CONCEPT AND SKILLS FOR NURSING 6TH
EDITION BY WILLIAMS| All Chapters
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System4
Chapter 02: Concepts of Health, Illness, Stress, and Health Promotion 26
Chapter 03: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing 50
Chapter 04: The Nursing Process and Critical Thinking 86
Chapter 05: Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, and Planning 103
Chapter 06: Implementation and Evaluation 126
Chapter 07: Documentation of Nursing Care 143
Chapter 08: Communication and the Nurse-Patient Relationship 164
Chapter 09: Patient Teaching for Health Promotion 206
Chapter 10: Delegation, Leadership, and Management 225
Chapter 11: Growth and Development: Infancy Through Adolescence 247
Chapter 12: Adulthood and the Family 293
Chapter 13: Promoting Healthy Adaptation to Aging 315
Chapter 14: Cultural and Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care 342
Chapter 15: Loss, Grief, and End-of-Life Care 377
Chapter 16: Infection Prevention and Control: Protective Mechanisms and Asepsis 405
Chapter 17: Infection Prevention and Control in the Hospital and Home 431
Chapter 18: Lifting, Moving, and Positioning Patients 455
Chapter 19: Assisting with Hygiene, Personal Care, Skin Care, and the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers
472
Chapter 20: Patient Environment and Safety 495
Chapter 21: Measuring Vital Signs 512
Chapter 22: Assessing Health Status 532
Chapter 23: Admitting, Transferring, and Discharging Patients 553
Chapter 24: Diagnostic Tests and Specimen Collection 573
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,Chapter 25: Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance 594
Chapter 26: Concepts of Basic Nutrition and Cultural Considerations 614
Chapter 27: Common Psychosocial Care Problems of Older Adults 635
Chapter 28: Assisting with Respiration and Oxygen Delivery 652
Chapter 29: Promoting Urinary Elimination 672
Chapter 30: Promoting Bowel Elimination 690
Chapter 31: Pain, Comfort, and Sleep 710
Chapter 32: Complementary and Alternative Therapies 730
Chapter 33: Pharmacology and Preparation for Drug Administration 748
Chapter 34: Administering Oral, Topical, and Inhalant 767
Chapter 35: Administering Intradermal, Subcutaneous, and Intramuscular 785
Chapter 36: Administering Intravenous Solutions and Medications 803
Chapter 37: Care of the Surgical Patient 823
Chapter 38: Providing Wound Care and Treating Pressure Ulcers 840
Chapter 39: Promoting Musculoskeletal Function 858
Chapter 40: Common Physical Care Problems of the Older Adult 875
Chapter 41: Nutritional Therapy and Assisted Feeding 893
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, Chapter 01: Nursing and the Health Care System
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Florence Nightingale’s 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 hand washing techniques, Florence
Nightingale’s nurses dramatically reduced the death rate from injuries in the Crimean War.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: p. 2 OBJ: Theory #1TOP: 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: p. 2 OBJ:
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:
a. caregiver, educator, and collaborator.
b. nursing assistant, delegator, and environmental specialist.
c. medication dispenser, collaborator, and transporter.
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