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		Foundations of Nursing, 5th Edition Barbara Lauritsen Christensen, MS, RN; and Elaine Oden Kockrow, MS, RN 2006 \| 1,392 pp., 460 illus. ISBN: 978-0-323-03341-1 E-mail to a Friend!

		Part of the popular LPN Threads series, Foundations of Nursing provides coverage of all the fundamental content and skills your students need to know, including entire units covering maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, and community content. When used in conjunction with Christensen: Adult Health Nursing, both provide complete LPN/LVN curriculum content coverage necessary to pass the NCLEX-PN® examination!


TABLE OF CONTENTS Unit One: Basic Nursing Concepts The Evolution of Nursing Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing Communication Physical Assessment Nursing Process and Critical Thinking Documentation Cultural and Ethnic Considerations Life Span Development Loss, Grief, Dying, and Death Unit Two: Basic Nursing Skills Admission, Transfer, and Discharge Vital Signs Medical-Surgical Asepsis and Infection Control Surgical Wound Care Safety Body Mechanics and Patient Mobility Pain Management, Comfort, Rest, and Sleep Complementary and Alternative Therapies Hygiene and Care of the Patient's Environment Specimen Collection and Diagnostic Examination Selected Nursing Skills Unit Three: Basic Nursing Interventions Basic Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy Fluids and Electrolytes Mathematics Review and Medication Administration Emergency First Aid Nursing Unit Four: Maternal And Neonatal Nursing Health Promotion and Pregnancy Labor and Delivery Care of the Mother and Newborn Care of the High-Risk Mother, Newborn, and Family with Special Needs Unit Five: Pediatric Nursing Health Promotion for the Infant, Child, and Adolescent Basic Pediatric Nursing Care Care of the Child with a Physical Disorder Care of the Child with a Mental or Cognitive Disorder Unit Six: Gerontologic Nursing Health Promotion and Care of the Older Adult Unit Seven: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Basic Concepts of Mental Health Care of the Patient with a Psychiatric Disorder Care of the Patient with an Addictive Personality Unit Eight: Community Health Nursing Home Health Nursing Long-Term Care Rehabilitation Nursing Hospice Care Unit Nine: From Graduate To Professional Professional Roles and Leadership Appendixes Appendix A: Common Abbreviations Appendix B: JCAHO Lists of Dangerous Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Symbols Appendix C: Laboratory Reference Values

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