Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing, 10th Edition by Carol R. Taylor
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The Test Bank for Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Centered Nursing Care, 10th Edition by Carol R. Taylor, Pamela B. Lynn, and Jennifer L. Bartlett features 47 chapters organized into comprehensive units. The text focuses on the clinical judgment, blended competencies, and evidence-based practice required for patient-centered clinical care. [1, 2, 3, 4]
The primary core units and topics covered across the textbook include:
Foundations of Nursing Practice
- Professional Formation: History of nursing, professional roles, standards of practice (ANA), and current healthcare trends.
- Health & Wellness: Concepts of health, wellness promotion, illness prevention, and community health dynamics.
- Theoretical Frameworks: Nursing theory, research methodologies, and evidence-based practice implementation.
- Ethics & Legality: Bioethics, patient advocacy, nursing values, legal liabilities, and professional scope of practice. [1, 2, 3]
Healthcare Delivery Settings
- Continuity of Care: Navigating patient transitions between acute, community-based, and outpatient environments.
- Home Healthcare: Delivering autonomous care, patient teaching, and managing family dynamics in the home setting. [1]
The Nursing Process & Clinical Judgment
- Blended Skills: Integrating cognitive, technical, interpersonal, and ethical/legal nursing skills.
- Five-Step Process: Systemic steps for patient assessment, diagnosing, outcome planning, implementation, and clinical evaluation.
- Documentation: Electronic health records (EHR), legal charting, reporting, and interprofessional clinical communication. [1, 2]
Developmental & Sociocultural Care
- Life Span Development: Age-specific considerations from conception and pediatric care through middle and older adulthood.
- Cultural Diversity: Providing culturally competent, sensitive care and recognizing global health disparities. [1, 2, 3]
Basic Clinical Skills & Patient Safety
- Vital Signs: Assessing blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, and pain scales.
- Infection Control: Asepsis techniques, hand hygiene, isolation precautions, and standard safety alerts.
- Hygiene & Immobility: Patient skin care, bed-making, body mechanics, safe patient transfers, and alignment.
- Pharmacology: Safe medication administration, calculation, and intravenous (IV) therapy monitoring. [1, 2]
Holistic Physiological & Psychological Needs
- Somatic Function: Management of oxygenation, fluid/electrolyte balance, nutrition, sleep, and elimination systems.
- Psychosocial Concepts: Self-concept, stress management, spirituality, grief, loss, and end-of-life palliative care.
- Specialized Settings: Perioperative nursing, wound management, tissue integrity, and acute pain management. [1]
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