Concepts for Nursing Practice (with eBook Access on VitalSource), 4th Edition
Author :
Jean Foret Giddens
Date of Publication: 12/2023
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**Learn a conceptual approach to nursing care and how to apply concepts to a wide variety of clinical settings! Concepts for Nursing Pra ...view more
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**
Learn a conceptual approach to nursing care and how to apply concepts to a wide variety of clinical settings! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition uses a straightforward, intuitive approach to describe 60 important concepts, spanning the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Exemplars identified for each concept provide useful examples and models, helping you more easily understand concepts and apply them to any clinical setting. To reinforce understanding, this text also makes connections among related concepts via ebook links to exemplars of those concepts in other Elsevier textbooks in your ebook library. New to this edition are six new concepts and a focus on related core competencies. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this authoritative text will help you build clinical judgment skills and prepare confidently for almost any clinical nursing situation.
**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Fundamentals**
Learn a conceptual approach to nursing care and how to apply concepts to a wide variety of clinical settings! Concepts for Nursing Practice, 4th Edition uses a straightforward, intuitive approach to describe 60 important concepts, spanning the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment. Exemplars identified for each concept provide useful examples and models, helping you more easily understand concepts and apply them to any clinical setting. To reinforce understanding, this text also makes connections among related concepts via ebook links to exemplars of those concepts in other Elsevier textbooks in your ebook library. New to this edition are six new concepts and a focus on related core competencies. Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens, this authoritative text will help you build clinical judgment skills and prepare confidently for almost any clinical nursing situation.
New to this edition
NEW! Emphasis on competencies ("what to do") corresponding to each of the book’s concepts ("what to know"),
with new Core Competenciesboxes throughout to highlight core competencies corresponding to core concepts.
NEW! Six new concepts — Clotting; Well-Being and Resilience; Person-Centered Care; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Public Health Emergencies; and Spheres of Practice.
NEW! Case studies for the Next-Generation NCLEX®Exam on the Evolve companion website help prepare you for the new exam.
NEW!Focus on COVID-19boxes throughout help you understand the impact of the global pandemic on a variety of concepts and exemplars.
Updated coverage ensures you understand the latest developments related to cultural competence, interprofessional collaboration, systems thinking, the nurse’s role in promoting health equity, equipping nurses to respond to emergencies and other public health crises, and promoting the wellness of nurses.
Updated content throughout includes COVID-19, human trafficking, and transgender considerations as exemplars, reflecting the latest research evidence and national and international healthcare guidelines.
Fine-tuned exemplar selection ensures full coverage of exemplars across the lifespan, with new designations of which exemplars are specific to particular age groups.
NEW! Improved legibility, with larger text type in the print edition.
Key Features
Authoritative content written by expert contributors and meticulously edited by concept-based curriculum (CBC) expert Jean Giddens sets the standard for the growing CBC movement.
Clearly defined and analyzed nursing concepts span the areas of patient physiology, patient behavior, and the professional nursing environment.
Featured Exemplars sections describe selected exemplars related to each nursing concept, covering the entire lifespan and all clinical settings, and help you assimilate concepts into practice.
Integrated exemplar links connect you to concept exemplars in other purchased Elsevier nursing titles.
Logical framework of concepts by units and themes helps you form immediate connections among related concepts — a key to conceptual learning.
Case Studies in each chapter make it easier to apply knowledge of nursing concepts to real-world situations.
Interrelated Concepts illustrations provide visual cues to understanding and help you make connections across concepts.
Author Information
By Jean Foret Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS
SECTION I: Health Care Recipient Concepts Theme: Attributes, Resources, and Preferences 1. Development 2. Functional Ability 3. Family Dynamics 4. Culture 5. Self-Management SECTION II: Health and Illness Concepts Theme: Homeostasis and Regulation 6. Fluid and Electrolytes 7. Acid-Base Balance 8. Thermoregulation 9. Sleep 10. Cellular Regulation 11. Intracranial Regulation 12. Hormonal Regulation 13. Glucose Regulation 14. Nutrition 15. Elimination 16. Perfusion 17. Clotting — NEW! 18. Gas Exchange Theme: Sexuality and Reproduction 19. Reproduction 20. Sexuality Theme: Protection and Movement 21. Immunity 22. Inflammation 23. Infection 24. Mobility 25. Tissue Integrity 26. Sensory Perception 27. Pain 28. Fatigue Theme: Mood, Cognition, Behavior 29. Stress and Coping 30. Mood and Affect 31. Anxiety 32. Cognition 33. Psychosis 34. Substance Misuse and Addiction 35. Interpersonal Violence SECTION III: Professional Nursing and Health Care Concepts Theme: Personal Development 36. Professional Identity 37. Well-Being and Resilience — NEW! 38. Leadership 39. Evidence 40. Clinical Judgment Theme: Holistic Care 41. Person-Centered Care — NEW! 42. Ethics 43. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — NEW! Theme: Care Competencies 44. Communication 45. Collaboration 46. Safety 47. Health Care Quality 48. Technology and Informatics 49. Health Disparities and Health Equity 50. Care Coordination 51. Health Promotion 52. Patient Education 53. Palliative Care 54. Population Health 55. Public Health Emergencies — NEW! Theme: Health Care Infrastructure 56. Spheres of Practice — NEW! 57. Health Systems 58. Health Care Economics 59. Health Policy 60. Health Care Law Index
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