Fundamental Nursing Skills and Concepts

This very popular full-color text, part of the Lippincott’s Pathways for LVN/LPN Education Series, and now in its Tenth Edition, combines theoretical nursing concepts, step-by-step skills and procedures, and clinical applications to form the foundation of the LPN/LVN course of study. This edition retains the well-liked organization and features of previous editions, including an impressive and comprehensive ancillary package for students and faculty, end-of-unit exercises, and specially displayed Gerontologic Considerations. In addition, it features new Nutrition Notes and Pharmacological Considerations written by renowned experts as well as thoroughly updated content on quality and safety and new technologies, as well as nursing practice, laws and ethics, recording and reporting, nutrition, fluid and chemical balance, asepsis, infection control, medication administration, cost-related issues, emerging healthcare settings, concept mapping, malpractice, documentation and reporting, HIPAA, and more. Features: - Words to Know, Nursing Guidelines, Care Plans and Nursing Skills give students a strong foundation of Nursing content to build their competencies. - Critical Thinking Exercises and Stop Think + Respond boxes encourage students to apply the knowledge that they have acquired in the text - The role of the nurse and special considerations are outlined in features such as Gerontologic Considerations, Pharmacologic Considerations, Nutrition Notes, and Client and Family Teaching. - NCLEX-Style Review Questions and End of Unit Exercises allow students to test their knowledge and prepare for certification. Barbara Kuhn Timby; RN, BC, BSN, MA