Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! presents essential nursing fundamentals in the easy-to-read, fun-to-learn format that's popular with nurses and nursing students everywhere.

The book provides comprehensive coverage of:

• the theoretical foundations of nursing
• the nursing process
• basic nursing skills
• physiologic patient care (oxygenation, self-care and hygiene, mobility and exercise, comfort from pain, rest and sleep, skin integrity, nutrition, and urinary and bowel elimination)
• and the latest nursing concepts, including evidence-based practice and critical thinking

Fundamentals of Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! includes abundant illustrations, cartoons, memory joggers, and end-of-chapter quizzes. Logos highlight age-related considerations, risks and complications, documentation tips, and patient-teaching hints.

Contents

Foundational Concepts

1. Overview of nursing
2. Basics of health and illness
3. Ethical and legal considerations
4. Nursing process

General Nursing Skills

5. Communication
6. Health assessment
7. Taking vital signs
8. Asepsis and infection control
9. Medication basics
10. Medication administration
11. I.V. therapy

Physiologic Needs

12. Oxygenation
13. Self-care and hygiene
14. Mobility, activity, and exercise
15. Skin integrity and wound healing
16. Comfort, rest, and sleep
17. Pain management
18. Nutrition
19. Urinary elimination
20. Bowel elimination

Index

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