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Title Basic nursing : essentials for practice / [edited by] Patricia A. Potter, Anne Griffin Perry
Edition Fifth edition
Published St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, [2003]
©2003

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 WATERFT HEALTH  610.73 Pot/Bne 2003  AVAILABLE
Description xxvii, 994 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Contents I. Concepts in Health Care -- 1. Health and Wellness -- 2. The Health Care Delivery System -- 3. Legal Principles in Nursing -- 4. Ethics -- II. Processes in Nursing Care -- 5. Critical Thinking and Nursing Judgement -- 6. Nursing Process -- 7. Documentation and Reporting -- 8. Communication -- 9. Client Education -- 10. Infection Control -- 11. Vital Signs -- 12. Health Assessment and Physical Examination -- 13. Administering Medications -- 14. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance -- 15. Caring in Nursing Practice -- 16. Cultural Diversity -- 17. Spiritual Health -- 18. Growth and Development -- 19. Self-Concept and Sexuality -- 20. Family Context in Nursing -- 21. Stress and Coping -- 22. Loss and Grief -- 23. Managing Client Care -- 24. Exercise and Activity -- 25. Safety -- 26. Hygiene -- 27. Oxygenation -- 28. Sleep -- 29. Promoting Comfort -- 30. Nutrition -- 31. Urinary Elimination -- 32. Bowel Elimination -- 33. Immobility -- 34. Skin Integrity and Wound Care
35. Sensory Alterations -- 36. Surgical Client
Notes Includes index
Bibliography 4th ed. has subtitle: a critical thinking approach
Notes English
Subject Nursing.
Nursing -- Study and teaching.
Nursing.
Nursing Care.
Nursing Process.
Author Potter, Patricia Ann.
Perry, Anne Griffin.
LC no. 2002025077
ISBN 032301660X
Other Titles Basic nursing : a critical thinking approach