Fundamentals of Contemporary Nursing Practice

• The Context for Nursing Practice: The Nature of Nursing Practice * The Nature of Nursing Knowledge * The Health Care System * Financing Health Care * Technology and Nursing Practice * Determinants of Health and Illness * Leadership, Management, Change, and Innovation * Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice * Ethics in Nursing Practice * The Process for Nursing Practice: The Helping Relationship * The Phenomena of Caring * Clinical Decision Making * Patient and Family Education * Documentation * Universal Considerations Basic to Nursing Practice: Patient Assessment * Pharmacology and Medication Administration * Sterile Technique and Infection Control * Personal Safety in Nursing Practice * Health of the Nurse * Biomechanics and Mobility * The Content of Basic Nursing Care: Respiration * Nutrition and Fluids * Intestinal Elimination * Urinary Elimination * Rest and Sleep * Personal Hygiene * Pain and Comfort * Skin Integrity * Social Support * Environment and Health * Stress and Anxiety * Touch * Sexual Health Protection and Promotion * Grief * Care of the Dying * Health Promotion and Self-Care

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