Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function - Hardcover

Ruth F. Craven; Constance J. Hirnle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0781780233 ISBN 13: 9780781780230

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,US, 2008

Synopsis

Craven and Hirnle's Fundamentals of Nursing is a groundbreaking text that maintains a strong emphasis on critical thinking by weaving it throughout each chapter. The chapters open with a clinical vignette followed by critical thinking questions, and include Apply Your Knowledge Checkpoint Boxes, Therapeutic Dialogues Boxes, Collaborating with the Healthcare Team Boxes, and Ethical-Legal Boxes that together build students' decision-making abilities and clinical judgement. This Sixth Edition offers a completely revised skills presentation and a brand-new art program of nearly 1,000 drawings and photographs. It also has an increased focus on patient safety, communication, and evidence-based research in practice. Now available for purchase with the textbook are a variety of resources that include Craven and Hirnle's Nursing Fundamentals and Procedures Online and Lippincott's Video Series: Nursing Procedures, along with a printed Study Guide and Procedures Checklists.

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Review

Practice and Learn -- icons direct students to free interactive activities that allow students to apply skills to patient care. Complementary and Alternative Medicine -- explores key modalities and the nurse's role in assisting clients who use such therapies and treatments. IHI Evidence Based Bundles for Patient Safety -- teaches the rationale behind applying the evidence and how to improve patient safety with every intervention

Synopsis

This groundbreaking text maintains its emphasis on critical thinking by weaving it throughout each chapter. Chapters open with a Clinical Vignette followed by critical thinking questions and include Apply Your Knowledge Checkpoint Boxes, Therapeutic Dialogues Boxes, Collaborating with the Healthcare Team Boxes, and Ethical-Legal Boxes that together build your students' decision-making abilities and clinical judgment.Craven and Hirnle now offers completely revised skills presentations and a brand-new, comprehensive, integrated art program of nearly 1,000 drawings and photographs. Overall, the Sixth Edition has an increased focus on patient safety, communication, and evidence-based research in practice. A complete suite of products will now accompany the Sixth Edition including Craven and Hirnle's "Nursing Fundamentals and Procedures Online", an online skills reference, and Lippincott's "Video Series: Nursing Procedures", along with a printed Study Guide, Procedures Checklists, and a free CD-ROM with bonus content bundled with the text.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,US
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0781780233
• ISBN 13: 9780781780230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1600