Fundamental nursing skills and concepts / Barbara Kuhn Timby.

Previous ed.: published as Fundamental skills and concepts in patient care. 2000.

Includes CD-ROM.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

UNIT1: Exploring contemporary nursing -- 1. Nursing foundations :- Nursing Origins--The Nightingale reformation--Nursing in the United States--Contemporary Nursing--The Educational Ladder--Future trends--Unique Nursing Skills-- 2. Nursing process:- Definition of the Nursing Process--Characteristics of the Nursing Process--Steps of the Nursing Process--Use of the Nursing Process --UNIT 2: Integrating Basic Concepts:- 3. Law and ethics:- Laws--Professional Liability--Ethics -- 4. Health and illness:- Health--Wellness--Illness--Health Care System--National Health Goals--Nursing Team--Continuity of Health Care -- 5. Homeostasis, adaptation, and stress :-Homeostasis--Stress--Nursing Implications-- 6. Culture and ethnicity:- Culture--Race--Minority--Ethnicity--Anglo-American Culture and U.S. Subcultures--Transcultural Nursing--Culturally Sensitive Nursing -- Unit 3: Fostering communication :-7. The nurse-client relationship :- Nursing Roles within the Nurse-Client Relationship--The Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship--Communication-- 8. Client teaching: - Importance of client teaching--Assessing the Learner--Informal and Formal Teaching-- 9. Recording and reporting:- Medical Records--Methods of Charting--Protecting Health Information--Documenting Information--Communication for continuity and collaboration -- UNIT 4: Performing assessment and evaluation:-10. Admissions, Discharge, Transfer amd Referrals:- The Admission Process--The Discharge Process--Client Transfer--Client Referral -- 11. Vital signs:- Body Temperature--Pulse--Respiration--Blood Pressure--Documenting Vital Signs--Nursing Implications-- 12. Physical assessment:- Overview of Physical Assessment--Performing a Physical Assessment--Data Collection--Nursing Implications -- 13. Special examinations and tests:- Examinations and Tests--Nursing Implications -- UNIT 5. Assisting with basic needs -- 14. Nutrition:- Overview of Nutrition--Nutritional Patterns and Practices--Nutritional status assessment--Management of Problems Interfering with Nutrition--Management of Client Nutrition -- 15. Fulid and chemical balance:- Body Fluid--Fluid Volume Assessment--Common Fluid Imbalances--Intravenous Fluid Administration--Blood Administration--Parenteral Nutrition--Nursing Implications -- 16. Hygiene:- The Integumentary System--Hygiene Practices--Visual and Hearing Devices--Nursing Imiplications -- 17. Comfort, rest, and sleep:- The Client Environment--Sleep and Rest--Sleep Assessment--Sleep Disorders--Nursing Implications -- 18. Safety:- Age-Related Safety Factors--Environmental Hazards--Restraints--Nursing Implications -- 19. Pain management:- Pain--Pain Assessment Standards--Pain Assessment Data--Pain Intensity Assessment Tools--Pain Management---Nursing Implications -- 20. Oxygenation:-Anatomy and Physiology of Breathing--Assessing Oxygenation--Promoting Oxygenation--Oxygen Therapy Related Oxygenation Techniques--Nursing Implications -- Unit 6. Preventing infection : 21. Asepsis:- Microrganisms--Chain of Infection--Asepsis--Nursing Implications -- 22. Infection control:-Infection--Infection Control Precautions--Infection control Measures--Psychological Implications--Nursing Implications -- UNIT 7. Assisting the inactive client: -- 23. Body mechanics, positioning, and moving :- Maintaining Good Posture--Body Mechanics--Ergonomics--Positioning clients--Protective Devices--Transferring Clients--Nursing Implications-- 24. Therapeutic exercise:- Fitness Assessment--Exercise Prescriptions--Types of exercise--Nursing Implications -- 25. Mechanical immobilization:-Purposes of Mechanical Immobilization--Mechanical immobilizing devices--Nursing Implications-- 26. Ambulatory aids:- Preparing for Ambulation--Assistive Devices--Ambulatory Aids--Prosthetic Limbs--Nursing Implications -- Unit 8. The surgical client: -27. Perioperative care:- Preoperative Period--Intraoperative period -- 28. Wound care -- 29. Gastrointestinal intubation -- UNIT 9. Promoting elimination -- 30. Urinary elimination -- 31. Bowel elimination -- UNIT 10. Medication administration -- 32. Oral medications -- 33. Topical and inhalant medications -- 34.Pareteral medications -- 35. Intravenous medications -- UNIT11. Intervening in emergency situations -- 36. Resuscitation -- UNIT 12. Caring for the terminally ill -- 38. Death and dying:- Terminal illness and care--Grieving--Nursing Implications.

Intended for the LPN/LVN student, this volume integrates textual material with step-by-step instructions. There are critical thinking exercises & NCLEX-style questions with each chapter. The CD-ROM offers 1,200 NCLEX-style questions, plus clinical simulations, animations & Spanish translations of key texts.