Fundamentals of Nursing
The Art and Science
of Nursing Care
Sixth edition
by Carol Taylor

Designed to maximize visual learning, this Sixth Edition features:

• A new art program and an integrated, cohesive, student-focused suite of multimedia products
• Brand-new icons direct students to free video clips and online activities
• New concept maps walk students through the nursing process for selected case-study patients
• Unexpected outcomes are now included in skills descriptions

Like previous editions, the text maintains its unique holistic "blended skills" approach to nursing care and focuses on case-based learning and critical thinking.

A back-of-book CD-ROM includes video clips and a Spanish-English audio glossary. A companion online course is available free with purchase of the text.

Contents

Foundations of Nursing Practice

1. Introduction to Nursing
2. Health of the Individual, Family, and Community
3. Cultural Diversity
4. Health and Illness
5. Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
6. Values, Ethics, and Advocacy
7. Legal Implications

Community-Based Settings for Patient Care

8. Healthcare Delivery Systems
9. Continuity of Care
10. Home Healthcare

The Nursing Process

11. Blended Skills and Critical Thinking Throughout the Nursing Process
12. Assessing
13. Diagnosing
14. Outcome Identification and Planning
15. Implementing
16. Evaluating
17. Documenting, Reporting, and Conferring
18. PROMOTING HEALTH ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
19. Developmental Concepts
20. Conception through Young Adults
21. The Aging Adult

Roles Basic to Nursing Care

18. Communicator
19. Teacher and Counselor
20. Leader and Manager

Actions Basic to Nursing Care

21. Vital Signs
22. Health Assessment
23. Safety
24. Asepsis
25. Complementary and Alternative Therapies
26. Medications
27. Perioperative Nursing

Promoting Healthy Psychosocial Responses

28. Self-Concept
29. Stress and Adaptation
30. Loss, Grief, and Dying
31. Sensory Stimulation
32. Sexuality
33. Spirituality

Promoting Healthy Physiologic Responses

34. Hygiene
35. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
36. Activity
37. Rest and Sleep
38. Comfort
39. Nutrition
40. Urinary Elimination
41. Bowel Elimination
42. Oxygenation
43. Fluid, Electrolyte, Acid-Base Balance

Index

Study Guide to
Fundamentals of Nursing
The Art and Science
of Nursing Care
Sixth edition
by Carol Taylor

Using bulleted outlines and various question types, this Study Guide helps students understand, apply, and retain essential material from Fundamentals of Nursing, Sixth Edition.

The Study Guide includes:

• chapter overviews
• critical thinking and case study-based questions
• Developing Your Knowledge Base sections with matching and fill-in-the-blank questions
• NCLEX®-style questions including alternate-item questions

An Answer Key appears at the back of the book.

Skill Checklists to accompany
Fundamentals of Nursing
The Art and Science
of Nursing Care
Sixth edition
by Carol Taylor

This workbook allows students to practice and record the mastery of skills found in Taylor's Fundamentals of Nursing, Sixth Edition by providing checklists designed to record every step of each procedure.

This set of checklists is valuable as a self-assessment tool for students and a means for faculty to record student peformance.

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