Study Guide For Craven And Hirnle S Fundamentals Of Nursing

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

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

Formatted to accompany Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function, Fourth Edition, this study guide offers a wealth of exercises to reinforce understanding and provide opportunities to practice what you have learned. Included are completion and matching exercises, "Skill Drills", true/false, short-answer and multiple-choice questions, critical thinking exercises and additional learning tools.

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 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 groundbreaking text emphasizes critical thinking by weaving it throughout each chapter. Chapters open with a clinical vignette and include critical thinking questions, Apply Your Knowledge Checkpoint Boxes, Therapeutic Dialogues Boxes, Collaborating with the Healthcare Team Boxes, and Ethical-Legal Boxes to build students' decision-making abilities and clinical judgement. This Sixth Edition offers completely revised skills presentations and a brand-new, comprehensive, integrated art program of nearly 1,000 drawings and photographs. It also has an increased focus on patient safety, communication, and evidence-based research in practice. A complete suite of products will accompany the Sixth Edition including Craven and Hirnle's Nursing Fundamentals and Procedures Online and Lippincott's Video Series: Nursing Procedures, plus a printed Study Guide, Procedures Checklists, and a FREE CD-ROM with bonus content bundled with the text.

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.