Foundations of Basic Nursing
, by White, LoisNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781401826963 | 1401826962
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/6/2004
This fully updated second edition of Foundations of Basic Nursing lays the foundation of introductory material for your nursing course of study. The book focuses on foundation concepts you will need to know, such as holistic care, legal responsibilities, communication, and client teaching, while also helping you master skills needed to be an effective and caring nurse. The special features throughout the book are specially designed to emphasize specific information, such as: Life Cycle Considerations, Client Teaching, Infection Control, Safety, Community/Home Health Care, Cultural Considerations, and Professional Tips. Critical Thinking Questions are included throughout the book to encourage the user to apply the chapter's content. At the end of each chapter, readers will find a Summary and Review Questions, along with References/Suggested Readings and Resources.
Contributors | p. IX |
Procedure Contributors | p. XI |
Reviewers | p. XII |
Preface | p. XIII |
About the Author | p. XV |
How to Use this Text | p. XVI |
Foundations | |
Student Nurse Skills for Success | p. 3 |
Learning | p. 3 |
Develop a Positive Attitude | p. 4 |
Develop Your Basic Skills | p. 5 |
Develop Your Learning Style | p. 8 |
Develop a Time-Management Plan | p. 10 |
Develop a Study Strategy | p. 12 |
Practice Critical Thinking | p. 16 |
Develop Test-Taking Skills | p. 20 |
Your Program Is Almost Completed | p. 24 |
From Student to LP/VN | p. 27 |
Holistic Care | p. 31 |
Interrelated Concepts of Health | p. 31 |
Providing Quality Care | p. 34 |
Self-Care As a Prerequisite to Client Care | p. 35 |
Nurture Yourself | p. 38 |
Nursing History, Education, and Organizations | p. 41 |
Historical Overview | p. 41 |
Practical Nursing Pioneer Schools | p. 46 |
Nursing in the 20th Century | p. 47 |
Nursing Education | p. 49 |
Nursing Organizations | p. 51 |
Legal and Ethical Responsibilities | p. 57 |
Basic Legal Concepts | p. 58 |
The Law and Nursing Practice | p. 60 |
Nurse-Client Relationship | p. 61 |
Informed Consent | p. 64 |
Advance Directives | p. 65 |
Incident Reports | p. 67 |
Liability Insurance | p. 69 |
Impaired Nurse | p. 70 |
Concept of Ethics | p. 71 |
Ethical Principles | p. 71 |
Ethical Theories | p. 73 |
Ethics and Values | p. 74 |
Code of Ethics | p. 74 |
Client Rights | p. 75 |
Ethical Dilemmas | p. 75 |
Ethical Decision Making | p. 77 |
Nursing and Ethics | p. 78 |
The Health Care Environment | |
The Health Care Delivery System | p. 82 |
Levels of Health Care Services | p. 82 |
Health Care Delivery System | p. 83 |
Health Care Team | p. 84 |
Health Care Economics | p. 86 |
Factors Influencing Health Care | p. 88 |
Challenges Within the Health Care System | p. 90 |
Nursing's Response to Health Care Challenges | p. 92 |
Issues and Trends | p. 93 |
Arenas of Care | p. 95 |
Licensure, Certification, and Accreditation | p. 95 |
Acute Care Hospital | p. 97 |
Long-Term Care | p. 98 |
Outpatient Care | p. 100 |
Home Health Care | p. 100 |
Hospice | p. 101 |
Rehabilitation | p. 102 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client Requiring Rehabilitation | p. 103 |
Communication | |
Communication | p. 108 |
Process of Communication | p. 109 |
Methods of Communication | p. 109 |
Influences on Communication | p. 111 |
Congruency of Messages | p. 112 |
Listening/Observing | p. 112 |
Psychosocial Aspects of Communication | p. 113 |
Therapeutic Communication | p. 114 |
Professional Boundaries | p. 119 |
Nurse-Client Communication | p. 119 |
Communicating with the Health Care Team | p. 122 |
Communicating with Yourself | p. 124 |
Nursing Process/Documentation | p. 127 |
Nursing Process History | p. 128 |
The Nursing Process | p. 128 |
The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking | p. 137 |
The Nursing Process and Decision Making | p. 139 |
The Nursing Process and Holistic Care | p. 139 |
Documentation | p. 139 |
Effective Documentation Principles | p. 142 |
Systems of Documentation | p. 146 |
Forms for Documentation | p. 151 |
Documentation Trends | p. 154 |
Reporting | p. 155 |
Client Teaching | p. 161 |
The Teaching-Learning Process | p. 161 |
Lifelong Learning | p. 166 |
Professional Responsibilities of Teaching | p. 167 |
Teaching-Learning and the Nursing Process | p. 169 |
Developmental and Psychosocial Concerns | |
Life Cycle | p. 177 |
Basic Concepts of Growth and Development | p. 177 |
Dimensions and Theories of Human Development | p. 179 |
Holistic Framework for Nursing | p. 182 |
Life Cycle Stages | p. 182 |
Cultural Considerations | p. 203 |
Culture | p. 203 |
Cultural Influences on Health Care Beliefs and Practices | p. 205 |
Cultural and Racial Influences on Client Care | p. 208 |
Cultural Aspects and the Nursing Process | p. 213 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Family with Ineffective Coping | p. 217 |
Stress, Adaptation, and Anxiety | p. 220 |
Stress | p. 220 |
Adaptation | p. 222 |
Anxiety | p. 224 |
Effects of and on Illness | p. 225 |
Change | p. 226 |
Nursing Process | p. 227 |
Stress Management for the Nurse | p. 230 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client Experiencing Severe Anxiety | p. 232 |
Loss, Grief, and Death | p. 234 |
Loss | p. 234 |
Grief | p. 235 |
Death | p. 240 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client with a Terminal Illness/Cancer of the Lung | p. 250 |
Health Promotion | |
Wellness Concepts | p. 256 |
Health | p. 256 |
Wellness | p. 257 |
Health Promotion | p. 257 |
Illness Prevention | p. 261 |
Factors Affecting Health | p. 262 |
Making a Genogram | p. 266 |
Guidelines for Healthy Living | p. 266 |
Complementary/Alternative Therapies | p. 270 |
Legal Aspects | p. 270 |
Historic Foundation | p. 271 |
Current Trends | p. 272 |
Complementary/Alternative Therapies | p. 273 |
Use of C/A Approaches | p. 282 |
Basic Nutrition | p. 286 |
Physiology of Nutrition | p. 287 |
Nutrients | p. 288 |
Promoting Proper Nutrition | p. 300 |
Factors Influencing Nutrition | p. 303 |
Nutritional Needs during the Life Cycle | p. 305 |
Nutrition and Health | p. 310 |
Weight Management | p. 311 |
Food Labeling | p. 313 |
Food Quality and Safety | p. 313 |
Nursing Process | p. 315 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client with Altered Nutrition | p. 320 |
Rest and Sleep | p. 323 |
Rest and Sleep | p. 323 |
Nursing Process | p. 329 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client with Trouble Sleeping | p. 332 |
Safety/Hygiene | p. 334 |
Safety | p. 335 |
Factors Affecting Safety | p. 335 |
Hygiene | p. 337 |
Nursing Process | p. 337 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client at Risk for Injury | p. 352 |
Infection Control | |
Infection Control/Asepsis | p. 357 |
Flora | p. 358 |
Pathogenicity and Virulence | p. 358 |
Colonization and Infection | p. 358 |
Chain of Infection | p. 359 |
Breaking the Chain of Infection | p. 362 |
Body Defenses | p. 364 |
Types and Stages of Infections | p. 366 |
Nosocomial Infections | p. 366 |
Nursing Process | p. 366 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client at Risk for Infection | p. 370 |
Standard Precautions and Isolation | p. 373 |
Historical Perspective | p. 373 |
Standard Precautions | p. 374 |
Isolation | p. 376 |
Client Responses to Isolation | p. 379 |
Fundamental Nursing Care | |
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance | p. 382 |
Homeostasis | p. 383 |
Chemical Organization | p. 383 |
Water | p. 385 |
Gases | p. 386 |
Acids, Bases, Salts, and pH | p. 386 |
Buffers | p. 387 |
Substance Movement | p. 388 |
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance | p. 389 |
Disturbances in Electrolyte Balance | p. 392 |
Acid-Base Balance | p. 394 |
Disturbances in Acid-Base Balance | p. 395 |
Nursing Process | p. 396 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client with Excess Fluid Volume | p. 402 |
Medication Administration and IV Therapy | p. 405 |
Drug Standards and Legislation | p. 406 |
Drug Nomenclature | p. 406 |
Drug Action | p. 407 |
Factors Influencing Drug Action | p. 410 |
Medication Orders | p. 410 |
Systems of Weight and Measure | p. 411 |
Approximate Equivalents | p. 412 |
Drug Administration Safety | p. 414 |
Medication Compliance | p. 417 |
Legal Aspects of Medication Administration | p. 417 |
Nursing Process | p. 417 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client with Deep Vein Thrombosis | p. 432 |
Assessment | p. 435 |
Health History | p. 436 |
Physical Examination | p. 439 |
Head-to-Toe Assessment | p. 440 |
Pain Management | p. 454 |
Definitions of Pain | p. 455 |
Nature of Pain | p. 455 |
Common Myths about Pain | p. 455 |
Types of Pain | p. 455 |
Purpose of Pain | p. 458 |
Physiology of Pain | p. 458 |
Factors Affecting the Pain Experience | p. 459 |
JCAHO Standards | p. 460 |
Nursing Process | p. 460 |
Sample Nursing Care Plan: The Client with Chronic Pain | p. 473 |
Diagnostic Tests | p. 477 |
Diagnostic Testing | p. 478 |
Laboratory Tests | p. 481 |
Radiological Studies | p. 503 |
Ultrasonography | p. 509 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging | p. 509 |
Nuclear Scans | p. 510 |
Electrodiagnostic Studies | p. 510 |
Endoscopy | p. 513 |
Aspiration/Biopsy | p. 513 |
Other Tests | p. 518 |
Nursing Procedures | |
Basic Procedures | p. 527 |
Hand Hygiene | p. 527 |
Use of Protective Equipment | p. 529 |
Taking a Temperature | p. 533 |
Taking a Pulse | p. 539 |
Counting Respirations | p. 543 |
Taking Blood Pressure | p. 546 |
Weighing a Client, Mobile and Immobile | p. 549 |
Proper Body Mechanics | p. 553 |
Performing Passive Range-of-Motion (ROM) Exercises | p. 557 |
Ambulation Safety and Assisting from Bed to Walking | p. 560 |
Turning and Positioning a Client | p. 565 |
Moving a Client in Bed | p. 569 |
Transferring from Bed to Wheelchair, Commode, or Chair | p. 572 |
Transferring from Bed to Stretcher | p. 575 |
Bedmaking: Unoccupied Bed | p. 578 |
Bedmaking: Occupied Bed | p. 582 |
Bathing a Client in Bed | p. 584 |
Perineal Care | p. 587 |
Routine Catheter Care | p. 589 |
Oral Care | p. 591 |
Eye Care | p. 596 |
Giving a Back Rub | p. 600 |
Shaving a Client | p. 602 |
Applying Antiembolic Stockings | p. 604 |
Assisting with a Bedpan or Urinal | p. 607 |
Applying a Condom Catheter | p. 610 |
Administering an Enema | p. 613 |
Measuring Intake and Output | p. 618 |
Urine Collection--Closed Drainage System | p. 621 |
Urine Collection--Clean Catch, Female/Male | p. 622 |
Collecting Nose, Throat, and Sputum Specimens | p. 625 |
Collecting a Stool Specimen | p. 628 |
Applying Abdominal, T-, Breast and Scultetus Binders | p. 630 |
Application of Restraints | p. 633 |
Performing the Heimlich Maneuver | p. 636 |
Performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) | p. 640 |
Admitting a Client | p. 647 |
Transferring a Client | p. 649 |
Discharging a Client | p. 650 |
Intermediate Procedures | p. 653 |
Surgical Asepsis: Preparing and Maintaining a Sterile Field | p. 653 |
Performing Open Gloving | p. 656 |
Performing Urinary Catheterization: Female/Male | p. 659 |
Irrigating a Urinary Catheter | p. 665 |
Irrigating the Bladder Using a Closed-System Catheter | p. 668 |
Pouching a Stoma | p. 672 |
Application of Heat and Cold | p. 674 |
Administering Oral, Sublingual, and Buccal Medications | p. 680 |
Withdrawing Medication from an Ampule | p. 683 |
Withdrawing Medication from a Vial | p. 686 |
Administering an Intradermal Injection | p. 688 |
Administering a Subcutaneous Injection | p. 691 |
Administering an Intramuscular Injection | p. 694 |
Administering Eye and Ear Medications | p. 699 |
Administering Skin/Topical Medications | p. 703 |
Administering Nasal Medications | p. 705 |
Administering Rectal Medications | p. 708 |
Administering Vaginal Medications | p. 710 |
Administering Nebulized Medications | p. 713 |
Applying a Dry Dressing | p. 716 |
Applying a Wet to Damp Dressing | p. 719 |
Culturing a Wound | p. 722 |
Irrigating a Wound | p. 724 |
Administering Oxygen | p. 726 |
Performing Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Suctioning | p. 729 |
Performing Tracheostomy Care | p. 732 |
Performing Tracheostomy Suctioning | p. 735 |
Postoperative Exercise Instruction | p. 738 |
Performing a Skin Puncture | p. 742 |
Assisting with Crutches, Cane, or Walker | p. 744 |
Feeding and Medicating via Enteral Tube | p. 750 |
Performing Pulse Oximetry | p. 754 |
Advanced Procedures | p. 757 |
Initiating Strict Isolation Precautions | p. 757 |
Inserting and Maintaining a Nasogastric Tube | p. 760 |
Performing Venipuncture (Blood Drawing) | p. 764 |
Preparing an IV Solution and Starting an IV | p. 768 |
Setting the IV Flow Rate | p. 773 |
Administering Medications via IV Piggyback | p. 776 |
Assessing and Maintaining an IV Insertion Site | p. 779 |
Removing Skin Sutures and Staples | p. 781 |
NANDA Nursing Diagnoses 2003-2004 | p. 784 |
Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule | p. 786 |
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols | p. 788 |
English/Spanish Words and Phrases | p. 793 |
Glossary | p. 799 |
Index | p. 811 |
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