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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation 3
Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice 17
Chapter 03: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities 31
Chapter 04: Health of the Individual, Family, Community, and Environment
45
Chapter 05: Culturally Respectful Care 57
Chapter 06: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy 69
Chapter 07: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice 83
Chapter 08: Communication 96
Chapter 09: Teaching and Counseling 107
Chapter 10: Leading, Managing, and Delegating 119
Chapter 11: Health Care Delivery System 133
Chapter 12: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Care
Coordination Across Settings 144
Chapter 13: Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes
of Person-Centered Care 155
Chapter 14: Clinical Judgment 168
Chapter 15: Assessing 191
Chapter 16: Diagnosis/Problem Identification 204
Chapter 17: Outcome Identification and Planning 216
Chapter 18: Implementing 231
Chapter 19: Evaluating 242
Chapter 20: Documenting and Reporting 254
Chapter 21: Informatics and Health Care Technologies 266
Chapter 22: Developmental Concepts 273
Chapter 23: Conception Through Young Adulthood 286
Chapter 24: Middle and Older Adulthood 299
Chapter 25: Asepsis and Infection Control 312
Chapter 26: Vital Signs 328
Chapter 27: Health Assessment 344
Chapter 28: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness 358
Chapter 29: Complementary and Integrative Health 373
Chapter 30: Medications 386
Chapter 31: Perioperative Nursing 402
Chapter 32: Hygiene 417
Chapter 33: Skin Integrity and Wound Care 431
Chapter 34: Activity 446
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Chapter 35: Rest and Sleep 462
Chapter 36: Comfort and Pain Management 475
Chapter 37: Nutrition 490
Chapter 38: Urinary Elimination 505
Chapter 39: Bowel Elimination 520
Chapter 40: Oxygenation and Perfusion 535
Chapter 41: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 551
Chapter 42: Self-Concept 566
Chapter 43: Stress and Adaptation 579
Chapter 44: Loss, Grief, and Dying 594
Chapter 45: Sensory Functioning 608
Chapter 46: Sexuality 622
Chapter 47: Spirituality 637
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional
Formation
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing?
Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle
Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
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3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early
civilization to the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents 1
Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional Formation 3
Chapter 02: Theory, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice 17
Chapter 03: Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities 31
Chapter 04: Health of the Individual, Family, Community, and Environment
45
Chapter 05: Culturally Respectful Care 57
Chapter 06: Values, Ethics, and Advocacy 69
Chapter 07: Legal Dimensions of Nursing Practice 83
Chapter 08: Communication 96
Chapter 09: Teaching and Counseling 107
Chapter 10: Leading, Managing, and Delegating 119
Chapter 11: Health Care Delivery System 133
Chapter 12: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice and Care
Coordination Across Settings 144
Chapter 13: Blended Competencies, Clinical Reasoning, and Processes
of Person-Centered Care 155
Chapter 14: Clinical Judgment 168
Chapter 15: Assessing 191
Chapter 16: Diagnosis/Problem Identification 204
Chapter 17: Outcome Identification and Planning 216
Chapter 18: Implementing 231
Chapter 19: Evaluating 242
Chapter 20: Documenting and Reporting 254
Chapter 21: Informatics and Health Care Technologies 266
Chapter 22: Developmental Concepts 273
Chapter 23: Conception Through Young Adulthood 286
Chapter 24: Middle and Older Adulthood 299
Chapter 25: Asepsis and Infection Control 312
Chapter 26: Vital Signs 328
Chapter 27: Health Assessment 344
Chapter 28: Safety, Security, and Emergency Preparedness 358
Chapter 29: Complementary and Integrative Health 373
Chapter 30: Medications 386
Chapter 31: Perioperative Nursing 402
Chapter 32: Hygiene 417
Chapter 33: Skin Integrity and Wound Care 431
Chapter 34: Activity 446
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Chapter 35: Rest and Sleep 462
Chapter 36: Comfort and Pain Management 475
Chapter 37: Nutrition 490
Chapter 38: Urinary Elimination 505
Chapter 39: Bowel Elimination 520
Chapter 40: Oxygenation and Perfusion 535
Chapter 41: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 551
Chapter 42: Self-Concept 566
Chapter 43: Stress and Adaptation 579
Chapter 44: Loss, Grief, and Dying 594
Chapter 45: Sensory Functioning 608
Chapter 46: Sexuality 622
Chapter 47: Spirituality 637
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Chapter 01: Introduction to Nursing and Professional
Formation
1. Which of the following statements accurately describe an element of nursing?
Select all that apply.
A) The skills involved in nursing are primarily technical in nature.
B) The primary focus of nursing is to assist individuals to recover from illness.
C) The science of nursing is the knowledge base for the care that is given.
D) The art of nursing is the collection of knowledge through research.
E) Nursing is considered to be both an art and a science.
F) Nursing is a profession that used specialized knowledge and skills.
2. Which of the following set of terms best describes nursing at the end of the Middle
Ages?
A) continuity, caring, critical thinking
B) purpose, direction, leadership
C) assessment, interventions, outcomes
D) advocacy, research, education
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3. Which of the following is a characteristic of nursing practiced from early
civilization to the 16th century?
A) Most early civilizations believed that illness had supernatural causes.
B) The physician was the priest who treated disease with prayer.
C) The nurse was a nun committed to caring for the needy and homeless.
D) Nursing changed from a spiritual focus to an emphasis on knowledge expansion.
4. In what time period did nursing care as we now know it begin?
A) pre-civilization
B) early civilization to 16th century
C) 16th to 17th century
D) 18th to 19th century
5. Who is considered to be the founder of professional nursing?
A) Dorothea Dix
B) Lillian Wald
C) Florence Nightingale
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