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Foundations and Adult Health Nursing, 5th Edition
Barbara Lauritsen Christensen, MS, RN;
and Elaine Oden Kockrow, MS, RN
2006 | 2,320 pp., 910 illus.
ISBN: 978-0-323-03935-2
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| Part of the popular LPN Threads series, Foundations and Adult Health Nursing is the full-color, single-volume text that includes all of the content from Foundations of Nursing, 5th Edition and Adult Health Nursing, 5th Edition. It covers the entire LPN/LVN curriculum, including coverage of fundamentals and skills, maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, community, anatomy & physiology, and medical-surgical content. It’s everything your students need to know to pass the NCLEX-PN® examination! |
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NEW FEATURES
- A Companion CD bound into each book, includes an audio glossary, 580 NCLEX® examination-style multiple-choice and alternate item review questions, fluids and electrolytes tutorial, 30 animations, 30 video clips, Spanish-English phrases, 15 audio clips, a critical thinking review, and Body Spectrum — an electronic anatomy coloring book.
- Surgical Wound Care chapter covers wound care and related skills, including a skill on Wound Vacuum Assisted Closure (V.A.C.®).
- Bioterrorism/terrorism content has been expanded in the Safety chapter to include the nursing response to biological attacks, nuclear attacks and radiation syndrome, and chemical terrorism.
- Health Promotion Considerations boxes highlight information on wellness and disease prevention.
- Safety Considerations boxes discuss safety issues in a variety of settings to stress the importance of maintaining safety to protect patients, families, health care providers, and the public from the accidental spread of disease.
- New content on blood tests for congestive heart failure (BNP), treatment modalities in the Care of the Patient with HIV/AIDS chapter, new diabetes medications, revised hepatitis classifications, Hormone Replacement Therapy, sacroneuro stimulators for urinary incontinence, and more.
OUTSTANDING FEATURES
- A friendly design, packed with practical student learning features, including Critical Thinking Questions at the end of Nursing Care Plans and NCLEX® examination-style review questions at the end of each chapter.
- The nursing process is consistently applied to the discussion of disorders and appears in summary form at the end of each chapter.
- Over 100 skills presented in a step-by-step format with clearly defined nursing actions and rationales.
- Nursing Diagnosis boxes with nursing diagnoses for specific disorders paired with the appropriate nursing interventions.
- A unique mathematics review in the Mathematics Review and Medication Administration chapter with complete coverage of basic arithmetic skills before students advance to medication administration content.
- UNIQUE! Medication tables provide quick access to action, dosage, precautions, and nursing considerations for commonly used drugs.
- The Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology chapter provides a clear, basic understanding of the A&P LPN/LVNs need to know, which is further reinforced by an A&P overview that begins each body system chapter.
- Includes clinical pathways to reflect collaborative care.
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