Timby's Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts 12th Edition
by Loretta A Donnelly-Moreno || ALL CHAPTERS
12th Edition
,Table of Contents
Unit 1 exploring contemporary nursing ................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1 nursing foundations ................................................................................................... 4
Chapter 2 nursing process......................................................................................................... 13
Unit 2 integrating basic concepts .............................................................................................. 28
Chapter 3 laws and ethics ......................................................................................................... 28
Chapter 4 health and illness ..................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 5 homeostasis, adaptation, and stress ........................................................................ 59
Chapter 6 culture and ethnicity ................................................................................................ 70
Unit 3 fostering communication ........................................................................................... 88
Chapter 7 the nurse–client relationship ................................................................................... 88
Chapter 8 client teaching ........................................................................................................ 115
Chapter 9 recording and reporting ......................................................................................... 129
Unit 4 performing basic client care ..................................................................................... 143
Chapter 10 admission, discharge, transfer, and referrals ....................................................... 143
Chapter 11 vital signs .............................................................................................................. 157
Chapter 12 physical assessment ............................................................................................. 170
Chapter 13 special examinations and tests ............................................................................ 183
Chapter 14 nutrition ............................................................................................................... 198
Unit 5 assisting with basic needs ........................................................................................ 211
Chapter 15 fluid and chemical balance ................................................................................... 211
Chapter 16 hygiene ................................................................................................................. 225
Chapter 17 comfort, rest, and sleep ....................................................................................... 239
Chapter 18 safety .................................................................................................................... 252
Chapter 19 pain management ................................................................................................ 264
Chapter 20 oxygenation .......................................................................................................... 277
Chapter 21 asepsis .................................................................................................................. 290
Chapter 22 infection control ................................................................................................... 307
Unit 6 assisting the inactive client ...................................................................................... 324
, Chapter 23 body mechanics, positioning, and moving ........................................................... 324
Chapter 24 therapeutic exercise ............................................................................................. 336
Chapter 25 mechanical immobilization .................................................................................. 349
Chapter 26 ambulatory aids.................................................................................................... 371
Unit 7 the surgical client .................................................................................................... 390
Chapter 27 perioperative care ................................................................................................ 390
Chapter 28 wound care ........................................................................................................... 401
Chapter 29 gastrointestinal intubation ................................................................................... 413
Unit 8 promoting elimination ............................................................................................. 429
Chapter 30 urinary elimination ............................................................................................... 429
Chapter 31 bowel elimination................................................................................................. 442
Unit 9 medication administration....................................................................................... 456
Chapter 32 oral medications ................................................................................................... 456
Chapter 33 topical and inhalant medications ......................................................................... 463
Chapter 34 parenteral medications ........................................................................................ 469
Chapter 35 intravenous medications ...................................................................................... 482
Unit 10 intervening in emergency situations ...................................................................... 496
Chapter 36 airway management............................................................................................. 496
Chapter 37 resuscitation ......................................................................................................... 509
Unit 11 caring for the terminally ill..................................................................................... 518
Chapter 38 death and dying.................................................................................................... 518
, Unit 1 exploring contemporary nursing
Chapter 1 nursing foundations
Multiple choice
1. Florence nightingales contributions to nursing practice and education:
A. Are historically important but have no validity for nursing today.
B. Were neither recognized nor appreciated in her own time.
C. Were a major factor in reducing the death rate in the crimean war.
D. Were limited only to the care of severe traumatic wounds.
Ans: c
By improving sanitation, nutrition ventilation, and handwashing techniques, florence
Nightingales nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the crimean war. Dif:
cognitive level: knowledge ref: dm 2 obj: theory #1
Top: nursing history key: nursing process step: n/a msc: nclex: n/a
2. Early nursing education and care in the united states:
A. Were directed at community health.
B. Provided independence for women through education and employment.
C. Were an educational model based in institutions of higher learning.
D. Have continued to be entirely focused on hospital nursing.
Ans: b
Because of the influence of early nursing leaders, nursing education became more formalized
Through apprenticeships in nightingale schools that offered independence to women through
education and employment.
Dif: cognitive level: knowledge ref: dm 2 obj: theory #4 top: nursing history key: nursing process
step: n/a msc: nclex: n/a
3. In order to fulfill the common goals defined by nursing theorists (promote wellness,
prevent illness, facilitate coping, and restore health), the lpn must take on the roles of: