Book Description
Part of the popular LPN Threads series, Foundations and Adult Health Nursing is the full-color single-volume text that includes all of the content from Foundations of Nursing and Adult Health Nursing. It covers the entire LPN/LVN curriculum including coverage of fundamentals and skills, maternal and neonatal, pediatric, geriatric, mental health, community, anatomy & physiology, and medical-surgical content. Rely on these tried-and-true texts to ensure your student’s success both in the classroom and in practice! * Nursing Process is applied to the discussion of disorders and appears in a summary form at the end of each chapter. * Over 110 skills are presented in a step-by-step format with clearly defined nursing actions and rationales. * Nursing Care Plans, presented in a case-study format, emphasize patient goals and outcomes and include Critical Thinking Questions at the end of each care plan. The answers are included in the Instructor’s Resource Manual. * Nursing Diagnosis boxes, screened and highlighted in the text, include nursing diagnoses for specific disorders paired with the appropriate nursing interventions. * Objectives in the medical-surgical chapters are separated into Anatomy & Physiology and Medical-Surgical categories. * Assessment is separated into Subjective and Objective Data. * Clinical Pathways are included to reflect collaborative care. * Overview of Anatomy and Physiology begins all body systems chapters and Chapter 41: In
About the author
Barbara Lauritsen Christensen, MS, RN, Nurse Educator, Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE; and Elaine Oden Kockrow, MS, RN, Formerly, Nurse Educator, Mid-Plains Community College, North Platte, NE
