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📘 HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH & ILLNESS (HERLIHY 8TH ED)
🔰 STUDY BLUEPRINT (HIGH-YIELD REWRITE)
🟢 INTRODUCTION
● Homeostasis
● Levels of organization (cell → system)
● Health vs illness
● Basic anatomy terminology
🟢 CHAPTER 1 – PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
● Nursing roles
● Scope of practice
● Professional behavior
● Ethics & accountability
,🟢 CHAPTER 2 – HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS & NURSING ROLES
● Primary, secondary, tertiary care
● Interdisciplinary teamwork
● Health delivery models
🟢 CHAPTER 3 – EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
● Research in nursing
● Clinical decision making
● Best practice guidelines
🟢 CHAPTER 4 – NURSING PROCESS & CLINICAL JUDGMENT
● ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation)
● Clinical reasoning
● Priority setting
🟢 CHAPTER 5 – PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
● Safety protocols
● Error prevention
● Reporting systems
🟢 CHAPTER 6 – INFECTION CONTROL
● Chain of infection
● PPE use
● Isolation precautions
🟢 CHAPTER 7 – DOCUMENTATION & HEALTH INFORMATICS
● Charting standards
, ● Electronic health records (EHR)
● Legal documentation
🟢 CHAPTER 8 – LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES
● Patient rights
● Consent
● Negligence vs malpractice
🟢 CHAPTER 9 – CULTURAL COMPETENCE
● Cultural awareness
● Respectful care
● Communication barriers
🟢 CHAPTER 10 – COMMUNICATION & PATIENT EDUCATION
● Therapeutic communication
● Teaching methods
● Health literacy
🟢 CHAPTER 11–14 – BASIC PHYSIOLOGY CORE
● Fluids & electrolytes
● Acid-base balance
● Pain mechanisms
● Nutrition & metabolism
🟢 CHAPTER 15–20 – CRITICAL CARE FOUNDATIONS
● Perioperative care
● Shock & organ failure
● Immune disorders
● HIV/AIDS
● Blood & transfusion therapy
, 🟢 CHAPTER 21–24 – ONCOLOGY & END-OF-LIFE
● Cancer biology
● Diagnosis & screening
● Treatment (chemo/radiation)
● Palliative care
🟢 CHAPTER 25–30 – RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
● Assessment
● Upper/lower respiratory disease
● COPD, pneumonia, TB
● Ventilation & respiratory failure
🟢 CHAPTER 31–36 – CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
● Assessment
● Hypertension
● CAD
● Heart failure
● Dysrhythmias
● Vascular disorders
🟢 CHAPTER 37–42 – GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
● GI assessment
● Esophageal disorders
● PUD
● Liver, pancreas, biliary disease
🟢 CHAPTER 43–47 – RENAL & URINARY SYSTEM
● Renal assessment
● AKI & CKD
📘 HUMAN BODY IN HEALTH & ILLNESS (HERLIHY 8TH ED)
🔰 STUDY BLUEPRINT (HIGH-YIELD REWRITE)
🟢 INTRODUCTION
● Homeostasis
● Levels of organization (cell → system)
● Health vs illness
● Basic anatomy terminology
🟢 CHAPTER 1 – PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
● Nursing roles
● Scope of practice
● Professional behavior
● Ethics & accountability
,🟢 CHAPTER 2 – HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS & NURSING ROLES
● Primary, secondary, tertiary care
● Interdisciplinary teamwork
● Health delivery models
🟢 CHAPTER 3 – EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
● Research in nursing
● Clinical decision making
● Best practice guidelines
🟢 CHAPTER 4 – NURSING PROCESS & CLINICAL JUDGMENT
● ADPIE (Assessment, Diagnosis, Planning, Implementation, Evaluation)
● Clinical reasoning
● Priority setting
🟢 CHAPTER 5 – PATIENT SAFETY & QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
● Safety protocols
● Error prevention
● Reporting systems
🟢 CHAPTER 6 – INFECTION CONTROL
● Chain of infection
● PPE use
● Isolation precautions
🟢 CHAPTER 7 – DOCUMENTATION & HEALTH INFORMATICS
● Charting standards
, ● Electronic health records (EHR)
● Legal documentation
🟢 CHAPTER 8 – LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES
● Patient rights
● Consent
● Negligence vs malpractice
🟢 CHAPTER 9 – CULTURAL COMPETENCE
● Cultural awareness
● Respectful care
● Communication barriers
🟢 CHAPTER 10 – COMMUNICATION & PATIENT EDUCATION
● Therapeutic communication
● Teaching methods
● Health literacy
🟢 CHAPTER 11–14 – BASIC PHYSIOLOGY CORE
● Fluids & electrolytes
● Acid-base balance
● Pain mechanisms
● Nutrition & metabolism
🟢 CHAPTER 15–20 – CRITICAL CARE FOUNDATIONS
● Perioperative care
● Shock & organ failure
● Immune disorders
● HIV/AIDS
● Blood & transfusion therapy
, 🟢 CHAPTER 21–24 – ONCOLOGY & END-OF-LIFE
● Cancer biology
● Diagnosis & screening
● Treatment (chemo/radiation)
● Palliative care
🟢 CHAPTER 25–30 – RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
● Assessment
● Upper/lower respiratory disease
● COPD, pneumonia, TB
● Ventilation & respiratory failure
🟢 CHAPTER 31–36 – CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
● Assessment
● Hypertension
● CAD
● Heart failure
● Dysrhythmias
● Vascular disorders
🟢 CHAPTER 37–42 – GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
● GI assessment
● Esophageal disorders
● PUD
● Liver, pancreas, biliary disease
🟢 CHAPTER 43–47 – RENAL & URINARY SYSTEM
● Renal assessment
● AKI & CKD
