Looking for a conversational & easy-to-follow book that walks you through the most important nursing concepts & helps you apply them in practice? Then look no further than Concepts for Nursing Practice 2nd Edition! Written by conceptual learning expert Jean Giddens this innovative interactive text explains 58 of the most common nursing concepts
- including six all new concepts
- that span the areas of patient physiology patient behavior & the professional nursing environment Featured exemplars for each concept are also discussed to help you more easily understand the concepts & apply them to the clinical setting In addition to more concepts & featured exemplar sections this new second edition also boasts a more intuitive organization & review questions for both RN & LPNLVN programs In a nutshell Concepts for Nursing Practice 2nd Edition is not only the key to understanding nursing concepts it's also the way to hone your clinical reasoning skills & be confidently prepared for almost any workplace situation Authoritative content written by expert Jean Giddens sets the standard for the rapidly growing concept-based curriculum movement Exemplar lists for each concept covering the lifespan & all clinical settings aid readers in assimilating concepts into practice Case studies in each chapter allow readers to apply knowledge of concepts to real world examples Logical organization of concepts into units & themes helps readers form immediate connections among related concepts
- a key to conceptual learning Original concept illustrations give readers visual cues to understanding & making connections across concepts NEW! Six all-new concepts
- spirituality self-management sleep hormonal regulation fatigue & health disparities
- cover a broader spectrum of nursing practice & provide added flexibility across a variety of nursing programs NEW! Featured exemplar sections highlight selected exemplars related to each concept & provide a brief synopsis of the exemplar NEW! Expanded resources for LPNLVN programs include unique student review questions to offer additional study assistance NEW! Revised format for Health & Illness concepts
Includes:: concise & consistent explanations of conditions across the lifespan along with the rationale for care NEW! Revised format for Health Care Recipient & Professional Nursing Health Care concepts provides streamlined explanations of conceptual material in a more logical order NEW! Renamed theme on Resilience (formerly Coping & Stress Tolerance) emphasizes this increasingly important aspect of personal responsibility in health & illness