Basic nursing : essentials for practice /
Patricia Ann Potter and Anne Griffin Perry
- Fifth edition.
- St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, c2003.
- xxvii, 994 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
Health and wellness -- The health care delivery system -- Legal principles in nursing -- Ethics -- Critical thinking and nursing judgment -- Nursing process -- Documentation and reporting -- Communication -- Client education -- Infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment and physical examination -- Administering medications -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances -- Caring in nursing practice -- Cultural diversity -- Spirituality -- Growth and development -- Self-concept and sexuality -- Family context in nursing -- Stress and coping -- Loss and grief -- Managing client care -- Exercise and activity -- Safety -- Hygiene -- Oxygenation -- Sleep -- Promoting comfort -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Immobility -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Sensory alterations -- Surgical client.
Health and wellness -- The health care delivery system -- Legal principles in nursing -- Ethics -- Critical thinking and nursing judgment -- Nursing process -- Documentation and reporting -- Communication -- Client education -- Infection control -- Vital signs -- Health assessment and physical examination -- Administering medications -- Fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balances -- Caring in nursing practice -- Cultural diversity -- Spirituality -- Growth and development -- Self-concept and sexuality -- Family context in nursing -- Stress and coping -- Loss and grief -- Managing client care -- Exercise and activity -- Safety -- Hygiene -- Oxygenation -- Sleep -- Promoting comfort -- Nutrition -- Urinary elimination -- Bowel elimination -- Immobility -- Skin integrity and wound care -- Sensory alterations -- Surgical client.