Craven And Hirnle S Fundamentals Of Nursing

The Fourth Edition of this comprehensive text provides an introduction to the broad range of the discipline of nursing, including theory, the nursing process, and step-by-step procedures. The Fourth Edition maintains its emphasis on both wellness/health and human function as frameworks for nursing practice. An emphasis is also placed on critical thinking by regularly incorporating features that apply to client situations, research, clinical scenarios and ethical-legal issues. A Brandon-Hill Recommended Title. For more information, visit http://connection.LWW.com/go/craven.

Providing a big-picture approach to nursing practice, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts and Competencies for Practice, 9th Edition instills the foundational knowledge and clinical skills to help your students think critically and achieve positive outcomes throughout the nursing curriculum and in today’s fast-paced clinical settings. This revision immerses students in a proven nursing framework that clarifies key capabilities — from promoting health, to differentiating between normal function and dysfunction, to the use of scientific rationales and the approved nursing process — and includes new Unfolding Patient Stories and Critical Thinking Using QSEN Competencies. NCLEX®-style review questions online and within the book further equip students for the challenges ahead.

This unique, state-of-the-art online resource provides students with the core knowledge needed to master essential nursing fundamentals and procedures. It includes more than 275 basic, intermediate, and advanced procedures in written or video form. The procedures presented match the Fundamentals of Nursing, Sixth Edition table of contents. Also, it includes downloadable procedures checklists for use in the nursing skills lab or on the job. Plus, numerous case studies that strengthen students' critical thinking skills by asking them how they would perform procedures, communicate with clients, and manage unexpected outcomes. Plus, additional NCLEX®-style questions allow students to test their mastery of key concepts. Students receive an individualized learning plan based on their results, pointing them towards multimedia materials they need to gain proficiency in procedures and concepts of fundamentals.

This study guide includes chapter overviews, critical thinking case studies, and comprehension exercises with true/false and fill-in-the-blank questions.

Created in conjunction with Fundamentals of Nursing, Seventh Edition, this Study Guide helps students review and apply concepts from the textbook to prepare for exams as well as nursing practice. Each chapter includes three sections: Practicing for NCLEX� (containing multiple-choice and alternate-format questions), Developing Your Knowledge Base (including a variety of questions formats such as fill-in-the-blank, matching, and short answer), and Applying Your Knowledge (comprised of critical thinking questions, reflective practice scenarios, and patient care studies). An Answer Key appears at the back of the book.

This workbook allows students to practice and record the mastery of skills found in Craven, Hirnle, & Jensen's Fundamentals of Nursing, Seventh Edition by providing checklists designed to record every step of each procedure. This set of checklists is valuable as a self-assessment tool for students and a means for faculty to record student performance.