Thinking. Doing. Caring. Leslie S. Treas and Judith Wilkinson, the team that brings you the two-volume approach featured in Fundamentals of Nursing, integrate all of the content and features that are its hallmarks into one carefully designed and written volume that teaches you to "think like nurse" from the very first day. In every chapter, you'll first explore the theoretical knowledge behind the concepts, principles, and rationales. Then, you'll study the practical knowledge involved in the processes; and finally, you'll learn the skills and procedures.

Table of Contents

• About the Authors
• Preface
• Contributors
• Contributors to Previous Wilkinson and Treas Textbooks
• Reviewers
• Acknowledgments
• Meet the Nguyens
• Unit 1 How Nurses Think
• Chapter 1 Nursing Past & Present
• Chapter 2 Critical Thinking & the Nursing Process
• Chapter 3 Assessment
• Chapter 4 Diagnosis
• Chapter 5 Planning Outcomes
• Chapter 6 Planning Interventions
• Chapter 7 Implementation & Evaluation
• Chapter 8 Theory, Research, & Evidence-Based Practice
• Unit 2 Factors Affecting Health
• Chapter 9 Development: Infancy Through Middle Age
• Chapter 10 Development: Older Adulthood
• Chapter 11 Experiencing Health & Illness
• Chapter 12 Stress & Adaptation
• Chapter 13 Psychosocial Health & Illness
• Chapter 14 Family
• Chapter 15 Culture & Ethnicity
• Chapter 16 Spirituality
• Chapter 17 Loss, Grief, & Dying
• Unit 3 Essential Nursing Interventions
• Chapter 18 Documenting & Reporting
• Chapter 19 Vital Signs
• Chapter 20 Communicating & Therapeutic Relationships
• Chapter 21 Physical Assessment
• Chapter 22 Infection Prevention & Control
• Chapter 23 Safety
• Chapter 24 Hygiene
• Chapter 25 Medicating Patients
• Chapter 26 Teaching & Learning
• Chapter 27 Health Promotion
• Unit 4 Supporting Physiological Function
• Chapter 28 Nutrition
• Chapter 29 Bowel Elimination
• Chapter 30 Urinary Elimination
• Chapter 31 Sensory Perception
• Chapter 32 Pain
• Chapter 33 Activity & Exercise
• Chapter 34 Sexual Health
• Chapter 35 Sleep & Rest
• Chapter 36 Skin Integrity & Wound Healing
• Chapter 37 Oxygenation
• Chapter 38 Circulation & Perfusion
• Chapter 39 Fluids, Electrolytes, & Acid-Base Balance
• Unit 5 The Context for Nurses’Work
• Chapter 40 Perioperative Nursing
• Chapter 41 Community & Home Nursing
• Chapter 42 Nursing Ethics
• Chapter 43 Legal Issues
• Chapter 44 Nursing Informatics
• Cited Bibliography
• Credits