Table of Contents

Part 1 - Professional Issues Chapter 1: Nursing practice Chapter 2: Nursing process Chapter 3: Documentation Chapter 4: Legal issues in nursing practice Chapter 5: Ethical issues in nursing practice Part 2 - Clinical Practice Chapter 6: Health history and physical assessment Chapter 7: Health promotion Chapter 8: I.V. therapy Chapter 9: Surgical patient care Chapter 10: Cardiovascular care Chapter 11: Respiratory care Chapter 12: Neurologic care Chapter 13: Musculoskeletal care Chapter 14: Renal and urologic care Chapter 15: Gastrointestinal care Chapter 16: Nutritional care Chapter 17: Endocrine care Chapter 18: Immunologic care Chapter 19: Hematologic care Chapter 20: Reproductive care Chapter 21: Skin care Chapter 22: Eye care Chapter 23: Ear, nose, and throat care Chapter 24: Maternal and neonatal care Chapter 25: Pediatric care Chapter 26: Gerontologic care Chapter 27: Cancer care Chapter 28: Emergency care Chapter 29: Psychiatric care Appendices Appendix 1: Infection control Appendix 2: Normal laboratory test values Appendix 3: Common antibiotic drugs Inde