Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts / 11th ed.
Timby, Barbara Kuhn,
Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts / Barbara K. Timby, RN, BSN, MA, Professor Emeritus, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, Michigan - 11th ed. - LWW, 2013. - xviii, 969 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 890-916) and index.
Unit 1: Exploring contemporary nursing -- Nursing foundations -- Nursing process -- Unit 2: Integrating basic concepts -- Laws and ethics -- Health and illness -- Homeostasis, adaptation, and stress -- Culture and ethnicity -- Unit 3: Fostering communication -- The nurse-client relationship -- Client teaching -- Recording and reporting -- Unit 4: Performing basic client care -- Asepsis -- Admission, discharge, transfer, and referrals -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Special examination and tests -- Unit 5: Assisting with basic needs -- Nutrition -- Fluid and chemical balance -- Hygiene -- Comfort, rest, and sleep -- Safety -- Pain management -- Oxygenation -- Infection control -- Unit 6: Assisting the inactive client -- Body mechanics, positioning, and moving -- Fitness and therapeutic exercise -- Mechanical immobilization -- Ambulatory aids -- Unit 7: The surgical client -- Perioperative care -- Wound care -- Gastrointestinal intubation -- Unit 8: Promoting elimination -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Unit 9: Medication administration -- Oral medications -- Topical and inhalant medications -- Parenteral medications -- Intravenous medications -- Unit 10: Intervening in emergency situations -- Airway management -- Resuscitation -- Unit 11: Caring for the terminally III -- End-of-life care
"Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts, 11th Edition, continues the tradition of excellent coverage of basic nursing theory and clinical skills that have long made this text a leading resource for LPN/LVN students at the start of their studies. Students using this text will learn theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications, all while applying philosophical concepts focusing on the human experience such as caring as the essence of nursing, supportive health care provider networks, and accountability for actions and clinical decisions."--Publisher's website
9781496327628 1496327624
2016015988
Nursing
RT41 / .T54 2017
610.73 / TIM
2017 B-509 WY 100.1 WY 100.1 / T583f 2017
Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts / Barbara K. Timby, RN, BSN, MA, Professor Emeritus, Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, Michigan - 11th ed. - LWW, 2013. - xviii, 969 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 890-916) and index.
Unit 1: Exploring contemporary nursing -- Nursing foundations -- Nursing process -- Unit 2: Integrating basic concepts -- Laws and ethics -- Health and illness -- Homeostasis, adaptation, and stress -- Culture and ethnicity -- Unit 3: Fostering communication -- The nurse-client relationship -- Client teaching -- Recording and reporting -- Unit 4: Performing basic client care -- Asepsis -- Admission, discharge, transfer, and referrals -- Vital signs -- Physical assessment -- Special examination and tests -- Unit 5: Assisting with basic needs -- Nutrition -- Fluid and chemical balance -- Hygiene -- Comfort, rest, and sleep -- Safety -- Pain management -- Oxygenation -- Infection control -- Unit 6: Assisting the inactive client -- Body mechanics, positioning, and moving -- Fitness and therapeutic exercise -- Mechanical immobilization -- Ambulatory aids -- Unit 7: The surgical client -- Perioperative care -- Wound care -- Gastrointestinal intubation -- Unit 8: Promoting elimination -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Unit 9: Medication administration -- Oral medications -- Topical and inhalant medications -- Parenteral medications -- Intravenous medications -- Unit 10: Intervening in emergency situations -- Airway management -- Resuscitation -- Unit 11: Caring for the terminally III -- End-of-life care
"Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts, 11th Edition, continues the tradition of excellent coverage of basic nursing theory and clinical skills that have long made this text a leading resource for LPN/LVN students at the start of their studies. Students using this text will learn theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications, all while applying philosophical concepts focusing on the human experience such as caring as the essence of nursing, supportive health care provider networks, and accountability for actions and clinical decisions."--Publisher's website
9781496327628 1496327624
2016015988
Nursing
RT41 / .T54 2017
610.73 / TIM
2017 B-509 WY 100.1 WY 100.1 / T583f 2017