Contents Issues and trends in nursing and healthcare delivery -- The nursing process : planning care using nursing diagnoses -- Critical thinking : adaptation of theory to practice -- Cardiovascular -- Respiratory -- Neurological/sensory disorders -- Gastrointestinal disorders -- Metabolic and endocrine disorders -- Diseases of the blood/blood-forming organs -- Renal and urinary tract -- Women'…
Introduction: psychology in nursing care -- Psychological approaches to understanding people -- Psychology across the lifespan -- Social processes -- Perception, memory and providing information -- Stress and stress management -- The psychology of pain. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pt. I: Introduction to nursing research -- Development of nursing research -- Evidence-based nursing practice -- Research evidence in nursing practice -- Ethical issues in nursing research -- An overview of quantitative and qualitative research -- Pt. II: Preliminary steps in the research process -- Identifying research problems -- Review of the literature -- Theory and nursing researc…
Contents Ch. 1. introduction to statistics -- Ch. 2. Variables -- Ch. 3. Descriptive statistics : the Florence Nightingale way -- Ch. 4. Effective data cleaning and management -- Ch. 5. Critical appraisal of analysis and reporting of descriptive statistics -- Ch. 6. introduction to inferential statistics -- Ch. 7. Correlational statistics -- Ch. 8. Comparing average scores : statistics for all …
Contents Historical and contemporary nursing practice -- Evidence-based practice and research in nursing -- Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks -- Legal aspects of nursing -- Values, ethics, and advocacy -- Health care delivery systems -- Community nursing and care continuity -- Home care -- Electronic health records and information technology -- Critical thinking and clinical reasoning …
Contents Fundamentals -- Infection control-- Medication administration -- Intravascular therapy -- Cardiovascular care -- Pulmonary care -- Neurologic care -- Gastrointestinal care -- Renal and urologic care -- Musculoskeletal care -- Skin care -- Endocrine and hematologic care. Abstract Procedures and Protocols is designed to help nurses react to clinical situations appropriately with littl…
Contents Nursing informatics technologies -- System life cycle -- Informatics theory standards -- foundations of nursing informatics -- Nursing informatics leadership -- Advanced nursing informatics in practice -- Nursing informatics -- complex applications -- Educational applications -- Research applications -- Big data initiatives -- International perspectives. Abstract "Written by leaders…
Contents Introduction to the human body -- Introduction to the chemistry of life -- The cells, tissues and organisation of the body -- The blood -- The cardiovascular system -- The lymphatic system -- The nervous system -- The special senses -- The endocrine system -- The respiratory system -- Introduction to nutrition -- The digestive system -- The urinary system -- The skin -- Resistance and …
Contents Professional nursing practice -- Health disparities and culturally competent care -- Health history and physical examination -- Patient and caregiver teaching -- Chronic illness and older adults -- Complementary and alternative therapies -- Stress and stress management -- Sleep and sleep disorders -- Pain -- Palliative care at end of life -- Substance abuse -- Inflammation and wound he…