overview of Health Assessments 28Overview of Communication 62Overview of Professional Standards 86Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan 105Overview of Skills Necessary for Safe Practice 132Meeting Basic Human Needs 162Meeting the Needs of the Client with Pain 203Meeting the Needs of the Perioperative Client 232Meeting the Needs of the Client with Altered Skin Integrity, Sensory Perception, or Mobility 257Administering Medications and Intravenous Fluids 284Suggested Answers to Practice to Pass & Case Studies 328Index 340
