Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131128582 ISBN 13: 9780131128583

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2003

For fundamentals of nursing courses and appropriate as a quick reference during clinicals. Fundamentals of Nursing, 7/E presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. This corresponding Clinical Handbook is the perfect companion resource to Kozier, Fundamentals of Nursing, 7/E. It is ideal for quick reference or for use during clinical. An accessible writing style presents all the material essential for mastery. A Quick Reference unit provides a refresher of routinely encountered topics. Subsequent units are organized according to the steps of the nursing process providing the essentials of Assessment & Diagnosis, Planning & Implementation, and Documentation & Evaluation.

From the Back Cover:

This handbook serves as an up-to-date, quick-reference to fundamentals of nursing care for you. Compact and portable, this handbook helps you address the clinically related topics you can expect to encounter routinely, while allowing you to take the information you learn from class into any clinical setting.

Key features that help delivery of safe, effective care include.

• Standard Precautions
• Documentation
• Lab Values
• Diagnostic tests
• NANDA Nursing Diagnoses
• Safety Guidelines
• And more!

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The Clinical Handbook for Fundamentals of Nursing serves as a resource for students in the clinical area. It provides succinct information to guide you as you begin this important, exciting, and challenging component of your nursing program.

To keep this practical guide compact and portable, we have summarized key information designed to reinforce content that first must be learned thoroughly and carefully from Fundamentals of Nursing. The Clinical Handbook is not intended in any way to replace the text; rather, its purpose is to help you recall key points as you prepare to deliver safe and effective nursing care in a dynamic clinical environment. Before proceeding with the suggested guidelines and actions given in this book, check to determine an agency's policies, practices, and protocol.

The Clinical Handbook opens with a Quick Reference unit that presents essential information you will be able to retrieve rapidly. Unit 2 reviews the processes for conducting a health history and physical examination. A complete list of the current NANDA nursing diagnoses is included. In Unit 3, we provide summaries of clinically related topics you can expect to encounter routinely. As you gain expertise in the clinical area, we believe you will continue to consult the Clinical Handbook again and again.