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Product Details

  • Pub. Date: September 2001
  • Publisher: Elsevier Espana
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN-13:
    9788481745603
  • ISBN:
    848174560X
  • Edition Number: 5
  • Edition Description: Spanish Language Edition

Synopsis

Fundamentals of Nursingwas designed for you, the student. You're busy. You've got a lot to do and a lot to learn. You need a book that will help you understand the concepts and skills you'll be tested on-in the classroom and in practice.

Page through this book and check out the following:

  • Complete coverage of content is presented in a readable, appealing format.
  • The five-step nursing process-the organizing framework for most of your texts and practice-is clearly explained and consistently applied throughout.
  • Over 1100 full-color photos and drawings bring concepts and techniques clearly to life.
  • Essential nursing skills are presented in a clear format that explains both how and why each step is performed. Delegation considerations in each skill guide you in assigning tasks to assistive personnel.
  • A unique five-dimensional model in the clinical chapters clearly shows how nursing process and critical thinking come together in caring for clients.
  • Your own personal access code for the customized website that features links to important Websites for this book.

Inside this book is a Free CD Companion that includes:

  • Butterfield's Fluids and Electrolytes--an interactive program that helps you understand one of the most difficult concepts in nursing.
  • Case studies that provide interactive practice in applying the nursing process critical thinking model to "real" clients
  • Performance checklists to help you evaluate your competence in performing the skills presented in the text-print them or fill them in on screen
  • Searchable Glossary defines all key terms in the text
Don't forget to pick up the Study Guide and Skills Performance Checklists to accompany Fundamentals of Nursing

Annotation

The book contains predominantly color illustrations, with some black-and-white illustrations.

Biography

Potter, Patricia A., RN, MSN, PhD (Cand) (Barnes-Jewish Hospital); Perry, Anne Griffin, RN, MSN, EdD (St Louis Univ Health Sciences Center)

Specifications

  • Pub. Date: September 2001
  • Publisher: Elsevier Espana
  • Format: Hardcover
  • ISBN-13:
    9788481745603
  • ISBN:
    848174560X
  • Edition Number: 5
  • Edition Description: Spanish Language Edition