Potter & Perry’s Essentials of Nursing Foundation (SAE) – 1st Edition

New! chapter on complementary, alternative, and integrative therapies addresses new content included on the NCLEX exam. New! Clinical case studies guide students through creation of care plans and foster clinical thinking. New! Unique! Reflective learning section helps students better understand and reflect on their clinical and simulation experiences as they move through their first nursing course. New! Updated standards and evidence throughout includes the newest ins and worn standards. Teach for nurses suite of educator resources gives you all the tools you need to make your course as effective and easy as possible. Progressive case studies are introduced at the beginning of the Chapter and are then used to tie together the care plan, concept map, and clinical decision-making exercises. Qsen activity boxes throughout present a clinical situation followed by an open-ended question designed to help students understand and apply these core competencies. Evidence-based practice boxes include a Pico question, summary of the results of a research study, and a description of how the study has affected nursing Practice – in every Chapter 65 skills and procedural guidelines provide clear, step-by-step instructions for providing safe nursing care. Delegation coverage is specifically outlined, noting which skills can and cannot be delegated, and indicating exactly which tasks to delegate. Patient-centered care boxes address racial and ethnic diversity along with the cultural differences that impact socioeconomic status, values, Geography, and religion. These will relate to the Chapter case studies when possible. Safety guidelines for Nursing skills sections precede each skills section to help students focus on safe and effective skills performance. Nursing skills at the end of each Chapter feature colouring on the edge of the page to make them easy to locate. Focused patient assessment tables include actual questions to help students learn how to effectively phrase questions to patients as well as target physical assessment techniques. Evaluation boxes bring everything together after nursing interventions have been implemented. Patient teaching boxes help students plan effective teaching by first identifying an outcome, then developing strategies on how to teach, and finally, implementing measures to evaluate learning. Care of the older adult boxes highlight key aspects of Nursing assessment and care for this growing population. Unexpected outcomes and related interventions for skills alert students to possible problems and appropriate nursing action. Concept maps visually demonstrate planning care for patients with multiple diagnoses. Noc outcomes, Nic interventions, and Nanda diagnoses are incorporated in care plans to reflect the standard used by institutions nationwide. 5-Step nursing process provides a consistent framework for clinical chapters. Key points neatly summarise the most important content for each Chapter to help students review and evaluate learning.