Description
This heavily illustrated and clearly written text details over 185 basic and advanced skills, and is specifically designed to correspond with Taylor's Fundamentals of Nursing, Seventh Edition for a consistent teaching/learning experience. The procedures and skills are outlined in a step-by-step manner that follows the nursing process format (with rationales), and includes documentation guidelines and samples; a new Evidence-based Practice Feature; and Unexpected Situations, which explain how to respond to unanticipated outcomes—a feature unique to this text.
Features
- NEW! Integrated Case Studies. Bulleted points refer readers to specific case study or studies discussed in Unit III, emphasizing which case studies utilize and enhance the content of that chapter.
- Developing Critical Thinking Skills, a popular feature from the previous edition, offers new reorganization to promote maximum critical thinking at the end of each chapter. Questions reflect back to the opening scenarios for added cohesion throughout the chapters. Readers are challenged to apply the skills and use the new knowledge they have gained to "think through" learning exercises designed to show how critical thinking can impact patient care and possibly change outcomes.
- NEW! Suggested Answers for Developing Critical Thinking Skills represent possible nursing care solutions to the problems.
The nursing process framework is used to integrate related nursing responsibilities for each of the five steps.
Scientific rationales accompany each nursing action to promote a deeper understanding of the basic principles supporting nursing care.
Special Considerations appear in each skill to explain the varying needs of patients across the lifespan and in various settings, including considerations for Infant, Child, and Older Adults; as well as Home Health Considerations (e.g., modifications and home care).
Focus on Patient Care. Each chapter in Units I and II begins with a description of three real-world case scenarios that put the skills into context. These scenarios provide a framework for the chapter content to be covered.
Nursing Alerts (in red type) draw attention to crucial information.
Taylor Suite Resources. This section identifies additional resources to enhance learning and facilitate understanding of the particular chapter.
Fundamentals Review. Because of the breadth and depth of nursing knowledge that must be absorbed, nursing students and graduate nurses can easily become overwhelmed. Thus, this book is designed to eliminate excessive content and redundancy and to better focus the reader's attention. To this end, each chapter in Units I and II includes several boxes, tables, or figures that summarize important concepts that should be understood before performing a skill. For a more in-depth study of these concepts, readers are encouraged to refer to their Fundamentals textbook.
Icons are used throughout to identify important concepts or indicate supplementary content can be found on thePoint:
- Watch and Learn icons direct students to free video clips that show students how to perform a skill.
- Practice and Learn icons direct students to free activities that allow students to apply skills to patient care.
- Hand Hygiene icons alert you to this crucial step that is the best way to prevent the spread of microorganisms.
- Patient Identification icons alert you to this crucial step ensuring the right patient receives the intervention and helping prevent errors.
About the Author(s)
- Pamela Lynn MSN, RN
- Instructor, School of Nursing, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Gwynedd Valley, PA
Specs
- Edition: Third
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781793841
- Trim Size: 8.375 x 10.875
- Pages: 1024
- Pub Date: Nov 1, 2010
- Weight: 5.0
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