Contents:

Unit 1 How Nurses Think1. Evolution of Nursing Thought & Action
2. Clinical Judgment
3. The Steps of the Nursing Process
4. Evidence-Based Practice: Theory & Research
5. Ethics & Values

Unit 2 Factors Affecting Health
6. Life Span: Infancy Through Middle Adulthood
7. Life Span: Older Adults
8. Experiencing Wellness: Health & Illness
9. Stress & Adaptation
10. Promoting Psychosocial Health
11. Promoting Family Health
12. Caring in Multicultural Healthcare Environments
13.Spirituality
14. Experiencing Loss

Unit 3 Essential Nursing Action
15. Communicating & Therapeutic Relationships
16. Patient Education
17. Interprofessional Partnerships: Documenting and Reporting
18. Measuring Vital Signs
19. Health Assessment
20. Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection
21. Promoting Safety
22. Facilitating Hygiene
23. Administering Medications

Unit 4 Supporting Physiological Functioning
24. Nutrition
25. Urinary Elimination
26. Bowel Elimination
27. Sensation, Perception, & Response
28. Pain
29. Activity & Immobility
30. Sexual Health
31. Sleep & Rest
32. Skin Integrity & Wound Healing
33. Oxygenation
34. Circulation & Perfusion
35. Hydration & Homeostasis
36. Caring for the Perioperative Patient

Unit 5 Nursing Functions
37. Nursing Informatics
38. Community & Home Health Nursing
39. Legal Accountability
40. Leading & Managing