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Davis Advantage for Wilkinson’s Fundamentals of Nursing (2 Volume Set) 5th Edition By Leslie Treas, Karen Barnett, Mable Smith

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Davis Advantage for Wilkinson’s Fundamentals of Nursing (2 Volume Set) 5th Edition by Leslie Treas, Karen Barnett, and Mable Smith is structured across 46 chapters distributed between two volumes. [1, 2, 3, 4]

The curriculum follows a groundbreaking "two-volume format" designed to separate core theories from hands-on practice: [1, 2]

Volume 1: Theory, Concepts, and Applications handles classroom lectures and theoretical mastery.
Volume 2: Thinking, Doing, and Caring functions as the practical guide utilized in the skills lab. [1, 2, 3]

Core Units & Topics Covered

Unit 1: Foundations of Nursing Thought & Action

Evolution of Nursing: Nursing history, images of nursing, and formal/informal nursing education.
Theory & Research: Evidence-based practice and how nursing theories guide clinical environments.
The Healthcare Delivery System: Categories of health care, including wellness promotion and illness prevention. [1, 2, 3]

Unit 2: Critical Thinking & The Nursing Process

Clinical Judgment: Applying the NCSBN Clinical Judgment Measurement Model.
The Assessment Phase: Initial client interviews and physical status evaluation.
Nursing Diagnosis & Care Planning: Identifying problem statements and formulating measurable outcomes.
Implementation & Evaluation: Executing interventions and assessing overall goal progress. [1, 2]

Unit 3: Essential Nursing Action & Interventions

Communicating & Therapeutic Relationships: Developing active listening and therapeutic verbal/nonverbal habits.
Patient Education: Teaching clients and evaluating individual health literacy.
Interprofessional Partnerships: Standards for documentation, health informatics, and clinical reporting.
Measuring Vital Signs: Techniques for temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure monitoring.
Health Assessment: General surveying and comprehensive head-to-toe physical examinations.
Promoting Asepsis & Preventing Infection: Chain of infection, hand hygiene, isolation precautions, and sterile techniques.
Promoting Safety & Hygiene: Fall prevention, environmental safety, and personal care activities.
Administering Medications: Safe calculation and delivery paths (Oral, Topical, and Parenteral injection routes). [1, 2]

Unit 4: Supporting Physiological & Psychosocial Functioning

Basic Needs: Nutritional guidelines, dietary modifications, hydration, and homeostasis.
Elimination: Interventions for urinary retention, catheterization, and bowel patterns.
Sensation, Perception, & Response: Managing neurological impairment, sensory deprivation, or sensory overload.
Pain Management: Non-pharmacological therapies, opioid protocols, and subjective pain metrics.
Activity & Immobility: Mechanics of moving patients, assistive equipment, and mitigating hazards of bedrest.
Skin Integrity & Wound Healing: Pressure injury staging, wound dressing types, and healing environments.
Oxygenation & Circulation: Airway maintenance, oxygen therapies, and perfusion monitoring.
Perioperative Patient Care: Safe pre-op checks, intraoperative environments, and postanesthesia recovery.
Psychosocial Contexts: Culture, ethnicity, spirituality, loss, grief, and end-of-life care. [1, 2]

Unit 5: Nursing Functions & Leadership

Community & Home Health Nursing: Managing chronic conditions outside acute settings.
Legal Accountability & Ethics: Malpractice prevention, informed consent, and professional ethics.
Leading & Managing: Delegation guidelines, prioritisations, and working in collaborative medical teams. [1, 2]